¹³ and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;

⁵⁰ The salt `is' good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season `it'? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

³⁴ `A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

³⁵ in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

¹ A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together!

¹⁷ `These things I command you, that ye love one another;

¹¹ Henceforth, brethren, rejoice; be made perfect, be comforted, be of the same mind, be at peace, and the God of the love and peace shall be with you;

²² And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

³ being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

¹⁴ peace pursue with all, and the separation, apart from which no one shall see the Lord,

¹⁸ and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

²² and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;

¹⁶ and may the Lord of the peace Himself give to you the peace always in every way; the Lord `is' with you all!

⁴⁰ `He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me,

³ and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

⁴ And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- `He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

⁵ for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

¹⁷ who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- `A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

¹⁸ Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: `So shall thy seed be;'

¹⁹ and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (being about a hundred years old,) and the deadness of Sarah's womb,

¹ Let a man so reckon us as officers of Christ, and stewards of the secrets of God,

² and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

⁷ who doth serve as a soldier at his own charges at any time? who doth plant a vineyard, and of its fruit doth not eat? or who doth feed a flock, and of the milk of the flock doth not eat?

⁸ According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

⁹ for in the law of Moses it hath been written, `thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn;' for the oxen doth God care?

¹⁰ or because of us by all means doth He say `it'? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading `ought' of his hope to partake in hope.

¹¹ If we to you the spiritual things did sow -- great `is it' if we your fleshly things do reap?

¹⁴ and my trial that `is' in my flesh ye did not despise nor reject, but as a messenger of God ye did receive me -- as Christ Jesus;

⁶ And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing -- in all good things.

¹⁵ and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

²⁴ And he sendeth his brethren away, and they go; and he saith unto them, `Be not angry in the way.'