Chapter 7
1 Do not be led astray by heterodoxy, nor be entangled in myths and endless genealogies and Jewish arrogance. The old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 For if we still live according to the Jewish law and the circumcision of the flesh, we deny that we have received grace.
3 For the most divine prophets lived according to Jesus Christ; for this reason they were also persecuted, inspired by grace to convince the disobedient that there is one God, the Almighty, who revealed himself through Jesus Christ his Son, who is his word—not spoken, but essential.[1]
4 For it is not the sound of articulate speech, but the essence of divine activity, begotten and pleasing in all things to him who brought it forth.