Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”

because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,