teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, ¹  I am with you ²  always, to the end of the age.” ³ 

(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, ¹  holding fast to the tradition of the elders.

Then ¹  they said to him, “John’s ²  disciples frequently fast ³  and pray, ⁴  and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, ⁵  but yours continue to eat and drink.” ⁶ 

“But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, ¹  do good to those who hate you,

Give to everyone who asks you, ¹  and do not ask for your possessions ²  back ³  from the person who takes them away.

But he replied ¹  to them, “My mother and my brothers are those ²  who hear the word of God and do it.” ³ 

and will come out – the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. ¹ 

However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision ¹  (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child ²  on the Sabbath.

I am telling you the things I have seen while with the ¹  Father; ²  as for you, ³  practice the things you have heard from the ⁴  Father!”

I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  if anyone obeys ²  my teaching, ³  he will never see death.” ⁴ 

They know, ¹  because they have known ²  me from time past, ³  if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party ⁴  of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. ⁵ 

“Their throats are open graves, ¹  they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.” ² 

Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits?

But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire. ¹ 

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as ¹  my boasting in you, ²  which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. ¹ 

But the law is not based on faith, ¹  but the one who does the works of the law ²  will live by them. ³ 

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey ¹  the whole law.