- Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
- And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
- Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die. - For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
- Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. - He will again have compassion on us;
he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
You will cast all our sins
into the depths of the sea. - Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
over the man who carries out evil devices! - A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back. - Understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
- But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- The vexation of a fool is known at once,
but the prudent ignores an insult. - So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
- For the customs of the peoples are vanity.
A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
They decorate it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good. - Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.
- And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
- For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
- I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
- Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God.
- You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you. - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall be satisfied. - A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion. - For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
- The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,
but the lips of a fool consume him. - Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
- Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment.
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