All who sin outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sin under the Law will be condemned by the Law.

Well now, are we Jews in a better position? Not at all. I have already charged all, Jews as well as Greeks, with being under sin ??10 as it is written, None is righteous, no, not one;

Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips.

Sin must have no hold over you, for you live under grace, not under law.

What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!

Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

but now we are done with the Law, we have died to what once held us, so that we can serve in a new way, not under the written code as of old but in the Spirit.

Consider both the kindness and the severity of God; those who fall come under his severity, but you come under the divine kindness, provided you adhere to that kindness. Otherwise, you will be cut away too.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.