to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike.

and if the house should prove deserving, may your good wish for peace upon it come true, but if not, may your good wish bring peace to yourselves.

"See that you tell nobody a single word about it. Be gone, show yourself to the priest, and to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification which Moses prescribed."

Jesus said to them, "Does not this prove that you are wrong in your views, because you do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?

And this is proof for you: You will find a baby wrapped up and lying in a manger."

Then He warned him not to tell anybody, but rather He said, "Go, show yourself to the priest, and, to prove it to the people, make the offering for your purification, just as Moses prescribed."

Who of you can prove me guilty of sin? But if I do tell you the truth, why do you not believe me?

Now as a proof that He has raised Him from the dead, no more to return to decay, He has spoken this, 'I will fulfill to you the holy promises made to David.'

But, not to detain you too long, I beg you in your kindness to give us a brief hearing.

and they cannot prove the charges they have just made against me.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him, and continued to bring a number of serious charges against him, none of which they could prove.

Then Agrippa answered Paul, "In brief you are trying to persuade me and make a Christian of me!"

Paul answered, "In brief or at length, I would to God that not only you but all my hearers today were what I am -- excepting these chains!"

Not at all. Let God prove true, though every man be false! As the Scripture says, "That you may prove yourself upright in words you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

yes, to demonstrate His justice at the present time, to prove that He is right Himself, and that He considers right with Himself the man who has faith in Jesus.

Now a man will scarcely ever give his life for an upright person, though once in a while a man is brave enough to die for a generous friend.

Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,

and my language and the message I preached were not adorned with pleasing words of worldly wisdom, but they were attended with proof and power given by the Spirit,

Now in this matter of trustees the first and final requirement is that they should prove to be trustworthy.

If I am not an apostle to other people, I certainly am one to you, for you yourselves, by virtue of your union with the Lord, are the proof of my apostleship.

But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.

On the contrary, I am trying in everything to prove to people that I am a true servant of God: by my tremendous endurance in sorrows, distresses, difficulties;

Not only that, but he has been selected by the churches to travel with me for this gracious contribution which is being raised by me, so that it may turn out for the glory of the Lord and a proof of my readiness to serve.

So you must furnish them, before all the churches, proof of your love and ground for my praising you so highly.

since you demand a proof that Christ is speaking through me. For Christ is not exhibiting weakness toward you but power in you.

For if I try to build again what I tore down, I really prove myself to be a wrongdoer.

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

In it I have been made a minister in accordance with the trusteeship God entrusted to me for you, that I might prove among you the universal message of God,

but continue to prove all things until you can approve them, and then hold on to what is good.

This is a proof of God's righteous judgment, His aim being to let you show yourselves worthy of His kingdom, for which you are suffering; since,

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the message of the Lord may continue to spread and prove its glorious power as it did among you,

If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot prove false to Himself."

so that by these two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to prove false, we who have taken refuge with Him may have encouragement strong enough to make us seize upon the hope that lies ahead of us.

Now faith is the assurance of the things we hope for, the proof of the reality of the things we cannot see.

do you not make improper distinctions among yourselves and prove to be critics with evil motives?

My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it?

but in accordance with the Holy Being who has called you, you must prove to be holy too,

So we ought to show hospitality to such men, to prove that we cooperate with them for the truth.

Do not be so afraid of what you are to suffer. See! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison to be tested there and for ten days to suffer pressing troubles. Each one of you must prove to be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.