God forbid: yea, let God be acknowledged true, though every man be a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome, when thou judgest.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to obey it in the lusts thereof.

And David saith, Let their table become a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompence unto them.

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and always bow down their back.

But having different gifts, according to the grace conferred upon us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith:

or ministry, let us attend to the ministry: or he that teacheth, on teaching: or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:

he that distributeth, let him do it with integrity: he that presideth, with diligence: he that sheweth mercy, with chearfulness.

Let love be unfeigned. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good;

Let every soul be subject to the powers that are over them: for there is no such power but from God: the powers that are over men, are appointed by God.

And this let us observe, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Let us behave decently as being in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lasciviousness, not in strife and envying.

Let not him, that eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him, that eateth not, censure him that eateth: for God hath received him.

One preferreth some days to others; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every one be fully satisfied in his own mind.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, not to lay a stumbling-block or scandal before a brother.

Let not your liberty then be evil-spoken of: for the kingdom of God consists not in meat and drink;

Let us then pursue peace, and mutual edification.

but let every one of us please our neighbor for his good, to his edification.