I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face,

so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

This

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to all who are to come.

“For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

I wot

And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”

But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge.

Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

“And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

General references

Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;

yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.