Again, you have heard that to our ancestors it was said--'Thou shalt not break an oath, but thou shall keep thine oaths as a debt due to the Lord.'

And, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had.

The master was moved with compassion; and he let him go, and forgave him the debt.

But the other would not, but went and put him in prison till he should pay his debt.

Upon that the master sent for the servant, and said to him 'You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.

Then his master, in anger, handed him over to the jailers, until he should pay the whole of his debt.

"I tell you," replied Jesus, "if you have faith, without ever a doubt, you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!' it would be done.

"I tell you that if any one should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!', without ever a doubt in his mind, but in the faith that what he says will be done, he would find that it would be.

"There were two people who were in debt to a money-lender; one owed fifty pounds, and the other five.

"I suppose," answered Simon, "it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt." "You are right," said Jesus,

So let the whole nation of Israel know beyond all doubt, that God has made him both Lord and Christ--this very Jesus whom you crucified."

Then Peter began. "I see, beyond all doubt," he said, "that 'God does not show partiality,'

Then Peter came to himself and said: "Now I know beyond all doubt that the Lord has sent his angel, and has rescued me from Herod's hands and from all that the Jewish people have been expecting."

What follows then? Some, no doubt, showed a want of faith; but will their want of faith make God break faith? Heaven forbid!

Now wages are regarded as due to the man who works, not as a favor, but as a debt;

He was not led by want of faith to doubt God's promise.

But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

You heard, no doubt, of my conduct when I was devoted to Judaism--how I persecuted the Church of God to an extent beyond belief, and made havoc of it,

Therefore, Brothers, do your best to put God's Call and Selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.

To some show pity, because they are in doubt. 'Drag them out of the fire,' and save them.