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Or is He the God of Jews only, and not also of the nations? Yes, of the nations also,

since it is one God who will justify circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has a boast, but not with God.

For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." Gen. 15:6

Even as also David says of the blessedness of the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

according as it has been written, "I have appointed you a father of many nations;" before God, whom he believed, the One making the dead live, and calling the things that are not as if they were. Gen. 17:5

and did not stagger by unbelief at the promise of God, but was empowered by faith, giving glory to God,

Then being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we glory on the hope of the glory of God.

And the hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us;

but God commends His love to us in this , that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For if while being enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life;

and not only so , but also glorying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we now received the reconciliation.

But the free gift is not also like the deviation. For if by the deviation of the one the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace, which is of the one Man, Jesus Christ, did abound to the many.

For in that He died, He died to sin once for all; but in that He lives, He lives to God.

So also you count yourselves to be truly dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Neither present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as one living from the dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.

But thanks be to God that you were slaves of sin, but you obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

But now having been set free from sin, and having been enslaved to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end everlasting life.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord.