He will not break off a bent reed, nor put out a flickering lamp. He will persist until he causes justice to triumph,

For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.

I myself was once alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

So far as the Law is concerned, however, I am dead---killed by the Law itself---in order that I might live for God. I have been put to death with Christ on his cross,

Words have failed them, Job; they have no answer for you.

Shall I go on waiting when they are silent? They stand there with nothing more to say.

No one was able to give Jesus any answer, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

For they did not dare ask him any more questions.

Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.

Your speech should always be pleasant and interesting, and you should know how to give the right answer to everyone.

He must hold firmly to the message which can be trusted and which agrees with the doctrine. In this way he will be able to encourage others with the true teaching and also to show the error of those who are opposed to it.

It is necessary to stop their talk, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching what they should not, and all for the shameful purpose of making money.