to prove at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one 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 liberty judged by another's conscience?

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the service of God, and the promises;

of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, is Christ, being 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 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 Seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Having raised up His Son Jesus, God sent Him to you first, to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.

Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, It was necessary that the Word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, brought forth out of a woman, brought forth under the Law,

to redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God?

Jehovah has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has laid bare in the eyes of the nations.

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

You will give faithfulness to Jacob, goodness to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

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

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

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

to perform mercy with our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

For as many promises as are of God, in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God through us.

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

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

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

Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: On those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

Therefore glorify Jehovah in the light of the fire, the name of the Lord Jehovah of Israel from the seashores.

From the ends of the earth we have heard songs, glory to the righteous. But I said, Leanness to me! Leanness to me! Woe to me! Deceivers deceive, even with treachery. Deceivers deceive!

And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must lead, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one Shepherd.

that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

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

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

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone,

in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles;

how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,

which in other ages 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 was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of His possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who did not have mercy but now have mercy.