Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else.

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him.

But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything – why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers.

because some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!