for we are members of his body, as if taken out of his flesh, and of his bones, as Eve was out of Adam's.

This is a great secret, but I understand it of Christ and the church.

Slaves, you should obey those who are your earthly masters, out of reverence and eagerness to please them, with a sincere heart, as you would [obey] Christ.

not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Some, it is true, are [actually] preaching Christ out of envy and rivalry [toward me—for no better reason than a competitive spirit or misguided ambition], but others out of goodwill and a loyal spirit [toward me].

the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

but those out of contention, announce the Christ, not purely, supposing to arouse tribulation for my bonds.

What does it matter? Just that in every way, whether out of false motives or true, Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice

For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Yet [on the other hand], to remain in my body is more necessary for your sakes.

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

for it is God that influences your desires and endeavours, out of his benevolence to you.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

in order to, somehow, be raised out of the dead [i.e., to have never ending life].

Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

And know also ye, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated anything to me in the way of giving and receiving save ye alone;

And my God, out of the greatness of his wealth, will, in glory, fully satisfy your every need, through your union with Christ Jesus.

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;

And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with him through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

So, do not allow anyone to judge [i.e., condemn] you for what you eat, or what you drink, or regarding [your non-observance of] a [yearly] festival, or a [monthly] "new moon" observance, or a [weekly] Sabbath day.

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind.

But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.

You slaves should obey your earthly masters in everything, [and] do not do it just when they are looking [at you], or to gain their favor, but do it with a sincere heart, out of reverence for the Lord.

and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.

for our exhortation is not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;

Brothers, when we were bereft of you for a little while (out of sight, not out of mind), we were the more eager to see you. We had a keen longing for you.

that each man among you should learn to take his own wife out of pure and honorable motives,

not out of evil passions as the heathen do who do not know God;

We [earnestly] urge you, believers, admonish those who are out of line [the undisciplined, the unruly, the disorderly], encourage the timid [who lack spiritual courage], help the [spiritually] weak, be very patient with everyone [always controlling your temper].

not to be "quickly shaken out of your wits" and not to be agitated either by a spirit or by a message, or by an epistle purporting to be from me, saying, "The Day of the Lord is at hand."

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.

the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.

[But] do not put a widow on the list [i.e., of people being helped by the church. See Acts 6:1] who is under sixty years old. [And she must] have been the wife of one man,

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing out of favoritism.

Discontinue the drinking of bare water, take a litle wine out of regard to your weak stomach, and your frequent indispositions.

So also the right actions of some are evident to the world, and those that are not cannot remain for ever out of sight.

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,

For we have brought nothing into the world, so [it is clear that] we cannot take anything out of it, either.

Do not, therefore, be ashamed of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering for the Good News, as far as God enables you.

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

but now [that extraordinary purpose and grace] has been fully disclosed and realized by us through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus who [through His incarnation and earthly ministry] abolished death [making it null and void] and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

Keep the great securities of your faith intact, by aid of the holy Spirit that dwells within us.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

Remind men of this: adjure them before the Lord not to bandy arguments ??no good comes out of that, it only means the undoing of your audience.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

For some of them practice going into people's houses and capturing weak and silly women who are overwhelmed with the weight of their sins, who are easily led about by all sorts of evil impulses,

But you have followed my instruction,??ode of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience,

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

I adjure you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and the dead??y his appearing and his kingdom, I adjure you??2 proclaim the message, be urgent in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, encourage, with never-failing patience and teaching.

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

for Damas, out of love to this world has abandon'd me, and is gone to Thessalonica: Crescens, to Galatia: and Titus, to Dalmatia.

Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

he saved us not in consideration of any virtuous actions which we had done, but out of his meer mercy, by the baptism of regeneration, he form'd us anew, by the plentiful effusion of the holy spirit,

which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

yet out of [mutual] love, I appeal to you [to do what I ask]. For I Paul, am an old man, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus. [Note: Most calculations suggest that Paul was approximately 60 years old, which was considered a relatively advanced age in that day].

And I am sending him back to you with this letter--though it is like tearing out of my very heart.

I would have liked to keep him with me, to wait on me in your place while I am in prison for the good news,

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it??ot to mention the fact that you owe me your very self besides.

Come, brother, let me make something out of you, in a Christian sense! Cheer my heart as a Christian.

For, if the Message which was delivered by angels had its authority confirmed, so that every offence against it, or neglect of it, met with a fitting requital,

putting all things under his feet. Now by putting all things under him, the writer meant to leave nothing out of his control. But, as it is, we do not yet see all things controlled by man;

For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Were they not all that came out of Egypt by Moses? And with whom was he grieved forty years? Was it not with them who had sinned?

For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

And besides, one does not appropriate for himself the honor [of being high priest], but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.

(for those Levites who formerly became priests [received their office] without [its being confirmed by the taking of] an oath, but this One [was designated] with an oath through the One who said to Him,

“The Lord has sworn
And will not change His mind or regret it,
‘You (Christ) are a Priest forever’”).

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.

For the first tabernacle was prepared, in which was both the lampstand, and the table, and the setting out of the loaves, which is called Holies.

For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

And almost all things, according to the law, are purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no forgiveness.

For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine [retribution and the deliverance of justice rest with Me], I will repay [the wrongdoer].” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

By faith we understand that the worlds have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

reckoning that even out of the dead God is able to raise up, whence also in a figure he did receive him.

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, referred to [the promise of God for] the exodus of the sons of Israel [from Egypt], and gave instructions concerning [the burial of] his bones [in the land of the promise].

By faith he went out of Egypt, not being turned from his purpose by fear of the wrath of the king; for he kept on his way, as seeing him who is unseen.

By faith he observed the passover and the pouring out of blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

and others of mockings and scourgings did receive trial, and yet of bonds and imprisonment;

because God out of his distinguishing kindness to us, would not let them arrive before us to the enjoyment of perfect felicity.