and installed as Son of God with power by the Spirit of holiness when he was raised from the dead ??concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,

As God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in spreading the good news of his Son, I never fail to mention you when I pray,

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

When they counted themselves wise, they became fools

Therefore, you have no excuse, whoever you are, who pose as a judge of others, for when you pass judgment on another, you condemn yourself, for you who pose as a judge are practicing the very same sins yourself.

So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on those who practice these things and then do them yourself, do you think you will escape God's judgment?

But in your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when the justice of God's judgments will be uncovered.

For when He finally judges, He will pay everyone with exactness for what he has done,

All who, when they sin, are without Law will also perish without Law; while all who, when they sin, are under Law, will be judged as being under Law.

in the day when God shall judge the secret works of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Indeed, when heathen people who have no law instinctively do what the law demands, although they have no law, they are a law to themselves,

and they show the work of the law written in their minds, their consciences testifying with them, and their judgments mutually acusing or defending one another;??16 in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.

on the day when God through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the good news I preach, will judge the secrets people have kept.

And art taking note of his will, and testing the things that differ - when receiving oral instruction out of the law,

Not at all. Let God prove true, though every man be false! As the Scripture says, "That you may prove yourself upright in words you speak, and win your case when you go into court."

But if our unrighteousness serves to confirm God's righteousness, what can we say? God is not unrighteous when he vents his wrath on us, is he? (I am talking in human terms.)

Their feet are swift when it comes to shedding blood,

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

In the forbearance of God, - with a view to a showing forth of his righteousness in the present season, that he might be righteous even when declaring righteous him that hath faith in Jesus.

Now when a workman gets his pay, it is not considered from the point of view of a favor but of an obligation;

How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had when uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though uncircumcised; that to them also the righteousness might be imputed:

And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised.

As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations." Abraham acted in faith when he stood in the presence of God, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that don't yet exist.

For Abraham, when hope was gone, hoped on in faith, and thus became the father of many nations ??even as he was told, So numberless shall your offspring be.

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

For when we were still helpless, Christ at the proper time died for us ungodly men.

But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

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

(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come.

Certainly not! When we have died to sin, how can we live in it any longer?

don't you know that when we were all baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, we were plunged into a state figurative of his death.

For when a man is dead, he is freed from the claims of sin.

knowing that when Christ was raised from the dead, He dies no more; death no longer has dominion over Him.

For when he died, he died once and for all as far as sin is concerned. But now that he is alive, he lives for God.

Do you not know that when you habitually offer yourselves to anyone for obedience to him, you are slaves to that one whom you are in the habit of obeying, whether it is the slavery to sin whose end is death or to obedience whose end is right-doing?

And when you were freed from [the practice of] sin, you became slaves to doing what is right.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free so far as doing right was concerned.

For a married woman is legally bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But, when he dies, she is released from the marriage contract.

For when we were living in accordance with our lower nature, the sinful passions that were aroused by the law were operating in the parts of our bodies to make us bear fruit that leads to death.

But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead.

I was once alive when I had no connection with the law, but when the command came, sin revived, and then I died;

For sin, when it had gained a vantage-ground through the commandment, beguiled me, and through it slew me.

But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.

But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

So I find this law: When I want to do right, the wrong is always in my way.

You have received no slavish spirit that would make you relapse into fear; you have received the Spirit of sonship. And when we cry, "Abba! Father!",

For I esteem the sufferings of the present time as of no account, when compared with the glory which is about to be revealed to us.

Also, the fervent desire of the creatures abideth looking when the sons of God shall appear;

And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

By our hope we were saved. But the thing hoped for is no longer an object of hope when it is before our eyes; for who hopes for what is before his eyes?

But when we hope for something that we do not see, we wait persistently for it.

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

I call Christ, and the holy spirit to witness with my conscience, that I speak the truth without guile, when I say,

when I say that I am greatly pained and my heart is constantly distressed,

For this is what the promise said: "When I come back at this time next year, Sarah will have a son."

And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;

(when the children were not yet born, nor had done either good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might abide, not on account of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said to her, the elder shall serve the younger:

But I say again, Did not Israel know this? when first Moses saith, "I will move you to jealousy by those who are not a people, I will provoke you to anger by a foolish nation:"

God has not rejected his people whom he chose long ago. Do you not know what the Scripture says in the story about Elijah, when he pleads with God against Israel?

But if their stumbling has resulted in the enrichment of the world, and their overthrow becomes the enrichment of heathen peoples, how much richer the result will be when the full quota of Jews comes in!

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this secret, (for fear you should presume too much on your selves) that blindness has fallen upon a part of Israel, until the time when the Gentiles shall be fully come in.

And this my covenant I make with them, when I shall take away their sins."

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable [for He does not withdraw what He has given, nor does He change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call].

but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,

so they too have now become disobedient so that they too may one day receive mercy because of the mercy shown to you.

Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,

But [Prov. 25:21-25 says], "Feed your enemy if he is hungry; give him something to drink if he is thirsty. For when you do this, it will be [like] heaping burning coals on his head." [i.e., it can cause him burning shame that can lead to his repentance and ultimate forgiveness].

Do this in particular because you know the present crisis, that it is high time for you to wake up out of your sleep, for our salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

We should be living properly, as in the daytime [i.e., when people normally behave themselves], not engaging in orgies and drunkenness; not practicing sexual immorality and indecent vices; not quarrelsome and jealous.

Stop undoing the work of God just for the sake of food. Everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything when it makes another stumble.

I act as priest of the gospel of God; so that the Gentiles, when offered before him, may be an acceptable sacrifice, because consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

but now having no more to detain me in these parts, and having had a great desire for many years to come to you, when I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you:

when I make my trip to Spain, I certainly hope to see you on my way there and to be helped forward by you, after I have enjoyed being with you awhile.

When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

And I feel sure that when I do come to you, I shall come with Christ's abundant blessing on me.