Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, if you pose as a judge, for when you pass judgment on someone else, you are condemning yourself, for you, who sit in judgment, do the very same things yourself.

I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.

You must obey them, therefore, not only to escape God's wrath, but as a matter of principle,

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.

Let us, therefore, keep before us whatever will contribute to peace and the development of one another.

Therefore, treat one another like brothers, in God's honor, just as Christ has treated you.