(which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

for the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be counted righteous;

What then? have we pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

there is not the fear of God before their eyes."

Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.

Wherefore by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before God: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath cause for glorying; though not before God.

(as it is written "that I have constituted thee father of many nations,") before God, in whom he trusted, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth things that are not as if existing.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon the vessels of mercy which he had before prepared for glory:

Even as Isaiah had said before, "Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha."

But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? And thou, why dost thou disparage thy brother? for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ.

Let us therefore no more judge one another; but judge this rather, that no one put a stumbling-block or offence before his brother.

Hast thou faith, exercise it before God within thyself. Blessed is the man who condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth.

Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and fellow-prisoners, who are eminent among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.