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How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?
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And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
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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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For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
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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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Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
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Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
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Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.
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If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
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The Weak and the Strong
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.
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The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
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You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
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We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
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so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Again, it says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another.
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They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
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so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed.
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The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
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Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.
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Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.
