concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; made from the seed of David after the flesh,

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, in order that you may be established;

For from the creation of the world his invisible perfections, discoverable in the works that are made, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are inexcusable:

to those who, in the patient practice of good works, seek glory and honour and immortality??ternal life.

For not by the law [came] the promise to Abraham and his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but by the righteousness of faith.

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

Who contrary to hope, in hope believed, that he should be the father of many nations, according to what was said, "So shall thy seed be."

but I see another law in my members, militating against the law in my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin which is in my members.

For by hope we have been saved: now hope seen is not hope; for that which any man seeth how doth he yet hope for?

But if we hope for what we see not, we with patience expect it.

nor, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

That is, not the children of the flesh, these are the children of God: but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.

Even as Isaiah had said before, "Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left unto us a seed, we should have become as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrha."

I SAY then, Hath God rejected his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I only am left, and they seek my life."

as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this present day."

let their eyes be blinded, that they may not see, and bow down their back continually."

but as it is written, "To whom the tidings concerning him have not reached, they shall see, and they who have not heard, shall understand."

whenever I proceed on my journey into Spain, I will come unto you: for I hope on my journey to see you, and by you to be forwarded thither, after I shall have first, in a measure, fully enjoyed your society.