separated unto the gospel of God, (which He had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures) concerning his Son,

but powerfully declared to be the Son of God, according to the spirit of holiness, by his resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord;

for God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

Inasmuch as from the first creation of the world, the invisible things of Him, even his eternal power and Godhead, are, if attended to, clearly seen in his works:

"What then are we the better?" Not at all, in point of justification; for we have before proved that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin: as it is written,

Wherefore by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before Him: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin."

And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had in uncircumcision: that he might be the father of all that believe though not circumcised, that righteousness may be imputed to them also:

For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more being reconciled shall we be saved by his life.

Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men, for to that all have sinned:

for sin was in the world before the law. Now sin is not imputed where there is no law;

Now the law made some entrance, that the offence might appear to abound; but where sin abounded, grace hath superabounded; that as sin had reigned in death,

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

God forbid! how shall we, who are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin:

for he that is thus dead with Christ, is delivered from sin.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more power over Him: for as He died, He died once for all on account of sin;

So also do ye reckon yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to obey it in the lusts thereof.

Neither yield your bodies as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.

For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace?

God forbid! Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves servants to obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey? either of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

But thanks be to God, that ye who were servants of sin, have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered to you:

and being set free from sin, ye are become the servants of righteousness.

For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

But now being set free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid! Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust to be sinful, if the law had not said, "Thou shalt not covet."

But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence: for without the law sin was dead.

And I was heretofore alive without the law: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died:

For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me, and by it slew me.

Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid! But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good: that sin might be shewn by the commandment to be exceeding sinful.

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

but now I am no more the doer of it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

Now if I do that which I would not, I am no more the doer of it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

but I perceive another law in my body warring against the law of my mind, and captivating me to the law of sin, which is in my body.

The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with my mind I serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath set me free from the law of sin and death.

For that which was impossible for the law to do, and in which it was weak through the corruption of the flesh, God by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sacrifice for sin, hath done; that is, hath condemned sin in the flesh:

And if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen, is not hope; for what any one sees, how doth he yet hope for?

for those whom he foreknew, He also predetermined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be as the first-born among many brethren: and whom He before ordained, these He also called;

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us all things?

For this is the word of the promise, "According to this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son:"

as it is written, "Behold I lay in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence:" and again, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."

And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, "The deliverer shall come out of Sion, and shall turn away impiety from Jacob:

But he that hath any scruple, is condemned if he eat; because he doth it not with faith: and whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.

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