and men too in the same way have disregarded the natural function of women and been consumed with passion for one another, men for men, acting indecently, and experiencing in their own persons the inevitable penalty of what they have done.

Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, if you pose as a judge, for when you pass judgment on someone else, you are condemning yourself, for you, who sit in judgment, do the very same things yourself.

In the same way the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit itself pleads for us with inexpressible yearnings,

Has not the potter with his clay the right to make from the same lump one thing for exalted uses and another for menial ones?

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

so they are now disobedient in order that they in turn may experience the same mercy as you.

For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,