For I can testify that they are zealous for God,<n id="1" /> but their zeal is not in line with the truth.<n id="2" />

For the scripture says, &#8220;<b><i>Everyonei> <i>who believes in him will not be put to shamei>b>.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities<n id="1" /> but also because of your conscience.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel<n id="2" /> until the full number<n id="3" /> of the Gentiles has come in.

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.

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.<n id="1" />

therefore<n id="1" /> you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

<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,

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,

Not<n id="1" /> only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Now the law came in<n id="1" /> so that the transgression<n id="2" /> may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me<n id="2" /> in the Holy Spirit &#8211;

<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" />

do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

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

<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" />

<p class="bodytext">For the promise<n id="1" /> to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.