For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
‘Therefore,’ he said to them, ‘every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom treasures new and old.’
He had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only John’s baptism.
Now the Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and proclaimed the gospel in advance to Abraham, saying, All the nations will be blessed through you. ,
‘Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of David, foretold about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is what the Lord has done and it is wonderful in our eyes? ,
Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: ‘The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
House of Jacob, should it be asked, ‘Is the Spirit of the Lord impatient? Are these the things he does? ’ Don’t my words bring good to the one who walks uprightly?
The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children for ever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.