You are therefore inexcusable, O man, whoever you are, that sits in judgment; for in judging another you are condemning yourself. You, the judge, are habitually practising the very same things.

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?

and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.

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 Scripture says to Pharaoh, It is for this very purpose that I have raised you up, To show in you my power, And to proclaim my name far and wide, in all the earth.

And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

But Isaiah speaks very boldly, I was found of those who were not seeking me, I was made manifest to those who were not asking for me.

This too, is the reason why you pay taxes; because the authorities are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.