"I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

"I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need."

"For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified."

"For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope."

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."