But you who eat vegetables only – why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything – why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision?

What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter?

What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase?

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not!

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”

For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

For what does the scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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,

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)

For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

But what was the divine response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal.”

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,