Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –

to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness;

“The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

Everything you do should be done in love.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

But they said, “Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!