For I tell you, until the heavens and the earth disappear, not even the smallest letter, nor one stroke of a letter, shall disappear from the Law until all is done.

And, later on, when he was at table in the house, a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts came in and took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, and the brothers James and John, and led them up a high mountain alone.

The crowd told them to be quiet; but the men only called out the louder: "Take pity on us, Master, Son of David!"

Nor must you allow yourselves to be called 'Leaders,' for you have only one Leader, the Christ.

But they did not find any, although many came forward with false evidence. Later on, however, two men came forward and said:

Some days later, when Jesus came back to Capernaum, the news spread that he was in a house there;

And later on he was in his house at table, and a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples; for many of them were following him.

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain alone by themselves. There his appearance was transformed before their eyes,

Many of the people kept telling him to be quiet; but the man continued to call out all the louder: "Son of David, take pity on me."

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.

Six months later the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

A week later they met to circumcise the child, and were about to call him 'Zechariah' after his father,

A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.

It would be easier for the heavens and the earth to disappear than for one stroke of a letter in the Law to be lost.

Those who were in front kept telling him to be quiet, but he continued to call out the louder: "Son of David, take pity on me!"

About an hour later another man declared positively: "This man also was certainly with him. Why, he is a Galilean!"

"Where are you going, Master?" asked Peter. "I am going where you cannot now follow me," answered Jesus, "but you shall follow me later."

A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas with them. After the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you."

Later on, Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.

For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the Prophet Samuel was the last.

They were bearers of the following letter--'The Apostles, and the Brothers who are the Officers of the Church, send their greetings to the Brethren of Gentile birth in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia.

So the bearers of this letter were sent on their way, and went down to Antioch. There they called a meeting of all the brethren,

And delivered the letter, the reading of which caused great rejoicing by its encouraging contents.

Among other places Paul went to Derbe and Lystra. At the latter place they found a disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer in Christ, while his father was a Greek,

While we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the Passover, and joined them five days later at Troas, where we stayed for a week.

To him he wrote a letter, somewhat as follows--

On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.

As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said:

Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was herself a Jewess, and, sending for Paul, listened to what he had to say about faith in Christ Jesus.

Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice came down to Caesarea, and paid a visit of congratulation to Festus;

And from there we worked to windward and so got to Rhegium. A day later a south wind sprang up and took us to Puteoli in two days.

"We," was their reply, "have not had any letter about you from Judea, nor have any of our fellow-Jews come and reported or said anything bad about you.

But in parts of this letter I have expressed myself somewhat boldly--by way of refreshing your memories--

I Tertius, who am writing this letter, send you my Christian greeting.

I told you, in my letter, not to associate with immoral people- -

On my arrival, I will send any persons, whom you may authorize by letter, to carry your gift to Jerusalem;

To the latter we are an odor which arises from death and tells of Death; to the former an odor which arises from life and tells of Life. But who is equal to such a task?

You yourselves are our letter--a letter written on our hearts, and one which everybody can read and understand.

All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God, not on 'tablets of stone,' but on 'tablets of human hearts.'

For, though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Even if I were inclined to regret it--for I see that my letter did cause you sorrow though only for a time--

My point is this--An agreement already confirmed by God cannot be canceled by the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to cause the promise to be set aside.

What, then, you ask, was the use of the Law? It was a later addition, to make men conscious of their wrong-doings, and intended to last only till the coming of that 'offspring' to whom the promise had been made; and it was delivered through angels by a mediator.

The latter do it from love for me, knowing that I have been appointed to plead the cause of the Good News.

And when this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read before the Church at Laodicea, and that you yourselves read the letter which will be forwarded from there.

I adjure you in the Lord's name to have this letter read to all the Brethren.

Not lightly to let your minds become unsettled, nor yet to be disturbed by any revelation, or by any message, or by any letter, purporting to come from us, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is come.

Stand firm then, Brothers, and hold fast to the truths that we taught you, whether by word or by letter.

If any one disregards what we have said in this letter, mark that man and avoid his company, that he may feel ashamed.

I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. It is my signature to every letter. This is how I write.

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

And I am sending him back to you with this letter--though it is like tearing out of my very heart.

has in these latter days spoken to us by the Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe.

Now if Joshua had given 'Rest' to the people, God would not have spoken of another and later day.

The Law appoints as High Priests men who are liable to infirmity, but the words of God's oath, which was later than the Law, name the Son as, for all time, the perfect Priest.

and then there is added-- 'See, I have come to do thy will.' The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter.

our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God.

This, dear friends, is my second letter to you. In both of them I have tried, by appealing to your remembrance, to arouse your better feelings.

I have a great deal to say to you, but I do not care to trust it to pen and ink in a letter.