Every aperson is to be in bsubjection to the governing authorities. For cthere is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God....
Therefore aI urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to bpresent your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship....
I say then, God has not arejected His people, has He? bMay it never be! For cI too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin....
Therefore you have ano excuse, beveryone of you who passes judgment, for in that which cyou judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things....