for a demonstration of His righteousness in the present time, that He might be just and the justifier of he who is of [the] faith of Jesus.

Now I say this, that each of you says, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ."

What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

"Conscience," I say, not your own, but that of the other. For why is my freedom judged by another man's conscience?

Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

who are Israelites, of whom are the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the worship, and the promises;

of whom are the fathers and from whom Christ [came], according to the flesh, He who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life [as] a ransom for many."

He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'

To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities."

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly said, "It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves not worthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

so that He might redeem those under the law, so that we might receive the adoption.

For what if some did not believe? [Surely] their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God?

The Lord has made known His salvation, He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.

He has remembered His mercy to Jacob, and His truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers, according to the former days.

He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy,

And Mary remained with her about three months, and she returned to her house.

as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who have been since the world began,

to perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

For all the promises of God in Him [are] "Yes," and in Him "Amen," to the glory of God through us.

that I should be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God as a priest, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

and so that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

even us whom He called, not only of the Jews, but also of the Gentiles?

Behold then the kindness and severity of God: upon those that fell, severity; but upon you, kindness, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also shall be cut off.

For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now you were shown mercy through their disobedience,

Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

O Lord God of Israel, from the ends of the earth we have heard wonderful things, [and there is] hope for the godly; but they shall say, Woe to the despisers, that abhor the law.

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

that at that time you were apart from Christ, being estranged from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, not having hope and atheists in the world.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and who destroyed the dividing wall of separation,

and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, putting to death the enmity in Himself.

Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you Gentiles--

how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery, just as I wrote before briefly,

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

of which I became a minister according to the free gift of the grace of God which was given to me according to the working of His power.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who formerly [were] not a people but now [are the] people of God, who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.