We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!”

But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me.

Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

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

For I have given you an example – you should do just as I have done for you.

If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?”

Then he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

But if I do what I don’t want, I agree that the law is good.

But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.