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So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.

What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?

For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.

For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,

For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

As far as it is possible for you be at peace with all men.

Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.