This, that if 'Abraham was justified on the score of what he did,' he has something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God.

The promise made to Abraham and his offspring that he should inherit the world, did not reach him through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Thank God, though you did serve sin, you have rendered whole-hearted obedience to what you were taught under the rule of faith;

Well, what did you gain then by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of! The end of all that is death;

Then did what was meant for my good prove fatal to me? Never! It was sin; sin resulted in death for me by making use of this good thing. This was how sin was to be revealed in its true nature; it was to use the command to become sinful in the extreme.

The God who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, surely He will give us everything besides!

But who are you, my man, to speak back to God? Is something a man has moulded to ask him who has moulded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

whereas Israel who did aim at the law of righteousness have failed to reach that law.

Then, I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" Why, first of all Moses declares, I will make you jealous of a nation that is no nation, I will provoke you to anger over a nation devoid of understanding.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

Christ certainly did not please himself, but, as it is written, The reproaches of those who denounced Thee have fallen upon me. ??4 All such words were written of old for our instruction, that by remaining stedfast and drawing encouragement from the scriptures we may cherish hope.