But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
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As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psalms
PoetryNow it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew
GospelsTell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Mark
Gospels / MarkYet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Joshua
HistoryThey have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
Psalms
PoetryZanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWho is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhat then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
Job
WisdomThe righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUnto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterEber, Peleg, Reu,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsCome against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhile ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.