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For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord?Or who has become His counselor?" Isaiah 40:13; Jeremiah 23:18 ">[fn]

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,

Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.

Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," Deuteronomy 32:35">[fn] says the Lord.

Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him;If he is thirsty, give him a drink;For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head." Proverbs 25:21, 22 ">[fn]

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.

For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.

Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.

For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.

Mark 12:31; James 2:8">[xr] Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," [fn] "You shall not covet," Exodus 20:13-15, 17; Deuteronomy5:17-19, 21">[fn] and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Leviticus 19:18">[fn]

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.

For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.

Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.

Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.