who was of the seed of David, according to the flesh, But declared the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead,

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift,

For those things of him which are invisible, both his eternal power and Godhead, are clearly seen from the creation of the world, being understood by the things which are made, so that they are without excuse:

Who will render to every one according to his works: To them that by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory,

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

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace, that the promise might be firm to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, (As it is written,

Who against hope believed in hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and captivating me to the law of sin, which is in my members.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, how doth he yet hope for?

But if we hope for what we see not, we patiently wait for it.

Neither 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 are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

And as Isaiah had said before, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and had been made like Gomorrah.

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 thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

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

Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

But as it is written, They to whom he was not spoken of shall see; and they that have not heard, shall understand.

for I hope to see you as I pass by, and to be brought forward by you in my way thither, if first I may be somewhat satisfied with your company.