asking that somehow by God's will I may now at last find the way to come to you.

Do you think, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do the same yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?

But by your hardness and your impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

For he "will render to each one according to his works":

to those who by patience in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality, he will give eternal life;

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

All who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

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

on that day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

and know his will and approve of what is excellent, because you are instructed in the law,

So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a breaker of the law.

What if some did not have faith? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

Therefore no flesh will be justified in his sight by works of the law, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

since there is one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.

blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin."

but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

Why, one will hardly die for a righteous manthough perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.

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

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

So then, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and though she marries another man, she is not an adulteress.

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will to do what is good, but I cannot do it.

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

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit who dwells in you.

For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.

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

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?

nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For this is what the promise said: "About this time I will return and Sarah shall have a son."

she was told, "The older will serve the younger."

For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

So it depends not upon man's will or exertion, but upon God's mercy.

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?"

But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?"

As indeed he says in Hosea: "I will call them who were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'my beloved.'"

"And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

For the Lord will carry out his sentence on the earth with speed and finality."

as it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone that will make men stumble, and a rock that will make them fall; and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."

But the righteousness based on faith says, "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).

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

The scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame."

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

Again I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a foolish nation I will make you angry."

Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean!

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the rest to share the root of the olive tree,

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

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

Therefore consider the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.

And they also, if they do not persist in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

For if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!

And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."

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

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

No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head."

Therefore he who resists the authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to have no fear of him who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will have praise from him.

Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for the Master is able to make him stand.

and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name";

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy, and together with you be refreshed.

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