“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath,

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Portico.

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

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

For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness?

Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing –

As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us.

However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,