Reference: Luke, The Gospel According to
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In the preface to his Gospel Luke refers to "many" who before him had written accounts of what the "eye witnesses" and "ministers of the word" transmitted. This implies the "many" were not themselves eye witnesses or ministers of the word. Matthew's and Mark's Gospels therefore are not referred to in the term "many." But as the phrase "they delivered them to us" (paredosan) includes both written and oral transmission (2Th 2:15) Luke's words do not oppose, as Alford thinks, but favor the opinion that those two Gospels were among the sources of Luke's information, especially as Matthew was an "eye-witness," and Mark a "minister of the word." Luke himself applies" minister" (Ac 13:5, hufretees) to John Mark. Luke differs from the "many" in that his work is: (1) "in order," (2) with a" perfect understanding of all things from the first" (pareekoloutheekoti anoothen akriboos, "having traced all things accurately from the remote beginning.")
Luke begins with earlier facts of John the Baptist's and of our Lord's history than Matthew and Mark, he writes methodically and in more chronological Order. Ancient testimony assures us that Paul's teaching formed the substratum of Luke's Gospel (the Muratorian Fragment; Irenaeus, Haer. iii. 1,14; Tertullian, Marcion iv. 2; Origen, Eusebius, H. E. vi. 25; Jerome, Vir. Illustr. 7). Compare as to the special revelation to Paul 1Co 11:23; 15:3; Ga 1:1,11-12. Paul was an "eye-witness" (1Co 9:1; Ac 22:14-15); his expression "according to my gospel" implies the independency of his witness; he quotes words of Christ revealed to him, and not found in the four Gospels (Ac 20:35). Thus, besides Matthew and Mark, to whose Gospels the "many" as well as Luke had access, Paul is the chief "eye witness" to whom Luke refers in the preface. Luke and Paul alone record Jesus' appearing to Peter first of the apostles (Lu 24:34; 1Co 15:5).
Luke's account of the Lord's Supper, making an interval between His giving the bread and the cup to the disciples, accords most with Paul's in 1Co 11:23, which that apostle says he received directly from the Lord Jesus. Luke (Lu 22:43) records the appearance of an angel unto Jesus during His agony; as no one else is mentioned as having seen the vision, (indeed the disciples were sleeping for sorrow), it must have been especially revealed by the Lord after His resurrection. Who so likely a person to have communicated it to Luke as Paul, who "received the gospel, not of man but by the revelation of Jesus Christ"? The selection of gospel materials in Luke, exhibiting forgiveness for the vilest, grace, and justification, is such as accords with Paul's large views as to the Gentiles and free justification by faith (Lu 18:14).
The allusion in 2Co 8:18, "the brother whose praise is in the Gospel throughout all the churches," may be to Luke. The subscription of this epistle is "written from Philippi by Titus and Luke." Possibly during Paul's three months' sojourn there (Ac 20:3) Luke was sent to Corinth, and it is to his evangelistic labours the reference is. As being chosen of the churches of Macedonia to be their "messenger," traveling with Paul, the "brother" meant must have been one of those mentioned in Ac 20:4-6 as accompanying Paul into Asia with the alms. Now all the rest sailed away, leaving Paul to follow alone with Luke. Luke either by his written Gospel or by his evangelistic labours was one "whose praise in the Gospel was throughout the churches." Luke must be the "brother" meant. Paul in 1Ti 5:18 seems directly to quote and canonize the Gospel according to Luke (Lu 10:7), "the labourer is worthy of his hire" (as both passages ought to be translated, not "reward," the word being the same, misthou); compare also Lu 24:26-27,46 with 1Co 15:3.
Alford rejects ancient testimony that Paul's teaching constitutes the substance of Luke's Gospel, on the grounds that the evangelist asserts that his Gospel is drawn from those who "from the beginning" were eye witnesses of Christ's ministry, among whom Paul cannot be reckoned. But Luke's drawing information from persons who had been with the Lord from the begining is quite consistent with Paul's revelations (Eph 3:3; 1Co 9:1; 11:23) forming a prominent part of the substance of Luke's Gospel. Paul's words correspond with Luke's (Lu 10:7 with 1Co 10:27; Lu 17:27-29; 21:34-35; with 1Th 5:2-3,6-7). Luke's choice of materials accords with the new light in which "the apostle of the Gentiles" was inspired to set gospel facts, e.g. the parable of the prodigal son, the tracing of Christ's genealogy up to Adam the common parent of Jew and Gentile, not only to Abraham, as Matthew. Also Lu 2:32, "a ... Light to lighten the Gentiles"; Lu 4:25, Christ's reference to Elijah's mission to the Gentile widow of Sarepta; Lu 9:52; 10:30, the good Samaritan; Lu 17:18, the only grateful one of the ten cleansed lepers, a Samaritan; the mission of the seventy, a number typical of the nations, as the twelve represent the twelve tribes of Israel.
Theophilus, to whom he writes, was a Gentile believer, as appears from the geographical and other explanations given of many things, which would have been needless had he been a Jew (Lu 1:26, Nazareth; Lu 4:31, Capernaum; Lu 23:51, Arimathea; Lu 24:13, Emmaus; Ac 1:12, Olivet). In the inscription over the cross the Greek and Latin are put before the Hebrew, in John the Hebrew is first. Matthew refers to Old Testament as what "Moses said," Luke as what "is written." The name Theophilus ("friend of God") is Greek Matthew calls Jerusalem" the holy city" and its temple "the temple of God"; but Mark and Luke omit these titles, doubtless because they were writing to Gentiles, after Jerusalem by continual persecutions of the church had sunk in the esteem of Christians, and when the temple made without hands, "the temple of the Holy Spirit," the church, was fully understood to have superseded the temple of stone.
STYLE. Luke's writing is classical and periodic. The pure Greek of the preface shows that he could have written similarly throughout, but he tied himself to the Hebraistic language of the written records and perhaps also of the received oral tradition which he embodied. In Acts too his style is purer in the latter parts, where he was an eye witness, than in the earlier where he draws from the testimony of others. The sea of Gennesaret is but a "lake" with him, as having seen more of the world than the Galilee fishermen. Peter is often called "Simon," which he never is by Paul, who uses only the apostolic name Peter, a proof that some of Luke's materials were independent of and earlier than Paul. Paul and Luke alone have the expressive word (atenizoo) "stedfastly behold" or "look" (Ac 1:10; 14:9; 3:4; 2Co 3:7,13).
Awkward phrases in Matthew and Mark are so evidently corrected in Luke as to leave no doubt he had their Gospels before him. Compare the Greek in Mr 12:38 with Lu 20:46, where filounton is substituted for thelonton; Lu 7:8, where the insertion of "set" removes the harshness of Mt 8:9, "a man under authority." He substitutes the Greek foros ("tribute") in Lu 20:22 for the Latin census, which Matthew (Mt 22:17) as a taxgatherer for, and Mark (Mr 12:14) writing to, Romans, use. He omits Hosanna, Eli Eli lama sabacthani, Rabbi, Golgotha (for which he substitutes the Greek kranios, "calvary:' or "place of a skull".)
The phrases (parakoloutheoo, katecheoo, pleroforeo) "having perfect understanding," "instructed" (catechetically and orally), "most surely believed" (Lu 1:1-14) are all used similarly by Paul (1Ti 4:6; Ro 2:18; 2Ti 4:17). "Lawyers" six times stand instead of "scribes"; epistatees, "master," instead of rabbi six times, as more plain to Gentiles. "Grace" "favour" is never used by Matthew and Mark, thrice by John, but frequently in Luke. "To evangelize" or "preach the gospel" is frequent in Luke, once in Matthew, not at all in Mark and John. The style of Acts is less Hebraic than that of Luke's Gospel, because for the latter he used more of Hebraic materials and retained their language.
CANONICITY. The oldest reliable testimony to the Gospel according to Luke is Marcion, whose Gospel so called (A.D. 130) is Luke's, abridged and mutilated
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For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
AND when Jesus had finished these words he departed from Galilee, and came into the bounds of Judea beyond the Jordan; and great multitudes followed him, and he cured them there.
Tell us, therefore, what you think; is it right to pay tribute to Caesar or not?
And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand;
And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? or with what parable shall I present it?
AND he arose and went thence into the bounds of Judea, and beyond the Jordan; and again multitudes came together to him, and again he taught them as he was accustomed.
And they came and said to him, Teacher, we know that you are true, and care for no one, for you respect not the face of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar or not?
And he said to them in his teaching, Beware of the scribes who desire to walk in long robes, and desire salutations in the markets,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us,
SINCE many have undertaken to arrange a complete digest of the things fully believed among us, as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word,
as they delivered them to us who, from the beginning, were eye witnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus,
it seemed good to me also, having traced all things accurately from the first, to write in order to you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.
that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught.
that you may know the certainty of the words concerning which you have been taught. In the days of Herod the king of Judea, there was a certain priest by the name of Zachariah, of the class of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. read more. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And they had no son, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. And when he was performing the priest's office in the order of his class before God, it fell to his lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord to burn incense; and all the multitude of the people were praying without, at the hour of incense. And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense; and Zachariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John. And he shall be to you a joy and rejoicing; and many shall rejoice at his birth;
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee, by the name of Nazareth,
In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world. This first census was taken when Cyrenius was proconsul of Syria. read more. And all went to be enrolled, each one to his own city.
a light for enlightening Gentiles, and a glory of thy people Israel.
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. And he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins; read more. as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. And already also the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree therefore which bears not good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.
And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being baptized, and praying, heaven was opened,
I also tell you of a truth, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, so that there was a great famine over all the land;
AND he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath;
and demons also went out of many, crying and saying, You are the Son of God! And he rebuked them, and charged them not to say that they knew him to be the Christ.
And he was in one of the cities, and behold, a man full of leprosy; and seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and asked him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me.
And he withdrew into solitary places and prayed. AND on one of those days he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were present, having come from every village of Galilee, and of Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present to cure them.
AND in those days he went out on the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.
for I also am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
And when he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?
And when he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?
And when he was praying alone, the disciples came to him, and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am? And they answered and said, John the Baptist; and some Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has arisen.
And they answered and said, John the Baptist; and some Elijah, and others that one of the old prophets has arisen. And he said to them, Who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, The Christ of God.
And he said to them, Who do you say that I am? And Peter answered and said, The Christ of God. And he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one;
And he charged and commanded them to tell this to no one; saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day.
saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised on the third day. And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.
For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life?
For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy angels.
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy angels. And I tell you of a truth, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.
And I tell you of a truth, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God. AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray.
AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray.
AND about eight days after these words, taking Peter, and James, and John, he went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes became white and shining;
And while he was praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes became white and shining;
And while he was praying, the appearance of his face was changed, and his clothes became white and shining; and behold, two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
and behold, two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appearing in glory spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
who appearing in glory spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. And Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep; and when they awoke they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.
And Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep; and when they awoke they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him. And when they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said.
And when they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said. And when he had said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid when they entered into the cloud.
And when he had said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid when they entered into the cloud. And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him.
And there was a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my chosen Son; hear him. And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent and told no man in those days any thing of what they had seen.
And when the voice had passed, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent and told no man in those days any thing of what they had seen. And on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him.
And on the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a great multitude met him. And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;
And behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying, Teacher, I desire you to look upon my son, for he is my only child; and behold a spirit takes him, and suddenly cries out and convulses him, with foam and crushing him departs from him with difficulty;
and behold a spirit takes him, and suddenly cries out and convulses him, with foam and crushing him departs from him with difficulty; and I desired your disciples to cast it out, and they could not.
and I desired your disciples to cast it out, and they could not. And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you, and suffer you! Bring your son hither.
And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you, and suffer you! Bring your son hither. And while he was coming, the demon tore him with spasms and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and cured the child, and gave him back to his father.
And while he was coming, the demon tore him with spasms and convulsed him. And Jesus rebuked the impure spirit, and cured the child, and gave him back to his father. And they were all astonished at the majesty of God. And while all wondered at all things which he did, he said to his disciples,
And they were all astonished at the majesty of God. And while all wondered at all things which he did, he said to his disciples, Commit these words to your ears; for the Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
Commit these words to your ears; for the Son of man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying.
But they understood not this saying; and it was concealed from them, that they might not perceive it; and they feared to ask him concerning this saying. And there arose a debate among them, which of them should be the greatest.
And there arose a debate among them, which of them should be the greatest. And Jesus perceiving the debate in their minds, took a little child and set it by him,
And Jesus perceiving the debate in their minds, took a little child and set it by him, and said to them, Whoever receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the greatest.
and said to them, Whoever receives this little child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, he shall be the greatest. And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he follows not with us.
And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us is for us.
And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not; for whoever is not against us is for us. AND when the days were completed for his being taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem.
AND when the days were completed for his being taken up, he set his face firmly to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers before him; and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house.
And in the same house remain, eating and drinking the things with them; for the laborer is worthy of his reward. Go not about from house to house.
And Jesus replied and said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who both stripped him and inflicted blows upon him, and went away leaving him half dead.
And as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is desolated, and house falls upon house.
And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
AND he said to his disciples, It is inevitable that offenses should come; but woe to him by whom they come;
And he was going to Jerusalem, and he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
There are not found returning to give glory to God any but this stranger.
They eat, they drank, they married, they were married, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all. In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, built; read more. but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all;
I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather than that; for every one that exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. And they brought him also infants, that he should touch them; and the disciples seeing it reproved them.
And when he was now approaching, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they saw,
And when he came near and saw the city he wept over it,
But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John is a prophet.
Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
Beware of the scribes, who delight to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your enemies shall not be able to resist or dispute.
Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be not oppressed with revelling and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you suddenly; for it shall come like a snare on all who live on the face of the whole earth.
but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not entirely fail; and when you recover yourself, confirm your brothers.
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and kneeling down, prayed, saying, Father, if thou wilt, take this cup away from me; but not my will, but thine be done. read more. And an angel appeared to him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was like large drops of blood falling down to the ground. And rising from prayer, and coming to the disciples, he found them sleeping from grief, and he said to them, Why do you sleep? Arise, and pray that you may not enter into trial.
And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit; and having said this, he expired.
this man had not consented to their design and doing, [he was] from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, and he expected the kingdom of God.
And behold, two of them went the same day to a village about sixty stadiums [7 miles] from Jerusalem, called Emmaus;
and not finding his body, came, saying that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
Ought not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory? And from Moses, and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
saying, The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon.
and said to them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day,
and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.
Then Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but went thence to a region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he staid with his disciples.
I WROTE my first account, O Theophilus, of all things which Jesus did and taught,
And as they looked steadily to heaven while he went, behold, two men stood by them in white clothing;
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called [the Mount] of Olives, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey [distant].
But Peter looking steadily at him with John, said, Look on us.
Jesus from Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and power, who went about doing good and curing all that were subjugated by the devil, for God was with him;
and coming to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John for a servant.
This man heard Paul speaking, who, looking steadily at him and seeing that he had faith to be cured,
And a vision appeared by night to Paul; a certain man of Macedonia standing, asking him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. And when he saw the vision we immediately sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the good news to them.
and when he had staid there three months, and a conspiracy was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to sail to Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia. And there followed him to Asia, Sopater the son of Pyrrhus of Berea, and of those of Thessalonica, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and those of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus; read more. these going before waited for us at Troas. And we sailed from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to those at Troas in five days, where we staid seven days.
I have showed you all things, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And he said, The God of our fathers chose you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and hear the voice of his mouth, for you shall be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
But Paul continued two entire years in his hired house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the doctrines concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
and know his will, and approve of things which are excellent, being instructed by the law,
AM I not a freeman? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord?
But if an unbeliever invites you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake.
For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread
For I received of the Lord, what I also delivered to you; that on the night in which he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took bread
For I delivered to you at first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
For I delivered to you at first, what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
And we sent with him the brother, whose praise in the gospel is in all the churches,
PAUL an apostle, not from men nor by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,
For I certify you, brothers, of the gospel preached by me, that it is not according to man; for I neither received it from man nor was I taught it, but by a revelation of Jesus Christ.
but you knew I preached the gospel to you on my former [visit] in weakness of the flesh,
that by revelation the mystery was made known to me,??s I wrote before in a few words,
In which also you walked formerly when you lived in them;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any one has a charge against any, as Christ forgave you, so [do] you also,
for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. When they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes, like pain upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
Therefore let us not sleep as others, but let us watch and be sober. For they that sleep sleep in the night, and they that are drunk drink in the night;
Therefore, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle;
Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed;
For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle the ox that threshes; and, The laborer is worthy of his reward.
But I will also be diligent and especially that you may be able to make mention of these things after my departure.