For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

So then they said to him, “What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God – he has seen the Father.)

They replied, “You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

So the Jewish leaders began to say, “Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”

Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me.

But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law.

What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?