Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

and, having been set free from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "You shall not covet."

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so;

because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For this is what the promise said: "About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son."

"And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

And as Isaiah said: "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us children, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah."

Repay no one evil for evil, but have regard for what is noble in the sight of all.

Why do you judge your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God.