Indeed, the very men who let themselves be circumcised do not themselves observe the law. But they simply want you to let yourselves be circumcised, so that they can boast of you as members of their party.

Now I want you to rest assured, brothers, that those things which have befallen me have actually resulted in the progress of the good news;

Stop being worried about anything, but always, in prayer and entreaty, and with thanksgiving, keep on making your wants known to God.

Not that I refer to any personal want, for I have learned to be contented in whatever circumstances I am.

I know how to live in lowly circumstances and I know how to live in plenty. I have learned the secret, in all circumstances, of either getting a full meal or of going hungry, of living in plenty or being in want.

It is not your gift that I want, but I do want the profits to pile up to your credit.

I want you to know what a battle I am fighting for you and for those in Laodicea, yes, for all who have never known me personally,

Because we did want to come to see you; I mean, that I myself, Paul, wanted again and again to come, but Satan prevented it.

Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope.

They want to be teachers of the law, although they do not understand the words they use or the things about which they make such confident assertions.

So I want the men everywhere to offer prayer, lifting to heaven holy hands which are kept unstained by anger and dissensions.

I want the women, on their part, to dress becomingly, that is, modestly and sensibly, not adorning themselves with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive dresses,

Keep the young widows off this roll, for when they get to indulging their lower nature in opposition to Christ, they want to marry,

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

It is a message to be trusted, and I want you to be emphatic about these things, so that those who believe in God may be careful to take the lead in doing good. These things are right and render service to mankind.

Give a hearty send-off to Zenas the lawyer, and Apollos, so that they may want for nothing.

Pray for me, for I am sure that I have a clear conscience, and in everything I want to live a noble life.

You faithless wives! Do you not know that the friendship of the world means enmity with God? So whoever wants to be a friend to the world puts himself down as an enemy to God.

For "Whoever wants to enjoy life and see delightful days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

So, if I come, I will remind you of what he is doing, how with malicious insinuations he is talking about me. Not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers himself, he interferes with those who want to do so, and tries to put them out of the church.

I have much to say 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 although the Lord had saved a people out of the land of Egypt, He afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

If anyone wants to injure them, fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone wants to injure them, he must himself be killed in that way.

Therefore, because God wanted to make the strongest demonstration of the unchangeable character of His purpose, He interposed with an oath,

For you know that, when later he wanted to get possession of the blessing, he was rejected, for he could find no opportunity to repent, although with tears he tried to get the blessing.

Although he wanted to have him killed, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded him as a prophet.

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to set any prisoner free whom the people wanted.

Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They answered, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I solemnly say to you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of heaven ahead of you.

So Herodias had it in for him and wanted to have him killed. But she could not have it done,

Then He left there and went into the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house and wanted no one to know that He was there. But He could not escape public notice.

Then He went up on the hillside and summoned to Him those whom He wanted, and they went to Him.

So, as Pilate wanted to satisfy the crowd, he set Barabbas free for them, but after having Jesus flogged, he turned Him over to be crucified.

Now Herod was very glad to see Jesus, for he had been wanting to see Him for a long time on account of what he had heard about Him; also he was hoping to see some spectacular performance done by Him.

Then Pilate again appealed to them, for He wanted to let Jesus go.

Then Jesus took the loaves and gave thanks, and distributed them among the people who were sitting on the ground; so too with the fish as much as they wanted.

So they picked them up and filled twelve baskets with the pieces that were left from the five barley loaves, which were more than the eaters wanted.

and some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one ventured to lay a hand upon Him.

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him a question, and so He said to them, "Are you inquiring of one another about this saying of mine, 'In just a little while you will not see me, and yet in just a little while after you will see me again'?

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

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

But Barnabas persisted in wanting to take along John who was called Mark.

Paul wanted this man to join him in his journey; so on account of the Jews in that district he took him and had him circumcised, for everybody knew that his father was a Greek.

Paul wanted to go into the assembly and address the people, but the disciples would not let him.

As I wanted to know the exact charge they were making against him, I brought him before their council,

But at the close of two whole years Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and as he wanted to gratify the Jews, Felix left Paul still in prison.

Then Festus, as he wanted to ingratiate himself with the Jews, said to Paul, "Will you go up to Jerusalem and be tried on these charges before me there?"

but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,

After examining me the Romans wanted to set me free, because I was innocent of any crime that deserved the death penalty.

But as it now is, God has placed the parts, every one of them, in the body just as He wanted them to be.

Only they wanted us to remember the poor; the very thing that I was eager to do.