and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

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?

You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.

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

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him.

And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality.

So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth!

The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:

The smoke coming from the incense, along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand.