Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

So God abandoned them, with their heart's cravings, to impurity, and let them degrade their own bodies.

Far be it! But let, God, prove to be, true, albeit, every man, be false! Even as it is written - That thou mightest be declared righteous in thy words, and overcome when thou art in judgment.

let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

And why not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us do the bad things, that the good ones may come? whose sentence is, just.

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

Having, therefore, been declared righteous by faith, let us have, peace, towards God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, -

Through whom also we have had, our introduction, by our faithinto this favour wherein we stand; and let us boast in hope of the glory of God.

And, not only so, but let us boast also in our tribulations; knowing that, our tribulation, worketh out endurance.

Do we then conclude thus, let us continue in sin, that the divine favour may be more fully display'd?

let it not be! we who died to the sin -- how shall we still live in it?

So let it be with you-regard yourselves as dead to sin, but as living for God, through union with Christ Jesus.

Let not sin, therefore, reign in your death-doomed body, that ye should be obedient to its covetings;

you must not let sin have your members for the service of vice, you must dedicate yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, dedicating your members to God for the service of righteousness.

Let not sin have power over you. For ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,

For nature did not of its own accord give up to failure; it was for the sake of Him who let it thus be given up, in the hope

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness is with God? let it not be!

What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

Now Christ is an end to law, so as to let every believer have righteousness.

what does it say "more? the word is nigh thee, let it be in thy mouth and in thy heart:" that is the word of faith which we preach.

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

And, David, saith - Let their table be turned into a snare, and into gin, and into a trap, and into a recompense unto them,

Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent continually.

I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation is to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;

You will say, "But branches were broken off to let me be grafted in!"

well, be it so, for their incredulity they were broken off, and you by faith stand firm: be not then elated, but let this be your fear,

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.

Now, having gifts of favour, according to the favour given unto us, differing - whether prophesying, let us use it according to the proportion of our faith,

Or ministering, use it in our ministering, or he that teacheth, let him use his gift in his teaching,

Or he that exhorteth, in his exhorting, he that imparteth, let it be with liberality, he that taketh a lead, with diligence, he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

let your hope be a joy to you; be stedfast in trouble, attend to prayer,

have the same respect for one another. let not your behaviour be haughty, but soften'd to the condition of those below you. be not wise in your own conceits.

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

Never revenge yourselves, beloved, but let the Wrath of God have its way; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will exact a requital ??the Lord has said it. No,

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

And this let us observe, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

The night is far gone, and the day is near: so let us put off the works of the dark, arming ourselves with light,

As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; -

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

This man puts one day before another: to that man they are the same. Let every man be certain in his mind.

Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

And let the gentiles praise God for his mercy. As it is written, "For this cause I will praise thee among the gentiles, and sing in thy name."

And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.

For this cause I have been oft let to come unto you:

Let me introduce our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae;

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned? Let the one who has done this be removed from your midst.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

Do you not know we are to manage angels, let alone mundane issues?

To begin with, it is undoubtedly a loss to you to have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be cheated?

Do you not know that wrongdoers will not have any share in God's kingdom? Do not let anyone mislead you. People who are immoral or idolaters or adulterers or sensual or given to unnatural vice

I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

Meats are ordained for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Let not the body be applied unto fornication, but unto the Lord, and the Lord unto the body.

Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make them members of an harlot? let it be not!

For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

Do not withhold sexual intercourse from one another, unless you agree to do so for a time in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again. You must not let Satan tempt you through incontinence.

But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men.

My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

let those who mix in the world live as if they were not engrossed in it, for the present phase of things is passing away.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

But for my part, I have never availed myself of any of these rights. I do not say this to bring it about in my own case. I would rather die than let any one make void this boast of mine.

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

Let's stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.