this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David's posterity in respect of his bodily nature,

It is through him, even Jesus Christ our Lord, that I received grace and apostleship to promote obedience to the faith among all the Gentiles, for his name's sake;

among whom you also are called to be Jesus Christ's.

For I am longing so to see you, in order to impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established;

that is, that I with you may be encouraged by you, each of us by the other's faith, yours and mine.

So much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.

FOR I AM PROUD OF THE GOSPEL. IT IS GOD'S SAVING POWER FOR EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES. FOR THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO FOR THE GENTILE.

For God's wrath is ever being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who smother the truth by their unrighteousness.

This is so because that which may be known of God is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them.

For ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, even his everlasting power and divinity, has been clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made. So they have no excuse.

So God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their own bodies;

And just as they refused to continue to retain God in their knowledge, so did God cast them out to an outcast mind, to do those things which were indecent.

"We know that God's judgment against those who practise such vices is in accord with the truth," you say?

So if the uncircumcised keeps the ordinance of the Law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned equivalent to circumcision.

But if our unrighteousness thus brings out God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous?? speak after the manner of men??hen he inflicts his anger on us?

And why not say (as I myself am slanderously reported to say), "Let us do evil that good may come out of it"? Such arguments are rightly condemned.

Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be shut, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin.

I say, at this present time; that he himself might be just, and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

What then shall we say of Abraham, our ancestor in the flesh?

For what does Scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was set down to his account as righteousness.

Is this blessing, then, for the circumcised alone? or for the uncircumcised also? Abraham's faith, I say, was imputed to him for righteousness.

and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith-righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them.

This is why righteousness is of faith, that it may be a free gift; so that the promise stands firm to all Abraham's posterity; not to his children of his faith. For in the sight of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead, and calls into being that which is not, Abraham is the father of us all both Jews and Gentiles,

For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.

Though he was about a hundred years old, his faith did not fail him when he regarded his own body, now as good as dead. and remembered Sarah's barrenness.

And so his faith was reckoned to him for righteousness.

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved in his life.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law.

Nevertheless, from Adam to Moses death reigned as king, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression. Now Adam is a type of Him who was to come.

It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men.

For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous.

Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded;

in order that as sin has ruled as king in death, so also grace might rule as king in righteousness which issues in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord,??urs!

What then shall we say? Shall we continue to abound in sin, in order that grace may come to abound?

We have been buried together with him, then, through baptism into his death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we should live in a newness of life.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, so we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection.

For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin.

Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

and being set free from sin, you became the slaves of righteousness??19 I speak in these homely figures because of the weakness of your fleshly nature??ust as you once surrendered your faculties into slavery to impurity and to all lawlessness, so now you must surrender your faculties into slavery to righteousness, unto deeds of holiness.

So then, if during her husband lifetime, she unites herself with another man, she will be counted an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, even if she unites herself with another man.

So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God.

But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thralldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code.

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary I should not have become acquainted with sin had it not been for the Law; for except the Law had repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not lust," I should never have known the sin of lust.

So then the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Oh, thank God! it is through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I myself in my will am in thralldom to the law of God; yet in my animal nature I am in thralldom to the law of sin.

For only those are sons of God who are led by God's Spirit.

All nature even is waiting with eager longing for the unveiling of the vision of God's sons.

Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

And the Searcher of Hearts knows what the Sprit's meaning is, because his intercessions for the saints are according to the will of God.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, so that he might be the eldest of a great brotherhood;

What shall we say then, to these things? If God be for us, Who can be against us?

Who shall accuse God's elect? God acquits them;

It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;

they are not all children of Abraham because they are Abraham's descendants. The promise was, In Isaac shall thy posterity be called.

And not only so, but when Rebecca was pregnant by our forefather Isaac, though one man was the father of both children,

What shall we say then? that there is injustice with God? No indeed.

So then it is not a question of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.

So then he has mercy on whom he will, and whom he will, he hardens.

Then you will say to me. "Why does he still go on finding fault? Who can withstand his will?"

"Nay, but who are you, O man, that replies to God? Shall the thing formed say unto him who formed it, "Why did you do me like this?"

And in regard to Israel, Isaiah exclaims. Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, it is but a remnant of those who shall be saved;

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who never pursed righteousness have overtaken it, even the righteousness of faith?

For because they were ignorant of God's righteousness, and sought to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God.

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way. Say not in thine heart, "Who shall ascend to heaven?"??hat is, to bring Christ down;

But what does it say? The word is near thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is the very word of faith which we preach;

The Scriptures say, Whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.

So faith comes from a message heard, and the message comes from the teaching of Christ.

But I say, Did Israel not know? First Moses says. I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation; Against a Gentile nation, void of understanding, will I anger you.

According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their backs forever.

I ask then, "Have they stumbled so as to fall?" No indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come unto Gentiles, "to provoke Israel to jealousy."

For to you who are Gentiles I say that since I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I glorify my ministry,

Now if the first-fruits of the dough Abraham and the Patriarchs are holy, so also is the whole mass their descendants. And if the root of a tree Abraham is holy, so also are the branches his descendants.

"Branches have been broken off," you say, "that I might be grafted in."

Fix your gaze, therefore, on the goodness and the severity of God; towards those who fell, severity, but towards you, God's goodness, if you continue stedfast in his goodness; otherwise you, too, will be cut off.

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written. The deliver will come from Zion, He will banish all ungodliness from Jacob;

In relation to the gospel, the Jews are God's enemies for your sake; but in relation to the election, they are dearly loved for their forefather's sake.

For no change of purpose can annul God's free gift and call.

even so they also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy.

Who has first given to Him, So as to receive payment in return?

And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For, through the grace that was given to me, I tell every man among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think, as to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God has given him.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.

If it be possible, so far as it lies with you, be at peace with all men.

Never revenge yourself, beloved, but leave the field clear for God's wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

On the contrary, therefore, If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

For rulers are no terror to good deeds, but to evil. Would you be fearless of the ruler's authority? Do what is good, and you will have his praise.

For the ruler is God's minister appointed for your good. But if you are a wrong-doer, be afraid; he does not carry the sword to no purpose; he is God's servant, appointed to vengeance upon the guilty.

This too, is the reason why you pay taxes; because the authorities are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

For the Law which says, Thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness, thou shalt not covet, and whatever other commandment there be??s all summed up in this one saying, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

So let us no longer pass judgment on one another; rather let this be your judgment, that no one put a stumbling-block in his brother's way, nor any cause of falling.

Therefore do not let what is right, so far as you are concerned, be evil spoken of.

So then let is eagerly pursue the things that make for peace and the upbuilding of each other.

Do not, for the sake of food, be tearing down God's work. All food indeed is ceremonially clean, but a man is in the wrong if his food proves a stumbling-block.

so that with one heart and with one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.