Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment?

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.

Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.

We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives?

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?"

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope."

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.