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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."

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

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God.

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

As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.

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

Or do you not know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps our weaknesses, for we do not know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

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

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

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

For this reason, God abandoned them to their degrading passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.

among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ;

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the Law and the Prophets;

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

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

And do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a proclaimer?

always in my prayers, requesting, if by any means now at last I may succeed by the will of God to come to you.

For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba. Father."

that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out.

Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Now I do not desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

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

whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because in God's forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Therefore God also abandoned them in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves,

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if 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 hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on him.

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him.

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

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 with him.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

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

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

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

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; outdo one another in showing honor;

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

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

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae,

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

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

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit,

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

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

For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made, resulting in salvation.

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

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, 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, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

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

May it never be. For then how will God judge the world?

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be. However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

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

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

For sin will 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 rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

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

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

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

I ask then, has God rejected his people? May it never be. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

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

May it never be. Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment."

For from him and by him and in him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Now 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 speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man for as long as he lives?

For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

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

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

So then as through one trespass, all men were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all men were justified to life.

One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully convinced in his own mind.

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

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

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

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so 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 in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but to do that which is good is not.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;

For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do.

(for when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,

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

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

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

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

through whom we received grace and the office of apostle, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;

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

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

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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

What a wretched man I am. Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

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

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

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision?

The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;

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

For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?

Therefore let us not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother's way, or an occasion for falling.

which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

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

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

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

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

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

For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"

And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things."

For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up.

Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Neither present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

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

Love does not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not be arrogant, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits.

Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.

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

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

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

Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.

For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame."

foolish, promise-breakers, heartless, unmerciful;

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.

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

If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

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

For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

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

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be. No, we establish the law.

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

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

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be. But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

For those who are such do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

Happy is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."

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

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

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

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

For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for 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 over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you.

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

But to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness -- wrath and anger,

"Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."

Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake.

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

suffering and distress, on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more will these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.

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

"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"

But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who have not heard will understand."

But if what I do not desire, that I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

The way of peace, they have not known."

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

Destruction and misery are in their ways.

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

"Their feet are swift to shed blood.

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

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

As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

whenever I journey to Spain. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

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

Now we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves.

The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Gaius, my host and host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the proclaiming of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,

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

When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain.

For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."

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

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

You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.

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

Do not overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth.

But if what I do not desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.

If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?

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

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God?

For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.

Without being weakened in faith, he considered his own body as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,