which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.

How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised.

and to make him the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.

in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.