by whom we have received grace and apostleship to preach the obedience of faith for his name's sake, to all nations;

intreating if I may now at length have a prosperous journey by the will of God, to come unto you.

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that I often purposed to come unto you, (but have been hindered hitherto) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the other Gentiles.

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

for when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the duties of the law, these though they have not the law, are a law to themselves,

"What then are we the better?" Not at all, in point of justification; for we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin: as it is written,

Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

and the way of peace they have not known; and the fear of God is not before their eyes."

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;

(as it is written, "I have made thee a father of many nations,") in the sight of Him whom he believed, even God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not as if they were:

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

through whom also we have admission by faith into this grace in which we stand, and boast in hope of the glory of God.

And not only so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for to that all have sinned:

for if we have been planted together in the resemblance of his death, so shall we be also of his resurrection.

For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

But thanks be to God, that ye who were servants of sin, have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you:

I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: as ye have yielded your bodies servants to impurity and iniquity to work iniquity; so now present your bodies servants to righteousness, unto holiness.

But now being set free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

And not only others, but those also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body.

that I have great grief and continual sorrow in my heart:

For this is the word of the promise, "According to this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son:"

God forbid! For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

And the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, for this very purpose have I raised thee up, that I may shew forth my power in thee, and that my name may be declared through all the earth.

What shall we say then? that the Gentiles, who sought not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith;

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness which is of God.

But how shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

But all have not obeyed the gospel: for Esaias saith, "Lord, who hath believed our report?"

But I say, Have they not heard? Verily their sound is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

and saith to Israel, "All the day long have I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people."

saying, "Lord, they have slain thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

But what saith the oracle of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he sought: but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded,

Say I then, Have they stumbled, that they should fall irrecoverably? God forbid! but this I say, that by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles to excite them to emulation.

For I would not have you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery, (least ye should be wise in your own eyes) that blindness in part is befallen Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

For as ye were heretofore disobedient to God, but have now obtained mercy in their disobedience:

so these also in your mercy have now been disobedient, that they themselves might be the objects of mercy.

For God hath included them all in the charge of disobedience, that He might have mercy upon all.

For as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office:

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wouldest thou then not be afraid of the civil power? do what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it:

I know and have been taught by the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself: only to him that thinketh any thing unclean, to him it is unclean.

Thou who hast faith, have it to thyself before God: and happy is he that condemneth not himself in what he alloweth himself to do.

For whatever things were written heretofore, were written for our instruction; that we through patience and the consolation of the scriptures might have hope.

However, I have written to you, brethren, somewhat the more freely, in reminding you of your duty; because of the favor bestowed upon me by God,

I have therefore matter of glorying in Christ Jesus, as to the things of God.

through the efficacy of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round as far as to Illyricum, I have fully declared the gospel of Christ:

but as it is written, They, to whom nothing was said concerning Him, shall see, and they who have not heard, shall understand.

And thus I have been much hindered from coming to you:

for I hope to see you as I pass by, and to be brought forward by you on my way thither, after I have first had some enjoyment of you.

For the Macedonians and Achaians have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem.

It pleased them, I say, and they are indeed their debtors; for if the Gentiles have partook of their spiritual things, they ought also to be helpful to them in carnal ones.

Therefore when I have dispatched this, and sealed this fruit of love to them, I will come by you into Spain.

that ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints, and assist her in whatever affair she may have need of you; for she also hath been a helper of many others, as well as of myself.

Now I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned:

For your obedience is come to the knowledge of all: and therefore I rejoice on your account; but yet I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple as to that which is evil.