about His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was made of the seed of David according to the flesh,

who was marked out the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you, and was kept back until the present; that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other nations.

Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another; males with males working out shamefulness, and receiving in themselves the recompense which was fitting for their error.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has a boast; but not before God.

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

Is this blessedness then on the circumcision only, or on the uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

How then was it reckoned? Being in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For he who beyond hope believed on hope for him to become the father of many nations (according to that which was spoken, "So your seed shall be").

He did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

and being fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

Now it was not written for him alone that it was imputed to him,

who was delivered because of our offenses and was raised for our justification.

for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

But death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is the type of Him who was to come;

And the free gift shall not be as by one having sinned; (for indeed the judgment was of one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses to justification.

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father; even so we also should walk in newness of life.

knowing that when Christ was raised from the dead, He dies no more; death no longer has dominion over Him.

For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead.

For I was alive without the law once. But when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

And the commandment, which was to life, was found to be death to me.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;

For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope

For I myself was wishing to be accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh,

it was said to her, "The elder shall serve the younger."

And it shall be, in the place where it was said to them. "You are not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God."

Why? Because it was not of faith, but as it were by the works of the Law. For they stumbled at that Stumbling-stone;

But Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek Me, I became known to those who did not ask after Me."

Yea, so I have been eager to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;

but as it is written, "To whom nothing was said about Him, they shall see. And they who have not heard shall understand."