for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what is the will of God -- the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

for every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.'

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

so then the faith is by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

according as it hath been written -- 'There is none righteous, not even one;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

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

And ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God doth dwell in you; and if any one hath not the Spirit of Christ -- this one is not His;

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth us, we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,

for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,

for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God;

What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God is for us, who is against us?

we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory about to be revealed in us;

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

among whom are also ye, the called of Jesus Christ;

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

And now apart from law hath the righteousness of God been manifested, testified to by the law and the prophets,

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --

The love unfeigned: abhorring the evil; cleaving to the good;

And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

How then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe on him of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

For the righteousness of God in it is revealed from faith to faith, according as it hath been written, 'And the righteous one by faith shall live,'

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, 'Abba -- Father.'

and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through the faith in one another, both yours and mine.

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, 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,

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,

O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

and if the fall of them is the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that many times I did purpose to come unto you -- and was hindered till the present time -- that some fruit I might have also among you, even as also among the other nations.

first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;

whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God --

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;

And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy -- 'According to the proportion of faith!'

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

And him who is weak in the faith receive ye -- not to determinations of reasonings;

Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest it to them,

For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this secret -- that ye may not be wise in your own conceits -- that hardness in part to Israel hath happened till the fulness of the nations may come in;

for there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all those calling upon Him,

because the mind of the flesh is enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;

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

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ -- if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

this knowing, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

or the riches of His goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, dost thou despise? -- not knowing that the goodness of God doth lead thee to reformation!

and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, 'Vengeance is Mine,

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

But what doth it say? 'Nigh thee is the saying -- in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

and the righteousness of God is through the faith of Jesus Christ to all, and upon all those believing, -- for there is no difference,

who is he that is condemning? Christ is He that died, yea, rather also, was raised up; who is also on the right hand of God -- who also doth intercede for us.

And I commend you to Phebe our sister -- being a ministrant of the assembly that is in Cenchrea --

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

For those who are according to the flesh, the things of the flesh do mind; and those according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit;

Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit,

therefore do we reckon a man to be declared righteous by faith, apart from works of law.

so, as much as in me is, I am ready also to you who are in Rome to proclaim good news,

for with the heart doth one believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;

who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;

who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.

for the mind of the flesh is death, and the mind of the Spirit -- life and peace;

let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

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

have ye not known that to whom ye present yourselves servants for obedience, servants ye are to him to whom ye obey, whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.

who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

And to Him who is able to establish you, according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the secret, in the times of the ages having been kept silent,

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that is to God for Israel, is -- for salvation;

and to him who is not working, and is believing upon Him who is declaring righteous the impious, his faith is reckoned -- to righteousness:

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

What, then, shall we say Abraham our father, to have found, according to flesh?

for if according to the flesh ye do live, ye are about to die; and if, by the Spirit, the deeds of the body ye put to death, ye shall live;

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

And not only so, but also we ourselves, having the first-fruit of the Spirit, we also ourselves in ourselves do groan, adoption expecting -- the redemption of our body;

let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, 'That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.'

because of Him, and through Him, and to Him are the all things; to Him is the glory -- to the ages. Amen.

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?

for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

and so all Israel shall be saved, according as it hath been written, 'There shall come forth out of Sion he who is delivering, and he shall turn away impiety from Jacob,

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

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

So, then, as through one offence to all men it is to condemnation, so also through one declaration of 'Righteous' it is to all men to justification of life;

One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day alike; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;

Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

so, then -- not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one -- Jesus Christ.

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

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

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law -- to themselves are a law;

salute one another in a holy kiss; the assemblies of Christ do salute you.

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

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;

through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

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

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

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

A wretched man I am! who shall deliver me out of the body of this death?

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the flesh take no forethought -- for desires.

And it is not possible that the word of God hath failed; for not all who are of Israel are these Israel;

I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because it is not of faith; and all that is not of faith is sin.

What, then, is the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision?

And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

for what doth the writing say? 'And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him -- to righteousness;'

for if the casting away of them is a reconciliation of the world, what the reception -- if not life out of the dead?

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings --

For not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus;

if by any means I shall arouse to jealousy mine own flesh, and shall save some of them,

for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

and if Christ is in you, the body, indeed, is dead because of sin, and the Spirit is life because of righteousness,

and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

wherefore receive ye one another, according as also the Christ did receive us, to the glory of God.

for in that he died, to the sin he died once, and in that he liveth, he liveth to God;

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

who shall render to each according to his works;

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, 'How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

for, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'

but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

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

So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;

neither present ye your members instruments of unrighteousness to the sin, but present yourselves to God as living out of the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God;

for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it -- in hope,

But, not as the offence so also is the free gift; for if by the offence of the one the many did die, much more did the grace of God, and the free gift in grace of the one man Jesus Christ, abound to the many;

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.

and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and -- were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

for unrepented of are the gifts and the calling of God;

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous,

so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

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

And if we died with Christ, we believe that we also shall live with him,

and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.

for the Writing saith, 'Every one who is believing on him shall not be ashamed,'

unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful;

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

and the God of the peace shall bruise the Adversary under your feet quickly; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen!

and if the first-fruit is holy, the lump also; and if the root is holy, the branches also.

What then? shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? let it not be!

For to you I speak -- to the nations -- inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of nations, my ministration I do glorify;

who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- 'A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of the rising again;

for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

Law then do we make useless through the faith? let it not be! yea, we do establish law.

Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

'The greater shall serve the less;'

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let it not be! but by their fall the salvation is to the nations, to arouse them to jealousy;

and the command that is for life, this was found by me for death;

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay me;

happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

for till law sin was in the world: and sin is not reckoned when there is not law;

for he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.

Thou wilt say, then, 'The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in;' right!

for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

for if God the natural branches did not spare -- lest perhaps He also shall not spare thee.

do not boast against the branches; and if thou dost boast, thou dost not bear the root, but the root thee!

by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;

and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

Is this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision -- for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham -- to righteousness?

in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;

and this to them is the covenant from Me, when I may take away their sins.'

As regards, indeed, the good tidings, they are enemies on your account; and as regards the choice -- beloved on account of the fathers;

and glory, and honour, and peace, to every one who is working the good, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

for if thou, out of the olive tree, wild by nature, wast cut out, and, contrary to nature, wast graffed into a good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature, be graffed into their own olive tree?

how then was it reckoned? he being in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision;

Salute you do Timotheus, my fellow-workman, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kindred;

and not as through one who did sin is the free gift, for the judgment indeed is of one to condemnation, but the gift is of many offences to a declaration of 'Righteous,'

that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

A sepulchre opened is their throat; with their tongues they used deceit; poison of asps is under their lips.

but according as it hath been written, 'To whom it was not told concerning him, they shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.'

And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good,

And a way of peace they did not know.

what fruit, therefore, were ye having then, in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those is death.

Ruin and misery are in their ways.

and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,

Swift are their feet to shed blood.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

And those also, if they may not remain in unbelief, shall be graffed in, for God is able again to graff them in;

as also in Hosea He saith, 'I will call what is not My people -- My people; and her not beloved -- Beloved,

and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,

when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.

and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope;

and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that is in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.

and dost know the will, and dost approve the distinctions, being instructed out of the law,

salute you doth Gaius, my host, and of the whole assembly; salute you doth Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother,

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

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

I Tertius salute you (who wrote the letter) in the Lord;

This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;

for as ye also once did not believe in God, and now did find kindness by the unbelief of these:

let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of blind ones, a light of those in darkness,

for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem;

thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?

for the sake of victuals cast not down the work of God; all things, indeed, are pure, but evil is to the man who is eating through stumbling.

an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.

And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

If, therefore the uncircumcision the righteousness of the law may keep, shall not his uncircumcision for circumcision be reckoned?

and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, art a transgressor of law.

for the name of God because of you is evil spoken of among the nations, according as it hath been written.

'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

or ministration -- 'In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- 'In the teaching!'

thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

for if they who are of law are heirs, the faith hath been made void, and the promise hath been made useless;

and not having been weak in the faith, he did not consider his own body, already become dead, (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 kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before God;

not only out of Jews, but also out of nations,

and David saith, 'Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block, and for a recompense to them;

so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

And it was not written on his account alone, that it was reckoned to him,

yes, also of nations; since one is God who shall declare righteous the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

but what saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'

The God of Jews only is He, and not also of nations?

And Isaiah doth cry concerning Israel, 'If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved;

Wherefore, also, I was hindered many times from coming unto you,

and having been fully persuaded that what He hath promised He is able also to do:

but also on ours, to whom it is about to be reckoned -- to us believing on Him who did raise up Jesus our Lord out of the dead,

for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

and the God of the peace be with you all. Amen.

wherefore also it was reckoned to him to righteousness.

and I have known that coming unto you -- in the fulness of the blessing of the good news of Christ I shall come.

and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but -- 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

that is, the children of the flesh -- these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

and it shall be -- in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'

And, now, I go on to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints;

but I say, Did they not hear? yes, indeed -- 'to all the earth their voice went forth, and to the ends of the habitable world their sayings.'

But they were not all obedient to the good tidings, for Isaiah saith, 'Lord, who did give credence to our report?'

for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

for the word of promise is this; 'According to this time I will come, and there shall be to Sarah a son.'

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to him be glory to the ages. Amen.

salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.

for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that ye may be established;

but the death did reign from Adam till Moses, even upon those not having sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of him who is coming.

And if God, willing to shew the wrath and to make known His power, did endure, in much long suffering, vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

for in hope we were saved, and hope beheld is not hope; for what any one doth behold, why also doth he hope for it?

that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

so that the law, indeed, is holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.

For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

one doth believe that he may eat all things -- and he who is weak doth eat herbs;

And now, having been freed from the sin, and having become servants to God, ye have your fruit -- to sanctification, and the end life age-during;

for not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.

Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

or he who is exhorting -- 'In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- 'In simplicity!' he who is leading -- 'In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- 'In cheerfulness.'

for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

Where then is the boasting? it was excluded; by what law? of works? no, but by a law of faith:

But I say, Did not Israel know? first Moses saith, 'I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation; by an unintelligent nation I will anger you,'

and the righteousness of faith doth thus speak: 'Thou mayest not say in thine heart, Who shall go up to the heaven,' that is, Christ to bring down?

What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,

for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus.

What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness is with God? let it not be!

Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus --

And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become --

And not only so, but also Rebecca, having conceived by one -- Isaac our father --

for not knowing the righteousness of God, and their own righteousness seeking to establish, to the righteousness of God they did not submit.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form it, Why me didst thou make thus?

for let each one of us please the neighbour for good, unto edification,

And not only so, but we are also boasting in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we did receive the reconciliation;

for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

who are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the service, and the promises,

the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

for it hath been written, 'I live! saith the Lord -- to Me bow shall every knee, and every tongue shall confess to God;'

who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

for I was wishing, I myself, to be anathema from the Christ -- for my brethren, my kindred, according to the flesh,

render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die;

For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,

for to Moses He saith, 'I will do kindness to whom I do kindness, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion;'

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,