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5Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
²And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
³And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
⁴And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
⁵And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
⁶And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
⁷And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
⁸And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
⁹So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
¹⁰And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
¹¹But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
¹³And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
¹⁴Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

6Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
³For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
⁴But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
⁵For every man shall bear his own burden.
⁶Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
⁷Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
⁸For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
⁹And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
¹⁰As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
¹¹Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
¹²As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
¹³For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
¹⁴But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
¹⁵For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
¹⁶And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.