TSK · Romans 11:20

Early the next morning they marched out to the wilderness of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said:“Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the LORD your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”

Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

Ephraim’s leader is Samaria, and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah. If your faith does not remain firm, then you will not remain secure.”

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,

So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Final Greetings Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’