who perverted the truth of God by falsehood, and worshipped and paid divine honours to the thing created instead of the Creator, who is blessed for evermore. Amen.

Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;

for he who has paid the penalty of death stands absolved from his sin.

For the wages paid by sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life through union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

I am speaking a truth in Christ?? am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit??2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart

that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

(As has been written, God gave them the spirit of mortal pain, eyes not to see, and earn not to hear;) even to this day.

Or who has given in advance to him, and it will be paid back to him?"