Jesus said to them, "How unbelieving you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me!"

Now that you have known me," he said to them, "you will know my Father also, and from now on you do know him and you have seen him."

When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.

Whoever sees me sees also him who sent me.

Christ is the visible likeness of the invisible God. He is the first-born Son, superior to all created things.

He always had the nature of God, but he did not think that by force he should try to remain equal with God.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, "So she is your wife! Why did you say she was your sister?" He answered, "I thought I would be killed if I said she was my wife."

I trust in the LORD for safety. How foolish of you to say to me, "Fly away like a bird to the mountains,

How can you say you have not defiled yourself, that you have never worshiped Baal? Look how you sinned in the valley; see what you have done. You are like a wild camel in heat, running around loose,

Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?

Now, since our message is that Christ has been raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life?