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

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the mercies of God, to present your bodies [as] a living sacrifice, holy [and] pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.

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

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

but God demonstrates his own love for us, [in] that [while] we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.

Therefore, [because we] have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Consequently, [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 "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

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

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

Consequently, faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing through the word about Christ.

just as it is written, "[There] is no one righteous, not even one;

For from the creation of the world, his invisible [attributes], both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.

Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person {does not belong to him}.

because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.

And likewise also, the Spirit helps [us] in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes [for us] [with] unexpressed groanings.

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

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

What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.

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

Because of this, God gave them over to degrading passions, for their females exchanged the natural relations for those contrary to nature,

among whom you also are [the] called of Jesus Christ.

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--

For [while] we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly.

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone who is among you not to think more highly of yourself than what one ought to think, but to think {sensibly}, as God has apportioned a measure of faith to each one.

concerning his Son, who was born {a descendant} of David according to the flesh,

The Spirit himself confirms to 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 slave of Christ Jesus, called [to be] an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what [is] evil; be attached to what [is] good,

But do you think this, O man who passes judgment on those who do such things, and who does the same [things], that you will escape the judgment of God?

for [although they] had not yet been born, or done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God according to election might remain,

And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,

How then will they call upon [him] in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe [in him] about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about [him] without one who preaches [to them]?

always asking in my prayers if somehow now at last I may succeed to come to you in the will of God.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."

For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

that is, to be encouraged together with you through {our mutual faith}, both yours and mine.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,

Now I exhort you, brothers, to look out for those who cause dissensions and temptations contrary to the teaching which you learned, and stay away from them.

Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.

Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and [how] incomprehensible [are] his ways!

And if their trespass [means] riches for the world and their loss [means] riches for the Gentiles, how much more [will] their fullness [mean]?

For by the works of the law {no person will be declared righteous} before him, for through the law [comes] knowledge of sin.

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

For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I intended to come to you, and was prevented until now, in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as also among the rest of the Gentiles.

First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.

whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins,

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] 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 may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now receive the one who is weak in faith, [but] not for quarrels about opinions.

because what can be known about God is evident among them, for God made [it] clear to them.

For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you will not be wise {in your own sight}, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,

For [there] is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same [Lord] [is] Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him.

because the mindset of the flesh [is] enmity toward God, for [it is] not subjected to the law of God, for [it is] not able [to do so],

[No], but in all these [things] we prevail completely through the one who loved us.

Therefore, by much more, [because we] have been declared righteous now by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.

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

and if children, also heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together [with him] so that we may also be glorified together [with him].

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one [of you] who passes judgment. For in that which you pass judgment on someone else, you condemn yourself, for you who are passing judgment are doing the same [things].

knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.

Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.

Do not take revenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to [God's] wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance [is] mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, {sold into slavery to sin}.

Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law, in order that every mouth may be closed and the whole world may become accountable to God.

What then? Do we have an advantage? Not at all. For we have already charged both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

But what does it say? "The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, esteeming one another [more highly] in honor,

For the eagerly expecting creation awaits eagerly the revelation of the sons of God.

that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For [there] is no distinction,

Who [is] the one who condemns? Christ [is] the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

Now I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is also a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Indeed, [he] who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, together with him, freely give us all [things]?

For those who are [living] according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those [who are living] according to the Spirit [are intent on] the things of the Spirit.

I am telling the truth in Christ--[I am] not lying; my conscience bears witness to me in the Holy Spirit--

For we consider a person to be justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Thus {I am eager} to proclaim the gospel also to you who [are] in Rome.

For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit} by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

But why do you judge your brother? Or also, why do you despise your brother? 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, by much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

For the mindset of the flesh [is] death, but the mindset of the Spirit [is] life and peace,

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

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do 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 to whomever you present yourselves [as] slaves for obedience, you are slaves to whomever you obey, whether sin, [leading] to death, or obedience, [leading] to righteousness?

For sin will not be master over you, because you are not under law, but under grace.

who exchanged the truth of God with a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed for eternity. Amen.

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

Brothers, the desire of my heart and my prayer to God on behalf of them [is] for [their] salvation.

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

Therefore I say, God has not rejected his people, has he? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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

For if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things [that are] not proper,

Not only [this], but we ourselves also, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves [while we] await eagerly [our] adoption, the redemption of our body.

May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, "In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are judged."

For from him and through him and to him [are] all [things]. To him [be] glory for eternity! Amen.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in affliction, being devoted to prayer,

So also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

But we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time [as] he lives?

For we know that the whole creation groans together and suffers agony together until now.

If [it is] possible on your [part], be at peace with all people.

and so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and {individually} members of one another,

Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for [what is] good in the sight of all people.

Consequently therefore, as through one trespass [came] condemnation to all people, so also through one righteous deed [came] justification of life to all people.

One person prefers [one] day over [another] day, and another person regards every day [alike]. Each one must be fully convinced in his own mind.

And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.

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

Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.

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

For I know that good does not live in me, that is, in my flesh. For the willing is present in me, but the doing [of] the good [is] not.

For the Jew is not {one outwardly}, nor [is] circumcision {outwardly}, in the flesh.

For what I am doing I do not understand, because what I want [to do], this I do not practice, but what I hate, this I do.

For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, [although they] do not have the law, are a law to themselves,

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

So then, brothers, we are obligated not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

Bless those who persecute, bless and do not curse [them].

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

through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,

To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called [to be] saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

[to] whom [belong] the patriarchs, and from whom [is] the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed {forever}! Amen.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

For just as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one, the many will be made righteous.

Wretched man [that] I [am]! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

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

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,

Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.

But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not [do so] from faith, and everything that [is] not from faith is sin.

Therefore, what [is] the advantage of the Jew, or what [is] the use of circumcision?

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

For what does the scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."

For if their rejection [means] the reconciliation of the world, what [will] their acceptance [mean] except life from the dead?

Therefore, let us no longer pass judgment on one another, but rather decide this: not to place a cause for stumbling or a temptation before a brother.

which he promised previously 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 by faith.

Now may the God of patient endurance and of encouragement grant you {to be in agreement} with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus,

if somehow I may provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them.

But if by my lying, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still condemned as a sinner?

But if Christ [is] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin, but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.

And [those] whom he predestined, these [he] also called, and [those] whom he called, these [he] also justified, and [those] whom he justified, these [he] also glorified.

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

For that [death] he died, he died to sin once and never again, but that [life] he lives, he lives to God.

for it is God's servant to you for what [is] good. But if you do what [is] bad, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword to no purpose. For it is God's servant, the one who avenges for punishment on the one who does [what is] bad.

who will reward each one according to his works:

And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely [are] the feet of those who bring good news of good things."

For the [commandments], "You shall not commit adultery, you shall not commit murder, you shall not steal, you shall not covet," and if [there is] any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

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

contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

Now I myself also am convinced about you, my brothers, that [you] yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace} and {what edifies one another}.

Let us live decently, as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and licentiousness, not in strife and jealousy.

and do not present your members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God [as] instruments of righteousness.

For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected [it], in hope

{But the gift is not like the trespass}, for if by the trespass of the one, the many died, by much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, multiply to the many.

Love does not commit evil against a neighbor. Therefore love [is the] fulfillment of the law.

But thanks [be] to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,

For the gifts and the calling of God [are] irrevocable.

Think the same [thing] toward one another; {do not think arrogantly}, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise {in your own sight}.

Who will bring charges against God's elect? God [is] the one who justifies.

So each one of us will give an account concerning himself.

not lagging in diligence, being enthusiastic in spirit, serving the Lord,

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him,

and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

senseless, faithless, unfeeling, unmerciful,

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.

And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.

Now if the first fruits [are] holy, [so] also [is] the [whole] batch of dough, and if the root [is] holy, [so] also [are] the branches.

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

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Therefore, inasmuch as I am apostle to the Gentiles, I promote my ministry,

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

through whom also we have [obtained] access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

For if we have become identified with [him] in the likeness of his death, certainly also we will be [identified with him in the likeness] of [his] resurrection,

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

But if by grace, [it is] no longer by works, for otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Therefore, do we nullify the law through faith? May it never be! But we uphold the law.

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God

not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

I say then, they did not stumble so that they fell, [did they]? May it never be! But by their trespass, salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them [to jealousy].

and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own stomach, and by smooth speech and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed [me].

Blessed [is] the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boasters, contrivers of evil, disobedient to parents,

For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account [when there] is no law.

For the one who serves Christ in this [way] [is] well-pleasing to God and approved by people.

Then you will say, "Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in."

For I will not dare to speak about anything except [that] which 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, neither will he spare you.

do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against [them], you do not support the root, but the root [supports] you.

Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant [thoughts], but be afraid.

but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Therefore, [is] this blessing for {those who are circumcised}, or also for {those who are uncircumcised}? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and [traveling] around as far as Illyricum I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

And this [is] the covenant from me with them when I take away their sins."

With respect to the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sake, but with respect to election, [they are] dearly loved for the sake of the fathers.

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

[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {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 Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my compatriots.

And the gift [is] not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one [sin] [led] to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, [led] to justification.

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

Their throat [is] an opened grave; they deceive with their tongues; the venom of asps [is] under their lips,

but just as it is written, "[Those] to whom [it was] not announced concerning him will see, and [those] who have not heard will understand."

But if what I do not want [to do], this I do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

and they have not known the way of peace.

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

destruction and distress [are] in their paths,

and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you

Their feet [are] swift to shed blood;

The fear of God is not before their eyes."

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

As he also says in Hosea, "I will call those [who were] not my people, 'My people,' and those [who were] not loved, 'Loved.'

But now I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope [while I] am passing through to see you and to be sent on my way by you, whenever I have first enjoyed your [company] for a while.

and patient endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope,

Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

The faith that you have, have with respect to yourself before God. Blessed [is] the one who does not pass judgment on himself by what he approves.

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

and know his will and approve the things that are superior, [because you] are instructed by the law,

Gaius, my host and [the host] of 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, in [the passage about] Elijah, what the scripture says--how he appeals to God against Israel?

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

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

Therefore, [after I] have accomplished this and sealed this fruit [for delivery] to them, I will depart by way of you for Spain,

For just as you formerly were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of the disobedience of these,

let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and cause their backs to bend {continually}."

and are confident [that] you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of those in darkness,

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

Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal?

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

The one who says not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one who abhors idols, do you rob temples?

Do not destroy the work of God on account of food. All [things] [are] clean, but [it is] wrong for the person {who eats and stumbles in the process}.

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

But if what I do not want [to do], this I am doing, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that lives in me.

Therefore, if the uncircumcised person follows the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be credited for circumcision?

And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, [though provided] with {the precise written code} and circumcision [are] a transgressor of the law.

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

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!"

if [it is] service, by service; if [it is] one who teaches, by teaching;

Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God!

For if those of the law [are] heirs, faith is rendered void and the promise is nullified.

And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [because he] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

And [he did so] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory,

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

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

us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, and a cause for stumbling and a retribution to them;

Therefore as a result, if she belongs to another man [while] her husband is living, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress [if she] belongs to another man.

But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him,

since God [is] one, who will justify {those who are circumcised} by faith and {those who are uncircumcised} through faith.

But what does the divine response say to him? "I have left for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."

Or [is God] the God of the Jews only? [Is he] not also [the God] of the Gentiles? Yes, also of the Gentiles,

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "[Even] if the number of the sons of Israel is like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved,

For this reason also I was hindered many [times] from coming to you,

and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do.

but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

For they were pleased [to do so], and they are obligated to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual [things], they ought also to serve them in material [things].

that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart.

Now [may] the God of peace [be] with all of you. Amen.

Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

and I know that [when I] come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

And just as Isaiah foretold, "If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom and would have resembled Gomorrah."

nor [are they] all children because they are descendants of Abraham, but "In Isaac will your descendants be named."

That is, [it is] not the children {by human descent} [who are] children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

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

But now I am traveling to Jerusalem, serving the saints.

But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary, "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world."

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

{for the Lord will execute his sentence thoroughly and decisively} upon the earth."

For the statement of the promise [is] this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have} a son."

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners, who are well known to the apostles, who were also in Christ before me.

For I desire to see you, in order that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, in order to strengthen you,

But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come.

And [what] if God, wanting to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction?

being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greediness, malice, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malevolence. [They are] gossipers,

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

in order that the requirement of the law would be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

So then, the law [is] holy, and the commandment [is] holy and righteous and good.

For [there] is no partiality with God.

that the creation itself also will be set free from its servility to decay, into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

One believes [he may] eat all [things], but the one who is weak eats [only] vegetables.

But now, having been set free from sin and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit [leading] to sanctification, and its end [is] eternal life.

For it is not the hearers of the law [who are] righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

But now we have been released from the law, [because we] have died [to that] by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter [of the law].

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

if [it is] one who exhorts, by exhortation; one who gives, with sincerity; one who leads, with diligence; one who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

For the married woman is bound by law to [her] husband while he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the husband.

Therefore, where [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

But I say, Israel did not know, did they? First, Moses says, "I will provoke you [to jealousy] by [those who are] not a nation; by a senseless nation I will provoke you [to anger]."

But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down),

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.

in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the [person] by faith in Jesus.

What then shall we say? [There is] no injustice with God, [is there]? May it never be!

Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, [although you] were a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them and became a sharer of the root of the olive tree's richness,

And not only [this], but also [when] Rebecca conceived children by one [man], Isaac our father--

For ignoring the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

Let each one of us please his neighbor for his good, for the purpose of edification.

And not only [this], but also [we are] boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

For Moses writes about the righteousness [that is] from the law: "The person who does [this] will live by it."

who are Israelites, [to] whom [belong] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the [temple] service, and the promises,

The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near. Therefore let us throw off the deeds of darkness and put on the weapons of light.

For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will praise God."

who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts [one] after another accusing or even defending them

For I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my fellow countrymen according to the flesh,

Pay to everyone [what is] owed: [pay] taxes to whom taxes [are due]; [pay] customs duties to whom customs duties [are due]; [pay] respect to whom respect [is due]; [pay] honor to whom honor [is due].

For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.

For rulers are not a [cause of] terror for a good deed, but for bad [conduct]. So do you want not to be afraid of authority? Do what [is] good, and you will have praise from it,

who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].

And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God

For to Moses he says, "I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I have compassion."

But "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him [something] to drink; for [by] doing this, you will heap up coals of fire upon his head."

Therefore [it is] necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.

[there] is no one who understands; [there] is no one who seeks God.

just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."