Because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were thankful. But they became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Much, by every way! Chiefly, indeed, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

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

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

Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father; even so we also should walk in newness of life.

But thanks be to our God that you were the slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

For when you were the slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.

For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death.

But now we having been set free from the Law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

Why? Because it was not of faith, but as it were by the works of the Law. For they stumbled at that Stumbling-stone;

What then? Israel has not obtained that which it seeks, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a sharer of the root and the fatness of the olive tree with them,

You will say then, The branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.

Well, because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be high-minded, but fear.

For if you were cut out of the natural wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more these being according to nature will be grafted into their own olive-tree?

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, so that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.