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and as the harbour was inconvenient for wintering in, the majority were in favour of putting out to sea, to try whether they could get to Phoenix--a harbour on the coast of Crete facing north-east and south-east--to winter there.

εἴ ei “if”

When daylight came, they tried in vain to recognise the coast. But an inlet with a sandy beach attracted their attention, and now their object was, if possible, to run the ship aground in this inlet.

εἰ ei “if”

always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.

εἴ ei “if”

And since you claim the name of Jew, and find rest and satisfaction in the Law, and make your boast in God,

Εἰ Ei “If”

For what if some Jews have proved unfaithful? Shall their faithlessness render God's faithfulness worthless?

εἰ ei “if”

But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous--I speak in our everyday language-- when He inflicts punishment?

Εἰ Ei “If”

If, for instance, a falsehood of mine has made God's truthfulness more conspicuous, redounding to His glory, why am I judged all the same as a sinner?

εἰ ei “If”

For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of God.

εἰ ei “If”

For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then faith is useless and the promise counts for nothing.

εἰ ei “If”

For if while we were hostile to God we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, it is still more certain that now that we are reconciled, we shall obtain salvation through Christ's life.

Εἰ Ei “If”

But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found

εἰ ei “If”

For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individu

Εἰ Ei “If”

For since we have become one with Him by sharing in His death, we shall also be one with Him by sharing in His resurrection.

εἰ ei “If”

But, seeing that we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;

εἰ ei “If”

What follows? Is the Law itself a sinful thing? No, indeed; on the contrary, unless I had been taught by the Law, I should have known nothing of sin as sin. For instance, I should not have known what covetousness is, if the Law had not repeatedly said,

εἰ ei “only”εἰ ei “only”

But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,

εἰ ei “If”

But if I do that which I desire not to do, it can no longer be said that it is I who do it, but the sin which has its home within me does it.

εἰ ei “If”

You, however, are not devoted to earthly, but to spiritual things, if the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you; whereas if any man has not the Spirit of Christ, such a one does not belong to Him.

εἰ ei “if”

But if Christ is in you, though your body must die because of sin, yet your spirit has Life because of righteousness.

εἰ ei “If”

And if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead will give Life also to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who dwells in you.

εἰ ei “If”

For if you so live, death is near; but if, through being under the sway of the spirit, you are putting your old bodily habits to death, you will live.

εἰ ei “If”εἰ ei “if”

and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.

εἰ ei “If”

But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it.

εἰ ei “If”

What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us?

εἰ ei “If”

And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,

Εἰ Ei “What if”