“Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to themselves, “Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but Godalone?”
“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.
“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.
but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.
But God raised him from the dead,
But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.
But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—
For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also anheir.
Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.
For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”
But God found fault with the people and said: “The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.