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They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

And why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.

The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’

Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them should be considered the greatest.

But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.

In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

…the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

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.

…so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

…so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.

On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.

No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he can return to me, for I am expecting him along with the brothers.

…in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.

But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

For each one should carry his own load.

His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

…for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

…that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

…and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.