May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.

For I long to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift and so give you fresh strength--

For 'he will give to every man what his actions deserve.'

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

As Scripture says-'I have made thee the Father of many nations.') And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.

For Jesus 'was given up to death to atone for our offences,' and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.

And that 'hope never disappoints.' For the love of God has filled our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given us;

But there is a contrast between Adam's Offence and God's gracious Gift. For, if by reason of the offence of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving-kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving-kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished upon the whole race.

God be thanked that, though you were once servants of Sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all; will he not, then, with him, freely give us all things?

Still, it may be said, every one did not give heed to the Good News. No, for Isaiah asks--'Lord, who has believed our teaching?'

The rest grew callous; as Scripture says--'God has given them a deadness of mind--eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear--and it is so to this very day.'

For God has given all alike over to disobedience, that to all alike he may show mercy.

Or who has first given to him, so that he may claim a recompense?'

The speaker to his exhortation. Let the man who gives in charity do so with a generous heart; let him who is in authority exercise due diligence; let him who shows kindness do so in a cheerful spirit.

Rather--'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him to drink. By doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.'

He who observes a day, observes it to the Master's honor. He, again, who eats meat eats it to the Master's honor, for he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains from it abstains from it to the Master's honor, and also gives thanks to God.

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

I am persuaded, my Brothers--yes, I Paul, with regard to you- that you are yourselves full of kindness, furnished with all Christian learning, and well able to give advice to one another.

May God, the giver of peace, be with you all. Amen.

And I ask you to give her a Christian welcome--one worthy of Christ's People--and to aid her in any matter in which she may need your assistance. She has proved herself a staunch friend to me and to many others.

Give my greeting to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workers in the Cause of Christ Jesus,

Give my greeting, also, to the Church that meets at their house, as well as to my dear friend Epaenetus, one of the first in Roman Asia to believe in Christ;

And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.