But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.

Jesus stood up straight and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

No one has greater love than this – that one lays down his life for his friends.

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’

His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.

(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.

So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.

You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, “This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.”

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith.

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.