For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

for the showing, I say , of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham his faith was reckoned for righteousness.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him , that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

and the commandment, which was unto life, this I found to be unto death:

Wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, For this very purpose did I raise thee up, that I might show in thee my power, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.

For to this end Christ died and lived again , that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain.