12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned. 13For even before the law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed while the law did not exist. 14Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even in those who have not sinned, in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of him who was to come. 15But the gift is not entirely like the offense. For though by the offense of one, many died, yet much more so, by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, has the grace and gift of God abounded to many. 16And the sin through one is not entirely like the gift. For certainly, the judgment of one was unto condemnation, but the grace toward many offenses is unto justification. 17For though, by the one offense, death reigned through one, yet so much more so shall those who receive an abundance of grace, both of the gift and of justice, reign in life through the one Jesus Christ. 18Therefore, just as through the offense of one, all men fell under condemnation, so also through the justice of one, all men fall under justification unto life. 19For, just as through the disobedience of one man, many were established as sinners, so also through the obedience of one man, many shall be established as just. 20Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant. 21So then, just as sin has reigned unto death, so also may grace reign through justice unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require. 8Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me: 9that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart. 10I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it. 11I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly. 12O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me. 13For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me. 14Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me. 15Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me. 16Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.” 17Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
35Let your waists be girded, and let lamps be burning in your hands. 36And let you yourselves be like men awaiting their lord, when he will return from the wedding; so that, when he arrives and knocks, they may open to him promptly. 37Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he returns, will find being vigilant. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, while he, continuing on, will minister to them. 38And if he will return in the second watch, or if in the third watch, and if he will find them to be so: then blessed are those servants.