(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

because, when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful; but they became perverse in their reasonings, and their wicked heart was darkened;

professing to be wise, they became foolish,

For which reason God delivered them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, that they might dishonor their bodies among themselves;

And as they refused to acknowledge God, God delivered them up to an undiscerning mind, to do detestable things;

as they were filled with all unrighteousness, lewdness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity;

they have all turned out of the way; they have alike become unprofitable; there is none that does good, not even one;

their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips;

and the way of peace they have not known;

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins. are covered.

For if they that are of the law be heirs, the faith is made powerless, and the promise is unmeaning;

(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.

It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

Nor, because they are the posterity of Abraham, are they all children: but in Isaac shall your posterity be called.

And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

For being ignorant of God's plan of justification, and seeking to establish their own plan of justification, they have not submitted to God's plan of justification.

How, then, shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

And how shall they preach, unless they be sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring joyous news of good things!

But they have not all obeyed the gospel; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our report?

But I say: Have they not heard? Yes, verily; their voice has gone forth into all the earth: and -their words to the ends of the world.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life.

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see, and let them bow down their back always.

I say, then, Have they stumbled, in order that they may fall? It can not be. But rather, through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to excite them to jealousy.

Well; on ac count of unbelief they were broken off; but you stand by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.

And they, also, if they continue not in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.

As it respects the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sakes; but as it respects their election, they are beloved for the fathers sakes:

so, also, these have not now believed, that through the mercy shown to you, they also may obtain mercy.

On this very account, too, pay tribute also: for they are the public servants of God, attending continually to this very thing.

but, as it is written: They to whom he was not preached, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall understand.

they have been pleased to do so, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have become partakers of their spiritual things, they ought to minister to them in things pertaining to the flesh.

For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own appetites; and, by good words and fair speeches, they deceive the hearts of the simple.