tion to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. *17) °For therein is revealed 'a' righteousness of God by faith unto faith: as it is written, But the righteous! shall live 1by faith.

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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold 'down the truth in unrighteousness: 19 because that which may be known

of God is manifest in them; for God 20 manifested' it unto them. For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being 'perceived through the things that are made, even his leverlasting! power and 'divinity'; that they may 21 be without excuse: because that, Iknowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings', and their senseless! heart was darkened. 22 °Professing themselves to be wise, 23 they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible! God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and 'of' birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

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Wherefore God gave them up 'in' the lusts of their hearts 'unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be 25 dishonoured among themselves: for that they exchanged the truth of God 'for' a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that 27 which is against nature: and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one 'toward' another, men with men working unseemliness', and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was 'due'.

ness; full of envy, murder, Istrifel, 30 deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil (31 things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers. without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance' of God, that they which practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that 'practise them.

21 Wherefore thou art without excuse1, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise! 2 the same things. And we know that the judgement of God is according to truth against them that practise! 3 such things. And reckonest! thou this, O man, who judgest them 'that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judge4 ment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to 5 repentance? but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up Ifor thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judge6 ment of God; who will render to every 7 man according to his works': 'to

them that by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and 'incor(8) ruption', eternal life: but unto them that are factious', and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall 9 be wrath and indignation, °tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, 10 and also of the Greek; but glory

and honour and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, 11 and also to the Greek: for there is *(12 no respect of persons with God. ©For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned 'under' law shail *13 be judged by law; °for not the hearers of lal law are 11just before God, but the doers of a law shall be 12justified:

9 Gr. the other.

10 Many ancient authorities read For. 11 Or, righteousă

12 Or, laccounted righteous

*(14 °for when Gentiles which have no

law do by nature the things of the law, these, having no law, are a law *(15 unto themselves; in that they' shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness 'therewith, and their thoughts lone with another accusing or else 16) excusing them; in the day when God 'shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.

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But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and *(18 gloriest in God, and knowest this

will, and approvest the things that are excellent, being instructed out of 19 the law, and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light 20) of them 'that are in darkness,

la corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, 'having in the law the form of 21 knowledge and of the truth; thou therefore that teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou * 22 steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest 23 idols, dost thou "rob temples!? thou

who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonourest 21 thou God? For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written. 25 °For circumcision indeed' profiteth, if thou be a doer of the law but if thou be a 'transgressor of the law, thy circumcision is become uncircumci26) sion. If therefore the uncircumcision

keep the ordinances of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be reckoned' 27 for circumcision? and shall not 'the' uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who 'with' the letter and circumcision 'art a trans28 gressor of the law? For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward (29 in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which

is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

31) What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is 'the' profit of circumcision? 2 Much every way: first of all, that

they were intrusted with the oracles 3) of God. For what if some were without faith? shall their want of faith! make of none effect the 'faithfulness' 4 of God? God forbid: yea, let God be 'found' true, but every man a liar ; as it is written,

That thou mightest be justified in
thy words',

And mightest prevail when thou
Icomest into judgement'.

5 But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men'.) 6 God forbid for then how shall God (7) judge the world? 091 But if the truth

of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged (8 as a sinner? and why not (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose Icondemnation is just.

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What then? 10are we in worse case! than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks!, that they are all 10 under sin; as it is written,

There is none righteous, no, not

"Their feet are swift to shed blood; Destruction and misery are in their

ways;

And the way of peace have they not known:

8 Gr. Be it not so: and so elsewhere. Many ancient authorities read For. 10 Or, Idol we lexcuse ourselves?

18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the (20 judgement of God: because by 2the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law 'cometh the knowledge of sin. *21)°But now 1apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and (22 the prophets; even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; * 23 for there is no 'distinction'; °for all have sinned, and fall short of the 24 glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption *(25 that is in Christ Jesus: whom God

7set forth to be a propitiation, through 'faith, by his blood, to shew his righteousness, 'because of the passing over of the sins 'done aforetime, 26) in the forbearance of God; for the shewing, I say, 'of1 his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be 10just, and the 10justifier of him that hath faith 12in Jesus. 27)°Where then is the glorying? It

is excluded. By what manner of law? of works? Nay: but by a law 28) of faith. 13We reckon' therefore that a man is justified by faith 'apart from1 (29) 2the works of the law. Or is 'God'

the God of Jews only? is he not the God of Gentiles also? 'Yea', of 30) Gentiles also: if so be that! God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircum* 31 cision 14through faith. Do we then make 15the law of none effect 14through faith? God forbid: 'nay, we establish 15the law.

41) What then shall we say 16that Abra

ham, our forefather according to the 2 flesh, hath found? For if Abraham Iwas justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not 'toward'

3 God. For what saith the scripture? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned' unto him for righteous4) ness. Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace. 5 but as of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is 6 reckoned for righteousness. Even as David also pronounceth blessing upon the man, unto whom God 'reckoneth righteousness apart from

7 works, saying,

Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,

And whose sins are covered.

8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon! sin. (9) Is this blessing! then 'pronounced upon the circumcision, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say, To Abraham 'his' faith was reckoned for 10) righteousness. How then was it reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision : (11 and he received the sign of circum

cision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision': that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be in uncircumcision!, that righteousness might be reckoned! 12) unto them; and the father of circumcision to them who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he had 'in uncircumcision'. (13) °For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 °For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of none effect: 15) for the law worketh wrath; but where there is no law, Ineither is 16 there transgression. For this cause! may be 'accord

it is of faith, that it ing to grace; to the end 'that' the ' promise may be sure to all the seed;

not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us 17) all (as it is written, A father of many

nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth 'the' things that are not, as though they 18) were. "Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become la father of many nations, according to that which had been (19 spoken, So shall thy seed be. And Iwithout being weakened in faith he considered his own body 1now 'as good as dead (he being about lal hundred years old), and the dead20) ness of Sarah's womb: yea, looking unto the promise of God, he wavered not through unbelief, but 'waxed' strong through faith, giving glory to 21 God, and being fully assured that,

what he had promised, he was able 22 also to perform. Wherefore also it was reckoned unto him for righteous23 ness. "Now it was not written for his

sake alone, that it was 'reckoned untol (24 him; but for our sake! also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, whoꞌ believe on him that raised Jesus our (25 Lord from the dead, who was de

livered up for our trespasses', and was raised for our justification. 51) Being therefore justified by faith,

let us have peace with God through * 2 our Lord Jesus Christ; through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and let us rejoice in hope * 3) of the glory of God. "And not only so, but let us also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation 4 worketh patience; and patience, 'pro5 bation; and 'probation, hope: and hope 'putteth' not 'to shame'; because the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which was given unto 6 us. For while we were yet 'weak', in due season! Christ died for the *7 ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would

8 even dare to die. "But God commendeth his own' love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ 9) died for us. °Much more then, being

now justified 10by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God' 10) through him. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God Ithrough the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be 11 saved 10by his life; and not only so, "but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 'through whom we have now received the reconciliation'.

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'Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death 'through sin; and so death passed Junto all men, for that all sinned: °for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed 14 when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is la figure of him 15 that was to come. But not as the Itrespass', so also is the free gift. For if by the 'trespass of the one 'the' many died, much more 'did' the grace of God, and the gift by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound' 16 unto the many. And not as 'through

one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgement came of one unto condemnation, but the free gift 'came of many trespasses unto 12justification. 17) °For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned 'through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and 13of the gift of righteousness reign in life through 18) the one, even Jesus Christ. So

then as through one trespass the judgement came unto all men to condemnation; even so 'through' one 'act of righteousness the free gift came Junto all men 'tol justification of life. 19 °For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so 'through the obedience of the one shall the many be made 20) righteous. And the law came in

11 Gr. but also glorying.

12 Gr. an act of righteousness. 13 Some ancient authorities omit of the gift. 14 Or, law

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