Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.

Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!

It is the same today, for a few of the people of Israel have remained faithful because of God’s grace—his undeserved kindness in choosing them.

And since it is through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and undeserved.

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.

Even so, I have been bold enough to write about some of these points, knowing that all you need is this reminder. For by God’s grace,

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Paul’s Change of Plans

We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.

All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.

You know the generous grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.

And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you.

Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

May God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him

I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.

For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.

Dear brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.