“The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.”

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching.

Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor- not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.

Brethren, do not become children in sense: but in malice be children, and in sense be perfect.

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, Jesus himeself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.

Your teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one can take exception. If it does, no opponent will be able to find anything bad to say about us, and hostility will yield to shame.

There is nothing love cannot face; there is limit to its faith, its hope and endurance.

But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

We walk by faith, not by sight.

I died to the law so that I might live for God.

And thus I aspire to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named so that I would not build on another man’s foundation.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another.

The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

So, then, let us pursue the things making for peace and the things that are upbuilding to one another.

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Maturity: knowing where you’re crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.

I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!

One kind of good book should leave you asking: how did the author know that about me?

You know, in Saudi Arabia, there is a body of 40 people – 34 people exactly, that once the succession comes, they will meet and they will elect a king in there.

My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.

I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.

I could work and get to know him and have him help me with the text, the script and become him. It’s almost like a painter having a model to become.

So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.