For in their hearts people exercise the faith that leads to right standing, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment which means salvation.

But I say: Hath, Israel, not come to know? First, Moses, saith - I, will provoke you to jealousy on account of a no-nation, on account of an undiscerning nation, will I make you very angry.

God did not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says in Elijah, how he makes intercession to God against Israel?

But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.

Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; Make their backs bend forever under their burden!"

I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

if I can somehow make my own people jealous and save some of them.

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

And this my covenant I make with them, when I shall take away their sins."

O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercifulness of God, that ye make your bodies a living sacrifice: holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable serving of God.

Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

And we [all] have different gifts, in harmony with the unearned favor [God has] shown us. If our gift is the ability to prophesy [i.e., to speak for God], we should make use of this gift in harmony with the amount of faith we have.

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

contribute to needy saints, make a practice of hospitality.

Bless those who make a practice of persecuting you; bless them instead of cursing them.

Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather make room for wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."

if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.

For the same reason, make payment of taxes; because the authority is God's servant, to take care of such things at all times.

Love does no wrong to his neighbour, so love makes the law complete.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no plans to satisfy the fleshly desires.

Make it your practice to receive into full Christian fellowship people who are overscrupulous, but not to criticize their views.

for one makes no difficulty of eating all sorts of food: another is so scrupulous, he lives upon herbs.

Let not him that eats make little of him that eats not; and let not him that eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him.

Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

for the Scripture says: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God.'"

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.

for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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.

It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

for he that makes a difference, is self-condemn'd, if he eats against his own persuasion: for every action of that kind is sin .

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

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

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,

And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

as a priest of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the service of God's gospel. My aim is to make the Gentiles an acceptable offering, consecrated by the holy Spirit.

For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,

when I make my trip to Spain, I certainly hope to see you on my way there and to be helped forward by you, after I have enjoyed being with you awhile.

For Macedonia and Achaia have been well-pleased to make a certain fellowship for the destitute of the saints who are in Jerusalem, -

Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.

Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel; it makes me rejoice over you. Still, I want you to be experts in good and innocents in evil.

Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,

He will also make you stand firm [in the faith] to the end [of your lives], so that you will be [considered] without just blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ [returns].

for he, who has called you to the communication of his son Jesus Christ our Lord, will make good his promise.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent will I make useless."

where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

Seeing that the Jews make request for signs, and the Greeks are looking for knowledge:

But God chose what is nonsense in the world to make the wise feel ashamed. God chose what is weak in the world to make the strong feel ashamed.

And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:

So that-in the words of Scripture-'Let him who boasts make his boast of the Lord!'

for I made the decision to know nothing [that is, to forego philosophical or theological discussions regarding inconsequential things and opinions while] among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified [and the meaning of His redemptive, substitutionary death and His resurrection].

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

But the Spirit we have received is not that of the world, but the Spirit that comes from God, which we have to make us realize the blessings God has given us.

But the spiritual person [i.e., one who has the Holy Spirit] is able to discern all things [i.e., has the ability to make right judgments about things], and he himself [i.e., his conduct] cannot be [critically] discerned by any [unbelieving] man.

So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit makes its home in you?

If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

So let no one make boast in men. For all things are yours;

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

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.

for who doth make thee to differ? and what hast thou, that thou didst not receive? and if thou didst also receive, why dost thou glory as not having received?

I do not write this to make you blush with shame but to give you counsel as my dear children.

So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

Some make their boast as if I would not come to you.

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

If ye have judgments of worldly matters, take them which are despised in the congregation, and make them judges.

I ask this to make you blush with shame. Has it come to this, that there is not a single wise man among you who could settle a grievance of one brother against another,

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Or is a thief, or the worse for drink, or makes use of strong language, or takes by force what is not his, will have any part in the kingdom of God.

the meats are for the belly, and the belly for the meats. And God both this and these shall make useless; and the body is not for whoredom, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.

Or, are you not aware that a man who has to do with a prostitute makes his body one with hers? For God says, "The two shall be physically one."

don't desert one another, unless you mutually consent to retire for a time, to the solemnity of prayer; and then come together again, lest satan make an attempt upon your continency.

Only, everyone must continue in the station which the Lord has appointed for him, and in which he was when God's call came to him. This is the rule I make in 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.

Being circumcised or being uncircumcised does not make any difference; all that matters is keeping God's commands.

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.

If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

I now want to reply to the matter of idolatrous sacrifices [which you wrote to me about]. We know that we all possess knowledge. [Note: This may be a statement posed to Paul by the Corinthians, who seemed quite preoccupied with "knowledge"]. Knowledge [only] makes people arrogant, while love builds them up [spiritually].

Food will not make us acceptable to God. We are not inferior if we don’t eat, and we are not better if we do eat.

Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

The defense that I make to my critics is this:

Who makes war at any time at his own charges who plants a vineyard, and eats not of its fruit or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock?

If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

In the same way, the Lord has ordered that those who proclaim the gospel should make their living from the gospel.