for he has regarded the lowly state of his servant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

He said: "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor regarded man.

Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence."

So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

As it is written: "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a fleshly point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a fleshly point of view, we regard him thus no longer.

through glory and dishonor, evil report and good report; true, yet regarded as impostors;

How much severer punishment do you think a man will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as an unclean thing the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?