I find, then, this law: That, when I wish to do good, evil is present with me.

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body that subjects me to death?

I thank God that I shall be delivered through Jesus Christ our Lord. Therefore, I my self, with the mind, serve the law of God, but with the flesh, the law of sin.

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

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised the Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwells in you.

For you have not again received the spirit of bondage, that you may fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption, by which we cry, Abba, Father.

The Spirit itself testifies with our spirit, that we are the children of God;

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

For I consider the sufferings of the present time not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed for us.

in hope, that even the creature itself shall be made free from the bondage of corruption, and introduced into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:

For we are saved by this hope; but hope that is seen is not hope; for, what any one sees, why does he also hope for it?

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

And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, that he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For those whom he foreknew, he predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first-born among many brethren:

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not with him also freely give us all things?

"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies.

Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died: rather, indeed, that has risen, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

Yet, in all these things, we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

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

That I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart;

It is not possible that the word of God has failed; for they are not all Israel who are of Israel.

That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted for the posterity.

(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,)

Therefore, it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh: For this very purpose have I raised you up, that I may show in you my power, and that my name may be published in all the earth.

No, but rather, O man, who are you that dispute with God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed, it, Why have you made me thus?

and, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he before prepared for glory, showed mercy to us,

As he says also in Hosea: I will call that my people which is not my people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.

And it shall come to pass, that, in the place where it was said to them: You are not my people, there shall they be called the sons of the living God.

for his word he fulfills, and he decrees in righteousness; for his word that is decreed, will the Lord execute upon the land.

What, then, shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not seek after justification, have obtained justification, even the justification which is by faith:

And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if by works of law: for they stumbled against that stone of stumbling,

Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved.

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

For Christ is the end of the law for justification, to every one that believes.

For Moses describes the justification which is by the law: That the man who does these things shall live by them.

But the justification by faith speaks thus: Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? that is, to bring Christ down;

or, Who shall descend into the abyss? that is, to bring Christ again from the dead.

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

that if you will confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

For the scripture says: He that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all that call on him:

For every one that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

But I say: Did not Israel know? First, Moses says: I will excite you to jealousy by that which is no nation; and by a foolish nation I will provoke you to wrath.

But Isaiah is very bold, and says: I was found by them that sought me not: I was made manifest to them that asked not after me.

What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened to this day,

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

I say, then, Have they stumbled, in order that they may fall? It can not be. But rather, through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to excite them to jealousy.

boast not against the branches; but if you boast, boast not that you bear the root, but that the root bears you.

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

Behold, then, the goodness and severity of God: toward them that fell,. severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise, you also shall be cut off.

For if you were cut out from an olive-tree that is wild by nature, and were grafted, against nature, into a good olive, how much more shall these, which are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive?

For I do not wish you, brethren, to be ignorant of this mystery lest you be wise in your own conceit that blindness has happened to Israel in part, till the full number of the Gen tiles shall have come in.

so, also, these have not now believed, that through the mercy shown to you, they also may obtain mercy.

For God has delivered them all over to unbelief, that he may have mercy on them all.

I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

And be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may learn what the will of God is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect.

For I say, through the grace given to me, to every one that is among you, that he must not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but that he be disposed to think modestly, as God has distributed to each a measure of faith.

Since, then, we have gifts which differ according to the grace that is given to us, whether we have the gift of prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

or, if any exhorts, let him attend to exhortation; if any one gives, let him do it with sincerity; he that rules, with diligence: he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good;

bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not;

rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep;

cultivate the same disposition, one to ward another: mind not high things, but conform yourselves to things that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits;

repay to no one evil for evil; practice that which is honorable in the sight of all men.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but from God: the authorities that are, have been appointed by God.

Therefore, he that resists the authority, resists the appointment of God; and those who resist shall receive to themselves condemnation.

For rulers are not a terror to works that are good, but to those which are evil. Will you, then, not be afraid of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall receive praise from the same.

For he is the minister of God to you for that which is good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God to inflict punishment on him that does evil.

Owe no one any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another, has fulfilled the law.

And do this, because you know the time, that the hour has already come when we should awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed:

Him that is weak in the faith, receive kindly, but not to judge his reasonings.

One believes that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eats herbs.

Let not him that eats, despise him that eats not; and let not him that eats not, judge him that eats: for God has received him.

Who are you that judge another man's servant? To his own master he stands or falls; indeed, he shall stand, for God is able to make him stand.

One man thinks that one day is better than another; another thinks that every day is alike. Let each be fully assured in his own mind.

He that regards the day, to the Lord he regards it; and he that does not regard the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord; for he gives God thanks: and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks.

For this very purpose, Christ both died and rose, and lived again, that he might have dominion over the dead and the living.

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself; but if any one thinks that any thing is unclean, to him it is unclean.

Therefore, let not that which is your good be evil spoken of.

Destroy not the work of God on account of food. All meats, indeed, are clean; but meat is an evil to that man who, by eating, causes another to stumble.

Have you faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is he who condemns not himself in that which he approves.

But he that doubts is condemned, if he eat, because he eats not with faith. Every thing that is not of faith, is sin.

But we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of those who are not strong, and not to please ourselves.

Let each one of us please his neighbor in that which is good for his edification.

For the Christ did not please himself; but as it is written: The reproaches of them that reproached thee, fell on me.

For the things which were formerly written, were written for our instruction, that we, through the patience and the comfort which the scriptures give, might have hope.

that with one mind and with one voice you may glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now, I say, that Jesus Christ, as a minister, was of the circumcision for the sake of the truth of God, in order to con firm the promises made to the fathers,

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: For this cause I will give praise to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.

And again, Isaiah says: There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to rule the Gentiles, in him shall the Gentiles trust.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in the hope, by the power of the Holy Spirit. PAET IV. Conclusion.

And I myself am persuaded concerning you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of all goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also to instruct one another.

that I may be the public servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, officiating as a priest with respect to the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, having been sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

I have, therefore, cause to glory in Christ Jesus in things that pertain to God.

by the power of signs and wonders by the power of the Holy Spirit. So that from Jerusalem, and round about as far as Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of the Christ;

And I know that in coming to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

Now I beseech you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me, in your prayers to God for me,