by whom we have received grace and apostleship to preach the obedience of faith for his name's sake, to all nations;

And first I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is celebrated through the whole world:

for God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that you may be established:

For I am a debtor both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the learned and the unlearned:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ; for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth, both Jew and Greek:

for the righteousness of God is therein revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who withhold the truth in unrighteousness;

for what is to be known of God is manifest among them, for God hath manifested it to them.

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for an image like to corruptible man, and birds, and beasts, and reptiles.

who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature instead of the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Therefore God gave them up to infamous passions: for even their women changed the natural use into that which is unnatural,

Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art, that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost the same things.

to them, who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life:

for there is no respect of persons with God.

For as many as have sinned without the law shall also perish without the law; and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

(for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

for when the Gentiles, who have not the law, do by nature the duties of the law, these though they have not the law, are a law to themselves,

for through you the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.

For circumcision indeed is profitable, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

Therefore if the uncircumcised keep the righteous precepts of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be accounted to him for circumcision?

and shall not the uncircumcision that is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law? for he is not a Jew, who is only so in appearance;

For what if some did not believe? shall their incredulity make the faithfulness of God of no effect?

for then how shall God judge the world?

"What then are we the better?" Not at all, in point of justification; for we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin: as it is written,

and the way of peace they have not known; and the fear of God is not before their eyes."

Wherefore by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

and this righteousness of God is by faith in Jesus Christ unto all and upon all believers; for there is no difference;

for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;

whom God hath appointed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, in the remission of past sins, according to the forbearance of God;

for a demonstration, I say, of his righteousness at this time: that He might be just, and the justifier of him, that believeth in Jesus.

for if Abraham were justified by works, he hath something to boast of; but this he hath not before God:

for what saith the scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness."

but to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Now is this blessedness upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? for we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

for if they only that are of the law be heirs, faith is made useless, and the promise is become of no effect.

Now the law worketh wrath; for where there is no law, there is no transgression.

and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

but for our sakes also, to him it will be imputed, as we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead:

who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

For when we were yet without strength, Christ died in due season for the ungodly.

Whereas one would hardly die for a just man, though perhaps for a good man one might dare even to die.

But God recommendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more being reconciled shall we be saved by his life.

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for to that all have sinned:

for sin was in the world before the law. Now sin is not imputed where there is no law;

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift: for if through the offence of one many died, much more hath the grace of God, and the gift bestowed by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.

For the gift is not as the sentence was by one that sinned; for the sentence is passed from one offence to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences to justification.

For if, by the offence of one, death reigned through one, much more they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life through one, even Jesus Christ.

For as by the disobedience of one man many were made sinners; so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.

for if we have been planted together in the resemblance of his death, so shall we be also of his resurrection.

for he that is thus dead with Christ, is delivered from sin.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more power over Him: for as He died, He died once for all on account of sin;

For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

and being set free from sin, ye are become the servants of righteousness.

For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

What fruit therefore had ye then in the things, which ye are now ashamed of? for the end of those things is death.

But now being set free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath power over a man, only so long as it liveth?

For a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband die, she is discharged from the law of her husband.

Therefore while her husband is living, she shall be called an adulteress if she become another man's: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she become another man's.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions while we were under the law operated in our bodies so as to bring forth fruit unto death.

What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust to be sinful, if the law had not said, "Thou shalt not covet."

But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence: for without the law sin was dead.

For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For that which I do, I allow not: for I do not that which I would; but what I hate, this I do.

For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good: for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good, I find not.

For I do not the good that I would; but the evil which I would not, this I do.

For I delight in the law of God, as to the inward man:

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath set me free from the law of sin and death.

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

For they who are after the flesh, mind the things of the flesh; but they who are led by the Spirit, do mind spiritual things.

because the carnal mind is an enemy to God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be:

for if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For the earnest expectation of the world is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God:

(for the world was subjected to vanity, not willingly, but through him who made it subject:)

For we know that the whole world groaneth, and doth as it were travail in pain together even to this day.

And not only others, but those also who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit the redemption of our body.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what any one sees, how doth he yet hope for?

but if we hope for what we see not, then we wait for it with patience.

And the Spirit likewise helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for, as we ought: but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with unutterable groans.

And He that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit; for he intercedeth for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that all things co-operate for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose;

for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;

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

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?

Who is he that condemneth? Is it Christ, that died for us? yea rather, that is risen again, who is also at the right hand of God, and who maketh intercession for us?

(as it is written, "for thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter:")

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things future,

for I could wish that I myself were made a curse after the manner of Christ, for my brethren, my kindred according to the flesh;

whose are the fathers, and of whom, as to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen.

Not that the word of God hath failed. For they are not all Israel, who are descended from Israel.

That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.

For this is the word of the promise, "According to this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son:"

God forbid! For He saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."