<t /><p class="bodytext">And do this<n id="1" /> because we know<n id="2" /> the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.

Pray<n id="1" /> that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

<t /><p class="bodytext">What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.p>

But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me.

For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

or &#8220;<b><i>Who will descend into the abyss?i>b>&#8221;<n id="1" /> (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

For the scripture says, &#8220;<b><i>Everyonei> <i>who believes in him will not be put to shamei>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>And this is my covenant with themb>,i><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>when I take away their sins.&#8221;i>b><n id="2" />p>

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>For who has known the mind of the Lordb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>or who has been his counselor?i>b><n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Love must be<n id="1" /> without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

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

<p class="bodytext">Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

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;

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?