And now, behold, I know that all of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.

I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

After he had greeted them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

And when they heard it, they glorified God. And they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed; they are all zealous for the law,

and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.

For we have found this man a pestilent fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

except this one thing which I shouted out while standing among them, 'With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.'"

"Therefore," he said, "let the men of authority among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him."

After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought.

So then, all the Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem.

to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage; for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

When they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, after Paul had made one final statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

among whom you also are called to belong to Jesus Christ;

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have some harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the rest to share the root of the olive tree,

For by the grace given to me I say to every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith which God has assigned him.

and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name";

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners; they are men of note among the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For I have been informed by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you, my brethren.

For I resolved to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Yet we do speak a wisdom among the mature, a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit which is in him? Even so no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

for you are still carnal. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking like mere men?

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: a man has his father's wife.

God judges those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no man among you wise enough to decide between his brethren,

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you?

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it.

For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so, he will fall on his face, and worship God, declaring that God is really among you.

For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by usby me and Silvanus and Timothywas not Yes and No, but in him it has always been Yes.

For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,

What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; and as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.

We do not go beyond limits by boasting in other men's labors, but our hope is that as your faith grows, our sphere among you may be greatly enlarged,

The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all perseverance, with signs and wonders and mighty works.

and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.

to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

I went up because of a revelation; and I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who were of reputation, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.

Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

Among them we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and mind, and so we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

which has come to you, just as in all the world it is bearing fruit and growing, even as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;

To them God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

and also Jesus who is called Justus. These are the only men of the circumcision among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have proved to be a comfort to me.

When this letter has been read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and see that you read the letter from Laodicea.

for our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.

But we were gentle among you, like a mother nursing her little children.

But we ask you, brethren, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

when he comes to be glorified in his saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believedbecause our testimony to you was believed.

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, not doing any work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: he was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

For among them are those who make their way into households and capture weak women, weighed down with sins and swayed by various impulses,

For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the immoral and adulterous.

have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

And the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good life let him show his deeds in the humility of wisdom.

What causes quarrels and fights among you? Is it not your passions that are at war in your members?

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord;

My brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back,

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed,

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

(for by what he saw and heard that righteous man, while living among them, felt his righteous soul tormented day after day by their lawless deeds),

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

In this love is perfected among us, that we may have confidence for the Day of Judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: 'These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as if it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the generals and the rich and the strong, and every one, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb.