wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief;

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Instructions for Believers

Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.

For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

But she who indulges herself in luxury is dead, even while she lives.

having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has assisted those in distress, and if she has devoted herself to every good work.