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

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

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

And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

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

that if you will confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

But God makes known his love to us in this, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us:

For this reason, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by his sin, death; and so death passed through to all men, because all have sinned:

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

There is now, therefore, no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel: for it is the power of God in order to salvation, to every one that believes, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For every one that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who, by unrighteousness, restrain the truth.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but from God: the authorities that are, have been appointed by God.

So, then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

as it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one;

(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

Know you not that as many of us as were immersed into Christ Jesus, were immersed into his death?

What, then, shall we say? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now, if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:

In like manner, also, the Spirit helps our infirmities; for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us, with groanings unutterable.

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

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

Therefore, we are buried with him, by immersion, into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in a new life.

For I consider the sufferings of the present time not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed for us.

For this reason, God delivered them over to vile passions: for their females exchanged their natural use for that which is against nature:

among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ,

For the things which were formerly written, were written for our instruction, that we, through the patience and the comfort which the scriptures give, might have hope.

But now, God's plan of justifying men without law is revealed, being attested by the law and the prophets;

For when we were yet without strength, at the appointed time, Christ died for the ungodly.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one that is among you, that he must not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but that he be disposed to think modestly, as God has distributed to each a measure of faith.

concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the posterity of David according to the flesh,

The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are the children of God;

yet may be justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good;

But do you, man, who judge those that practice such things, and yet do the same, conclude that you will escape the judgment of God?

(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,)

And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also; because we know that affliction produces patience,

How, then, shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

always in my prayers making request, that, if possible, I may at length have a prosperous journey, by the will of God to come to you.

For in it God's plan of justifying men by faith is revealed, in order to faith: as it is written, He that is justified by faith, shall live.

For you have not again received the spirit of bondage, that you may fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

that is, that I may both give and receive com fort, while I am among you, through our common faith.

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you,

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who make divisions and cause offenses in opposition to the teaching which you have learned, and avoid them.

Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.

the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Now, if their fall be the riches of the world, and their loss be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their full acceptance be the riches of the world?

Wherefore, by works of law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.

and this hope disappoints us not; because the love of God is poured abundantly into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that is given to us.

because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became perverse in their reasonings, and their wicked heart was darkened;

But, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered to the present time, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

First, I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, on account of you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

whom God has set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, through faith in his blood, in order to manifest his righteousness, in passing by the sins that were formerly committed through the forbearance of God;

rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep;

For which reason God delivered them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, that they might dishonor their bodies among themselves;

Since, then, we have gifts which differ according to the grace that is given to us, whether we have the gift of prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

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

Him that is weak in the faith, receive kindly, but not to judge his reasonings.

Because that which may be known of God, is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them,

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery lest you be wise in your own conceit that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gen tiles shall have come in.

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call on him:

Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be.

Yet, in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

much more, then, since we are now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him.

For as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office,

and, if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.

For which reason, you are without excuse, man, who ever you are, that judge; for in that in which you judge an other, you condemn yourself; for you who judge, practice the same things.

knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin:

Or, do you despise the riches of his goodness, and his forbearance, and his long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised the Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwells in you.

Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to 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 carnal, sold into bondage to sin.

Now we know that what the law says, it speaks- to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.

What then? Do we, Jews, excel? Not at all: for we have already convicted all, both Jews and Greeks, of being under sin,

But what says it? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart; that is, the word of faith which we preach;

in love to the brotherhood, be kindly affectionate one to another; in showing honor, be examples one to another;

For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God.

I repeat it, God's plan of justifying men through faith in Jesus Christ, which is for all, and on all that believe; for there is no difference;

Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died: rather, indeed, that has risen, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church that is in Cenchrea,

For what the law could not do, because it was weak through the flesh, God has done, who, sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for a sin-offering, condemned sin in the flesh,

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not with him also freely give us all things?

For those who are according to the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me testimony in the Holy Spirit,

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without deeds of law.

So that, as far as I am able, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also, who are in Rome.

For with the heart we believe, in order to justification; and with the mouth we make confession, it order to salvation.

but declared to be the Son of God with power, according to his holy spiritual nature, by his resurrection from the dead,

who was delivered up for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.

But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we all shall stand before the judgment-seat of the Christ.

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

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace.

It can not be: for if so, how shall God judge the world?

What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? It can not be. Indeed, I had not known sin, except through law. For I had not known evil desire, unless the law had said: You shall not have any evil desire.

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

Know you not, that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin that leads to death, or of obedience that leads to righteousness?

For sin shall not have dominion over you; for you are not under law, but under grace.

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

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel, even the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was concealed during the times of the ages,

For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin, and of death.

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

but to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

I say, then, Has God rejected his people? It can not be. For I am an Israelite, of the posterity of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

What, then, shall we say that Abraham our father has found, as it respects the flesh?

for if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if, through the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.

And as they refused to acknowledge God, God delivered them up to an undiscerning mind, to do detestable things;

and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

It can not be. But let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written: That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

For from him, and by him, and for him, are all things. To him be glory through the ages! Amen.

in hope, be joyful; in affliction, be patient; in prayer, be per severing;

So also do you count yourselves as dead indeed to sin, but as living to God, in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of those who are not strong, and not to please ourselves.

Know you not, brethren, for I speak to you that are acquainted with law, that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:

If possible, as far as may be in your power, be at peace with all men.

And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

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

repay to no one evil for evil; practice that which is honorable in the sight of all men.

Therefore, as, by one offense, sentence came on all men to condemnation, so, also, by one act of righteousness, the gift has come on all men to justification of life.

One man thinks that one day is better than another; another thinks that every day is alike. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.

And do this, because you know the time, that the hour has already come when we should awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.

For if, by one man's offense, death has reigned through that one, much more shall those who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, reign in life through the one, who is Jesus Christ.

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good; for to will is present with me; but to perform that which is good, I find not.

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

For what I do, I know not: for that which I wish to do, this I do not; but that which I hate, this I do.

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of the Christ salute you.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not;

Therefore, let not sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey it;

through whom we have received grace and apostleship, in order to the obedience of faith among all nations, for the honor of his name,

to all that are in Rome, be loved of God, called saints: Grace be to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

to whom belong the fathers, and of whom is the Christ, as it respects the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

professing to be wise, they became foolish,

For as by the disobedience of the one man the many have been made sinners, so, also, by the obedience of the one, the many shall be made righteous.

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body that subjects me to death?

For Christ is the end of the law for justification, to every one that believes.

but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

I have, therefore, cause to glory in Christ Jesus in things that pertain to God.

But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.

What advantage then has the Jew, or what profit has circumcision?

But, besides the first offense, law was introduced, in order that offenses might abound: but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

For what says the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.

For, if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the reception of them be, but life from the dead?

Let us, therefore, no longer judge one another: but rather decide to put no stumbling-block or snare in your brother's way.

which he formerly promised through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Now, may the God of patience and comfort make you of the same mind one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

if, by any means, I may excite to jealousy those who are my flesh, and save some of them.

Yet, if the truth of God has, through my lie, been greatly advanced to his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner?

But if Christ is in you, the body is dead, on account of sin, but the Spirit is life, on ac count of righteousness.

and those whom he predestinated he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Wherefore, receive one another with kindness, as the Christ has received you, to the glory of God.

for, as it regards his dying, he, once for all, died to sin; but as it regards his living, he lives to God.

For he is the minister of God to you for that which is good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God to inflict punishment on him that does evil.

who will render to every man according to his works;

And how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring joyous news of good things!

For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

But, according to your hard and impenitent heart, you treasure up to yourself wrath for a day of wrath, and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

administer to the necessities of the saints; be careful to entertain strangers;

And I myself am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of all goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification.

Let us walk in a becoming manner, as in the day; not in riotings and in drunkenness, not in lewdness and in wantonness, not in. contention and in envy:

and present not your members to sin, as instruments of unrighteousness: but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead; and your members to God, as instruments of righteousness.

For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)

But the favor bestowed is not, in all respects, like the offense: for if, by the offense of one, the many have died, much more have the grace of God and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, been made abundant for the many.

Love works no evil to our neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;

for God's gifts and calling are irrevocable.

cultivate the same disposition, one to ward another: mind not high things, but conform yourselves to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits;

"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.

Therefore, every one of us shall give an account of himself to God.

in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;

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

and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural use of the females, burned in their lusts one toward another, males with males practicing infamous lewdness, and receiving in them selves the due reward of their error.

For the scripture says: He that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful;

Now to him that works, the reward is not counted as a favor, but as a debt:

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

Now, if the first fruit is holy, the mass is holy also: and if the root is holy, the branches are holy also.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It can not be.

For I speak to you, Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I do honor to my ministry,

(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

through whom we have had access, by faith, into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For if we have become united to him by the likeness of his death, we shall certainly be united to him by the likeness of his resurrection;

For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned under law, shall be judged by law,

And if the election is by grace, it is no longer by works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

Do we, then, make law void through the faith? It can not be. On the other hand, we establish law.

But if you are named Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast in God.

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

So then, my brethren, you, also, have died to the law, by the body of the Christ, in order that you may be married to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit to God.

I say, then, Have they stumbled, in order that they may fall? It can not be. But rather, through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to excite them to jealousy.

and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.

For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own appetites; and, by good words and fair speeches, they deceive the hearts of the simple.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge sin.

whisperers, evil-speakers, haters of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents;

for till the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged where there is no law.

For he who serves the Christ in these things is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

You will say then: The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, by word and deed, in order to make the Gentiles obedient,

For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed, lest he spare not you.

boast not against the branches; but if you boast, boast not that you bear the root, but that the root bears you.

Well; on ac count of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.

but to those who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, anger and wrath,

their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness;

Comes this blessedness then on those who are circumcised only, or on those who are uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham for righteousness.

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

And this is my covenant with them, when I shall take away their sins.

As it respects the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sakes; but as it respects their election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes:

but glory and honor and peace to every one that practices what is good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek:

affliction and distress, upon every soul of man that practices what is evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek:

For if you were cut out from an olive-tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, against nature, into a good olive, how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?

Under what circumstances, then, was it counted? After he was circumcised? Or, while he was uncircumcised? Not after he was circumcised, but while he was uncircumcised.

Timothy, my fellow-workman, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

And the gift is not like the sentence that came through one who sinned: for the sentence to condemnation was because of one offense; but the favor bestowed in order to justification, is because of many offenses.

that as sin has reigned, ending in death, so might grace reign by justification, ending in life eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;

but, as it is written: They to whom he was not preached, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.

If, then, I do that which I wish not to do, I give assent to the law, that it is good.

and the way of peace they have not known;

What fruit, therefore, had you at that time, in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

destruction and misery are in their ways;

But now, having no longer a place in these regions, and having had for many years a strong desire 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 continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.

Now, then, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

when I make my journey into Spain, I hope, in passing through, to see you, and to be conducted by you on my journey thither, after I am first partly satisfied with your company.

and patience, an approved character, and an approved character, hope;

But we know that the judgment of God against those who practice such things, is according to truth.

Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves.

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

and know his will, and approve what is excellent, being instructed by the law:

Gains, my host, and the host of the whole church, salutes you. Erastus the treasurer of the city, and Quartus, my brother, salute you.

God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:

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

I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in the Lord.

When, therefore, I shall have performed this, and have delivered to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

For as you formerly did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief;

let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.

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

For when you were the servants of sin, you were free with respect to righteousness.

you, then, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor saints who are in Jerusalem:

You who say that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples?

Destroy not the work of God on account of food. All meats, indeed, are clean; but meat is an evil to that man who, by eating, causes another to stumble.

an instructor of the simple, a teacher of the unlearned, because you have the form of true knowledge in the law;

Now, if I do that which I wish not to do, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

If, then, he who is uncircumcised keeps the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

And shall not he whose want of circumcision is owing to his birth, if he keeps the law, condemn you, who, by the literal circumcision, transgress the law?

For the name of God is reviled among the Gentiles, on account of you, as it is written.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life.

or, if we have a ministry, let us be active in our ministry; if any one teaches, let him attend to his teaching;

You who make your boast in the law, do you, by transgressing the law, dishonor God?

For if they that are of the law be heirs, the faith is made powerless, and the promise is unmeaning;

And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body, which was already dead, (for he was about a hundred years old,) nor the deadness of Sarah's womb;