by setting aside the Law with its commandments, expressed, as they were, in definite decrees. His design was to unite the two sections of humanity in Himself so as to form one new man,

I mean the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.

Let no unwholesome words ever pass your lips, but let all your words be good for benefiting others according to the need of the moment, so that they may be a means of blessing to the hearers.

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.

So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.