Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near.

to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God.

Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?

This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him,

For you are our glory and joy!

But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’

They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, “Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!”

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.