以弗所書 Ephesians 6:1 -3 你們作兒女的，要在主裡聽從父母，這是理所當然的。「要孝敬父母，使你得福，在世長壽。」這是第一條帶應許的誡命。 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

馬太福音 Matthew 16:18-19 我還告訴你，你是彼得，我要把我的教會建造在這磐石上；陰間的權柄，不能勝過他。我要把天國的鑰匙給你，凡你在地上所捆綁的，在天上也要捆綁；凡你在地上所釋放的，在天上也要釋放。」 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

創世記 Genesis 25:30 以掃對雅各說：「我累昏了，求你把這紅湯給我喝。」因此以掃又叫以東。Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” ...

希伯來書 Hebrews 11:6 人非有信，就不能得神的喜悅；因為到神面前來的人必須信有神，且信他賞賜那尋求他的人。And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.