and fortitude character, and character, hope??5 a hope which never disappoints us. For through the Holy Spirit who has given to us, the "brimming river of the love of God" has overflowed in our hearts.

But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Nor height, nor depth, Nor any other created thing, Shall be able to separate us from the love of God Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.

As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.

Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Love never wrongs his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.

If your brother is continually pained because of your food, you are not conducting yourself any longer in love. Do not, by what you eat, persist in destroying a man for whom Christ died.

Brothers, I beseech you, by Jesus Christ our Lord, and by the love which the Spirit gives, to help me in my struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,