"Blessed [are they] whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins are covered over.

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come.

knowing that Christ, [because he] has been raised from the dead, is going to die no more, death no longer being master over him.

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

[to] whom [belong] the patriarchs, and from whom [is] the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed {forever}! Amen.

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?

Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},

One person prefers [one] day over [another] day, and another person regards every day [alike]. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.

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

For [the report of] your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what [is] good, but innocent toward what [is] evil.

[I have decided] to hand over such a person to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, in order that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but her husband [does]. And likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but his wife [does].

If others share this right over you, do we not [do so] even more? Yet we have not made use of this right, but we endure all [things], in order that we may not cause any hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

Now I praise you that you remember me [in] all [things], and just as I handed over to you the traditions, you hold fast to [them].

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits [me] nothing.

then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.

Now I rejoice over the arrival of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these make up for your absence,

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.

For we who are alive [are] continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

Because of this we have been encouraged, and in addition to our encouragement, we rejoiced much more over the joy of Titus, because his spirit had been refreshed by all of you.

[I am afraid] lest [when I] come again my God will humiliate me {in your presence}, and I will grieve over many of those who sinned previously and have not repented because of their impurity and sexual immorality and licentiousness that they have practiced.

But now, [because you] have come to know God, or rather have come to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental spirits? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?

and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church,

one God and Father of all, who [is] over all, and through all, and in all.

who, becoming callous, gave themselves over to licentiousness, for the pursuit of all uncleanness in greediness.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

and you are filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority,

[When he] had disarmed the rulers and the authorities, he made a display of [them] in public, triumphing over them by it.

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, in order that they may be taught not to blaspheme.

But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but {to remain quiet}.

but Christ [was faithful] as a son over his house, whose house we are, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope we can be proud of.

and [since we have] a great priest over the house of God,

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some are disobedient to the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives,

and not as lording it over {those under your care}, but being examples for the flock.

For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but held [them] captive in Tartarus with chains of darkness [and] handed [them] over to be kept for judgment,

We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even every one who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.

And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,

And I looked, and behold, a pale green horse, and the one seated on it {was named} Death, and Hades followed after him. And authority was granted to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword and by famine and by pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

They have [as] king over them the angel of the abyss, {whose name} in Hebrew [is] Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

And I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, and a rainbow over his head, and his face [was] like the sun, and his feet [were] like pillars of fire,

These have the authority to shut the sky, so that {it does not rain} during the days of their prophecy. And they have authority over the waters, to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague as often as they wish.

And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them, and will celebrate and will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth.

And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and people and language and nation.

And another angel who had authority over the fire [went out] from the altar, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send out your sharp sickle and harvest the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are at their prime!"

And people were burned up [by the] great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent to give him glory.

And the woman that you saw is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.

And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, those who committed sexual immorality and lived sensually with her, when they see the smoke of her burning,

And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more--

Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"

Blessed and holy [is] the one who has a part in the first resurrection. Over this person the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.

Blessed [are] the ones who wash their robes, so that their authority will be over the tree of life and they may enter into the city through the gates.