For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy this one. For God's temple is holy, which you are.

for it is God's servant to you for what [is] good. But if you do what [is] bad, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword to no purpose. For it is God's servant, the one who avenges for punishment on the one who does [what is] bad.

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

Who will bring charges against God's elect? God [is] the one who justifies.

Do you not know that you are God's temple and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

of which I became a minister, according to God's stewardship which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God,

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.

and you [are] Christ's, and Christ [is] God's.

Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, [when they] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to [God's] wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.

--if indeed you have heard [about] the stewardship of God's grace given to me for you.

of which I became a servant, according to the gift of God's grace given to me, according to the working of his power.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan [that is] by faith.

For it is necessary [for] the overseer to be blameless as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

But you [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,

Because for this reason also the gospel was preached to those who are dead, so that they were judged {by human standards} in the flesh, but they may live in the spirit {by God's standards}.