May the Lord show mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he cheered me up many times. He was not ashamed that I am in prison,

Then he prayed aloud, "O LORD my God, why have you done such a terrible thing to this widow? She has been kind enough to take care of me, and now you kill her son!"

Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.

naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.'

When did we ever see you a stranger and welcome you in our homes, or naked and clothe you?

The King will reply, 'I tell you, whenever you did this for one of the least important of these followers of mine, you did it for me!'

If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?

But you forgive us, so that we should stand in awe of you.

He said he would show mercy to our ancestors and remember his sacred covenant.

Our God is merciful and tender. He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us

everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.

But by the free gift of God's grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus, who sets them free.

For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on anyone I wish; I will take pity on anyone I wish."

For the scripture says to the king of Egypt, "I made you king in order to use you to show my power and to spread my fame over the whole world."

But one of you will say to me, "If this is so, how can God find fault with anyone? Who can resist God's will?"

After all, the man who makes the pots has the right to use the clay as he wishes, and to make two pots from the same lump of clay, one for special occasions and the other for ordinary use.

And he also wanted to reveal his abundant glory, which was poured out on us who are the objects of his mercy, those of us whom he has prepared to receive his glory.

But God's mercy is so abundant, and his love for us is so great,

It was concerning this salvation that the prophets made careful search and investigation, and they prophesied about this gift which God would give you.

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

After all, it is you---you, no less than others!---who are our hope, our joy, and our reason for boasting of our victory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes.

Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an officer in Herod's court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples.

There is really no need for me to write you about the help being sent to God's people in Judea.

God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.

I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.

While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the province and arrived in Ephesus. There he found some disciples

I will stay here in Ephesus until the day of Pentecost.

I want you to stay in Ephesus, just as I urged you when I was on my way to Macedonia. Some people there are teaching false doctrines, and you must order them to stop.

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands.