For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) –

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.