since all have sinned and lack the glory which comes from God;

I entreat you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service of worship.

Now we know that all things continually work together for good to those who love God, to those who have been the called according to his purpose.

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

FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.

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

But God gives proof of his love to us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

FOR I AM PROUD OF THE GOSPEL. IT IS GOD'S SAVING POWER FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES. FOR THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO FOR THE GENTILE.

for Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

For God's wrath is ever being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who smother the truth by their unrighteousness.

Every one should be in the higher authorities; for there is no authority apart from God. The authorities that now exist have been appointed by God.

So faith comes from a message heard, and the message comes from the teaching of Christ.

As it is written. There is none righteous, no, not one;

For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse.

For do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ, have been baptized into his death?

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

But you are not earthly, but spiritual, if indeed the Spirit of God is really dwelling in you. If any one does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

In the same way the Spirit also takes hold with us in our weakness; for we know knot how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

For I am fully persuaded that neither death nor life, Neither angels nor principalities, nor powers, Neither the present world nor the world to come, Nor the powers of Nature,

For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit.

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

We have been buried together with him, then, through baptism into his death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we should live in a newness of life.

For I count as nothing what we now suffer, in comparison with the glory which will soon be unveiled to us.

That is why God has given them up to passions of dishonor; for on the one hand their women actually changed the natural function of sex into that which is against nature;

among whom you also are called to be Jesus Christ's.

For everything that was written of old has been written for our instruction, that through patience, and through the comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope.

But now, quite apart from any law, a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light, continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets.

For while we were still without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.

For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.

this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David's posterity in respect of his bodily nature,

For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;

but they are now being justified by his free grace through the deliverance that is in Christ Jesus.

From Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for a gospel of God,

Let love be without insincerity. Abhor what is evil; wed yourselves to what is good.

Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?

and even though they were still unborn, and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election, not of works, but of Him who called,

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

How then shall thy call upon Him in whom they do not believe? And how are they to believe in One of whom they have never heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

always entreating him that now at length, if such be his will, the way may be made clear for me to come to you.

FOR IN IT IS BEING REVEALED A RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH PROCEEDS FROM GOD, FROM FAITH UNTO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery in order that you should once more be afraid; but you have received a spirit of adoption, in which we cry out, "My Father, my dear Father!"

that is, that I with you may be encouraged by you, each of us by the other's faith, yours and mine.

What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?

God is my witness, to whom I render holy service in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how unceasingly I am ever making mention of you in my prayers,

I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned.

Never owe any one anything save the debt of brotherly love; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law.

Oh, the depths of the riches, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unfathomable are his judgments, and how unsearchable his paths!

Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!

For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

For although they knew God, yet they did not glorify him as God, nor give him thanks; but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

I want you to know, brothers, that many a time I have planned to come to you??hough until now I have been hindered??o as to have some harvest-fruit among you also, even as I have among the rest of the Gentiles.

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

For God openly set him forth for himself as an offering of atonement through faith, by means of his blood, in order to show forth his righteousness??ince in his forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed??o show forth his righteousness,

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

So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;

But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith.

Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Welcome a man of weak faith, but not for the purpose of deciding doubtful points.

This is so because that which may be known of God is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them.

For I would not, my brothers, have you ignorant of this hidden truth, for fear that you become wise in your own conceits. that a hardening in part has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles is come in.

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, because the same Lord Jesus is all over, and is rich unto all who call upon Him;

For to be earthly minded is enmity against God; For such a mind is not subject to the Law of God, Nor can it be;

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors Through Him who loved us.

By how much more, then, being now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.

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

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

You are therefore inexcusable, O man, whoever you are, that sits in judgment; for in judging another you are condemning yourself. You, the judge, are habitually practising the very same things.

For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?

But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for 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 as for me, I am a creature of flesh, bought and sold under the dominion of sin.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

What then? Are we Jews in a better position? Not at all, for I have already charged all, both Jews and Gentiles, with being under sin.

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

As for brotherly love, be tenderly affectionate one to another, in honor preferring one another.

All nature even is waiting with eager longing for the unveiling of the vision of God's sons.

I mean a righteousness coming from God through faith in Jesus Christ, for all who believe. For there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile,

Who is there to condemn them? Will Christ who died? Yes, and who rose from the dead, The Christ who is also at the right hand of God, And is interceding for us?

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a minister of the church at Cenchrae.

For God has done what the Law could not do, weakened as it was by flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

He that spared not his own Son, But freely delivered him up for us all, How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

For they who live after the flesh, give their attention to the things of the flesh; But they who live after the spirit, give their attention to spiritual things.

I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow

For I conclude that a man is justified by faith, altogether apart from the deeds of the Law.

So much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

who was betrayed to death for our transgressions, and raised again to life for our justification.

But you the abstainer, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you again the non-abstainer, why do you despise yours? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved in his life.

To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace.

Be it far from us; for in that case how could God judge the world?

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary I should not have become acquainted with sin had it not been for the Law; for except the Law had repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not lust," I should never have known the sin of lust.

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

Do you not know that when you surrender yourselves as slaves to any one to obey him, you are his slaves whom you obey; whether it be sin, whose end is death, or obedience, whose end is righteousness?

For sin shall not lord it over you; for you are not under the rule of law, but under the rule of grace.

because they exchanged the truth of God for an untruth, and worshiped and served the creature, rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen.

Now I commend you to Him who is able to keep you stedfast, according to my gospel, and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, whereby is unveiled the secret truth which was kept secret through immemorial ages,

for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.

Brothers, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for my countrymen, that they may be saved.

but a man who does not "work," but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith imputed to him for righteousness.

Then I ask, Did God cast off his people? No indeed. For I also am an Israelite, a son of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.

What then shall we say of Abraham, our ancestor in the flesh?

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

And just as they refused to continue to retain God in their knowledge, so did God cast them out to an outcast mind, to do those things which were indecent.

And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

By no means! Be sure that God is ever true, though all mankind prove false. As it is written, That thou mayest be found just in thine argument, And gain thy cause when thou contendest.

For of him and through him, and for him, are all things. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.

Rejoice in hope; be patient under affliction; continue stedfast in prayer.

Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to seek our own pleasure.

Surely, brothers, you know (for I am speaking to those who know what law means) that law governs a person only during his lifetime?

For we know that all nature has been groaning and travailing together until this hour.

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

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;

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

Do not pay back evil for evil. Aim to do what is honorable in the eyes of all.

It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men.

There are some who esteem one day above another; there are others who esteem all days alike; let each other be fully persuaded in his own mind.

Carry out these injunctions because you know the crisis that we are in, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.

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

So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ.

For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, no good thing has its home; for while to will is present with me, to carry out that which is right is not.

For the real Jew is not the man who is one outwardly, and the real circumcision is not outward in the flesh;

For what I perform I know not; what I practise is not what I intend to do, but what I detest, that I habitually do.

For when Gentiles, who have no law, obey by natural instinct the commands of the Law, they even though they have no law, are a law to themselves.

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

Therefore, brothers, we are debtors??ut not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

Bless your persecutors, bless, and curse not.

Therefore let not sin rule as king in your mortal body, compelling you to obey its lusts.

It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

To all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints. May God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, bless you, and give you peace.

theirs are the patriarchs, and of them, as concerning the flesh, is Christ, who is over all, God, blessed forever, Amen.

While they professed to be wise, they became fools,

For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

Oh, wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from this slave of death?

For to every believer Christ is an end of law as a means of righteousness.

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, And make no provisions for your earthly nature And the gratification of its lusts.

It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;

I have then my boast in Christ Jesus concerning the things of God.

But he who has misgivings, and yet eats meat, is condemned already, because his action is not based on faith; and whatever is not based on faith is sin.

What special privilege, then, has the Jew? Or what is the use of circumcision?

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

For what does Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was set down to his account as righteousness.

For if their casting out is the reconciliation of the world to God, what will their restoration be but life out of death?

So let us no longer pass judgment on one another; rather let this be your judgment, that no one put a stumbling-block in his brother's way, nor any cause of falling.

which through his prophets he promised beforetime, in holy writings;

For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.

Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be in full sympathy with one another, in accordance with the example of Jesus Christ;

if by any means I might "provoke to jealousy" my kinsmen, and save some among them.

But if by a falsehood of mine the truthfulness of God has been made to redound to his glory, why am I still tried as a sinner?

But if Christ is in you, though your bodily self is dead because of sin, your spirit is full of life because of righteousness.

and whom he foreordained, those he also called; and whom he called, those he also justified; and whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Wherefore always receive one another into fellowship, to the glory of God, even as Christ also received you.

For the death that he died, he died unto sin once for all; but the life that he lives he is living unto God.

For the ruler is God's minister appointed for your good. But if you are a wrong-doer, be afraid; he does not carry the sword to no purpose; he is God's servant, appointed to vengeance upon the guilty.

For He will render to every man according to his works;

And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring a glad gospel.

For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

In your hardness and impenitence of heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath on the Day of Wrath, when the righteous judgment of God is revealed.

Be liberal to needy saints. Practise hospitality.

And I myself also am confident regarding you, my brothers, that you yourselves are already full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and well able to give advice to one another.

So then let is eagerly pursue the things that make for peace and the upbuilding of each other.

Let us live honestly, as in the day, Not in reveling and drunkenness, Not in lust and licentiousness, Not is strife and jealousy;

Do not continue to present any part of your body to sin to be used as a weapon of unrighteousness. On the contrary, be presenting yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and the various parts of your bodies to be used as weapons of righteousness.

For nature was subjected to imperfection, not by its own will, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject??21 yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thralldom of decay, into the freedom which belongs to the glory of the children of God.

But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men.

Love never wrongs his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilment of the Law.

But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed;

For no change of purpose can annul God's free gift and call.

Have full sympathy with one another. Set not your minds on high affairs, but associate with lowly folk. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

Who shall accuse God's elect? God acquits them;

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

In your diligence be free from sloth. Be glowing in spirit. Slave for the master.

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

and on the other hand their men likewise abandoned the natural use of women, and were ablaze with passion for one another; men with men practising shameless acts and receiving in their own person that recompense of their wrong-doing which necessarily followed.

The Scriptures say, Whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.

They were without sense, without faith, without natural affection, without mercy.

Now if a man earn his pay by his work, it is not counted to him as a favor, but it is paid him as a debt;

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

Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.

What then? Shall we commit an act of sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not.

For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations.

Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, so we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection.

For all who have sinned without law will also perish without law; and all who have sinned under law will be judged by law.

But if it is by grace, it is no longer of works; or else grace is no more grace.

Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

Now if you bear the name of a Jew, and rely upon law, and boast yourself in God,

it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God.

I ask then, "Have they stumbled so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel to jealousy."

and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.

Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

For sin, when it had gained a vantage-ground through the commandment, beguiled me, and through it slew me.

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

They became whisperers, back-biters, hated of God, insolent, haughty, boastful. They invented sins. They were disobedient to parents.

For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law.

Those who are slaving for Christ devotedly in these ways, are well pleasing to God and highly commended by man.

"Branches have been broken off," you say, "that I might be grafted in."

For I will not dare to speak of any thing except that which Christ has done through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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

or if you are glorying, remember that it is not you who uphold the root, but the root which upholds you.

True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;

but anger and wrath upon those who are self-willed and disobey the truth, but obey unrighteousness.

Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcised alone? or for the uncircumcised also? Abraham's faith, I say, was imputed to him for righteousness.

through the might of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. So that beginning at Jerusalem and its environs, I have proclaimed without reserve the gospel of Christ, even as far as Illyricum.

This is my covenant with them, When I shall take away their sins.

In relation to the gospel, the Jews are God's enemies for your sake; but in relation to the election, they are dearly loved for their forefather's sake.

but glory and honor and peace to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile.

Anguish and calamity will be upon every soul of man who practices evil, upon the Jew first, and also upon the Gentile;

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a mere wild olive tree, and have been grafted, contrary to nature, into a fruitful olive tree, how much more shall these, the natural branches, be regrafted into their own olive tree?

How then was it imputed to him? When he was circumcised? or uncircumcised? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

Timothy, my fellow worker, salutes you; so do my fellow countrymen Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater.

And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal.

in order that as sin has ruled as king in death, so also grace might rule as king in righteousness which issues in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord,??urs!

Their throat is an open grave; With their tongues they have used deceit. The venom of asps is under their lips.

But, as Scripture says, He shall be seen by those to whom no news about him ever came, And those who have never heard of him shall understand.

If then I habitually do what I do not intend to do, I am consenting to the Law, that it is right.

And the path of peace they have not known.

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

Destruction and ruin are in their paths;

But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you

Their feet are swift to shed blood.

Reverence for God is not before their eyes.

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

As he also said in Hosea. Those who were not my people I will call "my people," And her "beloved" who was not beloved;

And now it is longer I myself who do the deed, but it is sin which has its home in me.

whenever I go to Spain, I am hoping to see you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my way there, and to be set forward by you on my journey thither, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while.

and fortitude character, and character, hope??5 a hope which never disappoints us. For through the Holy Spirit who has given to us, the "brimming river of the love of God" has overflowed in our hearts.

"We know that God's judgment against those who practise such vices is in accord with the truth," you say?

Have you faith? Keep it to yourself as in the presence of God. He is a happy man who does not condemn himself in that which he approves.

He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised.

and know his will, and can test the things that differ; if you are instructed out of the Law,

Gaius, my host, and the host of the church, salutes you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, salutes you, and so does brother Quartus.

God did not cast off his people whom he foreknew. For do you not know what is said in the Scripture about Elijah? how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!

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

When, therefore, I have settled this, and have secured to them the poor at Jerusalem the fruit of this collection, I shall come on by you into Spain.

And as in times past you were yourselves disobedient to God, but now, thanks to their disobedience, have obtained mercy;

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

and are confident that you yourself are a darkness,

For when you were the slaves of sin, you were under no subjection to righteousness.

You who are preaching that a man should not steal, do you practise theft?

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make an offering for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

You who keep saying that a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who hold idols in abhorrence, are you plundering their temples?

Do not, for the sake of food, be tearing down God's work. All food indeed is ceremonially clean, but a man is in the wrong if his food proves a stumbling-block.

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, because you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth??ell then, you who are teaching others, do you ever teach yourself?

But if I do the very thing I do not intend to do, it is no more I who practise it, but sin which has its home in me.

So if the uncircumcised keeps the ordinance of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned equivalent to circumcision.

And shall not those who are physically uncircumcised, but who keep the Law, condemn you who are a breaker of the Law, although you have a written law and circumcision?

For the name of God is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as the Scripture itself says.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, and they seek my life.

If it is the gift of administration, let us give ourselves to our service.

You who are making your boast in the Law, do you habitually dishonor God through your transgressions of the Law?

For if those who are righteous through law are heirs, faith is empty and the promise becomes void.

Though he was about a hundred years old, his faith did not fail him when he regarded his own body, now as good as dead. and remembered Sarah's barrenness.

And what if he thus purposed to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory?

According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to be proud of, but not before God.

Now such are we whom he has called, not only from among the Jews, but also from among the Gentiles.

As David says. Let their table be made a snare and a trap, And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them;

So then, if during her husband lifetime, she unites herself with another man, she will be counted an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, even if she unites herself with another man.

Now these words were not written simply for his sake, but for us as well.

since there is one God who will justify the circumcised through faith, and by their faith will he justify the uncircumcised.

But what was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

Is God then the God of the Jews alone, and not of the Gentiles also? He is God of the Gentiles also,

And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;

This is why I have been so hindered from coming to you.

and was fully persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also to perform.

For it will be "reckoned for righteousness." to us also, who believe on him that raised from the dead our Lord Jesus;

Yes, it has been made their good pleasure, and their debt, too. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual riches, they owe it to them also to minister to them the Jews in worldly goods.

and incessant anguish in my heart.

The God of peace be with you all! Amen.

And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.

And I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.

Even as in an earlier passage, Isaiah says, Except the Lord of Sabbath had us some few descendants, we should have become like Sodom, and should have fared like Gomorrah.

they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as his posterity.

And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."

Just now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.

But I ask, Did they fail to hear? Yes, truly, Their sound has gone out unto all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world.

And yet they did not all hearken to the good news; for Isaiah said, Lord, who hath believed our message?

for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

For thus is the word of promise, According to this season I will come, and Sarah shall bear a son.

Unto Him, the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever. Amen.

and Andronicus and Junia, my kinsfolk and fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, and who became Christians before I did.

For I am longing so to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;

Nevertheless, from Adam to Moses death reigned as king, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression. Now Adam is a type of Him who was to come.

But what if God, while intending to show forth his wrath, and to make known his power, yet endured, with much long-suffering, vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction?

They were overflowing with every kind of iniquity, depravity, greed, and malice. They were full of envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and malignity.

For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope.

in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

So then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

For there is no partiality with God.

One man has faith to eat anything; but he whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.

But now that you have been set free from sin and become slaves of God, the harvest-fruit which you are reaping tends to produce holiness, and it ends is life eternal.

For it is not the hearers of law who are righteous in the eyes of God; nay, it is the doers of law who will be accounted righteous.

But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thralldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code.

This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham's posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,

But Isaiah speaks very boldly, I was found of those who were not seeking me, I was made manifest to those who were not asking for me.

Let the teacher give himself to his teaching; and he who exhorts others to his exhortation. He who gives, let him do it in singleness of mind. He who rules, let him rule with diligence; and he who shows mercy must be cheerful.

For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband.

Then what becomes of boasting? It is shut out. What sort of law forbids it? A law of works? No, but a law of faith.

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses says. I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation; Against a Gentile nation, void of understanding, will I anger you.

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Say not in thine heart, "Who shall ascend to heaven?"??hat is, to bring Christ down;

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?

I say, at this present time; that he himself might be just, and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.

Salute Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow laborers in the cause of Jesus Christ,

Supposing that some of the branches have been broken off, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among the branches and have become a partaker with them of the fatness of the olive tree, do not glory over the branches;

And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,

For because they were ignorant of God's righteousness, and sought to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

Therefore the man who rebels against authority is opposing the divine ordinances; and those who withstand will bring judgment on themselves.

"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"

Let each one of us try to make his neighbor happy for his good, unto his upbuilding.

And not only that, but we exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now obtained our reconciliation.

For Moses writes concerning the righteousness of the Law, saying, The man that doeth it shall live by it.

For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;

The night is far spent; The day is at hand. Let is therefore take off the deeds of darkness, Let us put on the armor of light.

For it is written, "As I live," says the Lord, "to me every knee shall bow, And to God shall every tongue confess."

For they show that the work of the Law is written in their hearts, while their conscience bears them witness, as their reasonings accuse, or it may be defend, them,

For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

Render to all their dues; taxes to whom taxes, customs to whom customs, respect to whom respect, and homage to whom homage is due.

For not one of us lives unto himself, and not one dies unto himself.

For rulers are no terror to good deeds, but to evil. Would you be fearless of the ruler's authority? Do what is good, and you will have his praise.

Though they knew well the ordinance of God, that those who practise such vices are worthy of death, they not only continue to do the same, but were even applauding those who practise vice.

Nor did he with regard to the promise of God waver in unbelief, but he waxed strong in faith, while he gave God glory,

His words to Moses are. I will have mercy on whom I choose to have mercy; I will have compassion on whom I choose to have compassion.

On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

Wherefore you must needs be in subjection, not only because of fear, but also for conscience sake.

There is none that understands, none that seeks for God!

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand.