concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

Now I do not desire to have you unaware, brothers, that I often planned to come to you, and was hindered so far, that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.

Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.

How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be credited to them.

For the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Therefore it also was "credited to him for righteousness."

Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone,

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those whose sins weren't like Adam's disobedience, who is a foreshadowing of him who was to come.

We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.

Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.

I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death;

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."

As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."

"It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'"

Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me."

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,

yes, making it my aim to proclaim the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you,