among whom you also are called to belong to Jesus Christ;

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

so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

For since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his eternal power and deity, has been clearly seen, being understood by the things that have been made. So they are without excuse;

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

When Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts accusing or else excusing them

and know his will and approve of what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

and if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

Much in every way! To begin with, they are entrusted with the oracles of God.

Certainly not! Let God be true, though every man a liar. As it is written: "That you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged."

Why not say as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just.

What then? Are we Jews any better off? Certainly not; for we have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin.

"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

in their ways are ruin and misery,

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

Now to him who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.

"Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

And he is also the father of the circumcised who are not only circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

For if those who are of the law are to be the heirs, faith has no value and the promise is void,

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all

For sin shall not have dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one to obey as slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But you are not in the flesh, you are in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he does not belong to him.

Therefore, brethren, we are debtorsnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

As it is written: "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

Of them are the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, forever blessed. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel,

nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named."

In other words, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are reckoned as descendants.

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"

"And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!"

Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a foolish nation I will make you angry."

If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole lump is holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

As regards the gospel they are enemies of God, for your sake; but as regards election they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.

Oh, the depth of the riches and of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out!

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will have praise from him.

For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's ministers, attending to this very thing.

Pay all of them their dues: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and any other commandment there may be, are summed up in this sentence, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for the Master is able to make him stand.

If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not by your eating destroy the one for whom Christ died.

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

I myself am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they are in debt to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners; they are men of note among the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.

Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren who are with them.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.