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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/220px-St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/330px-St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg/440px-St._Matthew_and_the_Angel_-_Attributed_to_Karel_van_der_Pluym_-_Google_Cultural_Institute.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4872" data-file-height="4834" /></a><figcaption>Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. 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Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. ~ <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnEvangelistReni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/JohnEvangelistReni.jpg/220px-JohnEvangelistReni.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/JohnEvangelistReni.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption>Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light. ~ <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/330px-El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/440px-El_Greco_-_St._Paul_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4053" data-file-height="5121" /></a><figcaption>Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Georg_Gsell_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Georg_Gsell_02.jpg/220px-Georg_Gsell_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Georg_Gsell_02.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="461" /></a><figcaption>Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg/220px-Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg/330px-Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg/440px-Rembrandt_-_Apostle_Paul_-_WGA19120.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="819" /></a><figcaption>I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo,_1869.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_1869.jpg/220px-Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_1869.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_1869.jpg/330px-Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_1869.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Almeida_J%C3%BAnior_-_Ap%C3%B3stolo_S%C3%A3o_Paulo%2C_1869.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Do you not know that you are God's temple? ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg/220px-Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg/330px-Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg/440px-Vatican_StPaul_Statue.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2645" data-file-height="1763" /></a><figcaption>As long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_(theology)" class="extiw" title="w:Adoption (theology)">adoption to sonship</a>. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab_(Semitic)" class="extiw" title="w:Ab (Semitic)">Abba</a>, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg/220px-La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg/330px-La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg/440px-La_conversion_de_Saint_Paul_Giordano_Nancy_3018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1288" /></a><figcaption>You have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_(Jordan).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG/220px-Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG/330px-Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG/440px-Hand_Made_Clay_Jars_%28Jordan%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption>We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hagiasophia-christ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Hagiasophia-christ.jpg/220px-Hagiasophia-christ.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Hagiasophia-christ.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="457" /></a><figcaption>We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ~ <a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul of Tarsus</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" class="extiw" title="w:New Testament">New Testament</a></b> (Greek: <b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:καινός">Καινὴ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%AE%CE%BA%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:διαθήκη">Διαθήκη</a></b>) offers an account of the teachings and person of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, as well as events in first-century <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gospel_of_Matthew"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gospel of Matthew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blessed" class="mw-redirect" title="Blessed">Blessed</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Poor" class="mw-redirect" title="Poor">poor</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spirit" title="Spirit">spirit</a>: for theirs is the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_heaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of heaven">kingdom of heaven</a>. <br /> Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. <br /> Blessed are the <a href="/wiki/Meek" class="mw-redirect" title="Meek">meek</a>: for they shall <a href="/wiki/Inherit" class="mw-redirect" title="Inherit">inherit</a> the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">earth</a>.<br /> Blessed are they which do <a href="/wiki/Hunger" title="Hunger">hunger</a> and thirst after <a href="/wiki/Righteousness" title="Righteousness">righteousness</a>: for they shall be filled.<br /> Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain <a href="/wiki/Mercy" title="Mercy">mercy</a>.<br /> Blessed are the <a href="/wiki/Pure" class="mw-redirect" title="Pure">pure</a> in <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>: for they shall <a href="/wiki/See" class="mw-redirect" title="See">see</a> <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>. <br /> Blessed are the <a href="/wiki/Peacemakers" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacemakers">peacemakers</a>: for they shall be called the <a href="/wiki/Children" title="Children">children</a> of God. <br /> Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_heaven" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of heaven">kingdom of heaven</a>.<br /> Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all <a href="/wiki/Manner" class="mw-redirect" title="Manner">manner</a> of <a href="/wiki/Evil" title="Evil">evil</a> against you <a href="/wiki/Falsely" class="mw-redirect" title="Falsely">falsely</a>, for my sake. <br /> Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for <a href="/wiki/Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Great">great</a> is your <a href="/wiki/Reward" title="Reward">reward</a> in <a href="/wiki/Heaven" title="Heaven">heaven</a>: for so <a href="/wiki/Persecuted" class="mw-redirect" title="Persecuted">persecuted</a> they the <a href="/wiki/Prophets" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophets">prophets</a> which were before you.<b></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 5:3-11</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 5:38-41 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer" title="Lord's Prayer">Lord's Prayer</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς· Ἁγιασθήτω τὸ ὄνομά σου· ἐλθάτω ἡ βασιλεία σου· γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου, ὡς ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς· Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον· καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν· καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ. Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν. <ul><li>Our Father who art in heaven,<br />hallowed be thy name.<br />Thy kingdom come.<br />Thy will be done<br />on earth as it is in heaven.<br />Give us this day our daily bread,<br />and forgive us our trespasses,<br />as we forgive those who trespass against us,<br />and lead us not into temptation,<br />but deliver us from evil.<br />For thine is the kingdom,<br />and the power, and the glory,<br />for ever and ever. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 6:9-13 , as translated in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" class="extiw" title="w:Book of Common Prayer">The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer</a> (1928)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 6:19-21 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει· οὐ δύνασθε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ. <ul><li>No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 6:24 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε κριθήσεσθε, καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν. 3τί δὲ βλέπεις τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου, τὴν δὲ ἐν τῷ σῷ ὀφθαλμῷ δοκὸν οὐ κατανοεῖς; 4ἢ πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου· Ἄφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σοῦ; 5ὑποκριτά, ἔκβαλε πρῶτον ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σοῦ τὴν δοκόν, καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου. <ul><li>Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye, <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 7:3-5 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται. <ul><li>Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 7:12 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Living_Translation" class="extiw" title="w:New Living Translation">NLT</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων· γίνεσθε οὖν <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:φρόνιμος">φρόνιμοι</a> ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί. <ul><li>Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:φρόνιμος">wise</a> as serpents, and harmless as doves. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 10:16 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>καὶ μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀποκτεννόντων τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν μὴ δυναμένων ἀποκτεῖναι· φοβεῖσθε δὲ μᾶλλον τὸν δυνάμενον καὶ ψυχὴν καὶ σῶμα ἀπολέσαι. <ul><li>Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him which is able to destroy both body and soul. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 10:28 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσει αὐτήν, καὶ ὁ ἀπολέσας τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εὑρήσει αὐτήν. <ul><li>He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 10:39 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἢ ποιήσατε τὸ δένδρον καλὸν καὶ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ καλόν, ἢ ποιήσατε τὸ δένδρον σαπρὸν καὶ τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ σαπρόν· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ καρποῦ τὸ δένδρον γινώσκεται. <ul><li>Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 12:33 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς. <ul><li>If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 19:21 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><p>Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι καθαρίζετε τὸ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ποτηρίου καὶ τῆς παροψίδος, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς καὶ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia" class="extiw" title="w:Akrasia">ἀκρασίας</a>. Φαρισαῖε τυφλέ, καθάρισον πρῶτον τὸ ἐντὸς τοῦ ποτηρίου ἵνα γένηται καὶ τὸ ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ καθαρόν.</p><p>Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί, ὅτι παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις, οἵτινες ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνονται ὡραῖοι, ἔσωθεν δὲ γέμουσιν ὀστέων νεκρῶν καὶ πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας. οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἔξωθεν μὲν φαίνεσθε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δίκαιοι, ἔσωθεν δέ ἐστε μεστοὶ ὑποκρίσεως καὶ ἀνομίας.</p> <ul><li><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>Woe unto you, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribe" class="extiw" title="w:Scribe">scribes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a>, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia" class="extiw" title="w:Akrasia">excess</a>. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p><p>Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.</p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a> 23:25-28 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gospel_of_Mark"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gospel of Mark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι· οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν <a href="/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">λόγον</a> ἀκούσαντες, καὶ αἱ μέριμναι τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιθυμίαι εἰσπορευόμεναι συνπνίγουσιν τὸν λόγον, καὶ ἄκαρπος γίνεται. <ul><li>Others, like seed sown among thorns, hear <a href="/wiki/Logos" title="Logos">the word</a>; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a> 4:18-19 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσπορευόμενον εἰς αὐτὸν ὃ δύναται κοινῶσαι αὐτόν· ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκπορευόμενά ἐστιν τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. <ul><li>There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a> 7:15 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth_New_Testament" class="extiw" title="w:Weymouth New Testament">WNT</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><sup>34</sup> And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. <sup>35</sup> For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. <sup>36</sup> For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? <sup>37</sup> Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? <sup>38</sup> Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Gospel of Mark</a> 8:34-38 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gospel_of_Luke"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gospel of Luke"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>σκόπει οὖν μὴ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἐν σοὶ σκότος ἐστίν. <ul><li>Consider whether the light in you is not darkness. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 11:35 <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>πλὴν τὰ ἐνόντα δότε ἐλεημοσύνην, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάντα καθαρὰ ὑμῖν ἐστιν. <ul><li>Give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 11:41 <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>χαρὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἔσται ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι ἢ ἐπὶ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα δικαίοις. <ul><li>There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 15:7 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν· ἢ γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει, ἢ ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει. οὐ δύνασθε Θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ. <ul><li>No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 16:13 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>τὸ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑψηλὸν βδέλυγμα ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ. <ul><li>What is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 16:15 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται, ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται. <ul><li>All those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a> 18:14 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gospel_of_John"><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gospel of John"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς· ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἔργα. πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. <ul><li>Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> 3:19-20 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">Gospel of John</a> 11:25 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἠγάπησα ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους. ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγάπην ἔχητε ἐν ἀλλήλοις. <ul><li>I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> 13:34-35 <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acts_of_the_Apostles"><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts of the Apostles</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Acts of the Apostles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><sup>21</sup> And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. <sup>22</sup> Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know.... <sup>32</sup> This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts" class="mw-disambig" title="Acts">Acts</a> 2:21,22,32 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>πάντες δὲ οἱ πιστεύσαντες ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά. <ul><li>All the believers were together and had everything in common. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a> 2:44 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν καρδία καὶ ψυχὴ μία, καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλ’ ἦν αὐτοῖς πάντα κοινά. <ul><li>All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a> 4:32 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Πειθαρχεῖν δεῖ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις. <ul><li>We must obey God rather than men. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a> 5:29 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:American Standard Version">ASV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Epistle_to_the_Romans"><span id="Paul.27s_Epistle_to_the_Romans"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Epistle to the Romans</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Paul's Epistle to the Romans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>φάσκοντες εἶναι σοφοὶ ἐμωράνθησαν, <ul><li>Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 1:22 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν Κτίσαντα. <ul><li>They worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 1:25 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Living_Translation" class="extiw" title="w:New Living Translation">NLT</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romans" class="mw-redirect" title="Romans">Romans</a> 3:23 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romans" class="mw-redirect" title="Romans">Romans</a> 6:23 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>συνήδομαι γὰρ τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον,βλέπω δὲ ἕτερον νόμον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου ἀντιστρατευόμενον τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ νοός μου καὶ αἰχμαλωτίζοντά με ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἁμαρτίας τῷ ὄντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσίν μου. <ul><li>In my inner being I delight in God's law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 7:22-23 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>μὴ συνσχηματίζεσθε τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, ἀλλὰ μεταμορφοῦσθε τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός. <ul><li>Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 12:2 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>εὐλογεῖτε τοὺς διώκοντας. <ul><li>Bless them which persecute you. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 12:14 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Μηδενὶ μηδὲν ὀφείλετε, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν· ὁ γὰρ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἕτερον νόμον πεπλήρωκεν. τὸ γάρ Οὐ μοιχεύσεις, Οὐ φονεύσεις, Οὐ κλέψεις, Οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις, καὶ εἴ τις ἑτέρα ἐντολή, ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται, ἐν τῷ Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. <ul><li>Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 13:8-9 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ἡ ἀγάπη τῷ πλησίον κακὸν οὐκ ἐργάζεται· πλήρωμα οὖν νόμου ἡ ἀγάπη. <ul><li>Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Romans" title="Epistle to the Romans">Romans</a> 13:10 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_First_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians"><span id="Paul.27s_First_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="First Epistle to the Corinthians">First Epistle to the Corinthians</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>οὐχὶ ἐμώρανεν ὁ Θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου; ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ κόσμος διὰ τῆς σοφίας τὸν Θεόν, εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεὸς διὰ τῆς μωρίας τοῦ κηρύγματος σῶσαι τοὺς πιστεύοντας. ἐπειδὴ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι σημεῖα αἰτοῦσιν καὶ Ἕλληνες σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ κηρύσσομεν Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, Ἰουδαίοις μὲν σκάνδαλον, ἔθνεσιν δὲ μωρίαν, αὐτοῖς δὲ τοῖς κλητοῖς, Ἰουδαίοις τε καὶ Ἕλλησιν, Χριστὸν Θεοῦ δύναμιν καὶ Θεοῦ σοφίαν. ὅτι τὸ μωρὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ σοφώτερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστίν, καὶ τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἰσχυρότερον τῶν ἀνθρώπων. <ul><li>Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 1:20-25 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν ἐν τοῖς τελείοις, σοφίαν δὲ οὐ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου οὐδὲ τῶν ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου τῶν καταργουμένων. <ul><li>We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 2:6 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλ’ ὡς σαρκίνοις, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ. Γάλα ὑμᾶς ἐπότισα, οὐ βρῶμα· οὔπω γὰρ ἐδύνασθε. Ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ἔτι νῦν δύνασθε, ἔτι γὰρ σαρκικοί ἐστε. <ul><li>But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 3:1-3 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλὼς ἐπότισεν, ἀλλ’ ὁ Θεὸς ηὔξανεν. Ὥστε οὔτε ὁ φυτεύων ἐστίν τι, οὔτε ὁ ποτίζων, ἀλλ’ ὁ αὐξάνων Θεός. <ul><li>I planted, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollos" class="extiw" title="w:Apollos">Apollos</a> watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 3:6-7 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν οἰκεῖ. <ul><li>Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 3:16 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 4:9-13 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Let us therefore celebrate the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover" class="extiw" title="w:Passover">festival</a>, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 5:8 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὁ γὰρ ἐν Κυρίῳ κληθεὶς δοῦλος ἀπελεύθερος Κυρίου ἐστίν· ὁμοίως ὁ ἐλεύθερος κληθεὶς δοῦλός ἐστιν Χριστοῦ. <ul><li>He who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 7:22 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἐλεύθερος γὰρ ὢν ἐκ πάντων πᾶσιν ἐμαυτὸν ἐδούλωσα, ἵνα τοὺς πλείονας κερδήσω. <ul><li>Though I am free from all, yet have I made myself the servant of all, that I might win the more. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 9:19</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God <i>is</i> faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear <i>it</i>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 10:13 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><sup>3</sup> For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; <sup>4</sup> And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: <sup>5</sup> And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: <sup>6</sup> After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. <sup>7</sup> After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. <sup>8</sup> And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Corinthians" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Corinthians">1 Corinthians</a> 15:3-8 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians"><span id="Paul.27s_Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">Second Epistle to the Corinthians</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Οὐ γάρ ἐσμεν ὡς οἱ πολλοὶ καπηλεύοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐξ εἰλικρινίας, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἐκ Θεοῦ κατέναντι Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ λαλοῦμεν. <ul><li>For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 2:17 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν· οὗ δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα Κυρίου, ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία. Ἡμεῖς δὲ πάντες ἀνακεκαλυμμένῳ προσώπῳ τὴν δόξαν Κυρίου κατοπτριζόμενοι τὴν αὐτὴν εἰκόνα μεταμορφούμεθα ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν, καθάπερ ἀπὸ Κυρίου Πνεύματος. <ul><li>Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 3:17-18 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Φανερώσει τῆς ἀληθείας συνιστάνοντες ἑαυτοὺς πρὸς πᾶσαν συνείδησιν ἀνθρώπων ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ. <ul><li>By setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 4:2 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ὁ εἰπὼν ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, ὃς ἔλαμψεν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν πρὸς φωτισμὸν τῆς γνώσεως τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν προσώπῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. <ul><li>God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 4:6 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 4:7-11 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Διὸ οὐκ ἐγκακοῦμεν, ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ ὁ ἔξω ἡμῶν ἄνθρωπος διαφθείρεται, ἀλλ’ ὁ ἔσω ἡμῶν ἀνακαινοῦται ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡμέρᾳ. <ul><li>We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 4:16 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Μὴ σκοπούντων ἡμῶν τὰ βλεπόμενα ἀλλὰ τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα· τὰ γὰρ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα, τὰ δὲ μὴ βλεπόμενα αἰώνια. <ul><li>We look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 4:18 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὥστε εἴ τις ἐν Χριστῷ, καινὴ κτίσις· τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρῆλθεν, ἰδού, γέγονεν καινὰ τὰ πάντα. <ul><li>If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 5:17 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ οὖν πρεσβεύομεν ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι’ ἡμῶν· δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, καταλλάγητε τῷ Θεῷ. <ul><li>We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 5:20 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἰδοὺ νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἰδοὺ νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας. <ul><li>Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 6:2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἡ γὰρ κατὰ Θεὸν λύπη μετάνοιαν εἰς σωτηρίαν ἀμεταμέλητον κατεργάζεται· ἡ δὲ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη θάνατον κατεργάζεται. <ul><li>Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 7:10 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Εἰ καυχᾶσθαι δεῖ, τὰ τῆς ἀσθενείας μου καυχήσομαι. <ul><li>If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Epistle_to_the_Corinthians" title="Second Epistle to the Corinthians">2 Corinthians</a> 11:30 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Epistle_to_the_Galatians"><span id="Paul.27s_Epistle_to_the_Galatians"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Epistle to the Galatians</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Paul's Epistle to the Galatians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ἄρτι γὰρ ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢ τὸν Θεόν; ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν; εἰ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον, Χριστοῦ δοῦλος οὐκ ἂν ἤμην. <ul><li>Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 1:10 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>When God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 1:15-17 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CE%B3%CF%8E" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἐγώ">Ἐγὼ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%AC%CF%81" class="extiw" title="wikt:γάρ">γὰρ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B4%CE%B9%E1%BD%B0" class="extiw" title="wikt:διὰ">διὰ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:νόμος">νόμου</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:νόμος">νόμῳ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%BD%E1%BF%84%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀποθνῄσκω">ἀπέθανον</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἵνα">ἵνα</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:θεός">θεῷ</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B6%CE%AC%CF%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:ζάω">ζήσω</a>· <ul><li>Through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 2:19 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι· ζῶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός· <ul><li>I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 2:20 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὥστε ὁ νόμος παιδαγωγὸς ἡμῶν γέγονεν εἰς Χριστόν, ἵνα ἐκ πίστεως δικαιωθῶμεν· Ἐλθούσης δὲ τῆς πίστεως οὐκέτι ὑπὸ παιδαγωγόν ἐσμεν. <ul><li>The law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 3:24-25 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὅσοι γὰρ εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε· Οὐκ ἔνι Ἰουδαῖος οὐδὲ Ἕλλην, οὐκ ἔνι δοῦλος οὐδὲ ἐλεύθερος, οὐκ ἔνι ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ· πάντες γὰρ ὑμεῖς εἷς ἐστὲ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ. <ul><li>All of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 3:27-28 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>As long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_(theology)" class="extiw" title="w:Adoption (theology)">adoption to sonship</a>. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab_(Semitic)" class="extiw" title="w:Ab (Semitic)">Abba</a>, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 4:1-7 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>It is written that <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> had two sons, one by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar" class="extiw" title="w:Hagar">slave woman</a> and one by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah" class="extiw" title="w:Sarah">free woman</a>. But the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael" class="extiw" title="w:Ishmael">son of the slave</a> was born according to the flesh, while the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac" class="extiw" title="w:Isaac">son of the free woman</a> was born through promise. Now this may be interpreted <a href="/wiki/Allegorical_interpretation_of_the_Bible" title="Allegorical interpretation of the Bible">allegorically</a>: these women are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Covenant" class="extiw" title="w:New Covenant">two covenants</a>. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 4:22-24 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:English Standard Version">ESV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἡμᾶς Χριστὸς ἠλευθέρωσεν· στήκετε οὖν καὶ μὴ πάλιν ζυγῷ δουλείας ἐνέχεσθε. <ul><li>It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 5:1 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὑμεῖς γὰρ ἐπ’ ἐλευθερίᾳ ἐκλήθητε, ἀδελφοί· μόνον μὴ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν εἰς ἀφορμὴν τῇ σαρκί, ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. Ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πληροῦται, ἐν τῷ, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς ἑαυτόν. <ul><li>You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 5:13-14 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Λέγω δέ, Πνεύματι περιπατεῖτε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν σαρκὸς οὐ μὴ τελέσητε. <ul><li>Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 5:16 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ὁ δὲ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη, μακροθυμία, χρηστότης, ἀγαθωσύνη, πίστις, πραΰτης, ἐγκράτεια. <ul><li>The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 5:22-23 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Οἱ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, τὴν σάρκα ἐσταύρωσαν σὺν τοῖς παθήμασιν καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις. <ul><li>Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 5:24 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσετε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. <ul><li>Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 6:2 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 6:7-9 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο καυχᾶσθαι εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, δι’ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται κἀγὼ κόσμῳ. <ul><li>May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians" title="Epistle to the Galatians">Galatians</a> 6:14 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Epistle_to_the_Philippians"><span id="Paul.27s_Epistle_to_the_Philippians"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Philippians" title="Epistle to the Philippians">Epistle to the Philippians</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Paul's Epistle to the Philippians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Philippians" title="Epistle to the Philippians">Epistle to the Philippians</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>καὶ τοῦτο προσεύχομαι, ἵνα ἡ <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀγάπη">ἀγάπη</a> ὑμῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον καὶ μᾶλλον περισσεύῃ ἐν <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἐπίγνωσις">ἐπιγνώσει</a> καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει, εἰς τὸ δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς τὰ διαφέροντα, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι. <ul><li>This is my prayer: that your <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B3%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἀγάπη">love</a> may abound more and more in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%90%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἐπίγνωσις">knowledge</a> and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Philippians" title="Epistle to the Philippians">Philippians</a> 1:9-10 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Epistle_to_the_Colossians"><span id="Paul.27s_Epistle_to_the_Colossians"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians" title="Epistle to the Colossians">Epistle to the Colossians</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Paul's Epistle to the Colossians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians" title="Epistle to the Colossians">Epistle to the Colossians</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>Εἰ οὖν συνηγέρθητε τῷ Χριστῷ, τὰ ἄνω ζητεῖτε, οὗ ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ καθήμενος· τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ἀπεθάνετε γάρ, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν κέκρυπται σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ. <ul><li>So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians" title="Epistle to the Colossians">Colossians</a> 3:1-3 <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>ἀπεκδυσάμενοι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνδυσάμενοι τὸν νέον τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατ’ εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτόν. <ul><li>You have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Colossians" title="Epistle to the Colossians">Colossians</a> 3:9-10 <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">NRSV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_First_Epistle_to_Timothy"><span id="Paul.27s_First_Epistle_to_Timothy"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="First Epistle to Timothy">First Epistle to Timothy</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Paul's First Epistle to Timothy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_to_Timothy" title="First Epistle to Timothy">First Epistle to Timothy</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1_Timothy" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Timothy">1 Timothy</a> 1:15 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Paul's_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews"><span id="Paul.27s_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews"></span><a href="/wiki/Paul_of_Tarsus" title="Paul of Tarsus">Paul's</a> <a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Hebrews" title="Epistle to the Hebrews">Epistle to the Hebrews</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>μιμνῄσκεσθε τῶν δεσμίων ὡς συνδεδεμένοι, τῶν κακουχουμένων ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντες ἐν σώματι. <ul><li>Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Hebrews" title="Epistle to the Hebrews">Hebrews</a> 13:3</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Epistle_of_James"><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">Epistle of James</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Epistle of James"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">Epistle of James</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν, ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει αὐτῶν, ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου. <ul><li>Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epistle_of_James" title="Epistle of James">James</a> 1:27 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standard_Version" class="extiw" title="w:American Standard Version">ASV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Epistle_of_Peter"><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">First Epistle of Peter</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: First Epistle of Peter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><div class="noprint"><i>Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">First Epistle of Peter</a></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li>ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε, ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν. <ul><li>Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">1 Peter</a> 2:2 <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">NIV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Epistle_of_Peter" title="First Epistle of Peter">First Epistle of Peter</a> 3:18 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Epistle_of_John"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John" class="extiw" title="w:First Epistle of John">First Epistle of John</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: First Epistle of John"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε τὸν κόσμον μηδὲ τὰ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ. <ul><li>Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Epistle_of_John" class="extiw" title="w:First Epistle of John">1 John</a> 2:15 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Book_of_Revelation"><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Book of Revelation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a> 3:20 <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">KJV</a>. There are also quotes at <a href="/wiki/Apocalypse" title="Apocalypse">Apocalypse</a> and at <a href="/wiki/Revelation" title="Revelation">Revelation</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes_about_the_New_Testament">Quotes about the New Testament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Quotes about the New Testament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Despite the prejudices and theological preconceptions of the evangelists, they record many incidents that mere inventors would have concealed—the competition of the apostles for high places in the Kingdom, their flight after Jesus' arrest, Peter's denial, the failure of Christ to work miracles in Galilee, the references of some auditors to his possible insanity, his early uncertainty as to his mission, his confessions of ignorance as to the future, his moments of bitterness, his despairing cry on the cross; no one reading these scenes can doubt the reality of the figure behind them. That a few simple men should in one generation have invented so powerful and appealing a personality, so lofty an ethic and so inspiring a vision of human brotherhood, would be a miracle far more incredible than any recorded in the Gospel. <ul><li>Will Durant, <i>Christ and Caesar, The Story of Civilization</i>, 3, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972, p. 557</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>In summary, it is clear that there are many contradictions between one gospel and another, many dubious statements of history, many suspicious resemblances to the legends told of pagan gods, many incidents apparently designed to prove the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, many passages possibly aiming to establish a historical basis for some later doctrine or ritual of the Church. The evangelists shared with Cicero, Sallust, and Tacitus the conception of history as a vehicle for moral ideas. And presumably the conversations and speeches reported in the Gospels were subject to the frailties of illiterate memories, and the errors or emendations of copyists. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Will_Durant" title="Will Durant">Will Durant</a> <cite style="font-style:normal" class="book" id="CITEREFDurantDurant1944"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant" class="extiw" title="w:Will Durant">Durant, Will</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Durant" class="extiw" title="w:Ariel Durant">Durant, Ariel</a> (1944). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JztghD__8ksC&pg=PT558">"XXVI -- Jesus -- 4 B.C.-A.D. 30"</a>. <i>Caesar and Christ, a history of Roman civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325</i>. <b>The Story of Civilization III</b>. New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 558. <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-4760-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4516-4760-0">ISBN 978-1-4516-4760-0</a>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=XXVI+--+Jesus+--+4+B.C.-A.D.+30&rft.atitle=Caesar+and+Christ%2C+a+history+of+Roman+civilization+and+of+Christianity+from+their+beginnings+to+A.D.+325&rft.aulast=Durant&rft.aufirst=Will&rft.au=Durant%2C+Will&rft.au=Durant%2C+Ariel&rft.date=1944&rft.volume=The+Story+of+Civilization+III&rft.pages=p.%26nbsp%3B558&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.isbn=978-1-4516-4760-0&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJztghD__8ksC%26pg%3DPT558&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:New_Testament"><span style="display: none;"> </span></span></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>And further, there was a certain man with us, whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell a thousand years in Jerusalem; and that thereafter the general, and, in short, the eternal resurrection and judgment of all men would likewise take place. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Martyr" title="Justin Martyr">Justin Martyr</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers/Volume_I/Dialogue_with_Trypho" class="extiw" title="s:Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume I/Dialogue with Trypho"><i>Dialogue with Trypho,</i> chapter LXXXI. c160AD. In ANF1, that is, Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) <i>Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1</i>.</a> [ANF1 footnote: "A very noteworthy passage, as a primitive exposition of Rev xx 4-5...."]</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Matthew also issued a written Gospel among the Hebrews in their own dialect, while Peter and Paul were preaching at Rome, and laying the foundations of the Church. After their departure, Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, did also hand down to us in writing what had been preached by Peter. Luke also, the companion of Paul, recorded in a book the Gospel preached by him. Afterwards, John, the disciple of the Lord, who also had leaned upon His breast, did himself publish a Gospel during his residence at Ephesus in Asia. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Irenaeus" class="extiw" title="s:Author:Irenaeus"><i>Irenaeus Against Heresies,</i> book 3: ch 1: para 1. At page 414 of ANF1, that is, Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) <i>Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1</i>.</a> [c 185 AD.]</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>[Irenaeus has been discussing the vision in the Book of Revelation.] For that was seen no very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitian's reign [Domitian died in 96AD]. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Irenaeus" class="extiw" title="s:Author:Irenaeus"><i>Irenaeus Against Heresies,</i> book 5: ch 30: para 3. At page 559f of ANF1, that is, Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) <i>Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1</i>.</a> [c 185 AD.]</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>These copies of the Holy Scriptures ... it is quite erroneous to suppose that the Christian is bound to offer any further proof of their genuineness or authenticity. It is for the objector to show them spurious; for on him, by the plainest rules of law, lies the burden of proof. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Greenleaf" class="extiw" title="w:Simon Greenleaf">Simon Greenleaf</a>, <i>An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/examinationofte00gree">Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice</a></i> (1847), Section 10, p. 9</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>the Four Evangelists should be admitted in corroboration of each other, as readily as Josephus and Tacitus, or Polybius and Livy. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Greenleaf" class="extiw" title="w:Simon Greenleaf">Simon Greenleaf</a>, <i>An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/examinationofte00gree">Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice</a></i> (1847), Section 28, p. 23</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Far greater discrepancies can be found in the different reports of the same case, given by the reporters of legal judgments than are shown among the evangelists; and yet we do not consider them as detracting from the credit of the reporters, to whom we still resort with confidence, as to good authority. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Greenleaf" class="extiw" title="w:Simon Greenleaf">Simon Greenleaf</a>, <i>An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/examinationofte00gree">Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice</a></i> (1847), Section 36, p. 31</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The connexion of the word or the act of Jesus with the restoration of the blind, lame and dead, to sight, and health, and life, as cause and effect, is a conclusion which, our reason is compelled to admit, from the uniformity of their concurrence, in such a multitude of instances, as well as from the universal conviction of all, whether friends or foes, who beheld the miracles which he wrought. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Greenleaf" class="extiw" title="w:Simon Greenleaf">Simon Greenleaf</a>, <i>An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/examinationofte00gree">Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice</a></i> (1847), Section 38, pp. 37f</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, of extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception, than any and all others, before or after them, or they have truly stated the astonishing things which they saw and heard. <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Greenleaf" class="extiw" title="w:Simon Greenleaf">Simon Greenleaf</a>, <i>An <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/examinationofte00gree">Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists, by the Rules of Evidence administered in Courts of Justice</a></i> (1847), Section 48, p. 47.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>I never liked the New Testament. It’s very personality-driven. Like an early version of People. It’s just all: “And then he said to me. And then he said to you. And then he did this! And I liked him. He liked me best. He was closer. And we were best friends. And this is where we met.” I never liked it! <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Kincaid" title="Jamaica Kincaid">Jamaica Kincaid</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/02/interview-jamaica-kincaid-see-now-then/">Interview</a> (2013)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>You should put on gloves before taking up the New Testament. The presence of so much uncleanliness almost forces you to. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche" title="Friedrich Nietzsche">Friedrich Nietzsche</a>, <i>The Anti-Christ</i> (1888)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>The continuous and unembarrassed interchange of love and thought between God and the soul of the redeemed man is the throbbing heart of New Testament religion. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A._W._Tozer" class="mw-redirect" title="A. W. Tozer">A. W. Tozer</a>, <i>The Pursuit of God</i> (1957), p. 15</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_Testament" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible">Bible</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Testament&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="noprint" style="clear: right; border: solid #aaa 1px; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; 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title="Bible/Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible/Lamentations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bible/Lamentations (page does not exist)">Lamentations</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bible/Ezekiel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible/Ezekiel">Ezekiel</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bible/Daniel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible/Daniel">Daniel</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bible/Hosea" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible/Hosea">Hosea</a> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible/Joel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bible/Joel (page does not exist)">Joel</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bible/Amos" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible/Amos">Amos</a> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible/Obadiah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bible/Obadiah (page does not exist)">Obadiah</a> • <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bible/Jonah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bible/Jonah (page does not exist)">Jonah</a> • <a href="/wiki/Bible/Micah" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible/Micah">Micah</a> • <a 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