For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness.

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

But he said to them, “Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ’s name will never lose his reward.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?

The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?’

But the evil spirit replied to them, “I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?”

Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.

Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?