Be without offense, both toward Jews and toward Greeks, and toward the church of God,

For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

(for if one does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);

but if I am delayed, [I write] so that you may know how it is necessary to conduct oneself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth.

He that laughs at the poor provokes Him that made him, and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless; but he that has compassion shall find mercy.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

But you have dishonored the poor. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into court?