For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,

What if some of the Jews were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?

Or can we say as some people slander us by claiming that we say "Let's do evil that good may result"? They deserve to be condemned!

It is just as Isaiah predicted: "If the Lord of the Heavenly Armies had not left us some descendants, we would have become like Sodom and would have been compared to Gomorrah."

in the hope that I can make my people jealous and save some of them.

Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

However, on some points I have written to you rather boldly, both as a reminder to you and because of the grace given me by God