Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
I do not receive glory from people.
and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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