Be every one of you subject to the ruling powers. for every ruler holds of God: the rulers in being are constituted by God.

so that he who opposes the ruler, disobeys the orders of God: and will be punished too for resisting, by those very powers.

for his administration is appointed by God for your good. but if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: he being the minister of God, to execute punishment upon malefactors.

from a principle of conscience. for this is the reason why you also pay tribute, because under God, they are continually

let not him that eateth, despise him that does not; and let not him that refrains, pass censure on him that eateth: for God hath received him.

who art thou that judgest the domestick of another? his staying or removal depends solely upon his master: yea, he shall be fixed: for God is able to establish him.

he that observes a day, and he that obobserves it not, act both from a sense of duty. he that eats, consisiders it as the bounty of his Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that forbeareth to eat, considers his forbearance as enjoined by his Lord, and giveth God thanks for the rest.

for it is written, "as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God."

Since then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God;

for he that thus pays his allegiance to Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

do not for such a thing as meat, pull down what God has been raising. all things indeed are pure; but they become evil to him who by eating giveth offence.

keep the persuasion you have, to your own conscience. blessed is he that approves himself to God, without making any difference about meats:

let every one of us consult the good of his neighbour to his edification.

May the God of patience and consolation, make you equally concern'd for one another, according to the example of Christ Jesus,

that ye may unanimously with one voice glorify God, even the father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

wherefore be kindly affected to one another, as Christ was to you, that you might glorify God.

for I tell you, that Jesus Christ was a minister to the Jews, to manifest the veracity of God in fulfilling the promises made to the fathers:

and you Gentiles ought to glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, "for this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name ."

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the holy spirit.

nevertheless, brethren, I have writ to the Gentile part of you, and admonish'd you with the greater freedom by virtue of the commission that God has given me,

to be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating the gospel of God, that the Gentiles might be made an acceptable offering, being sanctified by the holy spirit.

in the mean time, I conjure you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the spirit, that you join with me in earnest prayers to God for me;

that by the will of God we may meet with joy, and rest together in peace.

now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

I value as a good christian. salute Urbane my assistant in the cause of Christ,

your christianity is very well known in the world. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you as expert in that which is good, as unpractis'd in what is evil.

the God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet. the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

and by the writings of the prophets (according to the commandment of the eternal God) made known to all the Gentiles, to induce them to obey the faith:

to God, I say, who is only wise, be glory thro' Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.