"A curse on you, you hypocritical scribes and Pharisees! For you pay tithes on mint and dill and cummin, and yet leave out the more vital matters of the law, justice, love and fidelity. These latter especially you ought to have done, but ought not to have left out the former.

"I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in common with me,

And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.

Now there was but one heart and soul in the vast number of those who had become believers, and not one of them claimed that anything that he had was his own, but they shared everything that they had as common property.

Many signs and wonders were continuously performed by the apostles among the people. And by common consent they all used to meet in Solomon's portico.

they had the apostles arrested and put into the common jail.

But Peter said, "Never by any means, sir, for I have never eaten anything common, or not ceremonially cleansed."

But I answered, 'Never by any means, sir, for nothing common or not ceremonially cleansed has ever passed my lips.'

No temptation has taken hold of you but what is common to human nature. And God is to be trusted not to let you be tempted beyond your strength, but when temptation comes, to make a way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

To each of us is given a special spiritual illumination for the common good.

so that there is no disharmony in the body, but all the parts have a common care for one another.

What harmony exists between Christ and Belial, or what is common between a believer and an unbeliever?

The spiritual blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the common sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

So, if there is any appeal in our union with Christ, if there is any persuasive power in love, if we have any common share in the Spirit, if you have any tenderheartedness and sympathy,

to Titus, my genuine child in our common faith: be spiritual blessing and peace from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

How much severer punishment do you suppose that one deserves who tramples the Son of God underfoot, and counts as a common thing the blood of the covenant by which he was consecrated, and has insulted the Spirit that grants God's unmerited favor?

Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.

They have one common policy. They give their power and authority to the wild beast.