For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Paul the ApostleFor if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Paul the ApostleAnd thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man's foundation.
Paul the ApostleHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Paul the Apostle