PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,

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

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 now being set at liberty from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and at the end life eternal.

What then shall we say? Is the law sin? God forbid. Yea, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not even known concupiscence, unless the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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.

it was said unto her, "That the elder shall be servant to the younger."

And it shall be in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called the sons of the living God."

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.

Render to no man evil for evil. Be provident of things laudable in the sight of all men.

But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? And thou, why dost thou disparage thy brother? for we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ.