asking if by any means I may now at some time have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.

For his invisible [attributes] are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being perceived by the things which are made, even his eternal power and deity, so that they have no defense,

But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

and know his will, and approve of things which are excellent, being instructed by the law,

By no means; but let God be true, and every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy sayings and overcome when thou art judged.

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak as a man;??6 by no means;??ince [if he was] how shall God judge the world?

all have turned aside, they have together become unprofitable; there is no one that does good, there is not even one;

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

But we know that whatever the law says, it says to those having the law, that every mouth may be stopped and all the world become guilty before God.

Wherefore by the works of the law there shall no flesh be justified is his sight, for by the law there is an acknowledgment of sin.

BUT now God's righteousness has been made manifest without the law, being testified to by the law and the prophets,

but God's righteousness is through the faith of Jesus Christ, in all and upon all that believe. For there is no difference;

Where then is the boasting [of the Jew]? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No; but by the law of faith.

Do we then abrogate the law by the faith? By no means; but we establish the law.

For the law produces wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

And being not weak in faith, he did not regard himself as dead, being now about a hundred years old, nor Sarah's incapacity for child-bearing,

much more then being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved through him from wrath.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so came upon all men because all sinned,??13 for till the law there was sin in the world, but sin is not accounted where there is no law

By no means. How shall we who died to sin any longer live in it?

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized in Christ were baptized in his death?

knowing this that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer serve sin;

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no longer a lordship over him.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under the grace? By no means.

Know you not that to whom you present yourselves servants for obedience, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin in death or of obedience in righteousness?

I speak after the manner of men on account of the weakness of your flesh. For as you presented your members servants to impurity and to wickedness in wickedness, so now present your members servants to righteousness in sanctification.

What fruit had you therefore then in things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of them is death.

But now having been made free from sin and made servants to God, you have your fruit in sanctification, and the end eternal life.

but now we are released from the law by which we were held having died, that we should serve [God] in newness of spirit, not in the old age of a writing.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? By no means. On the contrary I knew not sin except through the law; for I had not known inordinate desire, unless the law had said, You shall not desire inordinately.

Did then that which is good become death to me? By no means, but sin; that sin might be made manifest, producing death to me through that which is good, that sin might become exceedingly sinful through the commandment.

For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin.

and now I no longer do it, but the sin that dwells in me.

For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, there dwells no good. For to wish is present with me, but to do the good is not;

But if what I wish not this I do, I no longer do it, but sin which dwells in me.

THERE is no condemnation therefore to those in Christ Jesus;

For I think that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory to be revealed in us.

For we know that all the creation groans and is in pain till now;

And in like manner also the Spirit helps our weakness. For we know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings unutterable;

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to [his] purpose.

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? By no means.

But what does it say? The word is nigh you, in your mouth and in your mind; that is, the word of the faith which we preach.

For the Scripture says, No one that believes in him shall be ashamed.

For there is no difference between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call upon him.

But I say, did not Israel know? First, Moses says, I will provoke you by that which is not a nation, and by a foolish nation will I excite you to anger.

I SAY then, has God cast away his people? By no means; for I also am an Israelite, of the race of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes with God against Israel?

But what says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

but if by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no longer grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a work is no longer a work.

I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? By no means; but by their fall the nations have salvation to excite them to emulation.

For as you once disobeyed God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

so also they now have disobeyed that they may obtain mercy by your mercy.

For who knew the mind of the Lord? or who was his counsellor?

Render evil for evil to no one, provide things honorable in the sight of all men;

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.

Love does no evil to a neighbor; love therefore is the sum of the law.

And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for desires of the flesh.

For no one of us lives for himself; and no one dies for himself;

For it is written, [As] I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is defiled in itself, except to him that thinks any thing to be defiled; to him it is defiled.

For if your brother is grieved by your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died.

but now having no longer a place in these regions, and having a desire to come to you for many years,

But now I am going to Jerusalem to serve the saints.

and I know that when I come to you I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

but made manifest now by the scriptures of the prophets, by the command of the eternal God, for the obedience of the faith among all nations,