Not at all. Let God prove true, though every man be false! As the Scripture says, "That you may prove yourself upright in words you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

That is, it is not Abraham's natural descendants who are God's children, but those who are made children by the promise are counted his true descendants.

If the first handful of dough is consecrated, so is the whole mass; if the tree's root is consecrated, so are the branches.

Your love must be true. You must always turn in horror from what is wrong, but keep on holding to what is right.

Remember me to the church too, that meets at their house. Remember me to my dear Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

Remember me to Ampliatus, my dear Christian friend.

Remember me to Urbanus, my fellow-worker in the work of Christ, and to my dear friend Stachys.

Remember me to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who continued to toil in the work of the Lord. Remember me to my dear friend Persis, who toiled so hard in the work of the Lord.