Although they know full well God's sentence that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only practice them but even applaud others who do them.

Now we know that God's judgment justly falls on those who practice such sins as these.

And you, who pose as a judge of those who practice such sins and yet continue doing the same yourself, do you for once suppose that you are going to escape the judgment of God?

It was not for his sake alone that it was written, "It was credited to him";

for if you live by such a standard, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put a stop to the doings of your lower nature, you will live.

For nature did not of its own accord give up to failure; it was for the sake of Him who let it thus be given up, in the hope

For we were saved in such a hope.

As the Scripture says: "For your sake we are being put to death the livelong day; we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."

for I could wish myself accursed, even cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen.

Therefore, you must obey them, not only for the sake of escaping punishment, but also for conscience' sake;

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.

May God, who gives men patient endurance and encouragement, grant you such harmony with one another, in accordance with the standard which Christ Jesus sets,

Now I beg you, brothers, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love that the Spirit inspires, to wrestle with me in prayers to God on my behalf,

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.