for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

as it is written,
“There is none righteous, not even one;

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;

For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.

concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.

For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “But the righteous man shall live by faith.”

For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith;

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions.

because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.

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

and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;

What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction;

who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit,

For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.

So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,

He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

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

Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

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 has been kept secret for long ages past,

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written,
“That You may be justified in Your words,
And prevail when You are judged.”

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.

If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.

and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,
“The Deliverer will come from Zion,
He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.”

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves,

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way.

which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

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

Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,

if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them.

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

who will render to each person according to his deeds:

How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!”

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.

So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.

Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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

But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;

So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.”

without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful;

Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

(as it is written, “A father of many nations have I made you”) in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law;

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law.

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God,

it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”

Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God.

I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.

and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.

“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

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

For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.

do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you.

Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear;

but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;

Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, “Faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.”

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

“This is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”

From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God’s choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers;

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree?

How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;

Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.

The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification.

so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

but as it is written,
“They who had no news of Him shall see,
And they who have not heard shall understand.”

But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.

And the path of peace they have not known.”

Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.

Destruction and misery are in their paths,

but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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

As He says also in Hosea,
“I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”

So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while—

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised.

and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,

Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother.

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.]

I, Tertius, who write this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

“Let their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their backs forever.”

and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal?

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense.

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,

But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law?

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.

“Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”

if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;

You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?

For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified;

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

just as it is written,
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

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

And David says,
“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.

So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man.

Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him,

since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one.

But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that will be saved;

For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you;

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

but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.