I will worship toward Your holy temple, and give thanks to Your name for Your mercy, and for Your truth; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.
For I also am a man having been set under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this one, Go! And he goes. And to another, Come! And he comes. And to my slave, Do this! And he does it.
Therefore strife and not a little discussion with them occurring by Paul and Barnabas, they appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to go up into Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this question.
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rising up, go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all things which has been appointed to you to do.
And having appointed him a day, more came to him in the lodging, to whom he expounded, earnestly testifying the kingdom of God and persuading them the things concerning Jesus, both from the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning until evening.
Let every soul be subject to higher authorities having power, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God.
But I exhort you, brothers. You know the power of sin is the Law; house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and they appointed themselves to ministry to the saints.
in whom we also were chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of the One working all things according to the counsel of His own will,