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

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.

For what does the Scripture say?

Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him for righteousness.

But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while still uncircumcised. This was to make him the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, so that righteousness may be credited to them also.

Therefore, it was credited to him for righteousness.

Now it was credited to him was not written for Abraham alone,

but also for us. It will be credited to us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

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.

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in a new way of life.

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.

For we know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that sin’s dominion over the body may be abolished, so that we may no longer be enslaved to sin,

Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him,

because we know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will not die again. Death no longer rules over Him.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death in relation to the law through the crucified body of the Messiah, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—that we may bear fruit for God.

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 if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through His Spirit who lives in you.

and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope

He did not even spare His own Son
but offered Him up for us all;
how will He not also with Him grant us everything?

No, in all these things we are more than victorious
through Him who loved us.

As it is written:

Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble over
and a rock to trip over,
yet the one who believes on Him
will not be put to shame.

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Now the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on Him will not be put to shame,

for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, since the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on Him.

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

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

For from Him and through Him
and to Him are all things.
To Him be the glory forever. Amen.

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.

Who are you to criticize another’s household slave? Before his own Lord he stands or falls. And he will stand. For the Lord is able to make him stand.

Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.

And again:

Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
all the peoples should praise Him!

And again, Isaiah says:

The root of Jesse will appear,
the One who rises to rule the Gentiles;
the Gentiles will hope in Him.

but, as it is written:

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

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ—to Him be the glory forever! Amen.