Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

While he was with them, he declared, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me.

Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts,

The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?

This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”

But what was the divine response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal.”

I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous.

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”