Never! In that case, how could he judge the world?

For God has done what the Law, weakened here by the flesh, could not do; by sending his own Son in the guise of sinful flesh, to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

I could have wished myself accursed and banished from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen;

And why? Simply because Israel has relied not on faith but on what they could do. They have stumbled over the stone that makes men stumble ??33 as it is written, Here I lay a stone in Sion that will make men stumble, even a rock to trip them up; but he who believes in Him will never be disappointed.

And how can men preach unless they are sent? ??as it is written, How pleasant is the coming of men with glad, good news!

But they have not all given in to the gospel of glad news? No, Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed what they heard from us?

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.