For it is superfluousfor me to writeto you aboutthisministryto the saints;
Now when the wordsof her eldersonEsauwere reportedto Rebekah,she sentand calledher youngersonJacob,and saidto him, "Beholdyour brotherEsauis consolinghimself concerning you [by planning] to killyou.
"But to the kingof Judahwho sentyou to inquireof the LORDthusshall you sayto him, 'Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,"[Regarding] the wordswhichyou have heard,
"The Almighty--we cannotfindHim; He is exaltedin powerAnd He will not doviolenceto justiceand abundantrighteousness.
My heartoverflowswith a goodtheme;I addressmy versesto the King;My tongueis the penof a readywriter.
"But regardingthe resurrectionof the dead,have you not readwhatwas spokento you by God:
"NowafterseveralyearsI cameto bringalmsto my nationand to presentofferings;
From the standpointof the gospelthey are enemiesfor your sake,but from the standpointof [God's] choicethey are belovedfor the sakeof the fathers;
contributingto the needsof the saints,practicinghospitality.
that I may be rescuedfrom thosewho are disobedientin Judea,and [that] my servicefor Jerusalemmay proveacceptableto the saints;
[They] only[asked] us to rememberthe poor--the very thingI alsowas eagerto do.
So then,whilewe haveopportunity,let us dogoodto all people,and especiallyto thosewho are of the householdof the faith.
Nowas to the timesand the epochs,brethren,you havenoneedof anything to be writtento you.
As for you, the anointingwhichyou receivedfrom Him abidesin you, and you havenoneedfor anyoneto teachyou; but as His anointingteachesyou aboutall things,and is true and is not a lie,and justas it has taughtyou, you abidein Him.
"As for the agreementof whichyou and I have spoken,behold,the LORDis betweenyou and me forever."
