“And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Are the tax collectors not doing so too?
“And if you love those loving you, what favour have you? For sinners, too, love those loving them.
“For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.
For what credit is there in enduring a beating when you sin? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure, this finds favour with Elohim.
“And as you enter into a house, greet it.
“For if you love those loving you, what reward have you? Are the tax collectors not doing the same too?
“Therefore, be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect.
Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Greet the brothers in Laodikeia, and Numpha and the assembly that is in his house.