Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called unto the office to be an apostle, put apart to preach the Gospel of God,

and declared to be the son of God with power of the holy ghost, that sanctifieth, since the time that Jesus Christ our Lord rose again from death:

To all you of Rome beloved of God, and saints by calling. Grace be with you, and peace from God our father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

First: Verily I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is published throughout all the world.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit, in the Gospel of his son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

beseeching that at one time or another, a prosperous journey, by the will of God, might fortune me to come unto you.

For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, because it is the power of God unto salvation to all that believe; namely to the Jew, and also to the gentile.

For by it, the righteousness which cometh of God is opened, from faith to faith. As it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness.

Seeing what may be known of God, that same is manifest among them: For God did show it unto them.

inasmuch as when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations. And their foolish hearts were blinded.

and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents.

Wherefore God, likewise, gave them up unto their hearts' lusts, unto uncleanness to defile their own bodies between themselves:

For this cause, God gave them up unto shameful lusts. For even their women did change the natural use unto the unnatural.

And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proud, boasters, bringers-up of evil things, disobedient to fathers and mothers,

Which men, though they knew the righteousness of God, how that they which such things commit are worthy of death: yet not only do the same, but also have pleasure in them that do them.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things.

Thinkest thou this, O thou man that judgest them which do such things and yet doest even the very same: that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Either despisest thou the riches of his goodness and patience, and long sufferance? And rememberest not how that the kindness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

But thou, after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest thee together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance: when shall be opened the righteous judgment of God,

that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life.

To every man that doth good shall come praise, honour and peace, to the Jew first, and also to the gentile.

For there is no partiality with God:

For before God they are not righteous which hear the law: but the doers of the law shall be justified.

at the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel.

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and trustest in the law and rejoicest in God,

and knowest his will, and hast experience of good and bad, in that thou art informed by the law:

Thou abhorrest images: and robbest God of his honour. Thou rejoicest in the law: and through breaking the law dishonourest God.

For the name of God is evil spoken-of among the gentiles, through you, as it is written.

But he is a Jew which is hid within, and the circumcision of the heart is the true circumcision, which is in the spirit, and not in the letter: whose praise is not of men but of God.

Surely, very much. First: unto them was committed the word of God.

What, then, though some of them did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the promise of God without effect?

God forbid. Let God be true, and all men liars, as it is written, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and shouldest overcome when thou art judged."

If our unrighteousness make the righteousness of God more excellent: what shall we say? Is God unrighteous which taketh vengeance? I speak after the manner of men.

God forbid. For how then shall God judge the world?

If the verity of God appear more excellent through my lie, unto his praise, why am I henceforth judged as a sinner?

And say not rather - as men evil-speak of us, and as some affirm that we say - "Let us do evil, that good may come thereof." Whose damnation is just.

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God,

they are all gone out of the way, they are all made unprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not one."

"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

because that by the deeds of the law, shall no flesh be justified in the sight of God. For by the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

Now, verily, is the righteousness that cometh of God declared without the fulfilling of the law: having witness yet of the law, and of the prophets.

The righteousness, no doubt, which is good before God cometh by the faith of Jesus Christ: unto all, and upon all them that believe.

There is no difference: For all have sinned, and lack the praise that is of valour before God:

- whom God hath set forth for a mercy seat through faith in his blood, to show the righteousness which before him is of valour, in that he forgiveth the sins that are passed,

which God did suffer to show at this time: the righteousness that is allowed of him, that he might be counted just, and a justifier of him which believeth on Jesus.

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the gentiles? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.

For it is God only which justifieth circumcision, which is of faith: and uncircumcision through faith.

Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we, rather, maintain the law.

If Abraham were justified by deeds, then hath he wherein to rejoice: but not with God.

For what saith the scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness."

Even as David describeth the blessedfulness of the man, unto whom God ascribeth righteousness without deeds,

As it is written, "I have made thee a father to many nations," even before God whom thou hast believed, which quickeneth the dead and called those things which be not, as though they were.

He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief: But was made strong in the faith, and gave honour to God,

full certified that what he had promised, that he was able to make good.

Because therefore that we are justified by faith we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God.

and hope maketh not ashamed: for the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the holy ghost, which is given unto us.

Yet scarce will any man die for a righteous man. Peradventure for a good man durst a man die.

But God setteth out his love that he hath to us; Seeing that while we were yet sinners; Christ died for us.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his son: much more, seeing we are reconciled, we shall be preserved by his life.

Not only so, but we also joy in God by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.

But the gift is not like as the sin. For if, through the sin of one, many be dead: much more plenteous, upon many, was the grace of God and gift by grace: which grace was given by one man, Jesus Christ.

God forbid. How shall we that are dead, as touching sin, live any longer therein?

For as touching that he died, he died as concerning sin once. And as touching that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

Likewise, imagine ye also, that ye are dead concerning sin: but are alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Neither give ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: But give yourselves unto God, as they that are alive from death. And give your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law: but under grace? God forbid.

God be thanked, that though ye were once the servants of sin, ye have yet obeyed with your heart unto the form of doctrine where unto ye were delivered.

But now are ye delivered from sin, and made the servants of God, and have your fruit that ye should be sanctified; and the end: everlasting life.

For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Even so, ye my brethren; ye also are made dead as concerning the law by the body of Christ, that ye should be coupled to another - I mean to him that is risen again from death - that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid: but I knew not what sin meant but by the law. For I had not known what lust had meant, except the law had said, "Thou shalt not lust."

Wherefore the law is holy: and the commandment holy, just, and good.

Was that, then, which is good made death unto me? God forbid. Nay, sin was death unto me, that it might appear: how that sin by the means of that which is good, had wrought death in me: that sin which is under the commandment, might be out of measure sinful.

If I do now that which I would not, I grant to the law that it is good.

For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.

For I do not that good thing which I would: but that evil do I, which I would not.

I find then, by the law, that when I would do good, evil is present with me.

I delight in the law of God, as concerning the inner man.

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord: So then I myself in my mind serve the law of God, and in my flesh the law of sin.

For what the law could not do, inasmuch as it was weak because of the flesh - that performed God, and sent his son in the similitude of sinful flesh, and by sin damned sin in the flesh;

because that the fleshly mind is enmity against God: For it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be.

So then, they that are given to the flesh, cannot please God.

But ye are not given to the flesh; But to the spirit: If so be that the spirit of God dwell in you. If there be any man that hath not the spirit of Christ, the same is none of his.

for as many as are led by the spirit of God: they are the sons of God.

The same spirit certifieth our spirit that we are the sons of God.

If we be sons, we are also heirs: the heirs, I mean, of God: and heirs annexed with Christ. If so be that we suffer together, that we may be glorified together.

Also, the fervent desire of the creatures abideth looking when the sons of God shall appear;

For the very creatures shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the spirit: for he maketh intercession for the saints according to the pleasure of God.

For we know well that all things work for the best unto them that love God, which also are called of purpose.

What shall we then say unto these things? if God be on our side: who can be against us?

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's chosen? It is God that justifieth:

who then shall condemn? It is Christ which is dead; Yea rather which is risen again, which is also on the righthand of God and maketh intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword?

neither height, neither lowth, neither any other creature shall be able to depart us from the love of God, showed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Which are the Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the law that was given and the service of God, and the promises,