But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death,<n id="1" /> and when he appealed<n id="2" /> to His Majesty the Emperor,<n id="3" /> I decided to send him.<n id="4" />

And do you think,<n id="1" /> whoever you are, when you judge<n id="2" /> those who practice such things and yet do them yourself,<n id="3" /> that you will escape God&#8217;s judgment?

<p class="bodytext">For circumcision<n id="1" /> has its value if you practice the law, but<n id="2" /> if you break the law,<n id="3" /> your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

For I don&#8217;t understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want &#8211; instead, I do what I hate.<n id="1" />

And you are proud!<n id="1" /> Shouldn&#8217;t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this<n id="2" /> from among you?

envying,<n id="1" /> murder,<n id="2" /> drunkenness, carousing,<n id="3" /> and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Tychicus, my<n id="1" /> dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances,<n id="2" /> how I am doing.

And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.p>

Large numbers<n id="1" /> of those who had practiced magic<n id="2" /> collected their books<n id="3" /> and burned them up in the presence of everyone.<n id="4" /> When<n id="5" /> the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.<n id="6" />

If then I am in the wrong<n id="1" /> and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying,<n id="2" /> but if not one of their charges against me is true,<n id="3" /> no one can hand me over to them.<n id="4" /> I appeal to Caesar!&#8221;<n id="5" />

but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea,<n id="1" /> and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,<n id="2" /> performing deeds consistent with<n id="3" /> repentance.

For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely<n id="1" /> to him,<n id="2" /> because I cannot believe<n id="3" /> that any of these things has escaped his notice,<n id="4" /> for this was not done in a corner.<n id="5" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Therefore<n id="2" /> you are without excuse,<n id="3" /> whoever you are,<n id="4" /> when you judge someone else.<n id="5" /> For on whatever grounds<n id="6" /> you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God&#8217;s purpose in election<n id="1" /> would stand, not by works but by<n id="2" /> his calling)<n id="3" /> &#8211;

for it is God&#8217;s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God&#8217;s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,<n id="1" /> so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.<n id="2" />p>

I am afraid that<n id="1" /> when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for<n id="2" /> many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.p>