For merely hearing the law read does not make men upright with God, but men who practice the law will be recognized as upright.

What then, if some of them have proved unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness make null and void God's faithfulness?

Because no human creature can be brought into right standing with God by observing the law. For all the law can do is to make men conscious of sin.

Do we then through faith make null and void the law? Not at all; instead, we confirm it.

for we know that our former self was crucified with Him, to make our body that is liable to sin inactive, so that we might not a moment longer continue to be slaves to sin.

Accordingly, sin must not continue to reign over your mortal bodies, so as to make you continue to obey their evil desires,

For when we were living in accordance with our lower nature, the sinful passions that were aroused by the law were operating in the parts of our bodies to make us bear fruit that leads to death.

but I see another power operating in my lower nature in conflict with the power operated by my reason, which makes me a prisoner to the power of sin which is operating in my lower nature.

On the contrary, friend, who are you anyway that you would answer back to God? Can the clay that is molded ask the man who molds it, "Why did you make me like this?"

Has not the potter the right with his clay to make of the same lump one vessel for ornamental purposes, another for degrading service?

And what if God, though wishing to display His anger and make known His power, yet, has most patiently borne with the objects of His anger, already ripe for destruction,

so as to make known the riches of His glory for the objects of His mercy, whom He prepared in ages past to share His glory --

For in their hearts people exercise the faith that leads to right standing, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment which means salvation.

But again I ask, Israel did not understand, did they? For in the first place Moses says: "I will make you jealous of a nation that is no nation; I will provoke you to anger at a senseless nation."

I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall in utter ruin, did they? Of course not! On the contrary, because of their stumbling, salvation has come to heathen peoples, to make the Israelites jealous.

if I can make my fellow-countrymen jealous, and so save some of them.

And this my covenant I make with them, when I shall take away their sins."

I beg you, therefore, brothers, through these mercies God has shown you, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies as a living sacrifice, devoted and well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.

Make it your practice to receive into full Christian fellowship people who are overscrupulous, but not to criticize their views.

Who are you to criticize another man's servant? It is his own master's business whether he stands or falls, and he will stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand.

for the Scripture says: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God.'"

So let us keep on pursuing the things that make for peace and our mutual upbuilding.

Stop undoing the work of God just for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything when it makes another stumble.

The right thing to do is not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything else, that makes your brother stumble.

Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,

when I make my trip to Spain, I certainly hope to see you on my way there and to be helped forward by you, after I have enjoyed being with you awhile.

For Macedonia and Greece were delighted to make a contribution to the poor among God's people in Jerusalem.

To Him who can make you strong in accordance with the good news I bring and in accordance with the message preached about Jesus Christ, in accordance with the uncovering of the secret which for ages past had not been told,