For this cause, God gave them up to vile passions; for both their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature;

And do you reckon this, O man, who judge those who practice such things, and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?

Does this happiness, therefore, come upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say, "Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness."

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

through Whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we have been standing; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be brought to nought, that we should no more be in bondage to sin;

For what I accomplish, I know not; for not what I wish, this do I practice; but what I hate, this I do.

But, if what I wish not, this I do, I consent to the law that it is good.

For the good that I wish, I do not; but the evil which I wish not, this I practice.

But, if what I wish not, this I do, it is no more I that perform it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me out of the body of this death?

For the word of the promise is this: "At this season I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "For this very purpose did I raise you up, that I might show forth My power in you, and that my name might be published abroad in all the earth."

Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.

What, then? What Israel is seeking for, this he did not obtain; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

as it has been written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day."

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery (lest ye be wise in your own conceits), that a hardening, in part, has befallen Israel, until the fulness of the gentiles come in;

and this is the covenant from Me to them, when I shall take away their sins."

and he not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

But, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him drink; for, in doing this, you will heap coals of fire upon his head.

For, on this account, ye pay tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually to this very thing.

For this, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not kill," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet;" and, if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed.

For to this end Christ died, and lived, that He might be Lord of both dead and living.

Let us not, therefore, judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block, or an occasion of falling, in a brother's way.

and that the gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it has been written, "For this cause, I will confess to Thee among the gentiles; and to Thy name will I sing praise."

After having completed this, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you into Spain;