It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things.

The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things!

After these things I looked, and the temple (the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven,

The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.

For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.” Then he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?

Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains.

All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow me,” he said to him.