"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "'Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,

Do we then by means of this faith abolish the Law? No, indeed; we give the Law a firmer footing.

to put away, in regard to your former mode of life, your original evil nature which is doomed to perish as befits its misleading impulses,

Remember your former leaders--it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.