Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.

What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

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

Who is he who will condemn? It is Christ who died, but more, who also was raised up, who also is at the right hand of God, who also appeals for us.

Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor heavenly agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming,

For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,

But it is not as that the word of God has failed. For all those from Israel, these are not Israel,

nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.

That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.

For this is the word of promise: At this time I will come, and there will be a son by Sarah.

(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),

For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Thou will say to me therefore, Why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his purpose?

Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem?

And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

and that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,

Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,

Brothers, truly my heart's desire and my supplication to God for Israel is for salvation.

For I testify to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

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

For Christ is the end of law for righteousness, to every man who believes.

For Moses writes in the righteousness from the law, that the man that does them will live in them.

For a man believes in the heart for righteousness, and he confesses with the mouth for salvation.

For the scripture says, Every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

For there is no distinction of a Jew and also of a Greek, for the same Lord is of all men, being rich toward all those who call upon him.

For every man, whoever may call upon the name of Lord will be saved.

But not all were obedient to the good-news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report?

And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me.

I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.

And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,

For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?

Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,

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

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

For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

They are indeed enemies toward the good-news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,

so also now these have been disobedient for thy mercy, so that they also may receive mercy.

For God has confined all men in disobedience, so that he might be merciful to all.

For who has known the mind of Lord? Or who became his counselor?

Because from him, and through him, and for him, are all things. To him is the glory into the ages. Truly.

And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.

For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function,

sharing for the needs of the sanctified, pursuing love for strangers.

rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says Lord.

Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.

Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.

For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil.

For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.

Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.

For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love

And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

But clothe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no forethought for lusts of the flesh.

But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions.

The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.

Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

He who regards the day, regards it for Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for Lord he does not eat, and

For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.

For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.

For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For it is written, I live, says Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.

For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.

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

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

So then we should pursue the things of peace, and the things of constructiveness for each other.

Let each of us please his neighbor for what is good toward edification.

For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me.

For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.

Therefore receive ye each other, just as Christ also received you for the glory of God.

And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),

and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of Holy Spirit.

for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good-news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in Holy Spirit.

For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good-news of Christ.

whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.

For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.

For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things.

Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain.

Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me.

So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified,

so that ye may welcome her in Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself.

(who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house.

Salute Epaenetus my beloved who is the first fruit of Achaia for Christ.

Salute Mary who labored many things for us.

Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.

For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.

Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good-news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,