but declared to be the Son of God with power, according to his holy spiritual nature, by his resurrection from the dead,

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

always in my prayers making request, that, if possible, I may at length have a prosperous journey, by the will of God to come to you.

For I greatly desire to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established;

But, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant that I often purposed to come to you, though I have been hindered to the present time, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

For in it God's plan of justifying men by faith is revealed, in order to faith: as it is written, He that is justified by faith, shall live.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who, by unrighteousness, restrain the truth.

Because that which may be known of God, is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them,

(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

professing to be wise, they became foolish,

to those who, by patient continuance in good works, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life:

For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law; and as many as have sinned under law, shall be judged by law,

in the day when God shall judge the secret works of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

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

and know his will, and approve what is excellent, being instructed by the law:

You who make your boast in the law, do you, by transgressing the law, dishonor God?

If, then, he who is uncircumcised keeps the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

And shall not he whose want of circumcision is owing to his birth, if he keeps the law, condemn you, who, by the literal circumcision, transgress the law?

It can not be. But let God be true, though every man be a liar, as it is written: That thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

But if our unrighteousness causes God's plan of justifying men to be better known, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous, who inflicts punishment? I speak as a man.

It can not be: for if so, how shall God judge the world?

Now we know that what the law says, it speaks- to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.

Wherefore, by works of law, no flesh shall be justified in his sight; for by law is the knowledge of sin.

But now, God's plan of justifying men without law is revealed, being attested by the law and the prophets;

yet may be justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

whom God has set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, through faith in his blood, in order to manifest his righteousness, in passing by the sins that were formerly committed through the forbearance of God;

in order to manifest his righteousness at the present time, that he might be just, while he justifies him who believes in Jesus.

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No; but by the law of faith.

For we conclude that a man is justified by faith, without deeds of law.

since there is one God, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

Do we, then, make law void through the faith? It can not be. On the other hand, we establish law.

For if Abraham was. justified by works, he has cause for boasting, but not before God.

And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith that he had while he was uncircumcised, in order that he might be the father of all that believe, even in a state of uncircumcision, so that righteousness might be counted to them also;

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, nor to his posterity, through law, but through the righteousness of faith.

For if they that are of the law be heirs, the faith is made powerless, and the promise is unmeaning;

Therefore, the inheritance is by faith, that it may be according to grace, in order that the promise may be sure to all his posterity, not to those only who are of the law, but to those, also, who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

He, against hope, confidently believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall your posterity be.

but for our sakes also, to whom it shall be counted, if we believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom we have had access, by faith, into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

much more, then, since we are now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through him.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

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

For this reason, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by his sin, death; and so death passed through to all men, because all have sinned:

But the favor bestowed is not, in all respects, like the offense: for if, by the offense of one, the many have died, much more have the grace of God and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, been made abundant for the many.

For if, by one man's offense, death has reigned through that one, much more shall those who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, reign in life through the one, who is Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as, by one offense, sentence came on all men to condemnation, so, also, by one act of righteousness, the gift has come on all men to justification of life.

For as by the disobedience of the one man the many have been made sinners, so, also, by the obedience of the one, the many shall be made righteous.

that as sin has reigned, ending in death, so might grace reign by justification, ending in life eternal, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

It can not be. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?

Therefore, we are buried with him, by immersion, into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so also we should walk in a new life.

For if we have become united to him by the likeness of his death, we shall certainly be united to him by the likeness of his resurrection;

knowing this, that our former man has been crucified with him, in order that the sinful body may be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer serve sin:

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? It can not be.

But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;

and being made free from sin, you have be come the servants of righteousness.

For the woman that has a husband, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives: but if her husband die, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

So then, if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if her husband die, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she be married to another man.

So then, my brethren, you, also, have died to the law, by the body of the Christ, in order that you may be married to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit to God.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were excited by the law, were active in our members, so as to bring forth fruit to death:

but now we are made free from the law, being dead to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? It can not be. Indeed, I had not known sin, except through law. For I had not known evil desire, unless the law had said: You shall not have any evil desire.

Indeed, I was alive with out the law, once; but when the commandment came, sin be came alive, and I died:

and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

Has, then, that which is good become death to me? It can not be. But sin, that it, might appear sin, was causing death to me through that which is good, in order that sin, through the commandment, might become exceedingly sinful.

I thank God that I shall be delivered through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I my self, with the mind, serve the law of God, but with the flesh, the law of sin.

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

Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can it be.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

For you have not again received the spirit of bondage, that you may fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

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 together.

For I consider the sufferings of the present time not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed for us.

For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)

in hope, that even the creature itself shall be made free from the bondage of corruption, and introduced into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For we are saved by this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for, what any one sees, why does he also hope for it?

For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:

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

nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. SECTION THIRD. God's Dealings with Israel as a People,

for I could wish my self to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;

Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.

Not only so, but when Rebecca had conceived by one, even our father Isaac,

What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with. God? It can not be.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.

And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,

as it is written: Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense: and whoever believes on him, shall not be ashamed.

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

For Moses describes the justification which is by the law: That the man who does these things shall live by them.

But the justification by faith speaks thus: Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;

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

For the scripture says: He that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

For every one that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

And how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring joyous news of good things!

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

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

But Isaiah is very bold, and says: I was found by them that sought me not: I was made manifest to them that asked not after me.