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By whom we haue receiued grace and Apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for his Name,

First I thanke my God through Iesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

That is, that I may be comforted together with you, by the mutual faith both of you and me.

For therein is the righteousnesse of God reueiled from faith to faith: as it is written, The iust shall liue by faith.

For what if some did not beleeue? shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?

Euen the righteousnesse of God, which is by faith of Iesus Christ vnto all, and vpon all them that beleeue: for there is no difference:

Whom God hath set forth to bee a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousnesse for the remission of sinnes, that are past, through the forbearance of God.

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what Law? Of works? Nay: but by the Law of faith.

Therefore wee conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the deeds of the Law.

Seeing it is one God which shal iustifie the circumcision by faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

Doe we then make void the lawe through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Law.

But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth on him that iustifieth the vngodly; his faith is counted for righteousnesse.

Commeth this blessednes then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? for wee say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousnesse.

And hee receiued the signe of circumcision, a seale of the righteousnesse of the faith, which hee had yet being vncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that beleeue, though they be not circumcised; that righteousnesse might be imputed vnto them also:

And the father of circumcision, to them who are not of the circumcision onely, but also walke in the steppes of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet vncircumcised.

For the promise that he should be the heire of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

For if they which are of the law be heires, faith is made voide, and the promise made of none effect.

Therefore it is of faith, that it might bee by grace; to the ende the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

And being not weake in faith, hee considered not his owne body now dead, when hee was about an hundred yere old, neither yet the deadnes of Saraes wombe.

Hee staggered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe: but was strong in faith, giuing glory to God: