a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," that is to say, God our Saviour.

Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? it is no longer fit for any thing, but to be cast out and trod under foot.

If your right eye insnare you, it is better to pull it out, and to suffer the loss of that single part, than that thy whole body should be cast into Gehenna.

and if thy right hand insnare thee, it is better to saw it off, and to suffer the loss of that single part, than that thy whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.

another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

So the devils entreated him, saying, if you force us out, suffer us to retire into the herd of swine.

from that time began Jesus to let his disciples know that he should go to Jerusalem, there suffer many indignities from the senators, chief priests, and scribes, be put to death, and be raised again the third day.

for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.

but I tell you, that Elias is already come, tho' they knew him not, but treated him in an arbitrary manner; with such usage as the son of man shall likewise suffer at their hands.

upon which Jesus answered, incredulous and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?

but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open.

At length he began to inform them, that the son of man should suffer many indignities, be rejected by the chief priests, Scribes, and senators, be even put to death, and after three days should rise again.

it is true, said he, that Elias must come beforehand to establish every thing, and that it was predicted of him, as well as of the son of man, that he should suffer very much, and be treated with contempt.

salt is good, but if the salt become insipid, how shall it recover its savour? don't lose your seasoning, nor your peaceable behaviour to one another.

which Jesus observing was much displeas'd with them, and said, suffer little children to come unto me, do not hinder them: for of such is the kingdom of God.

nor would he suffer any baggage to be carried thro' the temple.

so that if the Lord should suffer it to last, no man could escape: but he will not suffer the time to last long, out of regard to his elect.

and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my saviour,

he hath rais'd up a powerful saviour for us, in the family of his servant David,

for the Lord Messiah your saviour is this day born, in the city of David:

for mine eyes have beheld the saviour,

and all men shall behold the divine saviour."

many were dispossess'd of the demons, who cried aloud, you are the Messiah, the son of God. but he rebuked them, and would not suffer them to declare, that they knew him to be the Messiah.

being come to the house, he suffer'd nobody to go into the room with him, except Peter, John and James, and the young woman's father and mother.

the son of man must suffer many indignities: be rejected by the rulers, the chief priests, and Scribes: be put to death: and the third day be raised again.

then said Jesus, O incredulous, and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring hither your son.

if the master of a house knew at what hour the thief would come, no doubt he would be on his guard, and not suffer him to break into his house.

upon which Jesus thus address'd himself to them. do you imagine that those Galileans were greater sinners than the rest of the nation, because they suffer'd in such a manner?

salt is good, but if the salt has lost its savour, with what shall it be recovered?

and he said to them, I have ardently desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffer.

as for us, it is with justice, that we suffer the penalty due to our crimes: but as for him, what misdemeanour has he been guilty of?

was not the Messiah to have suffer'd thus, and after that enter into his glory?

thus it is written, and thus it behov'd Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

now it is not for what you have said, that we believe: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the saviour of the world, the Christ.

sometime after Jesus met him in the temple, and said to him, you see you were cured: sin no more, lest you suffer something worse.

whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye leave unpardoned, they are lest unpardoned."

but thus it is that God has accomplished what he had foretold by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer.

full of joy, that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus.

for I will make him see how much he must suffer for my name.

it is of his posterity that God, pursuant to his promise, has rais'd up Jesus to be the saviour of Israel.

wherefore in another place he says, "thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption."

explaining them, and setting it to view, that the Messiah was to suffer and rise again from the dead: and that Jesus, whom he denounc'd to them, was that very Messiah.

then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and you that are here present, you see the man, against whom a numerous body of the Jews have been practising with me both at Jerusalem, and in this city, urging with vehemence, that he should not be suffer'd to live.

but by the divine favour I am still preserv'd alive, testifying to the small and to the great nothing but what Moses and the prophets have predicted should happen: "that Christ should suffer:

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; although we now suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

You will say then, "were they suffer'd to stumble meerly for their ruin?" no: but that thro' their fall, salvation might be offer'd to the Gentiles, in order to provoke their emulation.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to maintain all the same doctrine, to suffer no divisions among you; but to be perfectly united in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

for I did not think I was to have any other knowledge among you, than that of Christ, a crucified saviour.

if that man's work should be burnt, he will suffer loss: but should he himself escape, it will be as out of the fire.

to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:

to deliver him up to satan, to suffer corporal punishment, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.

beside, you are absolutely in the wrong in going to law with one another at all: why don't you rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer loss?

you have met with no trials yet, but such as are common to men: and God who is faithful, will not suffer you to be tempted above your strength; but will with the temptation make a way to escape, by enabling you to bear it.

so that if one member suffer, they all suffer with it: or if one be honoured, they partake of it.

so that I suffer the influences of his death, while you only feel the effects of his life.

for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;

who is afflicted, and I not suffer? who is offended, and I not inflam'd?

But as for those who were men of real eminency, how considerable soever they were heretofore, it does not any ways affect me; God accepts not the person of any man: for they who were of note, in conference with me, had nothing new to add.

the others act from affection, as knowing that I suffer for having defended the gospel.

for it is a favour bestowed upon you, that you not only believe on Christ, but suffer also for his sake,

the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,

but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

on the contrary, notwithstanding the outrages, you know we suffer'd at Philippi, we had still the resolution, by the divine assistance, to preach the gospel of God to you without reserve against all opposition.

for, my brethren, you have followed the example of the christian churches in Judea; by having suffer'd the same persecutions from your own nation, as the churches have suffer'd from the Jews,

none of you might be stagger'd by these persecutions: for you know that we are destin'd to suffer.

by which you may be assur'd, that they will be punish'd by the divine justice, and that you shall be rewarded with the kingdom of God, for which you suffer;

wherefore God will suffer a spirit of delusion to work them into the belief of a lye:

Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the appointment of God our saviour, and of Jesus Christ our hope,

for such offices are commendable, and agreeable to God our saviour,

for to that end we expose ourselves to trouble and reproach, because we hope in the living God, who is the saviour of all men, especially of believers.

has now been display'd by the coming of Jesus Christ our saviour, who has defeated the power of death, by bringing a life of immortality to light thro' the gospel.

For this I was establish'd the herald, the apostle, and doctor of the Gentiles. this has drawn upon me the evils I suffer.

for which I suffer even the chains of a malefactor: but the word of God is not so confin'd.

if we suffer, we shall also reign: if we renounce him,

and those who will live like Christians, shall generally suffer persecution.

and has in due time manifested by the preaching of his word, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our saviour:

TO Titus my own convert to the common faith: grace and peace from God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

entirely obsequious without grumbling. not to pilfer, but to show the strictest fidelity; that they may do honour to the doctrine of God our saviour in all things.

For the divine savour has display'd its salutary effects to all mankind:

in expectation of that desirable happiness, the glorious appearance of the supreme God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ,

but when the kindness and love of God our saviour display'd itself to mankind,

thro' Jesus Christ our saviour:

chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

others suffer'd cruel indignities and scourgings, besides chains and imprisonment.

remember those that are in chains, as if you were confin'd with them; and those who suffer adversity, as being your selves of the same body.

let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.

to sanctify them by his spirit, that by their obedience they might be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. may the divine savour make you continually prosper.

but even to the morose. for it is a recommendation to the divine favour, to suffer unjust persecution

this will conciliate the divine favour. and this is the condition of your vocation, since Christ himself has suffer'd for us,

However, if you suffer in the cause of virtue, it is your happiness: and instead of being over-awed by their threats, and struck with concern,

for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes.

for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

for to this end was the gospel preach'd to those, who are now dead, that after having suffer'd the loss of this frail life from men, they might enjoy an immortal life with God.

if you suffer indignities in the cause of Christ, you are happy: for the glorious spirit of God rests upon you.

take care therefore not to suffer upon the account of homicide, or thievery, or for any criminal, or pragmatical practices.

resist him by the steadiness of your faith, considering that your brethren among the Gentiles, suffer the same persecutions as you do.

and thus you will have a free admittance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

As for those who have renounc'd the pollutions of the world, by their owning Jesus Christ for their Lord and saviour, if they are prevail'd upon to be entangled therein again, their last state is worse than the first.

by admonishing you to be mindful of the predictions of the holy prophets, and of the directions of the apostles of our Lord and Saviour.