Study Desk

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified.

For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.

On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.

Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go.

No one, then, should refuse to accept him. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

Because I was confident of this, I planned to visit you first so that you might benefit twice.

When I planned this, did I do it lightly? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say, "Yes, yes" and "No, no"?

I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy.

Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, fading though it was,

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.