<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" />

And do you think,<n id="1" /> whoever you are, when you judge<n id="2" /> those who practice such things and yet do them yourself,<n id="3" /> that you will escape God&#8217;s judgment?

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>

God publicly displayed<n id="1" /> him<n id="2" /> at his death<n id="3" /> as the mercy seat<n id="4" /> accessible through faith.<n id="5" /> This was to demonstrate<n id="6" /> his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.<n id="7" />

<p class="bodytext">Is this blessedness<n id="1" /> then for<n id="2" /> the circumcision<n id="3" /> or also for<n id="4" /> the uncircumcision? For we say, &#8220;<i>faith <b>was credited tob> Abraham <b>as righteousnessb>i>.&#8221;<n id="5" />

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

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Or do you not know, brothers and sisters<n id="1" /> (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person<n id="2" /> as long as he lives?

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her<n id="1" /> husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.<n id="2" />

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 the law of the life-giving Spirit<n id="1" /> in Christ Jesus has set you<n id="2" /> free from the law of sin and death.

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;

And he<n id="1" /> who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit<n id="2" /> intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God&#8217;s will.

And we know that all things work together<n id="1" /> for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,

But who indeed are you &#8211; a mere human being<n id="1" /> &#8211; to talk back to God?<n id="2" /> <b><i>Does what is molded say to the molderi>b><i>,i> &#8220;<b><i>Why have you made me like this?i>b>&#8221;<n id="3" />

But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects<n id="1" /> of wrath<n id="2" /> prepared for destruction?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, &#8220;<i>Though the number of the childreni><n id="1" /> <i>of Israel are as the sand of the seai>, <i>only the remnant will be savedi>,

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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.