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Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him,

which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers,

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,

Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

who "will render to each one according to his deeds": Psalms 62:12; Proverbs 24:12">[fn]

and know His will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,

Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?

For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,

to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,

For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.