- Through the grace that God has bestowed upon me, I advise every one of you not to think of yourself too highly, but to regard yourself objectively, based on the measure of faith that God has granted.
- For just as in one body we have many parts, and the parts do not all have the same function, so we, though many, make up one body in Christ, and individually we are all parts of one another.
- Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good.
- Love one another with genuine affection. Esteem others more highly than yourself.
- Do not be lacking in zeal, but serve the Lord with spiritual fervor.
- Be joyful in your hope. Be patient in times of affliction. Persevere in prayer.
- Bless those who persecute you; bless them and do not curse them.
- Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Live in harmony with one another. Do not consider yourself to be better than others, but associate with the lowly, and never be conceited.
- As much as possible, and to the extent of your ability, live in peace with everyone.
- Dearly beloved, never seek revenge. Leave that to the time of retribution. For it is written, “Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay.”
- Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.
- Let everyone submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which derives from God, and whatever authorities exist have been instituted by God.
- That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service.
- Pay to each person what is rightfully his—taxes to the one to whom taxes are due, tolls to the one to whom tolls are due, respect to the one to whom respect is due, honor to the one to whom honor is due.
- Owe nothing to anyone except the debt of love you owe one another. The one who loves others has fulfilled the Law.
- “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and every other commandment are all summed up in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law.
- Rather, put on the Lord Jesus Christ and allow no opportunity for the flesh to gratify its sinful desires.
- Welcome anyone whose faith is weak, but do not get into arguments about doubts.
- The one who eats everything must not look contemptuously on the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed both.
- What right do you have to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? The master will determine whether that servant will stand or fall. But the servant will be upheld, for the Lord has the power to enable him to stand.
- One person may consider one day to be more sacred than another, while another may judge all days to be alike. Let everyone be convinced in his own beliefs.
- If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
- For it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord,
every knee shall bow before me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.”
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