and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth.

I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us.

Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there).

So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, “If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?”

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

But when the Pharisees heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

And he replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.