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Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
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Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.”
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Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!
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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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but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
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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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Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
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The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
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The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
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And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
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“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?”
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Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Submission to Governing Authorities
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
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Love Fulfills the Law
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
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The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
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One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind.
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Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
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Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.
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Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
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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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so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; let all the peoples extol him.”
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For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
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I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
