And not Nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit – we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as sons – the redemption of our bodies.
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, ‘I trust I may please you, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, although I am not really equal to one of your own servants.’
Ruth 2:16
Also pull out some for her from the bundles and leave for her to glean, and do not find fault with her.’
Ruth 2:18
Then she took it up and went into the town and showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her that which she had left from her meal after she had had enough.
Ruth 3:15
He also said, ‘Bring the cloak which you have on and hold it.’ So she held it while he poured into it six measures of barley and laid it on her shoulders. Then he went into the city.
Ruth 4:2
Boaz also took ten of the town elders and said, ‘Sit down here.’ So they sat down.