to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being,

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

Instead someone testified somewhere: “What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation of the true sanctuary – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?

Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up – and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.