But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must not consider ¹  ritually unclean!’

The crowd ¹  was listening to him until he said this. ²  Then ³  they raised their voices and shouted, ⁴  “Away with this man ⁵  from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!” ⁶ 

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

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 

And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects ¹  of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory –

But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong.

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.

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. ¹  God has called you in peace.

If you sin against your brothers or sisters ¹  in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk?

Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience.

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.

For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself ¹  is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.

But just as at that time the one born by natural descent ¹  persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, ²  so it is now.

envying, ¹  murder, ²  drunkenness, carousing, ³  and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

Endure your suffering ¹  as discipline; ²  God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?