For in it there is a revelation of the Divine Righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as Scripture says- -'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'

So, too, there is a revelation from Heaven of the Divine Wrath against every form of ungodliness and wickedness on the part of those men who, by their wicked lives, are stifling the Truth.

But there will be glory, honor, and peace for every one who does right-for the Jew first, but also for the Greek,

As Scripture says-'There is not even one who is righteous,

They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good-no, not one!'

Yes, of the Gentiles also, since there is only one God, and he will pronounce those who are circumcised righteous as the result of faith, and also those who are uncircumcised on their showing the same faith.

Even before the time of the Law there was sin in the world; but sin cannot be charged against a man where no Law exists.

But there is a contrast between Adam's Offence and God's gracious Gift. For, if by reason of the offence of the one man the whole race died, far more were the loving-kindness of God, and the gift given in the loving-kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, lavished upon the whole race.

There is a contrast, too, between the gift and the results of the one man's sin. The judgment, which followed upon the one man's sin, resulted in condemnation, but God's gracious Gift, which followed upon many offences, resulted in a decree of righteousness.

But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.

There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.

Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of Sin.

There is, therefore, now no condemnation for those who are in union with Christ Jesus;

What are we to say, then, in the light of all this? If God is on our side, who can there be against us?

Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus!-or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God's right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!

Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?

Bears me out when I say that there is a great weight of sorrow upon me and that my heart is never free from pain.

Nor is that all. There is also the case of Rebecca, when she was about to bear children to our ancestor Isaac.

But again I ask 'Did not the people of Israel understand? First there is Moses, who says--'I, the Lord, will stir you to rivalry with a nation which is no nation; Against an undiscerning nation I will arouse your anger.'

And so in our own time, too, there is to be found a remnant of our nation selected by God in love.

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

There is not one of us whose life concerns himself alone, and not one of us whose death concerns himself alone;

Again, Isaiah says--'There shall be a Scion of the house of Jesse, One who is to arise to rule the Gentiles; on him shall the Gentiles rest their hopes.'

But now there are no further openings for me in these parts, and I have for several years been longing to come to you whenever I may be going to Spain.

Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ's People there.