among whom also are ye the called of Jesus Christ:

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

so, as much as in me is, I am ready to proclaim the Gospel to you also who are in Rome.

For His invisible things, since the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being perceived by the things that are made, even His everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

And, as they did not approve the holding of God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not becoming;

who, indeed, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with those who practice them.

Wherefore, you are without excuse, O man, every one who judges; for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

but, after your hardness and impenitent heart, you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

to those who, by patience in well-doing, are seeking for glory and honor and incorruption, eternal life;

but to those who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,

for not the hearers of law are righteous before God, but the doers shall be justified;

(for, when gentiles who have no law do by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law to themselves;

But, if you are called a Jew, and are resting upon the law, and are boasting in God,

and understand His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

and have become confident that you are a guide of the blind, a light to those in darkness,

For circumcision, indeed, profits, if you do the law; but, if you are transgressors of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

And why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil that good may come?" whose condemnation is just.

What, then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we before charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

their feet are swift to shed blood;

destruction and misery are in their ways;

for all sinned, and are coming short of the glory of God;

"Happy are those whose iniquities were forgiven, and whose sins were covered.

and father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.

For, if those who are of the law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been brought to nought;

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

and not only so, but we are rejoicing in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we now received the reconciliation.

Or are ye ignorant, that all we who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death?

For sin shall 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? It could not be!

Know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves as slaves for obedience, his slaves ye are whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?

What fruit, therefore, had ye then in the things of which ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

Or, are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who know law), that the law has dominion over the man as long as he lives?

Consequently, there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.

For those who are according to the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.

Accordingly, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

for, if ye live according to the flesh, ye are going to die; but, if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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

The Spirit Himself testifieth with our spirit, that we are children of God;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us.

and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

As it has been written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him Who loved us.

who, indeed, are Israelites, whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises;

whose are the fathers; and of whom, according to flesh, is the Christ, Who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;

neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children; but, "In Isaac shall your seed be called."

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

Nay but, O man, who are you that reply against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him Who formed it, "Why didst Thou make me thus?"

And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

and how shall they preach, unless they are sent forth? As it has been written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!"

"Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have digged down Thy altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my soul."

And, if the first-fruit is holy, so also is the lump; and, if the root is holy, so also are the branches.

As touching the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Father's sake;

for the gifts and calling of God are not repented of.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past tracing out,

Because, of Him, and through Him, and for Him, are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.

Let every soul be in subjection to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority, except from God; and the authorities that are have been appointed by God.

for rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same;

For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

Who are you that judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. But he shall be made to stand; for the Lord is able to make him stand.

For, if we live, we live to the Lord; and, if we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

For, if because of your food your brother is aggrieved, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.

Do not, for the sake of food, overthrow the work of God. All things, indeed, are clean; but it is evil to him who eats with offense.

And I myself also have become persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

For Macedonia and Achaia were well pleased to make a certain contribution to the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem.

Indeed, they were well pleased, and their debtors they are; for, if the gentiles were partakers of their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who, indeed, are of note among the apostles, who have been in Christ longer than I.

Salute Apelles, the approved in Christ. Salute those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

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

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

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

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which ye learned; and turn away from them.

For those who are such are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and, through their kind words and flattering speeches, they beguile the hearts of the simple.