Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.

Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth –

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

For just as it is written, “the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy.