How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
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