being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil;

Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.