He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?

“‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’

“I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”

He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

Concerning the Unmarried

Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.

The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.

The Lord’s Grace to Paul

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.

Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons

Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance.

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;

He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.