Tell me this, you who want to be subject to law: Will you not listen to the Law?

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised want to present a good appearance externally, to save themselves from having to stand persecution for the cross of Jesus the Christ.

Why, even those who let themselves be circumcised do not observe the Law themselves! But they want you to let yourselves be circumcised so that they can boast of that physical fact about you!

But I never want to boast of anything but the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on which the world has been crucified to me and I have been to the world.

For neither circumcision nor the want of it is of any importance, but only a new creation.

Now I want to assure you, brothers, that what has happened to me has actually resulted in furthering the preaching of the good news.

I want to know him in the power of resurrection, and to share his sufferings and even his death,

Have no anxiety about anything, but make all your wants known to God in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving.

Not that I want your gifts, but I want you to have the profits that will accumulate to your credit.

For I want you to know what a fight I am putting up for you and for our brothers in Laodicea, and for all who do not know me personally,

that your hearts may be cheered. I want you to be united by love, and to have all the benefit of assured knowledge in coming to know Christ??3 that divine mystery in which all treasures of wisdom and knowledge are to be found.

We do not want you to be under any misapprehension, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.

Thank God whatever happens. For this is what God through Christ Jesus wants you to do.

who wants all men to be saved and to come to know the truth.

I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven hands that are holy, without any angry disputes.

Do not put young women on the list of widows, for when their youthful vigor comes between them and Christ, they want to marry,

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

But everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

This is a trustworthy teaching, and I want you to insist on these things, so that those who believe in God may make it their business to do good. All this is right and beneficial to mankind.

But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,

But do you want proof, my senseless friend, that faith without good deeds amounts to nothing?

The Lord is not slow about his promise, in the sense that some men think; he is really showing his patience with you, because he does not want any to perish, but wishes all men to be brought to repentance.

So if I come, I will bring up the things that he is doing, and how he is maliciously accusing me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, and he is interfering with those who want to do so, and has them put out of the church.

I have a great deal to write to you, but I do not want to write it with pen and ink;

Now I want to remind you, though you know it all already, that he who brought the people safely out of the land of Egypt afterward destroyed the ones who did not believe,

In those days men will seek death and never find it. They will want to die, but death will fly from them.

"Come," say the Spirit and the bride. Let everyone who hears this say, "Come!" Let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wants it come and take without cost living water.

When they heard this, they were furious, and wanted to kill them.

He got very hungry, and wanted something to eat. While they were getting it ready, he fell into a trance,

Now Barnabas wanted to take John who was called Mark with them.

As he wanted to cross to Greece, the brothers wrote to the disciples there, urging them to welcome him. On his arrival there he was of great service to those who through God's favor had become believers,

Paul wanted to go before the people himself, but the disciples would not allow it.

As I wanted to learn what charge they made against him, I had him brought before their council,

But when two whole years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.

The sailors wanted to escape from the ship, and actually lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to run out anchors from the bow,

but the officer wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from doing this, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction,

not wanting in devotion, but on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

While he was still speaking, his mother and his brothers came up and stood outside the crowd, wanting to speak to him.

It was because I was sure of this that I wanted to come to see you before going anywhere else, to give you a double pleasure;

And while he wanted him killed, he was afraid of the people; for they considered him a prophet.

Even if I have no particular gifts in speaking, I am not wanting in knowledge. Why, I have always made that perfectly clear in my dealings with you.

And when I was with you and wanted money, I did not burden any of you, for when the brothers came from Macedonia they supplied what I needed. So I kept myself, as I shall always do, from being a burden to you in any way.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.