so that your fast may be seen not by men but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
When you pray, go into your room and shut the door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.
so as to keep your alms secret; then your Father who sees what is secret will reward you openly.
for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.
Hence also I am eager to satisfy him, whether in the body or away from it;
Submit for the Lord's sake to any human authority; submit to the emperor as supreme,
that is only to prove your faith is sterling (far more precious than gold which is perishable and yet is tested by fire), and it redounds to your praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For he will render to everyone according to what he has done,