Not that others should have relief while you have hardship. Rather, it is a question of fairness.

In every way you will grow richer and become even more generous, and this will cause others to give thanks to God because of us,

We are not boasting about work done by others that cannot be evaluated. On the contrary, we cherish the hope that your faith may continue to grow and enlarge our sphere of action among you until it overflows.

I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.

How were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for help? Forgive me for this wrong!

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

But I did not see any other apostle except James, the Lord's brother.

The other Jews also joined him in this hypocritical behavior, to the extent that even Barnabas was caught up in their hypocrisy.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not destroyed by each other.

For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

Practice carrying each other's burdens. In this way you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.

These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.

You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God's Spirit to dwell.

And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,

Some are preaching the Messiah because of jealousy and dissension, while others do so because of their good will.

Do not act out of selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility think of others as being better than yourselves.

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Now lifted up by God to heaven, a name above all others given, this matchless name possessing.

For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.

Be tolerant of one another and forgive each other if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, you also should forgive.

May the Lord greatly increase your love for each other and for all people, just as we love you.

Now you do not need anyone to write to you about brotherly love, since you have been taught by God to love each other.

But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve like other people who have no hope.

Therefore, let's not fall asleep like others do, but let's stay awake and be sober.

So then, encourage one another and build each other up, as you are doing.

Hold them in the highest regard, loving them because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.

We hear that some of you are living in idleness. You are not busy working you are busy interfering in other people's lives!

that is, if he understands that the Law is not intended for righteous people but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for those who are unholy and irreverent, for those who kill their fathers, their mothers, or other people,

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for other believers in your speech, behavior, love, faithfulness, and purity.

Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.

A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

If any woman is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. The church should not be burdened, so it can help those widows who have no other family members to care for them.

Do not ordain anyone hastily. Do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

The sins of some people are obvious, leading them to judgment. The sins of others follow them there.

What you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.

Meditate on Jesus, the Messiah, who was raised from the dead and is a descendant of David. This is the gospel I tell others.

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.

They have abandoned the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place, and so they destroy the faith of others.

In a large house there are not only utensils made of gold and silver, but also those made of wood and clay. Some are for special use, while others are for ordinary use.

But evil people and impostors will go from bad to worse as they deceive others and are themselves deceived.

He must be devoted to the trustworthy message that agrees with what we teach, so that he may be able to encourage others with healthy doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

Always set an example for others by doing good actions. Teach with integrity and dignity.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have put their faith in God may devote themselves to good actions. These things are good and helpful to other people.

Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law.

At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

Women received their dead raised back to life. Other people were brutally tortured, but refused to be ransomed, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more severely than others.

Do not criticize each other, brothers. Whoever makes it his habit to criticize his brother or to judge his brother is judging the Law and condemning the Law. But if you condemn the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but its judge.

Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!

Above all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. Instead, let your "Yes" mean yes and your "No" mean no! Otherwise, you may fall under condemnation.

On the one hand, he was foreknown before the creation of the world, but on the other hand, he was revealed at the end of time for your sake.

Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, keep blessing them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.

Above all, continue to love each other deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.

In a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: "God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble."

and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people;

On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

Around the throne were 24 other thrones, and on these thrones sat 24 elders wearing white robes and gold victor's crowns on their heads.

Those living on earth will gloat over them, celebrate, and send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.

"See, I am coming like a thief. How blessed is the person who remains alert and keeps his clothes on! He won't have to go naked and let others see his shame."

Five of them have fallen, one is living, and the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must remain in power for a little while.