questioning your faith

²²So certainly, reprove them, after they have been judged.

²⁴And when Jesus saw the crowd rushing together, he admonished the unclean spirit, saying to him, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you, leave him; and do not enter into him anymore.”

¹¹For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus. ¹²But if anyone builds upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or stubble, ¹³each one’s work shall be made manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it, because it will be revealed by fire. And this fire will test each one’s work, as to what kind it is. ¹⁴If anyone’s work, which he has built upon it, remains, then he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer its loss, but he himself will still be saved, but only as through fire.

³¹And immediately Jesus extended his hand and took hold of him. And he said to him, “O little in faith, why did you doubt?”

⁶Why are you sad, my soul? And why do you disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still confess to him: the salvation of my countenance,

⁶In this, you should exult, if now, for a brief time, it is necessary to be made sorrowful by various trials, ⁷so that the testing of your faith, which is much more precious than gold tested by fire, may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

²⁴Now Thomas, one of the twelve, who is called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus arrived. ²⁵Therefore, the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I will see in his hands the mark of the nails and place my finger into the place of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will not believe.” ²⁶And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas was with them. Jesus arrived, though the doors had been closed, and he stood in their midst and said, “Peace to you.” ²⁷Next, he said to Thomas: “Look at my hands, and place your finger here; and bring your hand close, and place it at my side. And do not choose to be unbelieving, but faithful.” ²⁸Thomas responded and said to him, “My Lord and my God.” ²⁹Jesus said to him: “You have seen me, Thomas, so you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

¹⁷And, seeing him, they worshipped him, but certain ones doubted.

⁵Test yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not know whether Christ Jesus is in you? But perhaps you are reprobates.

⁶But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

²How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save? ³Why have you revealed to me iniquity and hardship, to see plunder and injustice opposite me? And there has been judgment, but the opposition is more powerful.

¹³And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent. ¹⁴And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings.

¹⁹And John called two of his disciples, and he sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you he who is to come, or should we wait for another?” ²⁰But when the men had come to him, they said: “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying: ‘Are you he who is to come, or should we wait for another?’ ”

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

⁵But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him. ⁶But he should ask with faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave on the ocean, which is moved about by the wind and carried away;

²Now when John had heard, in prison, about the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to him, ³“Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?”

¹³And I said: So then, it is without purpose that I have justified my heart and washed my hands among the innocent. ¹⁴And I have been scourged all day long, and I have received my chastisement in the mornings. ¹⁵If I were to say that I would explain this: Behold, I would condemn this nation of your sons. ¹⁶I considered, so that I might know this. It is a hardship before me, ¹⁷until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.

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