Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts and passions.

And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the short-lived pleasure of sin.

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

For, yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will be here, and will not tarry;

Indeed, if a woman does not keep her head covered, she may as well cut her hair short. But, since to cut her hair short, or shave it off, marks her as one of the shameless women, let her keep her head covered.

So celebrate your triumph, you heavens and you who live in them! Alas for the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you in a great rage, since he knows that his time is short!"

I mean this, brothers. The time has been cut short. For the future, men who have wives should live as though they had none,

For physical training is useful to some extent [or, "for a short time"], but living godly is useful in every way, for it promises benefits [not only] for the present life, but [also] for the life to come.

You have lived self-indulgently on the earth and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

the people who lived [there] in [spiritual] darkness saw a great light. Light shone upon these people, who lived in an area that was under the shadow of death."

[Eventually] this Word became a human being and lived among us [Note: The word "lived" here refers to pitching a temporary tent]. (And we saw His splendor; such splendor as belongs to the Father's only Son), full of God's favor and truth.

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

For to this end Christ has died and lived again, that he might rule over both dead and living.

Whoever claims, "I am always in union with Him," ought to live as He lived.

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.

But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby the many be defiled;

Five times at the hands of the Jews, I have received one short of forty lashes.

For, all, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

How by revelation the secret was made clear to me, as I said before in a short letter,

this I have told you now, before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe. my conversation will now be but short with you,

But I, my brothers, although torn from you for a short season (in presence, not in heart), made eager efforts to behold you face to face with strong longing.

So that ye come short in no gift of favour, - ardently awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.

And let perseverance have a perfect work, so that ye may be perfect and complete, falling short in nothing.

And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone, - for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up; - and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself - and will keep!

For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

I beg you, brothers, to listen patiently to this message, for I have written you only a short letter.

For the man who lacks these virtues is blind, short-sighted, forgetful of his cleansing from his old sins.

Our brother Timothy has been let out of prison; and if he comes here in a short time, he and I will come to you together.

Not that, as to coming short, I am speaking, for, I, have learned, in whatsoever circumstances I am, to be, independent:

I know what it is even to be kept low, and I know what it is to have more than enough, - in every way, and in all things, have I been let into the secret - both to be well fed, and to be hungering, both to have more than enough, and to be coming short:

For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like.

if you will move it then to the tribune in the name of the Sanhedrim, to send him here to-morrow, under colour of examining his affair with more solemnity, we shall take care to dispatch him, and make a short end of his journey."

And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.

I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.

For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

But I am hoping to see you in a short time, and to have talk with you face to face. May you have peace. Your friends here send you their love. Give my love to our friends by name.

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

and they are seven kings; the five have fallen, one is, the other is not yet come (and when he does come, he must remain a short time).

If you address as Father, the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in [reverent] fear [of Him] and with profound respect for Him throughout the time of your stay on earth.

You made him lower than the angels
for a short time;
You crowned him with glory and honor

But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering in death.

And he was seeking to see Jesus--who he was--and he was not able to as a result of the crowd, because he was short in stature.

And after a short time another person saw him [and] said, "You also are [one] of them!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!"

But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food,

and the angel hurled him into the abyss, and closed it and sealed it above him [preventing his escape or rescue], so that he would no longer deceive and seduce the nations, until the thousand years were at an end. After these things he must be liberated for a short time.

So He called them to Him, and continued speaking to them in short stories, as follows: "How can Satan drive out Satan?

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any of us by imitating their incredulity, should fall short thereof like them.

Then He told them a short story: "No one tears a piece from a new coat and puts it on an old one; or if he does, he will tear the new one too, and the patch from the new coat will not match the old one.

But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee {named} Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, [and] gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

Then Festus replied [that] Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and [he] himself was about to go [there] in a short time.

But Agrippa [said] to Paul, "In a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?"

And Paul [replied], "I pray to God, whether in a short time or in a long time, not only you but also all those who are listening to me today may become such [people] as I also am, except for these bonds!"

And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.

But meat does not commend us to God; neither if we should not eat do we come short; nor if we should eat have we an advantage.

For if indeed I grieved you by my letter, I do not regret [it]. Even if I did regret [it] (I see that that letter grieved you, even though for {a short time}),

According as it is written, He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little was nothing short.

And he said unto them - When I sent you forth, without purse or satchel or sandals, of anything, came ye short? And, they, said - Of nothing!

And, wine falling short, the mother of Jesus saith unto him - Wine, have they none!

I am writing these [things] to you, hoping to come to you in a short time.

But, so that I may not make you tired, I make a request to you of your mercy, to give hearing to a short statement.

you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.

in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves [the things] which must take place in a short time, and communicated [it] [by] sending [it] through his angel to his slave John,

And to each one of them a white robe was given, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a short time, until [the number of] their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they [had been] were completed also.

For I reckon to come short in nothing of those, superlative apostles.

I have become foolish, boasting. Ye compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I came short in nothing of those, superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.

And what shall I more say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthah. Also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets,

And he said to me, "These words [are] faithful and true, and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his slaves [the things] which must take place in a short time."

And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time. Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

And He went on ahead a short distance and fell face-down and prayed, "My Father, allow this cup [i.e., of suffering] to pass away from me if it is [at all] possible; nevertheless, let it not be what I want, but what You want [for me]."

And having sounded, they found it twenty fathoms; and moving on a short distance, and sounding again, they found it fifteen fathoms;

And He went on ahead a short distance and fell to the ground and prayed for that hour [i.e., that time of terrible grief] to pass away from Him, if it were at all possible.

So, He entered one of the boats that belonged to Simon [i.e., Peter], and asked him to launch out a short distance from shore. Then He sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

On noticing this, Jesus said: "Why are you talking among yourselves about your being short of bread, O men of little faith?

The jailor, who was awakened from sleep [by the commotion] saw the jail doors open so drew his [short] sword and prepared to kill himself, assuming that all the prisoners had escaped. [Note: He would have faced a humiliating execution himself if he had allowed capital offense criminals to escape. With that prospect in view, it was considered honorable by the Romans for a person to commit suicide].

But a short time later, a violent northeasterly wind they called "Euraquilo" swept down,

He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

A short time afterwards the people standing there came and said to Peter, "Certainly you too are one of them, for your brogue shows it."

while they stand afar off because of their terror at her heavy punishment, and say, 'Alas, alas, thou great city, O Babylon, the mighty city! For in one short hour thy doom has come!'

because in one short hour all this great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger by sea and the crews and all who ply their trade on the sea,

And they threw dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping aloud and sorrowing. 'Alas, alas,' they said, 'for this great city, in which, through her vast wealth, the owners of all the ships on the sea have grown rich; because in one short hour she has been laid waste!'

For possibly Onesimus left you for a short time so that you could have him [back] forever,

They began talking to one another about their being short of bread.

And, noticing this, Jesus said to them: "Why are you talking about your being short of bread? Do not you yet see or understand? Are your minds still so slow or comprehension?

And again he sent unto them another servant; and they cut the account short with him, by stoning him, and sent him away shamefully treated.

Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.