For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants – not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, “The righteous by faith will live.”

But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin.

concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh,

and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law?

Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith.

Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

What shall we say then? – that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.”

For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.