Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.

But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.

You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.