which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings --

for not the hearers of the law are righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

There is no fear of God before their eyes.'

wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.

for if Abraham by works was declared righteous, he hath to boast -- but not before God;

who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- 'A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --

and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

no longer, therefore, may we judge one another, but this judge ye rather, not to put a stumbling-stone before the brother, or an offence.

Thou hast faith! to thyself have it before God; happy is he who is not judging himself in what he doth approve,

for, as many things as were written before, for our instruction were written before, that through the endurance, and the exhortation of the Writings, we might have the hope.

salute Andronicus and Junias, my kindred, and my fellow-captives, who are of note among the apostles, who also have been in Christ before me.