To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

Now we know that God's judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment?

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.

For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants -- not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.

For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ!

and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.

So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.

Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives?

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,

As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'"

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news."

But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger."

And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me."

Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God -- harshness toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

but as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand."

Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!