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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

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Therefore, brethren, it is not to our lower natures that we are under obligation that we should live by their rule.

Ἄρα Ara “So”

And from this we learn that everything is dependent not on man's will or endeavour, but upon God who has mercy. For the Scripture said to Pharaoh,

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This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.

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And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.

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So we see that every one of us will give account of himself to God.

Ἄρα Ara “So”

Therefore let us aim at whatever makes for peace and mutual upbuilding of character.

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not that in this world you are to keep wholly aloof from such as they, any more than from people who are avaricious and greedy of gain, or from worshippers of idols. For that would mean that you would be compelled to go out of the world altogether.

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For, in such cases, the unbelieving husband has become--and is--holy through union with a Christian woman, and the unbelieving wife is holy through union with a Christian brother. Otherwise your children would be unholy, but in reality they have a place

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And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.

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Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.

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It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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Did I display any vacillation or caprice in this? Or the purposes which I form--do I form them on worldly principles, now crying "Yes, yes," and now "No, no"?

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For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

ἄρα ara “therefore”

Therefore, though I wrote to you, it was not to punish the offender, nor to secure justice for him who had suffered the wrong, but it was chiefly in order that your earnest feeling on our behalf might become manifest to yourselves in the sight of God.

ἄρα ara “So”

I do not nullify the grace of God; for if acquittal from guilt is obtainable through the Law, then Christ has died in vain."

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Notice therefore that those who possess faith are true sons of Abraham.

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And if you belong to Christ, then you are indeed true descendants of Abraham, and are heirs in fulfilment of the promise.

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As for me, brethren, if I am still a preacher of circumcision, how is it that I am still suffering persecution? In that case the Cross has ceased to be a stumbling-block!

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So then, as we have opportunity, let us labour for the good of all, and especially of those who belong to the household of the faith.

ἄρα ara “So”

You are therefore no longer mere foreigners or persons excluded from civil rights. On the contrary you share citizenship with God's people and are members of His family.

Ἄρα Ara “So”

So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.

Ἄρα Ara “So”

So then, brethren, stand your ground, and hold fast to the teachings which you have received from us, whether by word of mouth or by letter.

Ἄρα Ara “So”

It follows that there still remains a sabbath rest for the people of God.

ἄρα ara “So then”

And if you are left without discipline, of which every true son has had a share, that shows that you are bastards, and not true sons.

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