Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

Now, the reward is credited to him who does works, not as of grace but as a debt.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

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So Moses made an order and had it given out through all the tents, saying, Let no man or woman make any more offerings for the holy place. So the people were kept from giving more.

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Who, in his time, made clear his word in the good news, of which, by the order of God our Saviour, I became a preacher;

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

The evil-doers are broken by his wrath, he puts his hand on them with force before the eyes of all onlookers.

But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought.

How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.

Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

A day for building your walls! in that day will your limits be stretched far and wide.

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.

The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;

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For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Truly, God does not do evil, and the Ruler of all is not a false judge.

And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.

By him the waters are shut up in his thick clouds, and the cloud does not give way under them.

By his power the sea was made quiet; and by his wisdom Rahab was wounded.