Through him we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

To all in Rome who are beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.

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

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth,

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

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?

What then? Are we Jews any better off? Certainly not; for we have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin.

All have turned aside, together they have become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one."

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

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

the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. For there is no difference,

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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."

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that righteousness might be reckoned to them.

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all his descendantsnot only to those who are of the law but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all

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.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men, because all men sinned.

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.)

So then, as one man's trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

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.

Law came in, that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?

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

The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

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.

While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.

But sin, finding opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetous desire. For apart from the law sin lies dead.

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 all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

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.

We know that the whole creation has been groaning in birth pangs together until now.

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.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

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?

As it is written: "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

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.

Of them are the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, forever blessed. Amen.

But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel,

nor are they all children of Abraham because they are his descendants; but, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named."

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.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I may show my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."

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 there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and bestows his riches on all who call upon him.

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

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have; for "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."

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."

But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

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?

If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole lump is holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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."

For God has bound all men over to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.

For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

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.

For as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,

Repay no one evil for evil, but have regard for what is noble in the sight of all.

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

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."