Even if anyone is detected in some trespass, brothers, you are spiritual, you must set the offender right in a spirit of gentleness; let each of you look to himself, in case he too is tempted.

he granted some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to shepherd and teach,

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, others from goodwill;

But we are informed that some of your number are loafing, busybodies instead of busy.

(When a widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn that the first duty of religion is to their own household, and that they should make some return to those who have brought them up. In God's sight this is an acceptable thing.)

As it is, some widows have already turned after Satan. ??16 Any believer, man or woman, who has widowed relatives, must give them relief; the church is not to be burdened with them; she has to relieve the widows who really need relief.

Some people's sins are notorious and call for judgment, but in some cases sin only comes out afterwards.

they have failed in the Truth by arguing that the resurrection has taken place already, and they are undermining some people's faith.

In any great house there are indeed vessels not only of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for noble, some for menial service.

Some of them worm their way into families and get hold of the women-folk who feel crushed by the burden of their sins ??wayward creatures of impulse,

Come, brother, let me have some return from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ.

Since then it is reserved for some to enter it, and since those who formerly got the good news failed to enter owing to their disobedience,

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good deeds ??25 not ceasing to meet together, as is the habit of some, but admonishing one another, all the more so, as you see the Day coming near.

Some were given back to their womankind, raised from the very dead; others were broken on the wheel, refusing to accept release, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

Never forget to be hospitable, for by hospitality some have entertained angels unawares.

Suppose some brother or sister is ill-clad and short of daily food;

If anyone preaches, he must preach as one who utters the words of God; if anyone renders some service, it must be as one who is supplied by God with power, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. The glory and the dominion are his for ever and ever: Amen.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you, as though some foreign experience befell you.

speaking of this as he has done in all his letters ??letters containing some knotty points, which ignorant and unsteady souls twist (as they do the rest of the scriptures) to their own destruction.

I was overjoyed to find some of your children leading the true Life, as we were commanded to do by the Father.

For I was overjoyed when some brothers arrived and testified to the truth of your life, as indeed you do lead the true Life;

Snatch some from the fire, and have mercy on the waverers,

Have no fear of what you are to suffer. The devil indeed is going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested; you will have a distressful ten days. Be faithful, though you have to die for it, and I will give you the crown of Life.

But I have one or two things against you: you have some adherents there of the tenets of Balaam, who taught Balak how to set a pitfall before the sons of Israel by making them eat food which had been sacrificed to idols and give way to sexual vice.

So even with you; you likewise have some adherents of the tenets of the Nicolaitans.

with the glory of God. The sheen of it resembled some rare jewel like jasper, clear as crystal;