concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;

For I long to see you, in order that I may impart unto you a certain spiritual grace, that you may be established;

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:

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

Therefore it is by faith, in order that it may be by grace; that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not only of the law, but also of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

who against hope confided in hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be:

but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

For we are saved by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for why does any one indeed hope for that which he sees?

But if we hope for that which we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

neither are the children all the seed of Abraham; but in Isaac shall thy seed be called;

that is the children of the flesh the same are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

and as Isaiah has before spoken; Unless the Lord of Sabaoth left to us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like unto Gomorrah:

Then I say, Did God cast away his people? it could not be so. For I am indeed an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

as has been written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

and let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always.

but, as has been written, Those, to whom he has not been preached, shall see concerning him, and they who have not heard shall understand.

as I may journey into Spain, for I hope traveling through to see you, and by you to be sent forth thither, if in the first place I may be satisfied with your company??25 but now I journey to Jerusalem, ministering to the saints.