in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all.

Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.

Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.

And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.

At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia.

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,

Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”