For I am not ashamed of the good news of the Messiah: for it is the power of Yahweh unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the majesty of his Father with the holy angels.
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own majesty, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of Yahweh; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of the Messiah.
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but bear all things, lest we should hinder the good news of the Messiah.
What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the good news, I may make the good news of the Messiah without charge, that I abuse not my power in the good news.
In whom the mighty one of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the magnificent good news of the Messiah, who is the image of Elohim, should shine unto them.
Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they magnify Elohim for your professed subjection unto the good news of the Messiah, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
For this cause also thank we Elohim without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of Elohim which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of Yahweh, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Master, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the good news according to the power of Yahweh;
For the word of Elohim is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.