Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
…no evil will befall you, no plague will approach your tent.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
…whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.