It was by Him that life began to exist, and that life was the light of mankind.

Not at all. Let God prove true, though every man be false! As the Scripture says, "That you may prove yourself upright in words you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but anything is possible for God."

But Jesus looked at them and said, "This is impossible for men, but everything is possible for God."

So He said, "The things impossible for men are possible for God."

On the contrary, friend, who are you anyway that you would answer back to God? Can the clay that is molded ask the man who molds it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Paul, an apostle sent not from men or by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead --

Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.