Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people.

Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,

Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

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

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God’s purpose at his appointed time.

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

But to all who have received him – those who believe in his name – he has given the right to become God’s children

And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.

The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; he doesn’t care.”

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened.

But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.