among whom all of us lived, we as well as you, when we obeyed the passions of our flesh, carrying out the dictates of the flesh and its impulses, when we were objects of God's anger by nature, like the rest of men.

And dost

On hearing this the Pharisees who were beside him asked, "And are we blind?"

Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?

One of the jurists said to him, "Teacher, when you say this you are insulting us as well."

For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

"Two men went up to pray in the temple; one was a Pharisee and the other was a taxgatherer.

You younger men must also submit to the presbyters. Indeed you must all put on the apron of humility to serve one another, for the haughty God opposes, but to the humble he gives grace.

And they

(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed him to be Christ should be excommunicated.

All those will come to me who are the Father's gift to me, and never will I reject one of them;

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

I have written to the church; only, Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them, repudiates me.

so that no one can buy or sell unless he bears the mark, that is, the name of the Beast or the cipher of his name.

Cast him out

If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church; and if he refuses to listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or a taxgatherer.

by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ; I have met with you in spirit, and by the power of our Lord Jesus

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As for this mob, with its ignorance of the Law ??it is accursed!"