I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the faithfulness which You have done for Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies.

Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah; and he said: Who am I, O Lord Jehovah? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than every one of them, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being out of ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,

And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather exult in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.

I have become foolish in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.

the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and do homage to Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

And the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they had offered willingly unto Jehovah; and King David also rejoiced with great joy.

for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.

And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will tithe to give a tithe to You.

for every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness of it.

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up from whatever he is prospered, that there be no collections when I come.