through whom we have received God's favor and been commissioned in his name to urge obedience and faith upon all the heathen,

We know that God's judgment rightfully falls upon those who do such things as these.

And do you suppose, when you sit in judgment upon those who do such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Their throats are like open graves, They use their tongues to deceive; The venom of asps is behind their lips,

That is why it all turns upon faith; it is to make it a matter of God's favor, so that the promise may hold good for all Abraham's descendants, not only those who are adherents of the Law, but also those who share the faith of Abraham. For he is the father of all of us;

For though it was impossible for the Law to do it, hampered as it was by our physical limitations, God, by sending his own Son in our sinful physical form, as a sin-offering, put his condemnation upon sin through his physical nature,

For I consider what we suffer now not to be compared with the glory that is to burst upon us.

There is no distinction between Jew and Greek for they all have the same Lord, and he is generous to all who call upon him.

For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

But how are they to call upon him if they have not believed in him? And how are they to believe him if they have never heard him? And how are they to hear unless someone preaches to them?

you must not look down upon the branches. If you do, remember that you do not support the root; the root supports you.

For if you were cut from a wild olive and unnaturally grafted upon a cultivated one, how much easier it will be to graft them upon the olive to which they properly belong!

For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,

For God has made all men prisoners of disobedience so as to have mercy upon them all.

No! If your enemy is hungry, feed him! If he is thirsty, give him something to drink! For if you do, you will heap burning coals upon his head!

so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.

for they are God's agents to do you good. But if you do wrong you may well be afraid, for they do not carry swords for nothing. They are God's servants, to execute his wrath upon wrongdoers.

What business have you to criticize your brother? What business have you to look down upon your brother? We shall all have to stand before God for judgment.