The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there.

So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow;

so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.

And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control.

I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, “The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning”?

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.

They cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”

Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”