And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God<n id="1" /> has been poured out<n id="2" /> in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.p>

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Not<n id="1" /> only this, but we also rejoice<n id="2" /> in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.p>

And the gift is not like the one who sinned.<n id="1" /> For judgment, resulting from the one transgression,<n id="2" /> led to condemnation, but<n id="3" /> the gracious gift from the many failures<n id="4" /> led to justification.

For the payoff<n id="1" /> of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.p>

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her<n id="1" /> husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.<n id="2" />

But now we have been released from the law, because we have died<n id="1" /> to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.<n id="2" />p>

But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires.<n id="1" /> For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.p> <p class="bodytext">

And he<n id="1" /> who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit<n id="2" /> intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God&#8217;s will.

And we know that all things work together<n id="1" /> for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay<n id="1" /> one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?<n id="2" />

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects<n id="1" /> of wrath<n id="2" /> prepared for destruction?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, &#8220;<i>Though the number of the childreni><n id="1" /> <i>of Israel are as the sand of the seai>, <i>only the remnant will be savedi>,

But the righteousness that is by faith says: &#8220;<b><i>Do not say in your hearti>b>,<n id="1" /> &#8216;<i>Who will ascend into heaven?i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> (that is, to bring Christ down)

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, &#8220;<b><i>I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for mei>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

But about Israel he says, &#8220;<b><i>All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!i>b>&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God&#8217;s appointment,<n id="1" /> and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

So the person who resists such authority<n id="1" /> resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment