"The unspiritual man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."

"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."

"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."

"For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus."

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."