crushing distress and anguish, every human soul of them that actually does what is wrong??he Jew first, and the Greek also;

but there will be glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does right, the Jew first, and the Greek also,

For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.

What does this mean? Are we Jews at a disadvantage? Not at all. We have already charged Jews and Greeks all alike with being under the control of sin.

All have turned away, they are one and all worthless, No one does right, not a single one!

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is shut out. On what principle? What a man does? No, but whether a man has faith.

Does God belong to the Jews alone? Does he not belong to the heathen too? Of course he belongs to the heathen too;

for what does the Scripture say? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness."

Does this happiness apply to those who are circumcised, or to those who are uncircumcised as well? What we say is, Abraham's faith was credited to him as uprightness.

as the Scripture says, "I have made you the father of many nations." The promise is guaranteed in the very sight of God in whom he had faith, who can bring the dead to life and call into being what does not exist.

But you are not physical but spiritual, if God's Spirit has really taken possession of you; for unless a man has Christ's spirit, he does not belong to Christ.

"Why, then," you will ask, "does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

for God does not change his mind about those to whom he gives his blessings or sends his call.

the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it,

The man who will eat anything must not look down on the man who abstains from some things, and the man who abstains from them must not criticize the one who does not, for God has accepted him.

The man who observes the day does it in the Lord's honor. The man who eats does it in the Lord's honor, for he gives God thanks, and the man who abstains does it in the Lord's honor, and gives him thanks.

but the man who has misgivings about eating, and then eats, is thereby condemned, for he is not following his convictions, and anything that does not rest on conviction is wrong.