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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Saint Paul

Absent in body, but present in spirit.

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Bear one another’s burdens.

Behold now is the accepted time.

Bless, and curse not.

Bodily exercise profiteth little.

Covetousness, which is idolatry.

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

Every man shall bear his own burden.

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Fight the good fight.

For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face.

For the fashion of this world passeth away.

God loveth a cheerful giver.

Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

Godliness with contentment is great gain.

Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content.

He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

Honour to whom honour is due.

I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content.

If any would not work, neither should he eat.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

In Him we live and move and have our being.

Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

Knowledge shall vanish away.

Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath—i.e., let it set with the sun, or, as Ruskin suggests, let it never go down so long as the wrong is there.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory.

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how to answer every man.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.

Not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!

Overcome evil with good.

Owe no man anything, but to love one another; for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Recompense to no man evil for evil.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

Render to all their dues.

Satan himself is now transformed into an angel of light.

Science falsely so called.

See that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall, in his brother’s way.

Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth.

Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

Speak every man truth with his neighbour.

The fashion of this world passeth away.

The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

The law is good if a man use it lawfully.

The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man.

There is no respect of persons with God.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Warn them that are unruly, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

We are not ignorant of his devices.Of the Evil One.

We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it.

Where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Wise above that which is written.

Without God in the world.

Without were fightings, within were fears.