I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live."

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

For just as it is written, "the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one,

So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --

Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.

For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous.

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

Just as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah."

just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory.