For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

(for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.

As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.

How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

He is the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone,

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!

But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.

Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

"It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?

But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

don't boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.

Therefore let's not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, nor do anything by which your brother stumbles, is offended, or is made weak.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it isn't of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints, and that you assist her in whatever matter she may need from you, for she herself also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.

who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.