1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called {to be} an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, / 2. (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) / 3. Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; →

1. Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. / 2. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. →

1. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit {is there} of circumcision? / 2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. / 3. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? →

1. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? / 2. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath {whereof} to glory; but not before God. / 3. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. →

1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: / 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. →

1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? / 2. God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? / 3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? {were: or, are} →

1. Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? / 2. For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to {her} husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of {her} husband. →

1. {There is} therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. / 2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. →

1. I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, / 2. That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. / 3. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: {accursed: or, separated} →

1. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. / 2. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. / 3. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. →

1. I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, {of} the tribe of Benjamin. / 2. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, {of Elias: Gr. →

1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, {which is} your reasonable service. / 2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what {is} that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. →

1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. {ordained: or, ordered} / 2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. →

1. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, {but} not to doubtful disputations. {not...: or, not to judge his doubtful thoughts} / 2. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. →

1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. / 2. Let every one of us please {his} neighbour for {his} good to edification. / 3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. →

1. I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: / 2. That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. →