There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."

And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

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;

But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

Does not the potter have right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?

For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them."

But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach);

he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is God's servant, an avenger to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Let not him who eats despise him who does not, and let not him who does not eat pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted him.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself for what he approves.

But he who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.

But the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: a man has his father's wife.

When any one of you has a grievance against a brother, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints?

The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife.

But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward his betrothed, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let them marry.

So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who does not marry her will do better.

If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.

But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk?

Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Does not the Law say the same thing?

For if a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, let her cover her head.

For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;

Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him,

or rude, it does not seek its own, it is not provoked, it keeps no record of wrongs,

it does not rejoice in evil, but rejoices with the truth.

For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands him, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries.

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Now I tell you this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

If anyone does not love the Lordlet him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness exceed it in glory.

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have.

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war as the flesh does.

Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, to do them."

But the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "He who does them shall live by them."

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ.

What I mean is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise.

Now a mediator does not represent just one party; but God is one.

For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; for the children of the desolate are more numerous than the children of her who has a husband."

But what does the scripture say? "Cast out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave shall not inherit with the son of the free woman."

(In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean except that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

For he who does wrong will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity, nor is it made with deceit;

Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.

(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).

If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,

Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.

Remind them of these things, and charge them in the presence of God to avoid disputing about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

He does not need, like those high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

It is for discipline that you endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself does not tempt anyone.

for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

But one who looks intently into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but a doer that acts, this man will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.

Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and bitter water?

Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.

My little children, I write this to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does right is born of him.

See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God! And so we are! The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, of which you have heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already.

We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us; he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given of his Son.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he will ask, and God will give him life for those whose sin is not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.

All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Anyone who runs ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God; he who abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting;

I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say.

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.