for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace.

What then? May we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? May it not happen!

Know ye not, that to what ye present yourselves as bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to what ye obey, whether of sin for death, or of obedience for righteousness?

What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

Or are ye ignorant, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over the man for as long a time as he lives?

For those who are according to flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those according to Spirit the things of the Spirit.

And those who are in flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not of him.

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to flesh.

For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are children of God.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.

Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.

But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor heavenly agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming,

who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises,

of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.

But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,

nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.

That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?

And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God.

And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of peace, of those who proclaim good news of good things.

And if the first fruit is holy, the branch is also. And if the root is holy, the branches are also.

They are indeed enemies toward the good-news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!

Because from him, and through him, and for him, are all things. To him is the glory into the ages. Truly.

so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one body-parts of each other.

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.

For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.

Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.

Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.

And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things.

So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified,

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners who are notable men among the apostles, who also became in Christ before me.

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Salute the men from those of Narcissus who are in Lord.

For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For the message of the cross is of course, foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.

For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.

Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,

for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?

For while one may say, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor.

For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.

and again, Lord knows the thoughts of the wise that they are vain.

Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours,

whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours,

and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you.

We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.

As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

But as of me not coming to you, some men are puffed up.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

And ye are puffed up and did not rather mourn, so that he who committed this deed might be taken away from the midst of you.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.

Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes?

Indeed therefore whenever ye have mundane legal disputes, men who are disdained by the church, these ye seat to judge.

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything.

The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen!

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,

And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband, then otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

Were thou called being a bondman? It should not concern thee. However if also thou are able to become free, take advantage of it instead.

Are thou bound to a wife? Do not seek separation. Are thou free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how s

For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,

yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.

But take heed lest somehow this privilege of yours becomes a stumbling-block to those who are weak.

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are ye not my work in Lord?

If I am not an apostle to others, yet at least I am to you, for ye are the seal of my apostleship in Lord.

If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good-news of the Christ.

Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?

No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.

Because we, the many, are one bread, one body, for we are all partakers of the one bread.

Look at Israel according to flesh. Those who eat the sacrifices, are they not partakers of the altar?

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?

All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.

For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.

For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it.

Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep.

But when we are judged by Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

And there are varieties of services, and the same Lord.

And there are varieties of functions, but it is the same God who works all in all.

For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.