For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”

let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers who are with them.

whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,