And immediately he rose up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, “We have seen extraordinary things today.”  “Seen it.” That is a typical expression of cynicism and indifference that speaks volumes on where we…

Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says,                      “In a favorable time I listened to you,        and in a day of salvation I have helped you.”    Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation Philadelphia is “The City of…

  They shall not labor in vain        or bear children for calamity,                    for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD,        and their descendants with them.              24       Before they call I will answer;        while they are yet speaking I will hear.              25       The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;        the lion…

“These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, 7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.” At this point, Paul was in Thessalonica, the second largest city in Greece. He went to this urban setting to fulfill his mission of…

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Paul told the Ephesians in chapter 4 to put on the new self and put off the old humanity. He told them to be imitators…

22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.  25 Husbands, love your wives,…