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I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,

That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

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.

But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another.

And I am certain that when I come, I will be full of the blessing of Christ.

So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

Gaius, with whom I am living, whose house is open to all the church, sends his love, so does Erastus, the manager of the accounts of the town, and Quartus, the brother.

That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men?

But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.

For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.