The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; so let a man be to the mouth that praiseth him.

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green.

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow when he would wrap himself in it.

but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you, being yet in Galilee,

Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.

Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

and not only so, but is also chosen by the assemblies as our fellow-traveller with this grace, ministered by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and a witness of our readiness;

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, (who is not weak towards you, but is powerful among you,

The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.