And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same?
As you enter the house, give it your greeting.
“For I say to you that unless your righteousness far 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? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same?
Therefore you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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 Demas does also.
Greet the brothers and sisters 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 it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.