just as it is written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”

And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope.”

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned –

Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.