Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.

But thanks be to God! For though at one time you were slaves to sin, you have obeyed with all your heart the truths found in the teaching you received.

They must thank the LORD for his constant love, for the wonderful things he did for them.

He breaks down doors of bronze and smashes iron bars.

I am your servant, LORD; I serve you just as my mother did. You have saved me from death.

I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.

A day is coming when people will sing, "I praise you, LORD! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer.

I will say to the prisoners, 'Go free!' and to those who are in darkness, 'Come out to the light!' They will be like sheep that graze on the hills;

Sing, heavens! Shout for joy, earth! Let the mountains burst into song! The LORD will comfort his people; he will have pity on his suffering people.

She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus---because he will save his people from their sins."

But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Let us thank God for his priceless gift!

But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.

I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.

It is we, not they, who have received the true circumcision, for we worship God by means of his Spirit and rejoice in our life in union with Christ Jesus. We do not put any trust in external ceremonies.

Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.

Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father.

Come as living stones, and let yourselves be used in building the spiritual temple, where you will serve as holy priests to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

I do not understand what I do; for I don't do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.

So I am not really the one who does this thing; rather it is the sin that lives in me.

I don't do the good I want to do; instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.

So I find that this law is at work: when I want to do what is good, what is evil is the only choice I have.

But I see a different law at work in my body---a law that fights against the law which my mind approves of. It makes me a prisoner to the law of sin which is at work in my body.

For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.

What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.