Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.

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?

eternal life to those who by patience in well-doing strive for glory and honor and immortality;

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

And I myself also am confident regarding you, my brothers, that you yourselves are already full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and well able to give advice to one another.