Much in every way. This to begin with ??Jews were entrusted with the scriptures of God.

whom God put forward as the means of propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to demonstrate the justice of God in view of the fact that sins previously committed during the time of God's forbearance had been passed over;

Then 'by this faith' we 'cancel the Law'? Not for one moment! We uphold the Law.

This, that if 'Abraham was justified on the score of what he did,' he has something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God.

For what does scripture say? Abraham believed God and this was counted to him as righteousness.

He only got circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which belonged to his faith as an uncircumcised man. The object of this was to make him the father of all who believe as uncircumcised persons and thus have righteousness counted to them,

Through him we have got access to this grace where we have our standing, and triumph in the hope of God's glory.

But God proves his love for us by this, that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

Now what are we to infer from this? That we are to 'remain on in sin, so that there may be all the more grace'?

(I use this human analogy to bring the truth home to your weak nature.) As you once dedicated your members to the service of vice and lawlessness, so now dedicate them to the service of righteousness that means consecration.

Then did what was meant for my good prove fatal to me? Never! It was sin; sin resulted in death for me by making use of this good thing. This was how sin was to be revealed in its true nature; it was to use the command to become sinful in the extreme.

So this is my experience of the Law: I want to do what is right, but wrong is all I can manage;

Miserable wretch that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

God will! Thanks be to him through Jesus Christ our Lord! [Move second part of this vers to follow vs 23] (Thus, left to myself, I serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.)

it is this Spirit testifying along with our own spirit that we are children of God;

To this day, we know, the entire creation sighs and throbs with pain;

We were saved with this hope in view. Now when an object of hope is seen, there is no further need to hope. Who ever hopes for what he sees already?

Now what follows from all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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

For when God said, I will come about this time and Sara shall have a son, that was a word of promise.

Why, scripture says to Pharaoh, It was for this that I raised you up, to display my power in you, and to spread news of my name over all the earth.

But who are you, my man, to speak back to God? Is something a man has moulded to ask him who has moulded it, "Why did you make me like this?"

No, what it does say is this: ??The word is close to you, in your very mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).

Now what are we to infer from this? That Israel has failed to secure the object of its quest; the elect have secured it, and the rest have been rendered insensible to it ??8 as it is written, God has given them a spirit of torpor, eyes that see not, ears that hear not ??down to this very day.

I tell you this, you Gentiles, that as an apostle to the Gentiles I lay great stress on my office,

To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.

This done, all Israel will be saved ??as it is written, The deliverer will come from Sion, he will banish all godlessness from Jacob:

this is my covenant with them, when I take their sins away.

Instead of being moulded to this world, have your mind renewed, and so be transformed in nature, able to make out what the will of God is, namely, what is good and acceptable to him and perfect.

if your enemy is hungry, feed him, if he is thirsty, give him drink; for in this way you will make him feel a burning sense of shame.

Pay them all their respective dues, tribute to one, taxes to another, respect to this man, honour to that.

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Then again, this man rates one day above another, while that man rates all days alike. Well, everyone must be convinced in his own mind;

it was for this that Christ died and rose and came to life, to be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

This is why I have been so often prevented from visiting you.

Such was their decision; and yet this is a debt they owe to these people, for if the Gentiles have shared their spiritual blessings, they owe them a debt of aid in material blessings.

Well, once I finish this business by putting the proceeds of the collection safely in their hands, I will start for Spain and take you on the way.