But God's free gift is not like Adam's offense. For if many people died as the result of one man's offense, how much more have God's grace and the free gift given through the kindness of one man, Jesus the Messiah, been showered on many people!

Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come.

This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

For as in Adam all die, so also in the Messiah will all be made alive.

For Adam was formed first, then Eve,

and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient,

Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.

the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, "One day's ration of wheat for a day's wage, or three day's ration of barley for a day's wage! But don't damage the olive oil or the wine!"

For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.

They told him, "Caesar's." So he told them, "Then give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

It is the bridegroom who gets the bride, yet the bridegroom's friend, who merely stands by and listens for him, is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom's voice. That's why this joy of mine is now complete.

Some were saying, "It's him," while others were saying, "No, but it's someone like him." But he himself kept saying, "It's me!"

Jesus said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, "Lord, there must be a stench by now, because he's been dead for four days."

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

So they told each other, "Let's not tear it. Instead, let's throw dice to see who gets it." This was to fulfill the Scripture that says, "They divided my clothes among themselves, and for my clothing they threw dice." So that is what the soldiers did.

If you forgive people's sins, they are forgiven. If you retain people's sins, they are retained."

Now Herod had been in a violent quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him as a group. After they had won over Blastus, who oversaw security for the king's sleeping quarters, they asked for a peace agreement because their country depended on the king's country for food.

He had been instructed in the Lord's way, and with spiritual fervor he kept speaking and teaching accurately about Jesus, although he knew only about John's baptism.

For just as through one man's disobedience many people were made sinners, so also through one man's obedience many people will be made righteous.

For all who are led by God's Spirit are God's children.

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for it is not without reason that they bear the sword. Indeed, they are God's servants to administer punishment to anyone who does wrong. Therefore, it is necessary for you to be acquiescent to the authorities, not only for the sake of God's punishment, but also for the sake of your own conscience.

and that if it's God's will, I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, the Messiah is God's power and God's wisdom.

For God's nonsense is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.

You know that you are God's sanctuary and that God's Spirit lives in you, don't you?

If anyone destroys God's sanctuary, God will destroy him, for God's sanctuary is holy. And you are that sanctuary!

But I will come to you soon if it's the Lord's will. Then I'll discover not only what these arrogant people are saying but also what power they have,

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

When Jesus went into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed, sick with a fever.

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

To those who do not have the Law, I became like a man who does not have the Law in order to win those who do not have the Law. However, I am not free from God's Law, but I'm subject to the Messiah's law.

A man should not cover his head, because he exists as God's image and glory. But the woman is man's glory.

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.

At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah's name, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.

Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"

He replied, "It's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

Though he was crucified in weakness, he lives by God's power. We are weak with him, but by God's power we will live for you.

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.