For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind.

But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything – why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat.

But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith –

God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.