For in it there is the revelation of the righteousness of God from faith to faith: as it is said in the holy Writings, The man who does righteousness will be living by his faith.

For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?

As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

What reason, then, is there for pride? It is shut out. By what sort of law? of works? No, but by a law of faith.

As David says that there is a blessing on the man to whose account God puts righteousness without works, saying,

For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.

Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.

And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:

What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?

And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death;

For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.

And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.

And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:

And how will there be preachers if they are not sent? As it is said, How beautiful are the feet of those who give the glad news of good things.

So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.

And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:

Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

And again Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who comes to be the ruler over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles put their hope.

Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--