They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

Then the Jews began to argue among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

And the Jews marveled, saying, "How did this man get such learning, having never studied?"

They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free'?"

They said to him, "Then how were your eyes opened?"

Then the Pharisees also asked him again how he had received his sight. He said to them, "He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and I see."

Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.

And they asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"

but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself."

Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"

So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"

The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, '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 how can we know the way?"

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?"

And how is it that we hear them, each of us in his own native language?

if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a cripple, as to how this man has been healed,

While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."

Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints at Jerusalem;

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; but God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

And he told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is also called Peter;

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell this to James and to the brethren." Then he left and went to another place.

When they arrived, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

Simeon has related how God first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name.

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are."

And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia,

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

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,

Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters.

Certainly not! For then how could God judge the world?

How then was it reckoned to him? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live any longer in it?

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

How then can they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without a preacher?

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean!

For if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!

Oh, the depth of the riches and of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life!

For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

but a married man is concerned about the affairs of the world, how he may please his wife,

and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman, and the virgin, is concerned about the affairs of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but the married woman is concerned about the affairs of the world, how she may please her husband.

If even lifeless things, such as the flute or the harp, do not give a distinction in the notes, how will any one know what is played?

So it is with you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is intelligible, how will anyone know what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air.

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

And his affection goes out all the more to you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it;

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things? Do you desire to be enslaved all over again?

that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs and members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Be careful, then, how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise,

Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing.

I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.

For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me;

I know how to be in need, and I also know how to have plenty; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and want.

For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not seen my face in the flesh,

Let your speech always be full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless we behaved toward you believers;

for you know how, as a father with his own children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you

Finally, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.

that each one of you know how to take his own spouse for himself in holiness and honor,

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).

if I am delayed, you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

See how great he was! Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

How much severer punishment do you think a man will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as an unclean thing the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

See to it that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less shall we escape, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rains.

Behold, we call those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

For I greatly rejoiced when some of the brethren arrived and testified to the truth of your life, and how you are walking in truth.

they cried out with a loud voice, "O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"

And this was how I saw the horses in my vision: the riders wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur.