(which He had promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures),

But He will give glory, honor and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that outwardly in flesh;

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart; in spirit and not in letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

Let it not be! For then how shall God judge the world?

Or is He the God of the Jews only, and not also of the nations? Yes, of the nations also,

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has a boast; but not before God.

How then was it reckoned? Being in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

And he received a sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith while still uncircumcised; so that he might be the father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be imputed to them also;

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

(as it has been written, "I have made you a father of many nations") --before God, whom he believed, who makes the dead live, and calls the things which do not exist as though they do exist.

For he who beyond hope believed on hope for him to become the father of many nations (according to that which was spoken, "So your seed shall be").

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body already dead (being about a hundred years old) or the deadening of Sarah's womb.

He did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,

and being fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.

Let it not be! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

For he who died has been justified from sin.

knowing that when Christ was raised from the dead, He dies no more; death no longer has dominion over Him.

For in that He died, He died to sin once; but in that He lives, He lives to God.

Or are you ignorant, brothers; for I speak to those who know the Law; that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find.

But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.

For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what anyone sees, why does he also hope for it?

And He searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

For whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be the First-born among many brothers.

But whom He predestinated, these He also called; and whom He called, those He also justified. And whom He justified, these He also glorified.

Truly He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Who is he condemning? It is Christ who has died, but rather also who is raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

whose are the fathers, and of whom is the Christ according to flesh, He being God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

For He said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

Therefore He has mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will, He hardens.

You will then say to me, Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His will?

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy which He had before prepared to glory;

whom He also called, not only us, of Jews, but also of the nations?

As He also says in Hosea, "I will call those not My people, My people; and those not beloved, Beloved."

For He is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work on the earth."

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without preaching?

And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things!"

But to Israel He says, "All day long I have stretched forth My hands to a disobeying and gainsaying people."

God did not thrust out His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture said in Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel, saying,

But if their slipping away is the riches of the world, and their default is the riches of the nations, how much more their fullness?

Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear.

For if God did not spare the natural branches, fear lest He also may not spare you either!

For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?

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

For God has shut up all in unbelief, so that He might show mercy to all.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!

For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think. But set your mind to be right-minded, even as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith.

or ministry, in the ministry; or he who teaches, in the teaching;

or he who exhorts, in the encouragement; or he who shares, in simplicity; or he who takes the lead, in diligence; or he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.

minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.

Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. For in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

Who are you that judges another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. But he will stand, for God is able to make him stand.

He who regards the day regards it to the Lord; and he not regarding the day, does not regard it to the Lord. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, does not eat to the Lord, and gives God thanks.

For this Christ both died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living.

For he who serves Christ in these things is well-pleasing to God, and approved by men.

Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves.

But, the one doubting, if he eats, he has been condemned, because it is not of faith; and all that is not of faith is sin.

And again He says, "Rejoice, O nations, with His people."

And again Isaiah says, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and He who shall rise to reign over the nations, in Him shall the nations trust."