And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,

But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,

That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac

(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),

What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!

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

even us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from Gentiles.

As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, beloved.

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

What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.

But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.

Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

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

For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.

But the righteousness from faith says thus: Thou should not say in thy heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)

For the scripture says, Every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?

But not all were obedient to the good-news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report?

But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world.

But I say, did Israel, no, not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy toward a non-nation. Toward a foolish nation, I will make you angry.

And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me.

I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.

But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.

What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,

just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.

Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.

I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.

do not boast against the branches. But if thou boast, thou do not bear the root, but the root thee.

Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,

for if God spared not the natural branches, perhaps neither will he spare thee.

And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.

For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function,

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

Bless those who persecute you. Bless ye and do not curse.

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.

For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil.

Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.

For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love

The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.

The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

He who regards the day, regards it for Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for Lord he does not eat, and

Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.

For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

Therefore do not let your good be maligned.

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

Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.

It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.

The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Now we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the frail, and not to please ourselves.

For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me.

For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,

And thus having aspired to proclaim the good-news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man,

but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard.

so that ye may welcome her in Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself.

(who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house.

For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

so that ye come behind in not one gift, waiting for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And I also immersed the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I immersed any other.

For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good-news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.

Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.

For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.

And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,

And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, even this crucified man.

And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of spirit and of power,

so that your faith would not be in wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing.

which none of the rulers of this age know. For if they knew, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.

But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.

Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.

Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.

I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,

for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?

For while one may say, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are ye not carnal?

Know ye not that ye are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.

Therefore let not one man boast in men. For all things are yours,

for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is Lord.

Therefore do not judge anything before time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

Now these things, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us ye might learn not to think above that which is written, so that ye may not be puffed up, one over the one against the other.

For who makes thee different? And what have thou that thou did not receive? And also if thou received it, why do thou boast as not having received it?

I do not write these things shaming you, but I warn you as my beloved children.