I do not receive the testimony of man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
and that repentance for the removal of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But these things have been written so that you may believe that Yeshua is Mashiach Ben-Elohim, and that by believing you may have life in His name.
There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives is true.
“I do not accept glory from men.
Yeshua answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father who gives Me glory—the One of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
But about Israel He says, “All day long I stretched forth My hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
So what if some did not trust? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
To the weak I became weak, so that I might win over the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means possible I might save some.
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Persevere in these things, for in doing so you will save yourself and those who hear you.
If we accept men’s testimony, God’s testimony is greater—for this it is the testimony that God has given about His Son.