concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God --

For not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,

who is father of us all (according as it hath been written -- 'A father of many nations I have set thee,') before Him whom he did believe -- God, who is quickening the dead, and is calling the things that be not as being.

Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'

for he who hath died hath been set free from the sin.

What, then, shall we say? the law is sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but -- 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

that is, the children of the flesh -- these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

(for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

and it shall be -- in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not My people; there they shall be called sons of the living God.'

and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

And thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or again, thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand at the tribunal of the Christ;

when I may go on to Spain I will come unto you, for I hope in going through, to see you, and by you to be set forward thither, if of you first, in part, I shall be filled.