“Love the Lord, all you who belong to him. The Lord protects those who truly believe. But he punishes the proud as much as they have sinned.”

“All the peoples of the earth have drunk the strong wine of her sexual immorality. The kings of the earth have sinned sexually with her, and the businessmen of the world have grown rich from the great wealth of her luxury.”

“All the people of Israel have disobeyed your teachings. They all have turned away and refused to obey you. So you brought on us the curses and promises of punishment written in the Teachings of Moses, the servant of God. These things have happened to us because we sinned against you.”

“Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.”

“All people have refused to obey God. God has given them all over to their stubborn ways, so that God can show mercy to all.”

“Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for those who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.”

“God will reward or punish every person for what he has done.” ‭‭