do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope."

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.

Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet.

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."

But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"?

For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations --

So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.

And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!

Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth."

(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.