You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first.

A lamp is despised in the thoughts of one who is at ease; it is made ready for those whose feet slip.

I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your Precepts.

And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

For He grows up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of the dry ground. He has no form nor splendor that we should regard Him, nor anything spectacular that we should desire Him.

He is despised and rejected by men; a Man of pain, and knowing infirmity; a hiding of faces; being despised, we have esteemed Him not.

and the low-born of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,

We are foolish because of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are distinguished, but we are dishonored.

Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

And your handmaid thought, The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And Jehovah your God be with you.

And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

In that day Jehovah shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And he who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of Jehovah before them.

For the lips of the priest should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.

Do not forget hospitality, for by so doing some have unknowingly entertained angels.

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

Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, 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.

Truly, truly, 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 are ambassadors for Christ. As God is exhorting through us, we beseech you on Christ's behalf, Be reconciled to God.

For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the Word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the Word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.