But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed;

Surely, brothers, you know (for I am speaking to those who know what law means) that law governs a person only during his lifetime?

For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God.

And now it is longer I myself who do the deed, but it is sin which has its home in me.

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

Oh, wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this slave of death?

Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

And they who are earthly minded cannot please God.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit.

For nature was subjected to imperfection, not by its own will, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject??21 yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thralldom of decay, into the freedom which belongs to the glory of the children of God.

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

and whom he foreordained, those he also called; and whom he called, those he also justified; and whom he justified, those he also glorified.

What shall we say then, to these things? If God be for us, Who can be against us?

Who shall accuse God's elect? God acquits them;

Who is there to condemn them? Will Christ who died? Yes, and who rose from the dead, The Christ who is also at the right hand of God, And is interceding for us?

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.

theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen.

It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.

and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,

His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.

So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.

Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"

"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"

Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.

As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;

And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?

But that the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law?

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Say not in thine heart, "Who shall ascend to heaven?"??hat is, to bring Christ down;

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

How then shall thy call upon Him in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring a glad gospel.

And yet they did not all hearken to the good news; for Isaiah said, Lord, who hath believed our message?

But Isaiah speaks very boldly, I was found of those who were not seeking me, I was made manifest to those who were not asking for me.

God did not cast off his people whom he foreknew. For do you not know what is said in the Scripture about Elijah? how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,

But what was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.

Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God's goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, too, will be cut off.

Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counsellor?

Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Therefore the man who rebels against authority is opposing the divine ordinances; and those who withstand will bring judgment on themselves.

Render to all their dues; taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, and homage to whom homage is due.

Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

He who eats meat must not despise the man who abstains; and let not the man who abstains judge him who eats; for God has received him.

Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand.

There are some who esteem one day above another; there are others who esteem all days alike; let each other be fully persuaded in his own mind.

He who regards the day, regards it unto his Lord; and he who regards it not, disregards it unto his Lord. He who eats meat, eats unto his Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who abstains, abstains unto his Lord, since he, too, gives God thanks.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is in itself unclean; but any food is "unclean" for one who considers it "unclean."

If your brother is continually pained because of your food, you are not conducting yourself any longer in love. Do not, by what you eat, persist in destroying a man for whom Christ died.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

Have you faith? Keep it to yourself as in the presence of God. He is a happy man who does not condemn himself in that which he approves.

But he who has misgivings, and yet eats meat, is condemned already, because his action is not based on faith; and whatever is not based on faith is sin.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but as it is written, The reproaches of those who were reproaching thee fell upon me.

But, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a minister of the church at Cenchrae.

who risked their own lives to save mine; who are thanked not only by me,

Salute Mary, who toiled terribly for you;

and Andronicus and Junia, my kinsfolk and fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, and who became Christians before I did.

Salute Trypheana and Tryphosa, who are ever toiling in the Lord. Salute dear Persis, who has toiled terribly in the Lord's service.

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are associated with them.

I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned.

I, Tertius, who write this letter, salute you in the Lord.

Now I commend you to Him who is able to keep you stedfast, according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, whereby is unveiled the secret truth which was kept secret through immemorial ages,

to the Church of God at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all, wherever they are, who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

For when, in the wisdom of God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, the world by its philosophy knew not God, it pleased God, by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.

but to those who are the called, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

It is of him that you are in Christ Jesus, whom God made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Notwithstanding, among those who are mature I do teach philosophy; though not the philosophy of the present age, nor of its rulers who are coming to nought.

Nay, as it is written. Eye has not seen, Nor ear heard, Neither have entered into man's heart The things which God has prepared For those who love him.

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Just ministers through whom you have believed, and each doing the work that the Lord gave him.

So neither is he who planted anything, nor he who watered, but God alone, who is making the seed grow.

Now, though he who plants and he who waters are one, each will receive his own reward, according to his own service.

Indeed I do not even judge myself; for though I know nothing against myself, yet that does not vindicate me; for he who judges me is the Lord.

So make no hasty judgment until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make plain the purpose of men's hearts. Then each man's due praise will come to him from God.

For who makes you a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received it?

With this in mind I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dear and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ; the manner in which I ever teach everywhere in every church.

Yet you are puffed up instead of mourning and removing from among you the man who has done this thing.

For I, although absent in body, yet present in spirit, have already passed sentence, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, on him who has done this thing.

But what I wrote was that you were not to associate with any so-called brother who is immoral, or avaricious, or idolatrous, or abusive, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. No, with such persons do not even sit at table.

What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders?

Dare any one of you who has a grievance against his neighbor go to law before heathen judges, instead of before the saints?

Why then, if you have cases relating to earthly affairs which need to be decided, is it men who are absolutely nothing in the church whom you make your judges?

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. None who are immoral, or idolaters, or adulterers, or catamites, or sodomites,

and the God who raised up our Lord will up-raise us also by his mighty power.

Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body? (For God says, The two shall become one flesh.)