"But he answered,'TrulyI sayto you, I do not knowyou.'
For the LORDknowsthe wayof the righteous,But the wayof the wickedwill perish.
The boastfulshall not standbeforeYour eyes;You hateallwho doiniquity.
[Your] eyesare toopureto approveevil,And You cannot lookon wickedness[with favor]. Whydo You lookwith favor On those who dealtreacherously?Why are You silentwhen the wickedswallowup Those morerighteousthanthey?
"Laterthe othervirginsalsocame,saying,Lord,lord,openup for us.'
"Be on the alertthen,for you do not knowthe daynorthe hour.
"Oncethe head of the housegetsup and shutsthe door,and you beginto standoutsideand knockon the door,saying,Lord,openup to us!' thenHe will answerand sayto you, 'I do not knowwhereyou are from.'
"My sheephearMy voice,and I knowthem, and they followMe;
"We knowthat Goddoes not hearsinners;but ifanyoneis God-fearingand doesHis will,He hearshim.
but ifanyonelovesGod,he is knownby Him.
But nowthat you have come to knowGod,orratherto be knownby God,howis it that you turn backagainto the weakand worthlesselemental things,to whichyou desireto be enslavedall overagain?
Nevertheless,the firmfoundationof Godstands,havingthisseal,"The Lordknowsthosewho are His," and, "Everyonewho namesthe nameof the Lordis to abstainfrom wickedness."
