You know that because of weakness in the flesh I preached the gospel to you the former [time].

For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however anyone trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless,

I am young and despised; [yet] I have not forgotten Your statutes.

And I said, Wisdom is better than power; yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not listened to.

We brought a report as [of] a child before Him; [He is] as a root in a thirsty land; He has no form, nor comeliness; and we saw Him, but He had no form nor beauty.

But His form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; [He was] a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for His face has turned from [us]; He was dishonored, and not esteemed.

And the base things of the world, and the things having been despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are despised!

Therefore he who rejects [this] does not reject man, but God, who has given His Holy Spirit to you.

And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious,--[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil; and the Lord your God shall be with you.

And he has dealt deceitfully with your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king [is] like an angel of God; do that which is good in your eyes.

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the Angel of the Lord before them.

For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

Do not forget hospitality, for through this some have unwittingly entertained angels.

"He that receives you receives Me, and he that receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

And whoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.

"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.'

He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."

Most assuredly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."

Now then, we serve as ambassadors for Christ, as though God were appealing through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

Because of this we also give thanks to God unceasingly, so that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you received not the word of men, but just as it truly is, the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.