Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,

Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

They replied, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.

I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one.

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ugly and painful sores appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.