And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Now as you enter the house, give it your greeting.
“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
And if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.
Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house.
For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it, you endure, this finds favor with God.