a schoolmaster for the dull and ignorant, a teacher of the young, because in the Law you possess an outline of real knowledge and an outline of the truth:

For it is rare for anyone to die for a righteous person, though somebody might be brave enough to die for a good person.

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

And if the first fruit holy, also the mixture: and if the root holy, also the young shoots.

And if certain of the young shoots were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in them, and wert a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree;

Act not proudly to the young shoots. And if thou boastest, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.

Thou wilt say then, That the young shoots were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

True enough; they were broken off by unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

For if God spared not the young shoots according to nature, how will he either spare thee

Moreover, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted in. For God is powerful enough to graft them in again;

One person has enough faith that allows him to eat anything [i.e., without it bothering his conscience that the food, such as animal meat, was used in an idolatrous worship ceremony]. But the weak person can eat only vegetables [conscientiously].

For I am bold enough to tell you only about what the Messiah has accomplished through me in bringing gentiles to obedience. By my words and actions,

But now, with no further place for work in these regions, and since I have longed for many years to come to you—