I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now), so that I might reap a harvest among you, just as I have among the rest of the gentiles.

Now we know that God's judgment against those who act like this is based on truth.

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the Law, and boast about God,

Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

But now, apart from the Law, God's righteousness is revealed and is attested by the Law and the Prophets

Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.

Now does this blessedness come to the circumcised alone, or also to the uncircumcised? For we say, "Abraham's faith was credited to him as righteousness."

for the Law produces wrath. Now where there is no Law, neither can there be any violation of it.

His faith did not weaken when he thought about his own body (which was already as good as dead now that he was about a hundred years old) or about Sarah's inability to have children,

Now the words "it was credited to him" were written not only for him

Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Now that we have been justified by his blood, how much more will we be saved from wrath through him!

Not only that, but we also continue to boast about God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now been reconciled.

Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,

Now if we have died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him,

For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God.

I am speaking in simple terms because of the frailty of your human nature. Just as you once offered the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to greater and greater disobedience, so now, in the same way, you must offer the parts of your body as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification.

What benefit did you get from doing those things you are now ashamed of? For those things resulted in death.

But now that you have been freed from sin and have become God's slaves, the benefit you reap is sanctification, and the result is eternal life.

But now we have been released from the Law by dying to what enslaved us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit, not under the old writings.

Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.

Now if I practice what I don't want to do, I am admitting that the Law is good.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus.

Now if we are children, we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with the Messiah if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

For we were saved with this hope in mind. Now a hope that can be observed is not really hope, for who hopes for what can be seen?

Now it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all Israelis truly belong to Israel,

Now if God wants to demonstrate his wrath and reveal his power, can't he be extremely patient with the objects of his wrath that are made for destruction?

Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their fall means riches for the gentiles, how much more will their full participation mean!

Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

For just as you disobeyed God in the past but now have received his mercy because of their disobedience,

so they, too, have now disobeyed. As a result, they may receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.

This is necessary because you know the times it's already time for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.

Now we who are strong ought to be patient with the weaknesses of those who are not strong and must stop pleasing ourselves.

Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow the Messiah Jesus,

Now may God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace as you believe, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

But now, having no further opportunities in these regions, I want to come to you, as I've desired to do for many years.

Now that I am on my way to Spain, I hope to see you when I come your way and, after I have enjoyed your company for a while, to be sent on by you.

Right now, however, I'm going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints,

Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and by the love that the Spirit produces, to join me in my struggle, earnestly praying to God for me

Now may the God who grants peace be with all of you! Amen.

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess in the church at Cenchrea.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and sinful enticements that oppose the teaching you have learned. Stay away from them,

Now to the one who is able to strengthen you with my gospel and the message that I preach about Jesus, the Messiah, by revealing the secret that was kept hidden from long ago

but now has been made known through the prophets to all the gentiles, in keeping with the decree of the eternal God to bring them to the obedience that springs from faith