For, if those who are of the law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been brought to nought;

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

and not only so, but we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we now received the reconciliation.

Or are ye ignorant, that all we who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death?

For sin shall 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? It could not be!

Know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves as slaves for obedience, his slaves ye are whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?

What fruit, therefore, had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Or, are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who know law), that the law has dominion over the man as long as he lives?

Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

For those who are according to the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.

Accordingly, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

for, if ye live according to the flesh, ye are going to die; but, if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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

The Spirit Himself testifieth with our spirit, that we are children of God;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us.

and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

As it has been written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.

who, indeed, are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

whose are the fathers; and of whom, according to flesh, is the Christ, Who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;

neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children; but, "In Isaac shall your seed be called."

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

Nay but, O man, who are you that reply against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him Who formed it, "Why didst Thou make me thus?"

And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

and how shall they preach, unless they are sent forth? As it has been written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!"

"Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have digged down Thy altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my soul."

And, if the first-fruit is holy, so also is the lump; and, if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

As touching the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake;

for the gifts and calling of God are not repented of.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out,

Because, of Him, and through Him, and for Him, are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

Let every soul be in subjection to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority, except from God; and the authorities that are have been appointed by God.

for rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same;

For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

Who are you that judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

For, if we live, we live to the Lord; and, if we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

For, if because of your food your brother is aggrieved, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.

Do not, for the sake of food, overthrow the work of God. All things, indeed, are clean; but it is evil to him who eats with offense.

And I myself also have become persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

For Macedonia and Achaia were well pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.

Indeed, they were well pleased, and their debtors they are; for, if the gentiles were partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who, indeed, are of note among the apostles, who have been in Christ longer than I.

Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

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

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren who are with them.

Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which ye learned; and turn away from them.

For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.

For it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness; but to those who are being saved, it is the power of God.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

For ye behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are chosen;

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that He might put to shame the wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that He might put to shame the things that are strong;

and the base things of the world, and things despised, did God choose, and the things that are not, that He might bring to nought the things that are;

But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, Who was made to us wisdom from God, also righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;

But we speak wisdom among the perfect; yet a wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who are coming to nought;

But a natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

I fed you with milk, and not solid food; for not yet were ye able to bear it; nay, nor even now are ye able;

for ye are yet carnal; for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?

For, when one says, "I am of Paul;" and another, "I am of Apollos;" are ye not carnal?

And he that plants and he that waters are one; but each shall receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

For we are God's fellow-workers; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God is dwelling in you?

If any one destroys the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

And again, "The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain."

Therefore, let no one glory 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 to come, all are yours;

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

For who makes you to differ? And what do you have, that you did not receive? But, if you did receive it, why are you boasting, as if you did not receive it?

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are highly esteemed; but we are without honor.

Even until this present hour, we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;

For this cause, I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you;

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

Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover was sacrificed, even, Christ;

For what have I to do with judging those who are without? Do not ye judge those who are within?

But those who are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

Or know ye not that the saints will judge the world? And, if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of the smallest tribunals?

If, then, ye have tribunals pertaining to this life, do ye set those to judge who are set at nought in the assembly?

All things are lawful for me; but all are not profitable. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the control of any.

Foods are for the stomach, and the stomach for foods; but God will bring to nought both this and these. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body;

Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I, then, taking away the members of Christ, make them members of a harlot? It could not be!

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

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified in the brother; else your children are unclean; but as it is they are holy.

For, even if there are things called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many);

yet to us there is One God, the Father, of Whom are all things, and we for Him; and One Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom are all things, and we through Him.

But food will not commend us to God; neither, if we eat not, are we lacking; nor, if we eat, do we abound.

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

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

Know ye not that those who are occupied upon sacred things eat of the things of the temple? and that those who wait at the altar partake with the altar?

A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

because we, the many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread.

Behold Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than He?