What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?

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

for the showing, I say , of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

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

For if Abraham was justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not toward God.

and hope putteth not to shame; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Spirit which was given unto us.

for he that hath died is justified from sin.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

Or are ye ignorant, brethren (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law hath dominion over a man for so long time as he liveth?

For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

For that which I do I know not: for not what I would, that do I practise; but what I hate, that I do.

But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

But it is not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

So then he hath mercy on whom he will, and whom he will be hardeneth.

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

And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

But they did not all hearken to the glad tidings. For Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;

For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,

For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.

Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

that ye receive her in the Lord, worthily of the saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever matter she may have need of you: for she herself also hath been a helper of many, and of mine own self.

Now to him that is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which hath been kept in silence through times eternal,