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2 Corinthians 12:1

2 Corinthians 12:1 (NLT)
This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord.

Psalm 2:1

Psalm 2:1 (NLT)
Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

1 Corinthians 10:33

1 Corinthians 10:33 (NLT)
I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t just do what is best for me; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved.

1 Corinthians 10:24

1 Corinthians 10:24 (NLT)
Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.

1 Corinthians 7:37-38

1 Corinthians 7:37-38 (MSG)
On the other hand, if a man is comfortable in his decision for a single life in service to God and it's entirely his own conviction and not imposed on him by others, he ought to stick with it.

1 Corinthians 7:29

1 Corinthians 7:29 (MSG)
I do want to point out, friends, that time is of the essence. There is no time to waste, so don't complicate your lives unnecessarily. Keep it simple —in marriage, grief, joy, whatever. Even in ordinary things—your daily routines of shopping, and so on. Deal as sparingly as possible with the things the world thrusts on you. This world as you see it is on its way out.

1 Corinthians 7:19

1 Corinthians 7:19 (MSG)
Being Jewish isn't the point. The really important thing is obeying God's call, following his commands.

1 Corinthians 7:17

1 Corinthians 7:17 (MSG)
And don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life. Don't think I'm being harder on you than on the others. I give this same counsel in all the churches.

Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:10 (MSG)
And if you are married, stay married. This is the Master's command, not mine. If a wife should leave her husband, she must either remain single or else come back and make things right with him. And a husband has no right to get rid of his wife.

Exodus 33:12-17

Exodus 33:12-17 (CEV)
Moses said to the [Lord], “I know that you have told me to lead these people to the land you promised them. But you have not said who will go along to help me. You have said that you are my friend and that you are pleased with me.

Understanding the Lord

Exodus 33:12-17 (AMP)
Moses said to the Lord, See, You say to me, Bring up this people, but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You said, I know you by name and you have also found favor in My sight.

Hebrews 12:1-2

Hebrews 12:1-2 (MSG)
Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

2 Corinthians 6:12

2 Corinthians 6:12 (MSG)
We didn't fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren't small, but you're living them in a small way.