I’m reminded of your sincere faith, which was alive first in your grandmother Lois and then in your mother Eunice. I’m certain that it’s also in you now.
If you point out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be serving Christ Jesus well. You’ll show that you’ve been strengthened by the truths of the faith and by the good teaching you’ve obeyed.
That’s why I’m suffering the way I am. But I’m not ashamed, because I know the one I’ve believed in and I’m certain that he’s able to protect what I’ve given him. I can trust him with it until the day he returns.
I’m convinced that nothing will ever be able to separate us from God’s love—not death or life, angels or demons, the present or the future, and no powers,
All of these people were still living by faith when they died. They didn’t receive the things God had promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a long way off. They admitted that they were outsiders and strangers on earth.
I’m convinced, because the Lord Jesus has convinced me of this, that nothing is unclean in itself. But someone may consider a thing to be unclean. If they do, it is unclean for them.
One person considers one day to be better than the rest, while another person considers every day to be just as good. Each person should be fully convinced in their own mind.
The king is familiar with these things, so I can speak freely to him. I’m sure he knows everything that has been going on. After all, it wasn’t done in a corner.