but he is a Jew, who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in spirit, not in letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Much every way: first, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

May it not be! But let God be true, and every man a liar; as it has been written, "That Thou mayest be justified in Thy words; and mayest overcome, when Thou judgest."

And why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil that good may come?" whose condemnation is just.

What, then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we before charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

there is none that understands; there is none that seeks after God;

they have all turned aside, they together became unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not so much as one;

Now we know that whatsoever the law says, it speaks to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may be under the sentence of God;

for the manifestation of His righteousness in the present time, to the end that He may be righteous, even when declaring righteous him who has faith in Jesus.

For we reckon that a man is justified by faith, apart from works of law.

What, then, shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?

Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt;

but to him that works not, but believes on Him Who justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while in uncircumcision; that he might be father of all who believe while in uncircumcision, that the righteousness might be reckoned to them;

For, not through law, was the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but it was through the righteousness of faith.

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

(as it has been written, "A father of many nations have I made you"), before God Whom he believed, Who maketh alive the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were;

who, past hope, believed against hope, to the end that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So shall your seed be."

and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.

Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was reckoned to him;

And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation works out patience;

But God commendeth His own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned;

And not as through one that sinned, so is the gift; for, indeed, the judgment came of one trespass unto condemnation; but the free gift came of many trespasses unto justification.

And the law entered, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did super-abound;

that, as sin reigned in death, so also might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

What, then, shall we say? Shall we persist in sin, that grace may abound?

Or are ye ignorant, that all we who were immersed into Christ Jesus were immersed into His death?

We were buried, therefore, with Him through the immersion into death; that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

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 he that died has been justified from sin.

But, if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him;

knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dieth no more; death no more has dominion over Him.

For the death that He died, He died to Sin once for all; but the life that He liveth He liveth to God.

Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey its desires;

Know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves as slaves for obedience, his slaves ye are whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?

But thanks be to God that, though ye were slaves of sin, ye did, however, obey from the heart that form of teaching unto which ye were delivered;

Or, are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I am speaking to those who know law), that the law has dominion over the man as long as he lives?

So, then, if, while the husband is living, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but, if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that ye might be joined to another??o Him Who was raised from the dead??hat we might bear fruit to God.

But now we have been fully discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

So that the law is holy, and the command is holy and righteous and good.

Did, then, that which is good become death to me? It could not be! But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that sin, through the commandment, might become exceedingly sinful.

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

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

For I know that there dwells not in me, that is, in my flesh, any good; for to wish is present with me: but to do that which is good a not.

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.

Consequently, I find the law, that, when I wish to do good, evil is present.

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

that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

The Spirit Himself testifieth with our spirit, that we are children of God;

and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are of no account in comparison with the glory about to be revealed for us.

that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now;

For by hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for that which he sees?

But, if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

And we know that all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose;

because whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.

who is he that condemns? It is Christ Who died, yea, rather, That was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God, Who also is making intercession for us.

For I am persuaded that, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

I am speaking a truth in Christ?? am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit??2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

(for, the children being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him Who calleth),

So, then, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God Who hath mercy.

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."

Nay but, O man, who are you that reply against God ? Shall the thing formed say to Him Who formed it, "Why didst Thou make me thus?"

and that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us,

As He saith in Hosea, "I will call that My people, which was not My people; and her, 'Beloved,' who was not beloved.

And it shall be that in the place where it was said, 'Ye are not My people,' there shall they be called sons of the living God."

And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved;"

What, then, shall we say? that gentiles who were not following after righteous obtained righteousness, but a righteousness which is of faith;

as it has been written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offense; and he that believes on Him shall not be put to shame."

Brethren, the desire, indeed, of my heart, and my supplication to God in their behalf, is that they may be saved.

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge;

For Moses writes that the man who did the righteousness of the law shall live thereby;

but the righteousness which is of faith speaks thus: "Say not in your heart, who shall ascend up into Heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down);

or, who shall descend into the abyss? (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)."

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart; that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

that if you shall confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and shall believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved;

But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to rivalry by that which is no nation; by a nation void of understanding will I provoke you to anger."

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."

let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."

I Say, then, did they stumble, that they might fall? It could not be! But by their trespass salvation has come to the gentiles to provoke them to rivalry.

boast not against the branches. But, if you boast, it is not you that bear the root; but the root, you.

You will say, then, "The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in."

For, if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted, contrary to nature, into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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;

even so did these now disobey, that by the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.

For God shut up all unto disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.

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.

For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he night to think, but so to think as to think soberly, according as God divided to each one a measure of faith.

And, having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

or ministry, let us labor in the ministry; or he that teaches, in teaching;

or he that exhorts, in his exhortation; he that imparts, let him do it with liberality; he that presides, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Let love be without hypocrisy; abhorring that which is evil; cleaving to that which is good;

Let every soul be in subjection to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority, except from God; and the authorities that are have been appointed by God.

So that he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those having resisted shall receive to themselves condemnation;

for rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall have praise from the same;