until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

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,

What if some of the Jews were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?

Everyone has turned away [from God]. All of them have become worthless. No one is [always] kind; no, not even one person."

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

Therefore, where [is] boasting? It has been excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

Blessed [is] the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."

Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against a man where no Law exists.

Likewise count yourselves also to be truly dead to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. For apart from the law sin is dead.

I cannot understand my own actions; I do not act as I want to act; on the contrary, I do what I detest.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.

I cannot be good as I want to be, and I do wrong against my wishes.

I find then a kind of law, that when I would do good, evil besets me.

the mind of the flesh [with its sinful pursuits] is actively hostile to God. It does not submit itself to God’s law, since it cannot,

So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

But if Christ is in you, the body is dead, on account of sin, but the Spirit is life, on ac count of righteousness.

Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.

But if we hope for what we cannot see, then we [must] patiently wait for it [to be received].

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

For he says to Moses, "I will be merciful to the person I want to be merciful to, and I will be kind to the person I want to be kind to."

BRETHREN, the kind wish of my heart indeed, and the prayer which I offer to God for Israel, is for their salvation.

Jew and Gentile are on precisely the same footing; for the same Lord is Lord over all, and is infinitely kind to all who call upon Him for deliverance.

as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

“Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see,
And make their backs bend [under their burden] forever.”

Well; on ac count of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.

So, look at God's kindness and severity. He was severe with those [Jews] who have fallen, but He is kind to you [Gentiles], if you continue to accept His kindness [i.e., by living for Him faithfully]. Otherwise, you too will be cut off [like the Jews were].

For verily the gifts and calling of God are such, that it cannot repent him of them.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

One man hath faith to eat every kind of food; another, who is weak, eateth herbs only.

The person who eats any kind of food must not ridicule the person who does not eat them, and the person who does not eat certain foods must not criticize the person who eats them, for God has accepted him.

for he that makes a difference, is self-condemn'd, if he eats against his own persuasion: for every action of that kind is sin .

Personally I am quite certain, my brothers, that even as it is you have ample goodness of heart, you are filled with knowledge of every kind, and you are well able to give advice to one another.

So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;

that you may receive her as a fellow Christian in a manner worthy of God's people, and may assist her in any matter in which she may need help. For she has indeed been a kind friend to many, including myself.

And say a kind word to the church which is in their house. Give my love to my dear Epaenetus, who is the first fruit of Asia to Christ.

Give my love to Apelles, who has the approval of Christ. Say a kind word to those who are of the house of Aristobulus.

Give my love to Herodion, my relation. Say a kind word to those of the house of Narcissus, who are in the Lord.

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.