concerning his Son, who was born {a descendant} of David according to the flesh,

who was declared Son of God in power according to {the Holy Spirit} by the resurrection from the dead of Jesus Christ our Lord,

Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I intended to come to you, and was prevented until now, in order that I might have some fruit among you also, just as also among the rest of the Gentiles.

and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

For what does the scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."

Therefore, [is] this blessing for {those who are circumcised}, or also for {those who are uncircumcised}? For we say, "Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness."

How then was it credited? [While he] was {circumcised} or {uncircumcised}? Not {while circumcised} but {while uncircumcised}!

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants, [that] he would be heir of the world, [was] not through the law, but through the righteousness by faith.

who against hope believed in hope, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was said, "so will your descendants be."

And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [because he] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God

and being fully convinced that what he had promised, he was also able to do.

Therefore it was credited to him for righteousness.

But it was not written for the sake of him alone that it was credited to him,

who was handed over on account of our trespasses, and was raised up in the interest of our justification.

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For until the law, sin was in the world, but sin is not charged to one's account [when there] is no law.

Now the law came in as a side issue, in order that the trespass could increase, but where sin increased, grace was present in greater abundance,

Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may live {a new way of life}.

knowing this, that our old man was crucified together with [him], in order that the body of sin may be done away with, [that] we may no longer be enslaved to sin.

So then, my brothers, you also were brought to death with respect to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

And I was alive once, apart from the law, but [when] the commandment came, sin sprang to life

and I died, and this commandment which [was] to [lead to] life was found with respect to me to [lead to] death.

Therefore, [did that which is] good become death to me? May it never be! Rather [it was] sin, in order that it might be recognized [as] sin, producing death through [what is] good for me, in order that sin might become sinful to an extraordinary degree through the commandment.

For what [was] impossible for the law, in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did]. [By] sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

Who [is] the one who condemns? Christ [is] the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

not by works but by the one who calls--it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger,"

And it will be in the place where it was said to them, 'You [are] not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"

And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me."

What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained [it], and the rest were hardened,

For whatever was written beforehand was written for our instruction, in order that through patient endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

but just as it is written, "[Those] to whom [it was] not announced concerning him will see, and [those] who have not heard will understand."

For this reason also I was hindered many [times] from coming to you,