And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

Greet Herodion, my compatriot.<n id="1" /> Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

For the righteousness<n id="1" /> of God is revealed in the gospel<n id="2" /> from faith to faith,<n id="3" /> just as it is written, &#8220;<b><i>The righteous by faith will livei>b>.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people<n id="1" /> who suppress the truth by their<n id="2" /> unrighteousness,<n id="3" />

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts<n id="1" /> were darkened.

<p class="bodytext">And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God,<n id="1" /> God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.<n id="2" />

Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know<n id="1" /> that God&#8217;s kindness leads you to repentance?

But because of your stubbornness<n id="1" /> and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God&#8217;s righteous judgment is revealed!<n id="2" />

on the day when God will judge<n id="1" /> the secrets of human hearts,<n id="2" /> according to my gospel<n id="3" /> through Christ Jesus.p>

<p class="bodytext">But if our unrighteousness demonstrates<n id="1" /> the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?<n id="2" /> (I am speaking in human terms.)<n id="3" />

For if by my lie the truth of God enhances<n id="1" /> his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous,<n id="1" /> his faith is credited as righteousness.p>

Against hope Abraham<n id="1" /> believed<n id="2" /> in hope with the result that he became <b><i>thei> <i>father of many nationsi>b><n id="3" /> according to the pronouncement,<n id="4" /> &#8220;<b><i>so will your descendants bei>b>.&#8221;<n id="5" />

Without being weak in faith, he considered<n id="1" /> his own body as dead<n id="2" /> (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah&#8217;s womb.

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God<n id="1" /> has been poured out<n id="2" /> in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.p>

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.p>

We know that<n id="1" /> our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us,<n id="2" /> so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

But now, freed<n id="1" /> from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit<n id="2" /> leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.