ዓለምን ወይም በዓለም ያሉትን አትውደዱ፤ በዓለም ያለው ሁሉ እርሱም የሥጋ ምኞትና የዓይን አምሮት ስለ ገንዘብም መመካት ከዓለም ስለ ሆነ እንጂ ከአባት ስላልሆነ፥ ማንም ዓለምን ቢወድ የአባት ፍቅር በእርሱ ውስጥ የለም። ዓለሙም ምኞቱም ያልፋሉ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን ፈቃድ የሚያደርግ ግን ለዘላለም ይኖራል። ልጆች ሆይ፥ መጨረሻው ሰዓት ነው፥ የክርስቶስም ተቃዋሚ ይመጣ ዘንድ እንደ ሰማችሁ አሁን እንኳ ብዙዎች የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚዎች ተነሥተዋል፤ ስለዚህም መጨረሻው ሰዓት እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን። ከእኛ ዘንድ ወጡ፥ ዳሩ ግን ከእኛ ወገን አልነበሩም፤ ከእኛ ወገንስ ቢሆኑ ከእኛ ጋር ጸንተው በኖሩ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ሁሉ ከእኛ ወገን እንዳልሆኑ ይገለጡ ዘንድ ወጡ። እናንተም ከቅዱሱ ቅባት ተቀብላችኋል፥ ሁሉንም ታውቃላችሁ። እውነትን የምታውቁ ስለ ሆናችሁ፥ ውሸትም ሁሉ ከእውነት እንዳልሆነ ስለምታውቁ እንጂ እውነትን ስለማታውቁ አልጽፍላችሁም። ክርስቶስ አይደለም ብሎ ኢየሱስን ከሚክድ በቀር ውሸተኛው ማን ነው? አብንና ወልድን የሚክድ ይህ የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚ ነው።
ወደ ምኵራብም ገብቶ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እየተነጋገረና እያስረዳቸው ሦስት ወር ያህል በግልጥ ይናገር ነበር። አንዳንዶች ግን እልከኞች ሆነው በሕዝብ ፊት መንገዱን እየሰደቡ ባላመኑ ጊዜ፥ ከእነርሱ ርቆ ደቀ መዛሙርትን ለየ፥ ጢራኖስም በሚሉት በትምህርት ቤት ዕለት ዕለት ይነጋገር ነበር። በእስያም የኖሩት ሁሉ አይሁድም የግሪክ ሰዎችም የጌታን ቃል እስኪሰሙ ድረስ ሁለት ዓመት ያህል እንዲህ ሆነ። እግዚአብሔርም በጳውሎስ እጅ የሚያስገርም ተአምራት ያደርግ ነበር፤ ስለዚህም ከአካሉ ጨርቅ ወይም ልብስ ወደ ድውዮች ይወስዱ ነበር፥
ነገር ግን በእግዚአብሔር ሕግ ደስ ይለዋል፥ ሕጉንም በቀንና በሌሊት ያስባል። እርሱም በውኃ ፈሳሾች ዳር እንደ ተተከለች፥ ፍሬዋን በየጊዜዋ እንደምትሰጥ፥ ቅጠልዋም እንደማይረግፍ ዛፍ ይሆናል፤ የሚሠራውም ሁሉ ይከናወንለታል።
ከዚያም አልፎ ወደ ምኩራባቸው ገባ። እነሆም፥ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤ ይከሱትም ዘንድ፡— በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን? ብለው ጠየቁት። እርሱ ግን፡— ከእናንተ አንድ በግ ያለው በሰንበት በጉድጓድ ቢወድቅበት፥ ይዞ የማያወጣው ሰው ማን ነው? እንግዲህ ሰው ከበግ ይልቅ እንደምን አይበልጥም! ስለዚህ በሰንበት መልካም መሥራት ተፈቅዶአል፡ አላቸው። ከዚያም በኋላ ሰውየውን፡— እጅህን ዘርጋ፡ አለው። ዘረጋትም፥ እንደ ሁለተኛይቱም ደህና ሆነች። ፈሪሳውያን ግን ወጥተው እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያጠፉት ተማከሩበት።
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.