Abraham, building on hope in spite of hopeless circumstances, had faith, and so he actually became the father of many nations, just as it had been told him, "So numberless shall your descendants be."

Love is so patient and so kind; love never boils with jealousy; it never boasts, is never puffed with pride;

So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.

the one who keeps up his opposition and so far exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, that he actually takes his seat in the sanctuary of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

So, dearly beloved, since you have been forewarned, you must always be on your guard against being led astray by the errors of lawless men, and so against falling away from your present firmness;

So, if I come, I will remind you of what he is doing, how with malicious insinuations he is talking about me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, he interferes with those who want to do so, and tries to put them out of the church.

But Jesus saw their malicious plot, and so asked, "Why are you testing me so, you hypocrites?

They did so and caught so vast a shoal of fish that their nets began to break.

So they asked Him, "What wonder-work then are you going to perform for us to see and so believe in you? What work are you going to do?

But ever be watching and always praying, so that you may have strength to escape all this that is going to take place, and so you may take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

So after He had risen from the dead, His disciples recalled that He had said this, and so believed the Scripture and the statement that He had made.

So the man in whom the evil spirit was, leaped upon them and so violently overpowered two of them that they ran out of the house stripped of their clothes and wounded.

But if you do get married, you have not sinned in doing so. And if a girl gets married, she has not sinned in doing so. But those who do will have trouble in their earthly life, and I am trying to spare you this.

And so the man who gives his daughter in marriage does what is right, and yet the man who does not do so does even better.

Now since I have the same spirit of faith as he who said in the Scriptures, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak,

And God is able to make your every spiritual blessing overflow for you, so that you will always have in every situation an entire sufficiency and so overflow for every good cause;

Then He called His twelve disciples to Him, and gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, and so that they could cure any disease or ailment.

So when He got out of the boat, He saw a great crowd waiting, and His heart was moved with pity at the sight of them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and so He proceeded to teach them a number of things.

But Martha was getting worried about having to wait on them so much, so she came up suddenly and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the housework alone? Then tell her to take hold and help me."

So the Pharisees again asked him how he had come to see. He answered them: "He put some clay on my eyes, and I washed them, and so now I can see."

And so they found a cause for stumbling over Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood and in his own home." And so

Then it gave a shriek and violently convulsed the boy, and got out of him. And the boy looked like a corpse, so much so that the people said that he was dead.

The anointing of the Spirit which you received still remains in your hearts, and so you have no need that anyone should teach you. But just as that anointing of His teaches you about everything, and as it is true and no falsehood, and as it has taught you to do so, you must continue to live in union with Him.

So He let them do so. And the foul spirits came out of the man and got into the hogs, and the drove of about two thousand rushed over the cliff and into the sea and were drowned.

But the report seemed to them to be nonsense, and so they continued to disbelieve the women.

The two disciples heard him say this, and so they followed Jesus.

Jesus performed this, the first of His wonder-works, at Cana in Galilee. By it He showed His glorious power, and so His disciples believed in Him.

Now the news about them came to the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and so they sent Barnabas all the way to Antioch.

But the angel of the Lord at once struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; he was eaten by worms, and so died.

The governor, because he saw what had occurred, was thunderstruck at the Lord's teaching, and so came to believe.

and so the message of the Lord spread all over the country.

For they had previously seen Trophimus of Ephesus in the city with him, and so they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

because, although they once knew God, they did not honor Him as God, or give Him thanks, but became silly in their senseless speculations, and so their insensible hearts have been shrouded in darkness.

And so, as they did not approve of fully recognizing God any longer, God gave them up to minds that He did not approve, to practices that were improper;

and so, in my case, the command which should have meant life turned out to mean death.

if I can make my fellow-countrymen jealous, and so save some of them.

and so in that way all Israel will be saved, just as the Scripture says: "From Zion the Deliverer will come; He will remove ungodliness from Jacob;

For my part, though I have been absent from you in person, I have been present with you in spirit, and so as really present, by the authority of our Lord Jesus, I have already passed judgment upon the man who has done this --

But the father who stands firm in his purpose, without having any necessity for doing so, and he has made the decision in his own heart to keep her single, will do what is right.

But it is not in all of you that such knowledge is found. Some, because of their past habits with idols, even down to the present moment, still eat such food as was really sacrificed to an idol, and so their consciences, because they are overscrupulous, are contaminated.

Then what is the pay that I am getting? To be able to preach the good news without expense to anybody, and so never to make full use of my rights in preaching the good news.

and so in their prayers for you they will continue longing for you, because of God's surpassing favor shown you.

but through a hole in the wall I was lowered in a basket, and so escaped from his clutches.

Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death,

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; and so does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas; if he comes to see you, give him a hearty welcome.

then those of us who are still living will be caught up along with them on clouds in the air to meet the Lord, and so we shall be with the Lord forever.

and so deserve censure for breaking their previous pledge.

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

and so is obliged to offer sin-offerings, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And so by patiently waiting he obtained what God had promised him.

for the law had never made anything perfect -- and so a better hope is brought to us, through which we have approach to God.

For he considered the fact that God was able to raise people from the dead; and so from the dead, in a figure, he did receive him back.

Keep on obeying this message; do not merely listen to it, and so deceive yourselves.

No one who is born of God makes a practice of sinning, because the God-given life-principle continues to live in him, and so he cannot practice sinning, because he is born of God.

We know what love is from the fact that He laid down His life for us; and so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

and so passionately promised to give her anything she might ask for.

For they have started out for His name's sake and so accept nothing from the heathen,

Now the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, and so they had a meeting.

Just at that moment there was a man in their synagogue who was under the spell of a foul spirit, and so he screamed,

and so many people gathered there that there was no longer any room even around the door. He was telling them His message.

but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.

and so you set aside what God has said by what you have handed down. You have many other practices like these."

And so what I say to you, I say to everybody, keep alert."

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must drink no wine nor strong drink, and so he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his birth.

Because the heart of our God is merciful. And so the day will dawn upon us from on high,

while He was being tempted by the devil. During that time He ate nothing, and so at the end of it He felt hungry.

And so news of Him continued to spread to every place in the surrounding region.

Now when the Lord saw her, His heart was moved with pity for her, and so He said to her, "Stop weeping."

And so was it not right for this woman, a descendant of Abraham, whom Satan has for eighteen years kept bound, to be freed from this bond on the Sabbath?"

Then He proceeded to say to the man who invited Him: "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop the social custom of inviting your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you in return and so you will be repaid.

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'

and so people will not say, 'Look! Here it is,' nor, 'There it is,' for the kingdom of God is within you."

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Then He answered them, "My Father is still working, and so am I."

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

And so many of them at that place believed in Him.

A goodly number of the Jews learned that He was at Bethany, and so they came there, not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

The crowd answered Him, "We have learned from the law that the Christ is to remain here forever, and so how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going, and so how can we know the way?"

And so for their sake I am consecrating myself, that they too may be consecrated by truth.

But John too was baptizing people at Aenon, near Salim, for there was plenty of water there, and so the people were coming and being baptized.

Peter looked him straight in the eye, and so did John, and said, "Look at us."

But the attendants who went for them could not find them in the jail, and so came back and

Then all the people who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and so they turned to the Lord.

For David, after having served God's purpose in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid among his forefathers, and so he did experience decay,

There we found a ship bound for Phoenicia, and so we went aboard and sailed away.

At the same time he was hoping to get money from Paul, and so he kept on sending for him and talking with him.

I was at a loss how to investigate such matters and so asked Paul if he would go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

For they were ignorant of God's way of right standing and were trying to set up one of their own, and so would not surrender to God's way of right standing.

Gaius, my host, and host of the whole church here, wishes to be remembered to you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, wishes to be remembered to you, and so does our brother Quartus.

A married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, and how he can please his wife, and so his devotion is divided.

And so these three, faith, hope, and love endure, but the greatest of them is love.

And so He has put all things under His feet and made Him the supreme Head of the church,

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother and so perfectly unite himself to his wife that the two shall be one.

Yes, even if I am pouring out my life as a libation on the sacrifice and service your faith is rendering, I am glad to do so and congratulate you upon it;

and so I sent my brother Timothy, God's minister in the preaching of the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

by keeping your hold on faith and a good conscience; for some have thrust the latter aside and so have made shipwreck of their faith.

Those who have Christian masters must not pay them less respect because they are brothers; they must serve them all the better, because those who get the benefit of their service are believers and so are dear to them. These are the things that you must continue to teach and urge them to do.

and so fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, "He took our sicknesses and bore away our diseases."

Nobody pours new wine into old wine-bottles; or, if they do, the bottles burst, the wine runs out, and the bottles are ruined. But people pour new wine into new wine-bottles, and so both are preserved."