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And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.

For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. Doxology

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you.

For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.

Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.