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.

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct.

And just as they did not see fit {to recognize God}, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do the things [that are] not proper,

Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die—they not only do them, but even applaud others who practice them.

but we know that the judgment of God against those who commit such crimes, is just.

But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.

For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

In the same way if an uncircumcised man pays attention to the just requirements of the Law, shall not his lack of circumcision be overlooked, and,

For a person is not a Jew because of his appearance, nor is circumcision something just external and physical.

May it never be! But let God be true but every human being a liar, just as it is written, "In order that you may be justified in your words, and may prevail when you are judged."

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

As it is written and forever remains written,

“There is none righteous [none that meets God’s standard], not even one.

Their throats are just like open graves, with their tongues they have spoken treachery; the poison of asps is under their lips.

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God.

just as David also speaks about the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

(just as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") before God, in whom he believed, the one who makes the dead alive and who calls the things that are not as [though] they are,

Hoping in spite of hopeless circumstances, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," just as he had been told: "This is how many descendants you will have."

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, the Messiah died for the ungodly.

For scarcely for the just man will one die, for perhaps for the good man some one might also dare to die;

Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.

It follows then that just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also the result of a single decree of righteousness is a life-giving acquittal which extends to the whole race.

For just as through one man’s disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one Man the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him.

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

We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways].

(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you presented your members [as] slaves to immorality and lawlessness, [leading] to lawlessness, so now present your members [as] slaves to righteousness, [leading] to sanctification.

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

so that the [righteous and just] requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not live our lives in the ways of the flesh [guided by worldliness and our sinful nature], but [live our lives] in the ways of the Spirit [guided by His power].

And not just the world, but even we [Christians] ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Holy Spirit [i.e., the first installment of our inheritance from God] also groan within us, eagerly waiting to be adopted as [God's] children, and receive back our bodies [i.e., in the resurrection].

What then should we conclude from this? [Just this]: If God is on our side, who can [successfully] oppose us?

Just as it is written, "On account of you we are being put to death the whole day [long]; we are considered as sheep for slaughter."

just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

Thus God has mercy on anyone just as he pleases, and he makes anyone stubborn just as he pleases.

Just as He says in [the writings of the prophet] Hosea:

“I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And [I will call] her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”

And just as Isaiah foretold, "If the Lord of hosts had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom and would have resembled Gomorrah."

just as it is written, "Behold, I am laying in Zion {a stone that causes people to stumble}, and {a rock that causes them to fall}, and the one who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And how will they preach, unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How timely [are] the feet of those who bring good news of good things."

What then? [Just this]: The very thing that the Israelites are looking for [i.e., a right relationship with God], they have not found. But God's selected ones obtained [this right relationship with Him] and the rest [of the Israelites] were made insensitive to God's call,

just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, until this very day."

And David says,

“Let their table (abundance) become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a retribution to them.

I say then, did the Jews trip [over Jesus] just so they could fall [away from God]? Certainly not! [There was another reason]: Instead, it was by means of their sin that salvation was made available to the Gentiles, so that the Jews might become jealous of them [i.e., causing them to want what the Gentiles now had].

you must not be boasting against the natural branches. And if you do, just consider, you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

and so all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, "The deliverer will come out of Zion; he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Just as you once were disobedient and failed to listen to God, but have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,

For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,

just as you pay your taxes; they are God's ministers, devoting themselves to this service.

Who are you just that judges the household-servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And stand he will, for his Master has power to make him stand.

You must not, just for the sake of food, undo the work of God. It is true, everything is clean, but it is wrong for a man to hurt the consciences of others by what he eats.

But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

Therefore accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you, to the glory of God.

and that the Gentiles may glorify God for [his] mercy, just as it is written, "Because of this, I will praise you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praise to your name."

But, just to refresh your memories, I have written you pretty boldly on some points, because of the favor God has shown me

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."

Just now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem, to take help to Christ's People there.