If possible, as much as depends on you, keeping peace with all men.

And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it came upon your heart.

This [woman] did what she could; she undertook beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

For if there is first a readiness, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, behold, I am [here], send me. And He said, Go, and say to this people,

Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest, that He may send forth workers into His harvest."

Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus."

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a commission.

not boasting beyond the limits in the labors of others, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you according to our sphere [of influence],

to preach the gospel to the [regions] beyond you, [and] not to boast in the things done in the sphere [of influence] of others.