And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.

and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you.

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

Jesus said to them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while.