for, though they knew God, they have not honored him as God or given thanks to him, but they have indulged in futile speculations, until their stupid minds have become dark.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

But, thank God! though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient from your hearts to the standard of teaching that you received,

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you get is consecration, and the final result is eternal life.

So you, in turn, my brothers, in the body of Christ have become dead as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another husband, who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear fruit for God.

The thing you have a right to do must not become a cause of reproach.

I hold that Christ has become an agent of circumcision to show God's truthfulness in carrying out the promises made to our forefathers,