For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10
>worse.
Jesus spoke to his 12 disciples before they went out to minister to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, saying
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" Matthew 10:16
and
"Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known." 10:26