Are you sofoolish?Having begunby the Spirit,are you nowbeing perfectedby the flesh?
"But when a righteousmanturnsawayfrom his righteousness,commitsiniquityand doesaccording to allthe abominationsthat a wickedmandoes,will he live?Allhis righteousdeedswhichhe has donewill not be rememberedfor his treacherywhichhe has committedand his sinwhichhe has committed;for them he will die.
Thisis the only thingI wantto findout from you: did you receivethe Spiritby the worksof the Law,orby hearingwith faith?
Did you sufferso many thingsin vain--ifindeedit was in vain?
For there was a tabernacleprepared,the outerone,in which[were] the lampstandand the tableand the sacredbread;thisis calledthe holy place.
