And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.
But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”
So Isaac settled in Gerar. When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.
Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,
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