But as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

I do not set aside God’s grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them.

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin?

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?