eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ¹ 

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

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. ¹ 

so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me.

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

just as it is written, “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, ¹  yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ² 

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, ¹  so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them ¹ ?

Moreover if the Spirit of the one ¹  who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ ²  from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you. ³ 

But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.

For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. ¹  For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things.

and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women ¹  and were inflamed in their passions ²  for one another. Men ³  committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. ¹  Do not be conceited. ² 

In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

For God achieved what the law could not do because ¹  it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions. ¹