And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as t
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Ch
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attra
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the hou
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
I am lowly and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts.
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent
He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishon
The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.