always in my prayers making request, that, if possible, I may at length have a prosperous journey, by the will of God to come to you.

But do you, man, who judge those that practice such things, and yet do the same, conclude that you will escape the judgment of God?

who will render to every man according to his works;

and know his will, and approve what is excellent, being instructed by the law:

What, indeed, if some have been unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness overthrow the faithfulness of God?

since there is one God, who will justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through the faith.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge sin.

For hardly, in deed, will one die for a just man; yet, perhaps, for the good man some one would even dare to die.

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.

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body that subjects me to death?

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised the Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwells in you.

For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)

And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, that he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not with him also freely give us all things?

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,

For the word of the promise is this: At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

For he says to Moses: I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy; and I will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.

You will then say to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will?

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

for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.

that if you will confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

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.

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, have been grafted in among them, and partake with them of the root and fatness of the olive,

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

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?

And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath of God; for it is written: Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

If, therefore, your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by doing this, you will heap coals of fire on his head.

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.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.

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,

When, therefore, I shall have performed this, and have delivered to them this fruit, I will go by you into Spain.

that I may come to you with joy, by the will of God, and may be refreshed among you.

The God of peace will soon bruise Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you