the gospel concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David as to the flesh,

For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God.

For what saith the scripture? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was accounted unto him as righteousness."

Doth this blessedness belong to the circumcised alone, or to the uncircumcised also? For we are saying that Abrahams faith was accounted as righteousness.

How then was it so accounted? After his circumcision, or while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

And he received the outward sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised who have faith, so that righteousness might be put to their account also;

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

Therefore the inheritance was made to depend on faith, that it might be a matter of grace; that the promise might be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is under the Law, but to that also which hath the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For he had confident hope in that which was past hope, that he should become a father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "Thus shall thy offspring be;"

nor did he waver in respect to the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

And therefore it was accounted to him for righteousness.

And that it was so accounted was not written for his sake alone,

who was delivered up on account of our trespasses, and raised from the dead that we might be accepted as righteous.

(for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to ones account when there is no law.

Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the manner in which Adam transgressed; who is a type of him who was to come.

But the free gift was not as the transgression. For if through the offence of the one the many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abounded to the many.

We then by this baptism into his death were buried with him; that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin;

But thanks be to God that, though ye were the bondmen of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching which was delivered to you;

So then, my brethren, ye also were slain to the Law through the body of Christ, that ye might be connected with another, even with him who was raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

And I, apart from the Law, was once alive; but when the commandment came, sin came to life again, and I died;

and the very commandment whose design was life, I found to issue in death.

For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God hath done, who on account of sin sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and passed sentence of condemnation on sin in the flesh;

For the creation was brought into subjection to vanity not of its own will, but by reason of him who put it into subjection,

who are Israelites; whom God adopted as sons, whose was the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the service of the sanctuary, and the promises;

whose are the fathers, and from whom, as to the flesh, was the Christ. He who is over all, God, be blessed for ever! Amen.

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

as he also saith in Hosea, "I will call that my people, which was not my people; and her beloved, that was not beloved.

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

But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, "I was found by those who sought me not, I became known to those who inquired not for me."

Be it so. It was for their unbelief that they were broken off, and thou standest through thy faith; be not highminded, but fear.

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which for eternal ages was unrevealed,