for in it is revealed God's righteousness, from faith to faith; as it has been written, "But the righteous shall live by faith."

For the name of God is blasphemed among the gentiles, because of you, as it has been written.

For circumcision, indeed, profits, if you do the law; but, if you are transgressors of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

May it not be! But let God be true, and every man a liar; as it has been written, "That Thou mayest be justified in Thy words; and mayest overcome, when Thou judgest."

as it has been written, "There is none righteous, no not one;

But now, apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

for the manifestation of His righteousness in the present time, to the end that He may be righteous, even when declaring righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

What, then, shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

For, if Abraham was justified by works, he has ground of boasting, but not toward God.

For, if those who are of the law are heirs, faith has been made void, and the promise has been brought to nought;

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

and hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the holy Spirit, Who was given to us.

for he that died has been justified from sin.

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dieth no more; death no more has dominion over Him.

Or, are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who know law), that the law has dominion over the man as long as he lives?

For the married woman has been bound by law to the living husband; but, if the husband dies, she is loosed from the law of the husband.

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if, indeed, the Spirit of God is dwelling in you. And, if any one has not the spirit of Christ, he is not His.

As it has been written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

But it is not as though the word of God has failed: for they are not all Israel, who are of Israel;

Even as it has been written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

You will say to me, then, "Why doth He still find fault? for who has withstood His will?"

Or has not the potter a right over the clay, out of the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honor, and another unto dishonor?

And, as Isaiah has said before: "Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and been made like to Gomorrah."

as it has been written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offense; and he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame."

and how shall they preach, unless they are sent forth? As it has been written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good things!"

Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.

as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."

I Say, then, did they stumble, that they might fall? It could not be! But by their trespass salvation has come to the gentiles to provoke them to rivalry.

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye be wise in your own conceits), that a hardening, in part, has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles come in;

and so all Israel shall be saved; even as it has been written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer; He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath of God: for it has been written, "Vengeance is Mine; I will recompense," saith the Lord.

Owe no one anything, but to love one another; for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

The night was far spent, and the day has drawn near; let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

For it has been written, "As I live, saith the Lord, to Me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God."

for even Christ pleased not Himself; but, as it has been written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on Me."

and that the gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it has been written, "For this cause, I will confess to Thee among the gentiles; and to Thy name will I sing praise."

but, as it has been written, "Those shall see, to whom nothing was announced concerning Him; and those who have not heard shall understand."