praying, if by any means I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.

It could not be so. How shall we, who are dead unto sin, live any longer in it?

But ye are not in depravity, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?

nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet, and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this word, in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself with divine love.