But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.

But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.

They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you."

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures.

Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

Paul replied, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too.

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth?

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well.

For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap.

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.

May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus.

And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith!

and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.

For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?

You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that -- and tremble with fear.

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.

Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination,

Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.

They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well.

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand -- thousands times thousands --

The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth."