And thou, Bethlehem, city of Judah, art by no means the least among the chiefs of Judah; for out of thee shall come a leader, that shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

But you must not be called Rabbi; for one is your leader, and all of you are brethren.

And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.

So when these men were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and having assembled the multitude, they delivered this letter.

And he wrote a letter in this form:

When they came to Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.

And when he had read the letter, he inquired to what province he belonged. And learning that he was from Cilicia, he said: I will hear you when your accusers also have come. And he ordered him to be kept under guard in Herod's palace.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

but now we are made free from the law, being dead to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in the Lord.

I have written to you in the letter not to associate with lewd persons;

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men;

you are well known to be a letter of Christ, written by us as his ministers, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

who has made us able ministers of the new covenant, not of letter, but. of spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit makes alive.

For although I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that the same letter gave you sorrow, though but for a short time.

You see how long a letter I have written to you with my own hand.

And when this letter has been read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also; and see that you also read the letter from Laodicea;

I adjure you by the Lord, that this letter be read to all the holy brethren.

that you be not hastily shaken from the persuasion of your mind, nor be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by report, nor by letter as written by us, as though the day of the Lord is at hand.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

And if any one obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed;

The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every letter: so I write.

Be patient, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer looks for the precious fruit of the earth, and waits patiently for it, till he receives the early and the latter rain.

This second letter I now write to you, beloved; in both of these I arouse your pure mind to remembrance,