For no one is declared righteous before him ¹  by the works of the law, ²  for through the law comes ³  the knowledge of sin.

Now the law came in ¹  so that the transgression ²  may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ¹ 

Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay ¹  one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? ² 

If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. ¹  He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

And you are proud! ¹  Shouldn’t you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this ²  from among you?

“All things are lawful for me” ¹  – but not everything is beneficial. “All things are lawful for me” – but I will not be controlled by anything.

So then, the one who marries ¹  his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better. ² 

But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is – and I think that I too have the Spirit of God!

Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do.

Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.

Your faith and love have arisen ¹  from the hope laid up ²  for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel ³ 

Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave ¹  or free, but Christ is all and in all.

For the hidden power of lawlessness ¹  is already at work. However, the one who holds him back ²  will do so until he is taken out of the way,

No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please ¹  the one who recruited him.

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, ¹  and so ²  he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, ³ 

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception.

And he did not enter to offer ¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,