Study Desk

If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.

And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.

For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

because a great door for effective work has opened to me, even though many oppose me.

I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,

But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.

Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.