Study Desk

Why not say, then, "Let us do evil so that good may come"? Some people, indeed, have insulted me by accusing me of saying this very thing! They will be condemned, as they should be.

God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.

What shall we say, then? Should we continue to live in sin so that God's grace will increase?

And we know that our old being has been put to death with Christ on his cross, in order that the power of the sinful self might be destroyed, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin.

Sin must no longer rule in your mortal bodies, so that you obey the desires of your natural self.

God did this so that the righteous demands of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature.

Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.

For Christ has brought the Law to an end, so that everyone who believes is put right with God.

May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see; and make them bend under their troubles at all times."

For God has made all people prisoners of disobedience, so that he might show mercy to them all.

Who has ever given him anything, so that he had to pay it back?"

so that all of you together may praise with one voice the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ I appeal to all of you, my friends, to agree in what you say, so that there will be no divisions among you. Be completely united, with only one thought and one purpose.

We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.

For your sake, my friends, I have applied all this to Apollos and me, using the two of us as an example, so that you may learn what the saying means, "Observe the proper rules." None of you should be proud of one person and despise another.

Do you already have everything you need? Are you already rich? Have you become kings, even though we are not? Well, I wish you really were kings, so that we could be kings together with you.

you are to hand this man over to Satan for his body to be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.