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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
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Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith.
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For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
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If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God.
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Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
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However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.
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So I find this law at work: Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
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Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.
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And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
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Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble.
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Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,
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Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus.
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Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.
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Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.
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Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.
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Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.
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Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings. Erastus, who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings.
