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So Ananias left and went to that house. He laid his hands on Saulon him">[fn] and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were traveling, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit."Acts 2:4; 4:31; 8:17; 13:52; 22:12-13;">[xr]

so that the rest of the people may search for the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by my name, declares the Lord. He is the one who has been doing these things

so that they might look for God,for the Lord">[fn] somehow reach for him, and find him. Of course, he is never far from any one of us.Acts 14:17; Romans 1:20;">[xr]

This went on for two years, so that all who lived in Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.Acts 20:31;">[xr]

I have nothing reliable to write our Sovereign about him, so I have brought him to all of you,to you (pl.)">[fn] and especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I will have something to write after he is cross-examined.

You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'Isaiah 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77,79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 6:14; Ephesians 1:11,18; 4:18; 5:8; Colossians 1:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Ephesians 1:11,18, 1 Peter 2:9,25;">[xr]

The ship was caught so that it couldn't face the wind, and we gave up and were swept along.

For this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heartand turn and let me heal them."'Isaiah 6:9-10">[fn]

For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,Romans 15:29;">[xr]

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.Acts 16:7; Romans 15:23; Philippians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 2:18;">[xr]

For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes - his eternal power and divine nature - have been understood and observed by what he made, so that peoplethey">[fn] are without excuse.Psalm 19:1; Acts 14:17; 17:27;">[xr]

Now we know that whatever the law says applies to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Job 1:5:16; Psalm 107:42; Ezekiel 16:63; John 10:34; 15:25; Romans 1:20;">[xr]

Therefore, the promiseit">[fn] is based on faith, so that it may be a matter of grace and may be guaranteed for all his descendants - not only for those who were given the law,those of the law">[fn] but also for those who share Abraham's faith, who is the father of us all.Isaiah 51:2; Romans 3:24; 9:8; Galatians 3:22;">[xr]

Now the law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,Luke 7:47; John 15:22; Romans 3:20; 4:15; 7:8; Galatians 3:19,23; 1 Timothy 1:14;">[xr]

so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death,ruled in death">[fn] so also grace might rule by bringing justificationthrough justification">[fn] that results in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What should we say, then? Should we go on sinning so that grace may increase?Romans 3:8,15;">[xr]

Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life.John 2:11; 11:40; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 2:12; 3:10;">[xr]

We know that our old selves were crucified with him so that our sinful bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14; Ephesians 4:22; Colossians 2:11;">[xr]

Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.Psalm 19:13; 119:133;">[xr]

So while her husband is living, she will be called an adulterer even if she lives with another man. But if her husband dies, she is free from this law, so that she is not an adulterer if she marries another man.Matthew 5:32;">[xr]