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

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

For the scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!”

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”

To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?

But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you.

But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.