But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached God's gospel to you free of charge?
And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
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