and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

What if some did not have faith? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls things that do not exist as though they did.

And he did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.

He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

but for us also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

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

So you also, consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

Likewise, my brethren, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit to God.

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

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But it was sin, working death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful beyond measure.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weakened through the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin: he condemned sin in the flesh,

But if Christ is in you, although your body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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 you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

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?

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who is also interceding for us.

What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, righteousness through faith;

Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were by works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

For, being ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

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.

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 Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."

What then? Israel did not obtain what it sought. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.

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

For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, "The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me."

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed