For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace,<n id="1" /> with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants &#8211; not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham,<n id="2" /> who is the father of us all

<t /><p class="bodytext">So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people<n id="1" /> because<n id="2" /> all sinned &#8211;

Through him<n id="1" /> we have received grace and our apostleship<n id="2" /> to bring about the obedience<n id="3" /> of faith<n id="4" /> among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.

They are filled<n id="1" /> with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with<n id="2" /> envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

There will be<n id="1" /> affliction and distress on everyone<n id="2" /> who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,<n id="3" />

but<n id="1" /> glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek.

<t /><p class="bodytext">What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>All have turned awayb>,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>together they have become worthless;i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>there is no one who shows kindnessb>, <b>not even one.b>i>&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

For <i>no one is declared righteous before himi><n id="1" /> by the works of the law,<n id="2" /> for through the law comes<n id="3" /> the knowledge of sin.

namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ<n id="1" /> for all who believe. For there is no distinction,

<p class="bodytext">It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,<n id="1" />

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, &#8220;<i><b>Lordb>, <b>who has believed our reportb>i>?&#8221;<n id="1" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and make their backs bend continually.&#8221;i>b><n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.p>

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

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers<n id="1" /> who are with them.

To all those loved by God in Rome,<n id="1" /> called to be saints:<n id="2" /> Grace and peace to you<n id="3" /> from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">First of all,<n id="1" /> I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

<t /><p class="bodytext">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God&#8217;s power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.<n id="1" />

<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" />