through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,

because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

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

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

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

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.”

For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.

For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.