We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell!

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days –

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, “Who is like the great city?”

Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will send them at once.”