But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” ¹  (that is, the word of faith that we preach),

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word ¹  of Christ. ² 

It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, ¹ 

For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience ¹  of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

For this is what the promise declared: ¹  “About a year from now ²  I will return and Sarah will have a son.” ³ 

He was ¹  fully convinced that what God ²  promised he was also able to do.

for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly.” ¹ 

For the commandments, ¹  “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” ²  (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ³ 

This gospel ¹  he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” ¹ 

But about Israel he says, “All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!” ¹ 

Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant ¹  of the church in Cenchrea,

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

Greet Herodion, my compatriot. ¹  Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

They ¹  exchanged the truth of God for a lie ²  and worshiped and served the creation ³  rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

For the promise 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.

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. ¹ 

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.

For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.