which he had promised before by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

for it is not the hearers of a law who are righteous before God, but the doers of a law will be accounted righteous;

There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Now we know that whatever the Law saith, it saith to those who are under the Law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become subject to condemnation before God.

For if Abraham was accepted as righteous through works, he hath ground of boasting. But he hath no ground of boasting before God.

(for all the time before the Law sin was in the world; but sin is not set to ones account when there is no law.

And those whom he before appointed, he also called; and those whom he called, he also accepted as righteous; and those whom he accepted as righteous, he also glorified.

before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that Gods purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,

purposing also to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared for glory,

And as Isaiah hath said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like Gomorrah."

But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? And thou, too, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgmentseat of God.

Thou hast faith; have it to thyself before God. Happy is he who doth not condemn himself in that which he alloweth.

Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.