I am Alpha and Omega, first and last, beginning and end.
God created man incorruptible, and made him in the image of his own nature, but through the devil’s envy, death came into the world.
The worthy person is grateful and mindful of benefits done to him. This gratitude, this mindfulness, is congenial to the best people.
Likewise the spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words. And he who searches the hearts of men knows the mind of the spirit, because the spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
Love flows through a union that lives up to mutual responsibility. Love is not self-seeking, it’s not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrong.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name.