which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Armies had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah."

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who doesn't judge himself in that which he approves.

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.