But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.

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

Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.

And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.

Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance?

For the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be made righteous.

For when the Gentiles who have no law do by nature the things of the law, these men, not having law, are a law to themselves.

thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?

Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples?

If therefore a man of uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision?

For he is not a Jew in what is visible, nor is circumcision in what is visible, in flesh,

but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.

For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the assurance of God ineffective?

May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.

May it not happen! Otherwise how will God judge the world?

and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?

What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

as it is written, There is no righteous man, not even one.

All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.

and the way of peace they have not known.

Or is God of Jews only and not also of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Do we then make law void through faith? May it not happen! Instead, we establish law.

For if Abraham was made righteous from works, he has a boast, but not before God.

Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.

But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

Blessed is a man to whom the Lord does, no, not impute sin.

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

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

For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.

And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

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

Now it was not written because of him alone that it was imputed to him,

And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

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

And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of the coming man.

But in this way also, the gift is not as the transgression. For if by the trespass of the one man the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.

And the gift is not as through one man who sinned, for indeed the judgment from one man was for condemnation, but the gift from many offenses is for righteousness.

May it not happen! How will we who died to sin, still live in it?

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body in order to obey it, in its lusts.

And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,

for sin will not have dominion over you. For ye are not under law, but under grace.

What then? May we sin, because we are not under law but under grace? May it not happen!

Know ye not, that to what ye present yourselves as bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to what ye obey, whether of sin for death, or of obedience for righteousness?

So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.

But now we have been released from the law, having died to what we were held, so as for us to serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of a document.

What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.

Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.

For I do not understand what I do, for I do not do this that I want, but what I hate, this I do.

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

For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.

For I do not do good that I want, instead, wrong that I do not want, this I do.

But if I do this that I do not want, I no longer perform it, but sin dwelling in me.

Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.

so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.

Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.

But ye are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not of him.

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

For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us.

For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope.

And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.

And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

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?

I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,

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

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

And not only so, but also Rebecca having bed from one man, our father Isaac

(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),

What will we say then? Is there injustice from God? May it not happen!

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

even us whom he called, not only from Jews but also from Gentiles.

As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, beloved.

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

What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.

But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness, did not arrive to a law of righteousness.

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

just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

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.

But the righteousness from faith says thus: Thou should not say in thy heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)

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

How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?

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

But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world.

But I say, did Israel, no, not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy toward a non-nation. Toward a foolish nation, I will make you angry.

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.

God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.

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.

What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,

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

Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.

I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.