We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, on behalf of His name,

Now I want you to know, brothers, that I often planned to come to you (but was prevented until now) in order that I might have a fruitful ministry among you, just as among the rest of the Gentiles.

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

So, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, instinctively do what the law demands, they are a law to themselves even though they do not have the law.

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

So what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,

All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.

and the path of peace they have not known.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

in God’s sight. As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations. He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have also obtained access through Him by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Much more then, since we have now been declared righteous by His blood, we will be saved through Him from wrath.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have now received this reconciliation through Him.

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift overflowed to the many by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ.

For if we have been joined with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

But now, since you have been liberated from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification—and the end is eternal life!

But now we have been released from the law, since we have died to what held us, so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old letter of the law.

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God lives in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

And not only that, but we ourselves who have the Spirit as the firstfruits—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

height or depth, or any other created thing
will have the power to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!

that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.

For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.

As it is written: I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau.

For He tells Moses:

I will show mercy
to whom I will show mercy,
and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.

And just as Isaiah predicted:

If the Lord of Hosts had not left us offspring,
we would have become like Sodom,
and we would have been made like Gomorrah.

What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness—namely the righteousness that comes from faith.

I can testify about them that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

Lord, they have killed Your prophets
and torn down Your altars.
I am the only one left,
and they are trying to take my life!

But what was God’s reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Baal.

I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,

Therefore, consider God’s kindness and severity: severity toward those who have fallen but God’s kindness toward you—if you remain in His kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

As you once disobeyed God, but now have received mercy through their disobedience,

so they too have now disobeyed, resulting in mercy to you, so that they also now may receive mercy.

For God has imprisoned all in disobedience, so that He may have mercy on all.

Now as we have many parts in one body, and all the parts do not have the same function,

According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts:

If prophecy,
use it according to the standard of one’s faith;

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have its approval.

Do you have a conviction? Keep it to yourself before God. The man who does not condemn himself by what he approves is blessed.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.

For whatever was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that we may have hope through endurance and through the encouragement from the Scriptures.

Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points because of the grace given me by God

Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.

by the power of miraculous signs and wonders, and by the power of God’s Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum.

but, as it is written:

Those who were not told about Him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.

That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.

But now I no longer have any work to do in these provinces, and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you

whenever I travel to Spain. For I hope to see you when I pass through, and to be assisted by you for my journey there, once I have first enjoyed your company for a while.

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs.

So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds to them, I will visit you on the way to Spain.

Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who have worked hard in the Lord.
Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause dissensions and obstacles contrary to the doctrine you have learned. Avoid them,