...and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to... Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
But when I saw that they were not acting consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, "If you, tho...ugh a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gen...tiles...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? I... am talking like a madman -I am a better one: with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless floggings, and often near death. Five times I have received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked; for a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from bandits, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers and sisters; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, hungry and thirsty, often without food, cold and naked. And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Although I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given to me to bring to the Gentiles the news of the boundless rich...es of Christ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their man...y words.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to your word; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou has...t prepared in the presence of all peoples, light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to thy people Israel."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That, if the Gentiles, (whom no Law inspir'd,) By Nature did what was by Law requir'd;... They, who the written Rule and never known, Were to themselves both Rule and Law alone: To Natures plain Indictment they shall plead; And, by their Conscience, be condemn'd or freed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It may be well to remember that the highest level of moral aspiration recorded in history was reached by a few ancient Jews--Micah..., Isaiah, and the rest--who took no count whatever of what might not happen to them after death. It is not obvious to me why the same point should not by and by be reached by the Gentiles.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Both peoples had a clearly defined consciousness of being different from all other peoples: The Hebrews from the Gentiles, the Gre...eks from the Barbarians. The bearer of group consciousness was with them not king or priesthood but the people as a whole, every Hebrew or every Greek. With the other peoples of antiquity, only rulers and empires left their traces on history. With the Hebrews and the Greeks it was the national character and the spiritual creative energy of the people which endured. It is because their cultural continuity proved stronger than racial, political, or geographic continuity, that they live on today. The idea of a nation-state was unknown to them but they had the strong consciousness of a cultural mission.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »