Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

And no wonder, since Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me,

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!"

Now before faith came about, we were held in custody and confined under the Law in preparation for the faith that was to be revealed.

But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.

Instead, he is placed under the care of guardians and servant managers until the time set by the father.

But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.

Tell me, those of you who want to live under the Law: Are you really listening to what the Law says?

The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church,

He will change our unassuming bodies and make them like his glorious body through the power that enables him to bring everything under his authority.

However, you must remain firmly established and steadfast in the faith, without being moved from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed including you, because you believed our testimony.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

Do your best to come to me before winter. Eubulus sends you greetings, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers.

As soon as I send Artemas to you, or perhaps Tychicus, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

For he did not put the coming world we are talking about under the control of angels.

and put everything under his feet."

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest."

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief.

We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest,"

and again in this passage, "They will never enter my rest."

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

In fact, under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of the blood there is no forgiveness.

Therefore, my brothers, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that at the proper time he may exalt you.

We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.

No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.

I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying, "To the one who sits on the throne and to the lamb be praise, honor, glory, and power forever and ever!"

When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.

A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: a woman dressed with the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a victor's crown of twelve stars on her head.

The Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and his power, and no one could enter the Temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels came to an end.

Nothing unclean, or anyone who does anything detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb's Book of Life will enter it.