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For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
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To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
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This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
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As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.
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And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
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To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.
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But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance.
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Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
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because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
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But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
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And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
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He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
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“Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?”
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Humble Service in the Body of Christ
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
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We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
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if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
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On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
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This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing.
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Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
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Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
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So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
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May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,
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I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
