24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the w...
the faith of every rational being must be imperfect and unproductive, but with this understanding it can become perfect and fruitful, abounding in righteousness unto the praise and glory of God the Father and the Lord
Abimelech be- sieged and burned Shechem but was killed during a siege of an al- lied city when the defenders dropped a millstone on his head, ending the civil strife. The account concludes: "Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father by murder- ing his ...