And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be a root of Jesse; and he who shall rise to rule over the Gentiles, in him the Gentiles shall hope."

For your obedience has become known to all, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has control over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well.

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

For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

Not that we lord it over your faith; but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

in order that Satan might gain no advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of the radiance that was fading away.

Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts.

As it is written, "He who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack."

I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and lewdness which they have practiced.

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?

I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things for the church,

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

and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, greedy for the practice of every kind of impurity.

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

and you have been made complete in him, who is the head over all rule and authority.

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them through him.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

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

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

I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.

but Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

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

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this with joy, and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

For judgment will be without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

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.

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;

You wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without a word by the behavior of their wives,

not as lording it over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

He who overcomes, and keeps my works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations

I looked, and behold, a pale horse; and its rider's name was Death, and Hades was following him. And they were given power over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.

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

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

But leave out the court outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given over to the nations; and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.

These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

Also it was given power to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,

So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

Then another angel came out from the altar, the one who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe."

And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea of glass, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps of God

Men were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.

for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and giving over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

The woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth."

And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication and were wanton with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning;

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her!"

and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be released for a short time.

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

And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them.