He<n id="1" /> did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God.

through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice<n id="1" /> in the hope of God&#8217;s glory.

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 now we have been released from the law, because we have died<n id="1" /> to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.<n id="2" />p>

Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me.p> <p class="bodytext">

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear,<n id="1" /> but you received the Spirit of adoption,<n id="2" /> by whom<n id="3" /> we cry, &#8220;Abba, Father.&#8221;

This means<n id="1" /> it is not the children of the flesh<n id="2" /> who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants.

As he also says in Hosea:p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>I will call those who were not my peopleb>,i> &#8216;<i><b>My peopleb>,i>&#8217; <b><i>and I will call her who was unloved,i>b><n id="1" /> &#8216;<i><b>My belovedb>.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

just as it is written,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Lookb>, <b>I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumbleb>i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and a rock that will make them fall,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.i>b>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him.

<p class="bodytext">How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them<n id="1" />?

<t /><p class="bodytext">Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God&#8217;s appointment,<n id="1" /> and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

For if your brother or sister<n id="1" /> is distressed because of what you eat,<n id="2" /> you are no longer walking in love.<n id="3" /> Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died.

For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I do not want you to be unaware,<n id="1" /> brothers and sisters,<n id="2" /> that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.<n id="3" />

Although they fully know<n id="1" /> God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die,<n id="2" /> they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.<n id="3" />p>

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

(as it is written, &#8220;<b><i>I have made you the father of many nationsi>b>&#8221;).<n id="1" /> He is our father<n id="2" /> in the presence of God whom he believed &#8211; the God who<n id="3" /> makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do.<n id="4" />

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.<n id="1" />

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,<n id="1" /> groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption,<n id="2" /> the redemption of our bodies.<n id="3" />