For it is superfluousfor me to writeto you aboutthisministryto the saints;
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.
[They] only[asked] us to rememberthe poor--the very thingI alsowas eagerto do.
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.
My heartoverflowswith a goodtheme;I addressmy versesto the King;My tongueis the penof a readywriter.
"As for the agreementof whichyou and I have spoken,behold,the LORDis betweenyou and me forever."
From the standpointof the gospelthey are enemiesfor your sake,but from the standpointof [God's] choicethey are belovedfor the sakeof the fathers;
"But regardingthe resurrectionof the dead,have you not readwhatwas spokento you by God:
"The Almighty--we cannotfindHim; He is exaltedin powerAnd He will not doviolenceto justiceand abundantrighteousness.
"But to the kingof Judahwho sentyou to inquireof the LORDthusshall you sayto him, 'Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,"[Regarding] the wordswhichyou have heard,
Now when the wordsof her eldersonEsauwere reportedto Rebekah,she sentand calledher youngersonJacob,and saidto him, "Beholdyour brotherEsauis consolinghimself concerning you [by planning] to killyou.
"NowafterseveralyearsI cameto bringalmsto my nationand to presentofferings;
contributingto the needsof the saints,practicinghospitality.
that I may be rescuedfrom thosewho are disobedientin Judea,and [that] my servicefor Jerusalemmay proveacceptableto the saints;