about His Son, who on the physical side became a descendant of David, and on the holy, spiritual side

We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, on behalf of His name,

First of all, I want to thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being told about throughout the whole world.

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.

Because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

For they had substituted a lie for the truth about God, and had reverenced and worshiped created things more than the Creator, who is to be praised for ever. Amen.

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

Now we [Jews] know that God's judgment against people who practice such things [i.e., the Gentiles] is according to truth. [Note: Some use "You say," at the beginning of the sentence, making it an assertion of the Jews which Paul sets about to answer].

There is no partiality about God.

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on law, and boast about God,

You who boast about the law, do you by breaking it dishonor God?

No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person's praise will come from God, not from people.

Now if our wrongdoing serves to emphasize more clearly that God does what is right, what should we say about that? Is God being unjust for sending [His] wrath [on the world]? (I am raising a human objection).

But if my "lie" [i.e., as you Jews call it] would result in God's truthfulness [about you Jews] increasing the honor He receives, why am I also still judged to be a sinner [by you]?

And they have not known the path of peace.”

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--

What, then, is there to boast about? That has been eliminated. On what principle? On that of actions? No, but on the principle of faith.

Then what are we to say about our forefather Abraham?

If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—but not before God.

just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation.

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

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,

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance;

Not only that, but we also continue to boast about God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now been reconciled.

But death reigned from Adam to Moses, and upon them not having sinned upon the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the type of him about to be.

Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those [things] [is] death.

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.

Did that which is good, then, result in death to me? Of course not! It was sin that did it, so that it might show itself as sin, for by means of that good thing it brought about my death, so that through the command sin might appear surpassingly sinful.

For those who live according to the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, about the things of the Spirit.

For, if according to flesh ye live, ye are about to die, whereas, if in spirit, the practices of the flesh, ye are putting to death, ye shall attain unto life;

For I reckon that unworthy are the sufferings of the present season to be compared with the glory about to be revealed towards us;

We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

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

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor beginnings, nor powers, nor things having stood, nor things about to be,

nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For this is a word of promise, "About this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son."

And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

For the Scripture says about Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, to demonstrate my power through you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."

And Isaiah cries out about Israel, "Although the sons of Israel are as numberless as the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,

Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God about the Jews is that they would be saved.

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them.

But what does it say? "God's message is close to you, on your very lips and in your heart"; that is, the message about faith which we preach.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.

But about Israel he says, "The whole day [long] I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people."

God has not rejected his people, whom he foreknew! Or do you not know, in [the passage about] Elijah, what the scripture says--how he appeals to God against Israel?

Therefore, you should not brag [about your superiority] over the [natural] branches [i.e., the rejected Jews]. But, if you must brag, it should not be over you [Gentiles] nourishing the roots [i.e., the Jews], but over the roots nourishing you.

True, but they [i.e., the Jews] were [really] broken off because they did not believe [in Christ], and you [Gentiles] remain [in God's favor] because you do believe [in Him]. So, do not become arrogant [about it], but be fearful.

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

Now in response to the [proclamation of the] good news [about Christ], the Jews became [God's] enemies for the sake of you [Gentiles]. But concerning [God's] select people, these Jews became [God's] dearly loved ones for the sake of their forefathers [i.e, who believed God's promises regarding their descendants].

For God does not change His mind about the gifts He gives and the people He calls [to Him].

Do not [try to] pay back a wrong done to you by doing something wrong to the other person. Think about how to live honorably in front of all people.

Now this [is another reason for observing the law of love]: You should know that it is about time to wake up out of your [spiritual] sleep, because [the day of our final] salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed [in Christ].

The night is far advanced, and day is about to dawn. We must therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness, and clothe ourselves with the armour of Light.

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about gratifying your physical cravings.

Accept anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about doubtful issues.

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

Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

keep the persuasion you have, to your own conscience. blessed is he that approves himself to God, without making any difference about meats:

But the man who has misgivings about eating, if he then eats, has already condemned himself by so doing, because he did not follow his faith, and any action that does not follow one's faith is a sin.

My brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Therefore, in the Messiah Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God.

For I will not dare to speak about anything except [that] which Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

By signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have given all the good news of Christ;

but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard.

that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea; and that the charitable service which I am employed about, for the converts at Jerusalem, may be acceptable to them:

I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church at Cenchrea. [Note: This was a seaport town about seven miles east of Corinth].

The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good, yet innocent about what is evil.

To Him who can make you strong in accordance with the good news I bring and in accordance with the message preached about Jesus Christ, in accordance with the uncovering of the secret which for ages past had not been told,

It is now being made known through the writings of the prophets, as commanded by the eternal God, to [people of] all the nations, in order to bring about their obedience to the faith