"And, when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: verily I say to you, they have their reward.

So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

Then saith Jesus to him, "Return your sword to its place; for all taking a sword will perish by a sword.

Salt is good; but, if the salt becomes saltless, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another."

"If we say, 'From Heaven,' He will say, 'Why then did ye not believe him!' But, should we say, 'From men,'"??hey feared the people; for all held John to be a prophet indeed.

for those days will be a time of tribulation, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

for they said, "Not during the feast, lest there should be an uproar of the people."

And happy is she who believed, because there shall be a fulfillment of the things spoken to her from the Lord!"

A disciple is not above the teacher; but every one, when perfected, shall be as his teacher.

saying to them, "It has been written, 'And My house shall be a house of prayer;' but ye made it a den of robbers."

And ye have not known Him, but I know Him; and, if I should say, I know Him not, I shall be a liar like you. But I know Him, and I keep His word.

And God spake thus; that his seed would be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they would bring it into servitude, and ill-use it four hundred years.

And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and one fearing God, well reported of also by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you."

and one of them??gabus by name??tanding up, signified through the Spirit that there was about to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, happened under Claudius.

And, on the sabbath day, we went forth without the gate by a river, where we were supposing there was a place of prayer; and, sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had assembled together.

And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were encountering him. And some said, "What would this babbler wish to say?" And others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods;" because he proclaimed the good tidings of Jesus and the resurrection.

inasmuch as He appointed a day in which He intendeth to judge the inhabited earth in righteousness, by a Man Whom He appointed, having given assurance to all by raising Him from the dead."

but, if they are questions about a word, and names, and your own law, ye yourselves shall see to it. I am not disposed to be a judge of such matters."

because you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen, and heard.

having hope toward God??hich these themselves also are looking for??hat there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and unrighteous.

And shall not the uncircumcision that is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, with the letter and circumcision, to be a transgressor of the law?

Where, then, is the boasting? It was excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? Nay; but by a law of faith.

(for I was wishing myself to be a curse from Christ) for my brethren, my kinsmen according to flesh;

And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved;"

But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to rivalry by that which is no nation; by a nation void of understanding will I provoke you to anger."

And David says, "Let their table be a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them:

that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the gentiles may become acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;

but, as it is, I wrote not to keep company, if anyone, called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner??ith such a one, not even to eat.

But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not;

If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you, that they are the Lord's commandment;

we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

but, by the rule of equality, your abundance being a supply, at the present time, for their deficiency; that also their abundance may be a supply for your want, that there may be equality:

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfected, be comforted, think the same thing; be at peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.

For, if I am building up again, what I pulled down, I show myself to be a transgressor.

and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

who, indeed, shall pay a penalty, eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might,

Suggesting these things to the brethren, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good teaching which you have strictly followed;

wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing godliness to be a source of gain.

If, therefore, one fully purify himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, serviceable to the Master, prepared for every good work.

For there will be a time when they will not endure the healthful teaching; but, having itching ears, they will for themselves heap up teachers according to their own desires;

For This One has been accounted worthy of more glory than Moses, by as much as He Who built the house hath more honor than the house;

If, therefore, He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are those offering the gifts according to the law,

but now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much also as He is Mediator of a better covenant, which, indeed, has been enacted on better promises.

Women received their dead by a resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Having willed it, He brought us forth with a word of truth, that we might be a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

So speak, and so do, as those who are about to be judged by a law of liberty.

Behold also the ships, large as they are, and driven along by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small rudder, wheresoever the impulse of the steersman wills.

Adulteresses! know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, purposes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

ye yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;

These are fountains without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son, to be a propitiation for our sins.

and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth, as a fig-tree casts her unripe figs, when shaken by a great wind;