There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

Does not the potter have right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them."

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach);

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is God's servant, an avenger to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Let not him who eats despise him who does not, and let not him who does not eat pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted him.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself for what he approves.

But he who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.