When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "You are a beautiful woman.

Tell them that you are my sister; then because of you they will let me live and treat me well."

So Isaac lived at Gerar.

When the men there asked about his wife, he said that she was his sister. He would not admit that she was his wife, because he was afraid that the men there would kill him to get Rebecca, who was very beautiful.

but asked again, "Are you really Esau?" "I am," he answered.

There is no one on earth who does what is right all the time and never makes a mistake.

Dead flies can make a whole bottle of perfume stink, and a little stupidity can cancel out the greatest wisdom.

It is not right for you to be proud! You know the saying, "A little bit of yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise."

Be careful, however, not to let your freedom of action make those who are weak in the faith fall into sin.

Do not be fooled. "Bad companions ruin good character."

But you are excited and glare at us in anger.

You know that while you were still heathen, you were led astray in many ways to the worship of lifeless idols.

Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.

Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you from the right way. It is good to receive inner strength from God's grace, and not by obeying rules about foods; those who obey these rules have not been helped by them.