For I want very much to see you, so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse.

who though they knew the just judgement of God, (that they who commit such practises are worthy of death) yet not only do these very things, but also countenance and encourage others in the practice of them.

Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you are, who pose as a judge of others, for when you pass judgment on another, you condemn yourself, for you who pose as a judge are practicing the very same sins yourself.

Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?

For, as the Scripture says, the very name of God is abused among the heathen, because of you!

Surely, very much. First: unto them was committed the word of God.

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me ??the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist.

but the gift is very different from the trespass. For while the rest of men died by the trespass of one man, the grace of God and the free gift which comes by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed far more richly upon the rest of men.

and no longer lend your faculties as unrighteous weapons for Sin to use. On the contrary surrender your very selves to God as living men who have risen from the dead, and surrender your several faculties to God, to be used as weapons to maintain the right.

and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

For that which I am doing I approve not: for not the thing which I wish, that do I practise; but the very thing I hate, that I do.

But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

For the very creatures shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

We know, indeed, that all Nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labor to this very hour.

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you to your position for this very purpose of displaying my power in dealing with you, of announcing my name all over the earth."

In the very place where it was told them, "You are not my people,' they will be called children of the living God."

But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.

But I ask 'Is it possible that men have never heard?' No, indeed, for--'Their voices spread through all the earth, and their Message to the very ends of the world.'

But I say: Hath, Israel, not come to know? First, Moses, saith - I, will provoke you to jealousy on account of a no-nation, on account of an undiscerning nation, will I make you very angry.

But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.

Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it ??8 as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not ??down to this very day.

as the Scripture Says, "God has given them over to an attitude of insensibility, so that their eyes cannot see and their ears cannot hear, down to this very day."

And David says, "Let their very food become a snare and a trap to them, a stumbling-block and a retribution.

Very well, but it was for lack of faith that they were broken off, and it is through your faith that you now stand where you are. Stop your haughty thinking, rather continue to be reverent,

So, I urge you, brothers, because God is so merciful [to us], to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, [fully] dedicated and very pleasing to God. For this is a reasonable [or spiritual] way for you to worship [or serve] Him.

so that he who opposes the ruler, disobeys the orders of God: and will be punished too for resisting, by those very powers.

for this is the reason why you pay your taxes, for the civil authorities are God's official servants faithfully devoting themselves to this very end.

For Christ died and lived again for the very purpose of being Lord of both the dead and the living.

For the person who serves Christ with these qualities is very pleasing to God and wins the approval of people.

As for yourself--keep this faith of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy is he who never has to condemn himself in regard to the very thing which he thinks right!

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,

who once risked their very necks for my life. I am so thankful to them; not only I but also all the churches among the heathen thank them.

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.

Everyone has heard of your obedience, and I am very happy about you, but I want you to be wise about what is good and guileless about what is bad.