saying, “This man is persuading ¹  people to worship God in a way contrary to ²  the law!”

sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, ¹  kidnappers, liars, perjurers – in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching.

On the contrary, when they saw ¹  that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised ²  just as Peter was to the circumcised ³ 

On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,

“‘If in spite of these things ¹  you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me, ² 

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you ¹  seven times on account of your sins.

“‘If in spite of this ¹  you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me, ² 

From there we put out to sea ¹  and sailed under the lee ²  of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

“‘If you walk in hostility against me ¹  and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction ²  seven times according to your sins.

and ¹  Jason has welcomed them as guests! They ²  are all acting against Caesar’s ³  decrees, saying there is another king named ⁴  Jesus!” ⁵ 

Do we then nullify ¹  the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead ²  we uphold the law.

But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach ¹  a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, ²  let him be condemned to hell! ³ 

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! ¹ 

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, ¹  to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

Of course, ¹  I myself was convinced ²  that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

I will walk in hostile rage against you ¹  and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

However, when ¹  they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, ²  by which they also walked ³  in hostility against me ⁴ 

But about Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!” ¹ 

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, ¹  was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.