The Holy Bible.

     Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the NEW AMERICAN BIBLE REVISED EDITION ( NABRE ); being entitled: THE NEW CATHOLIC ANSWER BIBLE.  Romans 6:12-14 read as follows:

"12 Therefore, sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.  13 And do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness.  14 For sin is not to have any power over you, since you are not under the law but under grace."

The parts of our bodies are to be presented as "weapons for righteousness" ( see verse thirteen, above ): the word "weapons," here, is used in a positive context.  For example, the husband would use the parts of his body in a godly way ( see Matthew 7:21-23, John 1:1, 14; 7:16; 10:30, Romans 1:20 ( see Romans 1:20 ( KJV, for example; with center-column references, for example ) to get the equivalent translation for the word "Godhead" ), 1 Corinthians 6:15-18 ( especially verses 16 and 18, for example ), Colossians 2:8, 9 ( KJV, for example ), and 1 John 5:6-8 ( KJV, for example ), for example ) to satisfy his wife's sexual desires, for example: the parts of his body are used as weapons, in this regard, to "fight a good fight" ( see 1 Timothy 1:18 ) against his wife's possible temptation to satisfy her sexual desires outside the marriage relationship ( see Hebrews 13:4 and James 1:12-15 ( especially verses 14 and 15, for example ), for example ).

     By contrast, a man who presents the parts of his body as "weapons for wickedness" ( again, see verse thirteen, above ) would use them to violate and humiliate a woman through the sinful ( see 1 John 3:4, for example ) act of rape ( see Deuteronomy 22:28, 29 and Ephesians 5:25-33 ( especially verse 28, for example ), for example ), for example.  Sexual immorality is a form of idolatry ( see Genesis 2:21-25 ( especially verse 24, for example ), Exodus 20:3-6, Matthew 4:8-10 ( especially verse 10, for example ), and Romans 15:1-4 ( especially verse 4, for example ), for example ).  Please click on the link below to read today's bulletin regarding the heavenly Father's ( see Matthew 5:9, 16; 6:9, 14, for example ) hatred of sin, for example:

<http://1drv.ms/1NPwsx8>.

     If you have any questions about the Holy Bible, you can contact me by e-mail at:

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     <Russell E. Willis>.

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