which he formerly promised through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

Because that which may be known of God, is manifest among them; for God has made it manifest to them,

(for, since the creation of the world, his attributes, which are invisible, are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, both his eternal power and divinity,) that they may be without excuse;

For which reason God delivered them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, that they might dishonor their bodies among themselves;

For this reason, God delivered them over to vile passions: for their females exchanged their natural use for that which is against nature:

For which reason, you are without excuse, man, who ever you are, that judge; for in that in which you judge an other, you condemn yourself; for you who judge, practice the same things.

who show that the work which the law requires, is written in their hearts, their conscience bearing testimony, and their reasonings with each other accusing, or making excuse.

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:

I repeat it, God's plan of justifying men through faith in Jesus Christ, which is for all, and on all that believe; for there is no difference;

and the father of circumcision to those who are not only circumcised, but who, also, walk in the steps of that faith which our father Abraham had while he was yet uncircumcised.

(as it is written: I have made you a father of many nations,) in the sight of him in whom he believed, even God, who makes the dead alive, and calls those things which are not, as though they were.

He, against hope, confidently believed that he would become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken: So shall your posterity be.

And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body, which was already dead, (for he was about a hundred years old,) nor the deadness of Sarah's womb;

through whom we have had access, by faith, into this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

But the favor bestowed is not, in all respects, like the offense: for if, by the offense of one, the many have died, much more have the grace of God and the gift which is by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ, been made abundant for the many.

But thanks be to God, that though you were the servants of sin, yet you have obeyed from the heart the form of teaching, in which you have been instructed;

What fruit, therefore, had you at that time, in those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were excited by the law, were active in our members, so as to bring forth fruit to death:

but now we are made free from the law, being dead to that by which we were bound, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

and the commandment, which was given for life, I found to be for death.

Has, then, that which is good become death to me? It can not be. But sin, that it, might appear sin, was causing death to me through that which is good, in order that sin, through the commandment, might become exceedingly sinful.

For what I do, I know not: for that which I wish to do, this I do not; but that which I hate, this I do.

If, then, I do that which I wish not to do, I give assent to the law, that it is good.

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good; for to will is present with me; but to perform that which is good, I find not.

Now, if I do that which I wish not to do, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

but I perceive another law in my members, at war with the law of my mind, and making me a captive to the law of sin, which is in my members.

For you have not again received the spirit of bondage, that you may fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

But if we hope for that which we see not we wait for it with patience.

nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. SECTION THIRD. God's Dealings with Israel as a People,

and, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory, showed mercy to us,

As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.

What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:

For Moses describes the justification which is by the law: That the man who does these things shall live by them.

But what says it? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart; that is, the word of faith which we preach;

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,

as it is written: God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes with which they can not see, and ears with which they can not hear.

For if you were cut out from an olive-tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, against nature, into a good olive, how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Since, then, we have gifts which differ according to the grace that is given to us, whether we have the gift of prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good;

repay to no one evil for evil; practice that which is honorable in the sight of all men.

For rulers are not a terror to works that are good, but to those which are evil. Will you, then, not be afraid of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall receive praise from the same.

For he is the minister of God to you for that which is good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God to inflict punishment on him that does evil.

Therefore, let not that which is your good be evil spoken of.

Therefore, let us seek those things which belong to peace, and those which tend to mutual edification.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do any thing by which your brother stumbles, or is ensnared, or is made weak.

Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves.

Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification.

For the things which were formerly written, were written for our instruction, that we, through the patience and the comfort which the scriptures give, might have hope.

Yet I have written to you more boldly in part, my brethren, as if I would put you in remembrance, on account of the grace which is given to me by God,

For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, by word and deed, in order to make the Gentiles obedient,

For which reason, also, I have been often hindered from coming to you.

that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that this service of mine, which is for Jerusalem, may be acceptable to the saints;

Now I beseech you, brethren, to mark those who make divisions and cause offenses in opposition to the teaching which you have learned, and avoid them.

For your obedience has gone abroad to all men: I rejoice, therefore, on your account. But I desire you to be wise in respect to that which is good, and guileless in respect to that which is evil.

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel, even the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which was concealed during the times of the ages,