But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.'

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways,

So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are."

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!"

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land.

By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying,

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way.

Most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with all gratitude.

But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.

Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, "When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case."

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome.

and the way of peace they have not known."

Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge --

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world.

Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me."

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is really among you."

Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.

and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.

Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.

And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work.

You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God,

And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation -- a sign which is from God.

And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness -- a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness.

Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.

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

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

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.

You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need.

Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,

"Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, 'Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.'

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"