Sin must not be your master; for you do not live under law but under God's grace.

You were set free from sin and became the slaves of righteousness.

For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death.

you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Now, "the Lord" in this passage is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.

Thanks be to God, who does this through our Lord Jesus Christ! This, then, is my condition: on my own I can serve God's law only with my mind, while my human nature serves the law of sin.

he told us to ask you, 'Please forgive the crime your brothers committed when they wronged you.' Now please forgive us the wrong that we, the servants of your father's God, have done." Joseph cried when he received this message.

"Did you notice my servant Job?" the LORD asked. "There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil."

Save me from death, because I am loyal to you; save me, for I am your servant and I trust in you.

Because of your love for me, kill my enemies and destroy all my oppressors, for I am your servant.

But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory." The LORD has spoken.

So Nebuchadnezzar went up to the door of the blazing furnace and called out, "Shadrach! Meshach! Abednego! Servants of the Supreme God! Come out!" And they came out at once.

When he got there, he called out anxiously, "Daniel, servant of the living God! Was the God you serve so loyally able to save you from the lions?"

Does this sound as if I am trying to win human approval? No indeed! What I want is God's approval! Am I trying to be popular with people? If I were still trying to do so, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Greetings from Epaphras, another member of your group and a servant of Christ Jesus. He always prays fervently for you, asking God to make you stand firm, as mature and fully convinced Christians, in complete obedience to God's will.

From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was chosen and sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to lead them to the truth taught by our religion,

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.

Live as free people; do not, however, use your freedom to cover up any evil, but live as God's slaves.

One of the elders asked me, "Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they come from?"

that still bear fruit in old age and are always green and strong.

He breaks off every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will be clean and bear more fruit.

You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit, the kind of fruit that endures. And so the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

for it is the light that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Your lives will be filled with the truly good qualities which only Jesus Christ can produce, for the glory and praise of God.

It is not that I just want to receive gifts; rather, I want to see profit added to your account.

Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him. Your lives will produce all kinds of good deeds, and you will grow in your knowledge of God.

What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of ? The result of those things is death!

The descendants of Israel are like the dust--- There are too many of them to be counted. Let me end my days like one of God's people; Let me die in peace like the righteous."

Notice good people, observe the righteous; peaceful people have descendants,

but sinners are completely destroyed, and their descendants are wiped out.

Just as the weeds are gathered up and burned in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age:

Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.

These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."

The one who reaps the harvest is being paid and gathers the crops for eternal life; so the one who plants and the one who reaps will be glad together.