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Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
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God’s Righteous Judgment
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
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But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
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There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;
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God’s Faithfulness
What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision?
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As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
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there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
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All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
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“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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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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since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
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because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.
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Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
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Peace and Hope
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
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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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We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
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Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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Life Through the Spirit
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
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It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
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Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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and, “In the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘children of the living God.’”
