concerning his Son, who was born {a descendant} of David according to the flesh,

who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit} by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship for the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name,

among whom you also are [the] called of Jesus Christ.

To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called [to be] saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For God, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, is my witness, how constantly I make mention of you,

Thus {I am eager} to proclaim the gospel also to you who [are] in Rome.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all impiety and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

who exchanged the truth of God with a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed for eternity. Amen.

who, [although they] know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same [things], but also they approve of those who do [them].

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one [of you] who passes judgment. For in that which you pass judgment on someone else, you condemn yourself, for you who are passing judgment are doing the same [things].

Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

But do you think this, O man who passes judgment on those who do such things, and who does the same [things], that you will escape the judgment of God?

who will reward each one according to his works:

to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,

but to those [who act] from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger.

[There will be] affliction and distress for every {human being} who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek,

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

For it is not the hearers of the law [who are] righteous in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, these, [although they] do not have the law, are a law to themselves,

who show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts [one] after another accusing or even defending them

Therefore, the one who teaches someone else, do you not teach yourself? The one who preaches not to steal, do you steal?

The one who says not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? The one who abhors idols, do you rob temples?

Who boast in the law, by the transgression of the law you dishonor God!

And the uncircumcised person by nature who carries out the law will judge you who, [though provided] with {the precise written code} and circumcision [are] a transgressor of the law.

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, [is] not unjust, [is he]? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.)

[there] is no one who understands; [there] is no one who seeks God.

All have turned aside together; they have become worthless; [There] is no one who practices kindness; [there] is not even one.

that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For [there] is no distinction,

whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins,

in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the [person] by faith in Jesus.

since God [is] one, who will justify {those who are circumcised} by faith and {those who are uncircumcised} through faith.

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.

But to the one who does not work, but who believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness,

just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Blessed [is] the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."

Therefore, [is] this blessing for {those who are circumcised}, or also for {those who are uncircumcised}? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

And he received the sign of circumcision [as] a seal of the righteousness by faith which [he had] {while uncircumcised}, so that he could be the father of all who believe {although they are uncircumcised}, so that righteousness could be credited to them,

and the father {of those who are circumcised} to those who are not only from the circumcision, but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith of our father Abraham {which he had while uncircumcised}.

Because of this, [it is] by faith, in order that [it may be] according to grace, so that the promise may be secure to all the descendants, not only to those of the law, but also to those of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, "so will your descendants be."

but also for the sake of us to whom it is going to be credited, to those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

through whom also we have [obtained] access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

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

And not only [this], but also [we are] boasting in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

But death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of the one who is to come.

And the gift [is] not as through the one who sinned, for on the one hand, judgment from the one [sin] [led] to condemnation, but the gift, from many trespasses, [led] to justification.

For if by the trespass of the one [man], death reigned through the one [man], much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

and do not present your members to sin [as] instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God [as] instruments of righteousness.

Or do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is master of a person for as long a time [as] he lives?

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

Wretched man [that] I [am]! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Consequently, [there is] now no condemnation for those [who are] in Christ Jesus.

in order that the requirement of the law would be fulfilled in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

For those who are [living] according to the flesh are intent on the things of the flesh, but those [who are living] according to the Spirit [are intent on] the things of the Spirit.

and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.

And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also make alive your mortal bodies through his Spirit who lives in you.

For all those who are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

For you have not received a spirit of slavery [leading] to fear again, but you have received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected [it], in hope

For in hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what he sees?

And the one who searches our hearts knows what the mindset of the Spirit [is], because he intercedes on behalf of the saints according to [the will of] God.

And we know that all [things] work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to [his] purpose,

because [those] whom he foreknew, he also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brothers.

And [those] whom he predestined, these [he] also called, and [those] whom he called, these [he] also justified, and [those] whom he justified, these [he] also glorified.

What then shall we say about these [things]? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

Indeed, [he] who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, together with him, freely give us all [things]?

Who will bring charges against God's elect? God [is] the one who justifies.

Who [is] the one who condemns? Christ [is] the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

[No], but in all these [things] we prevail completely through the one who loved us.

who are Israelites, [to] whom [belong] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the [temple] service, and the promises,

[to] whom [belong] the patriarchs, and from whom [is] the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed {forever}! Amen.

But [it is] not as if the word of God had failed. For not all those [who are descended] from Israel [are truly] Israel,

That is, [it is] not the children {by human descent} [who are] children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.

not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.

Therefore you will say to me, "Why then does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will?

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

us whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles?

As he also says in Hosea, "I will call those [who were] not my people, 'My people,' and those [who were] not loved, 'Loved.'

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.

just as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion {a stone that causes people to stumble}, and {a rock that causes them to fall}, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

For Christ [is the] end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

For Moses writes about the righteousness [that is] from the law: "The person who does [this] will live by it."

But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down),

or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

For [there] is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same [Lord] [is] Lord of all, who is rich to all who call upon him.

For "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved."

How then will they call upon [him] in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe [in him] about whom they have not heard? And how will they hear about [him] without one who preaches [to them]?

And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely [are] the feet of those who bring good news of good things."

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"