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¹Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not apparent.

¹“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.

¹⁶But if he will not listen you, invite with you one or two more, so that every word may stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,

¹And when the days of Pentecost were completed, they were all together in the same place. ²And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they began to speak in various languages, just as the Holy Spirit bestowed eloquence to them. ⁵Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, pious men from every nation that is under heaven. ⁶And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confused in mind, because each one was listening to them speaking in his own language.

²¹But test all things. Hold on to whatever is good.

¹Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.

⁹If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.

²⁸Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor. And do not mislead anyone with your lips.

⁹All those who have been born of God do not commit sin. For the offspring of God abides in them, and he is not able to sin, because he was born of God.

⁵¹“Does our law judge a man, unless it has first heard him and has known what he has done?”

¹⁶You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

¹⁷For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty.

¹Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God; ³and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world. ⁴Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. ⁵They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are of God. Whoever knows God, listens to us. Whoever is not of God, does not listen to us. In this way, we know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.

¹⁵One witness shall not stand against another, no matter what the sin or outrage may be. For every word shall stand by the mouth of two or three witnesses.

³⁰The punishment of a murderer shall be based upon testimony; but no one shall be condemned upon the testimony of only one person.

¹Behold, this is the third time that I am coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word shall stand.

³⁹And answering, he said to them: “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign. But a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

¹⁹Do not be willing to accept an accusation against a priest, except under two or three witnesses. ²⁰Reprove sinners in the sight of everyone, so that the others may have fear.

¹⁴Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.

⁷And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.