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By whom we haue receiued grace and Apostleship (that obedience might be giuen vnto ye faith) for his Name among al ye Gentiles,

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

That is, that I might be comforted together with you, through our mutuall faith, both yours and mine.

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

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

To wit, the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, vnto all, and vpon all that beleeue.

Whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnes, by the forgiuenesse of the sinnes that are passed,

Through the patience of God, to shewe at this time his righteousnesse, that hee might be iust, and a iustifier of him which is of the faith of Iesus.

Where is then the reioycing? It is excluded. By what Lawe? of woorkes? Nay: but by the Lawe of faith.

Therefore we conclude, that a man is iustified by faith, without the workes of the Lawe.

For it is one God, who shall iustifie circumcision of faith, and vncircumcision through faith.

Doe we then make the Lawe of none effect through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the Lawe.

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

Came this blessednesse then vpon the circumcision onely, or vpon the vncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was imputed vnto Abraham for righteousnesse.

After, he receiued the signe of circumcision, as the seale of the righteousnesse of ye faith which he had, when he was vncircumcised, that he should be the father of all them that beleeue, not being circumcised, that righteousnesse might be imputed to them also,

And the father of circumcision, not vnto them onely which are of the circumcision, but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the faith of our father Abraham, which he had when he was vncircumcised.

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

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

Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,

And he not weake in the faith, considered not his owne bodie, which was nowe dead, being almost an hundreth yeere olde, neither the deadnes of Saraes wombe.