As God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in spreading the good news of his Son, I never fail to mention you when I pray,

for we know that Christ, once raised from the dead, will never die again; death has no more hold on him.

Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."

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?

But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"

Love never wrongs a neighbor, and so love fully satisfies the Law.

Therefore let us not criticize one another any more. You must resolve instead never to put any hindrance or obstacle in your brother's way.

As the Scripture says, "They who have never been told of him will see, And they who have never heard will understand!"