Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, ¹  for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ²  says the Lord.

nor are all the children Abraham’s true descendants; rather “through Isaac will your descendants be counted.” ¹ 

(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) ¹ 

And do you think, ¹  whoever you are, when you judge ²  those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, ³  that you will escape God’s judgment?

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. ¹ 

And will not the physically uncircumcised man ¹  who keeps the law judge you who, despite ²  the written code ³  and circumcision, transgress the law?

For just as through the disobedience of the one man ¹  many ²  were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man ³  many ⁴  will be made righteous.

And he ¹  who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit ²  intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord ¹  and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

And even they – if they do not continue in their unbelief – will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

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.

nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ¹  ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” ²  (that is, to bring Christ down)

Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration ¹  bring?

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, ¹  I will set out for Spain by way of you,

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared ¹  to the glory that will be revealed to us.

For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being ¹  shown up as a liar, ²  just as it is written: “so that you will be justified ³  in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” ⁴ 

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: “The one who does these things will live by them.” ¹