Therefore also, let those who are suffering in accordance with the will of God entrust their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.

For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.

Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,

"'Well done, good servant,' he replied; 'because you have been faithful in a very small matter, be in authority over ten towns.'

Unable to agree among themselves, they at last left him, but not before Paul had spoken a parting word to them, saying, "Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your forefathers through the Prophet Isaiah:

For it is better that you should suffer for doing right, if such be God's will, than for doing evil;

Agrippa answered, "In brief, you are doing your best to persuade me to become a Christian."

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.

No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you.

and the Law has nothing to do with faith. It teaches that "he who does these things shall live by doing them."

"'My friend,' he answered to one of them, 'I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?

But the Pharisees saw it and said to Him, "Look! your disciples are doing what the Law forbids them to do on the Sabbath."

and asked, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you authority to do them?"

For if they are doing these things in the case of the green tree, what will be done in that of the dry?"

He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.

"What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know."

"But beware of doing your good actions in the sight of men, in order to attract their gaze; if you do, there is no reward for you with your Father who is in Heaven.

Whether, then, you are eating or drinking, or whatever you are doing, let everything be done to the glory of God.

But in this matter I give you an opinion; for my doing this helps forward your own intentions, seeing that not only have you begun operations, but a year ago you already had the desire to do so.

Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.

Whatever you are doing, let your hearts be in your work, as a thing done for the Lord and not for men.

And we have confidence in the Lord in regard to you that you are doing, and will do, what we command.

not neglecting--as some habitually do--to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.

For you have given time enough in the past to the doing of the things which the Gentiles delight in-- pursuing, as you did, a course of habitual licence, debauchery, hard drinking, noisy revelry, drunkenness and unholy image-worship.