They say to him, “Unco destruction sal he bring on thae wicked men; and wull lat oot the vine‐yaird to ither crofters, wha wull render him the frutes iʼ their seasons!”
And Paul and Barnabas, wiʼ great freedom oʼ speech, said, “It was necessar that the word oʼ God soud first be spoken to you: seein ye hae cuisten it frae ye, and adjudge yersels no wordie oʼ eternal life — than, turn we to the Gentiles!
But I say, Stumblʼt they to the end they micht faʼ? Far frae it! But throwe the ill‐daen oʼ them, salvation cam to the nations, to steer them up to be jealous.
Never! But lat God be true and ilka man a leear; eʼen as it is putten doon, “To the end thy words soud be uphauden, and thou soud prevail whan thou contends.”
Weel, than, did the gude become death to me? Far frae it! On the ither haun, it was sin, that it soud kythe as sin throwe that whilk was gude, workin oot death in me; that by the commandment, sin soud be seen to be unco sinfuʼ.
What, than, are we to say? that the Law is sinfuʼ? Far frae it! On the contrar, I had neʼer taen tent oʼ sin, gin it warna by the Law. For I hadna ony thocht oʼ covetin, gin the Law hadna said, “Ye sanna covet!”
Was the Law, than, contrar to the promises oʼ God? Far frae it! for gin a law war gien that had pooer to gie life, truly, than, by Law soud hae been richtousness.
But wiʼ me, lat it be far frae boastin, gin it be‐na in the cross oʼ oor Lord Jesus Christ, throwe wham the warld to me is crucifyʼt, and I to the warld.