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{\MTB Paul’s Letter to the
\par }{\MT Romans

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
a
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,
an
Apostle
by
the selection
of
God, given authority
as
a preacher
of
the
good
news,
\VS{2}Of
which
God
had given word
before
by
his
prophets
in
the
holy Writings,
\VS{3}About
his
Son
who,
in
the
flesh,
came
from
the family
of
David,
\VS{4}But
was marked
out
as
Son
of
God
in
power
by
the Holy
Spirit
through
the coming
to
life again
of
the
dead;
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord,
\VS{5}Through
whom
grace
has
been given
to
us, sending
us out
to make disciples
to
the
faith
among
all
nations,
for
his
name:
\VS{6}Among
whom
you
in
the
same
way
have
been marked
out
to
be
disciples
of
Jesus
Christ:
\VS{7}To
all
those
who
are
in
Rome, loved
by
God, marked
out
as
saints:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{8}First
of
all,
I
give praise
to
my
God
through
Jesus
Christ
for
you
all,
because news
of
your
faith
has gone
into
all
the
world.
\VS{9}For
God
is
my
witness,
whose servant
I
am
in
spirit
in
the
good
news
of
his
Son,
that
you
are
at
all times
in
my memory
and
in
my prayers,
\VS{10}And
that
I
am
ever making
prayers
that
God
will
give
me
a good journey
to
you.
\VS{11}For
I
have
a strong desire
to
see
you,
and
to give
you
some grace
of
the spirit,
so
that
you
may
be made strong;
\VS{12}That
is
to
say,
that
all
of
us
may
be comforted
together
by
the
faith
which
is
in
you
and
in
me.
\VS{13}You
may
be
certain,
my
brothers,
that
it
has frequently
been
in
my
mind
to
come
to
you (but till
now
I
was
kept
from
it),
so
that
I
might
have
some
fruit
from
you
in
the
same
way
as
I
have
had
it
from
the
other
nations.
\VS{14}I
have
a debt
to
Greeks
and
to
the nations outside;
to
the
wise
and
to
those
who
have no learning.
\VS{15}For
which reason
I
have
the desire,
as
far
as
I
am able,
to give
the knowledge
of
the
good
news
to
you
who
are
in
Rome.
\VS{16}For
I
have
no feeling
of shame
about
the
good
news,
because
it
is
the
power
of
God giving
salvation
to
everyone
who
has
faith,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
then
to
the
Greek.
\VS{17}For
in
it
there
is
the
revelation
of
the
righteousness
of
God
from
faith
to
faith:
as
it
is said
in
the holy Writings,
The
man
who
does
righteousness
will
be
living
by
his
faith.
\VS{18}For
there
is
a
revelation
of
the
wrath
of
God
from
heaven
against
all
the wrongdoing
and
evil thoughts
of
men
who
keep down
what
is
true
by wrongdoing;
\VS{19}Because
the knowledge
of
God
may
be seen
in
them,
God having
made
it
clear
to
them.
\VS{20}For
from
the first making
of
the
world,
those
things
of
God
which
the eye
is unable
to
see,
that
is,
his
eternal
power
and existence,
are fully
made clear,
he having given
the knowledge
of
them
through
the
things
which
he
has
made,
so
that
men
have
no
reason
for wrongdoing:
\VS{21}Because,
having
the knowledge
of
God,
they
did
not
give
glory
to
God
as
God,
and
did
not
give
praise,
but
their
minds
were
full
of
foolish
things,
and
their
hearts, being
without sense,
were made dark.
\VS{22}Seeming
to
be
wise,
they
were
in fact
foolish,
\VS{23}And
by
them
the
glory
of
the eternal
God
was
changed
and made
into
the
image
of
man
who
is
not eternal,
and
of
birds
and beasts
and
things
which go
on
the earth.
\VS{24}For
this
reason
God
gave
them
up
to
the evil
desires
of
their
hearts, working
shame
in
their
bodies
with
one
another:
\VS{25}Because
by
them
the
true word
of
God
was changed
into
that
which
is
false,
and
they gave
worship
and honour
to
the
thing
which
is made,
and
not
to
him
who made
it,
to
whom
be blessing
for
ever.
So
be
it.
\VS{26}For
this
reason
God
gave
them
up
to evil
passions,
and
their
women
were changing
the
natural
use
into
one
which
is unnatural:
\VS{27}And
in
the
same
way
the
men
gave
up
the
natural use
of
the
woman
and
were burning
in
their
desire
for
one
another,
men
doing
shame
with
men,
and getting
in
their bodies
the
right reward
of
their evil-doing.
\VS{28}And
because
they
had
not
the
mind
to
keep
God
in
their
knowledge,
God
gave
them
up
to
an evil
mind,
to
do
those
things
which
are
not
right;
\VS{29}Being
full
of
all wrongdoing,
evil, desire
for
the goods
of
others, hate,
envy, putting
to death, fighting,
deceit, cruel
ways,
evil talk,
and false statements
about
others;
\VS{30}Hated by
God, full
of pride, without respect, full
of loud talk, given
to
evil inventions, not honouring father or mother,
\VS{31}Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:
\VS{32}Who,
though
they
have knowledge
of
the law
of
God,
that
the fate
of
those
who
do
these
things
is
death,
not
only go
on
doing
these
things
themselves,
but
give
approval
to
those
who
do
them.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
you
have
no
reason,
whoever
you
are,
for
judging:
for
in
judging
another
you
are
judging
yourself,
for
you
do
the
same
things.
\VS{2}And
we
are conscious
that
God
is
a
true judge
against
those
who
do
such
things.
\VS{3}But
you
who
are
judging another
for
doing
what
you
do
yourself,
are
you hoping
that God's decision
will
not
take effect
against
you?
\VS{4}Or
is
it nothing
to
you
that
God
had pity
on
you, waiting
and putting
up
with
you
for
so long,
not seeing
that
in
his pity God's desire
is
to give
you
a change
of heart?
\VS{5}But
by
your hard
and unchanged
heart
you
are
storing
up
wrath
for
yourself
in
the
day
of
the
revelation
of God's judging
in righteousness;
\VS{6}Who
will
give
to
every
man
his right
reward:
\VS{7}To
those
who go
on
with
good
works
in
the hope
of
glory
and honour
and salvation
from death,
he
will give
eternal
life:
\VS{8}But
to
those
who,
from
a love
of competition,
are
not guided
by
what
is
true,
will
come
the heat
of
his
wrath,
\VS{9}Trouble
and sorrow
on
all whose works
are
evil,
to
the
Jew
first
and
then
to
the
Greek;
\VS{10}But
glory
and honour
and
peace
to
all whose works
are
good,
to
the
Jew
first
and
then
to
the
Greek:
\VS{11}For
one
man
is
not different
from another
before
God.
\VS{12}All
those
who
have done wrong
without
the
law
will get destruction
without
the
law:
and
those
who
have done wrong
under
the
law
will
have
their punishment
by
the
law;
\VS{13}For
it
is
not
the
hearers
of
the
law
who
will
be judged
as having righteousness
before
God,
but
only
the
doers:
\VS{14}For
when
the
Gentiles
without
the
law
have
a
natural desire
to
do
the
things
in
the
law,
they
are
a
law
to
themselves;
\VS{15}Because
the
work
of
the
law
is seen
in
their
hearts,
their sense
of right
and wrong giving
witness
to
it,
while
their
minds
are
at
one time judging
them
and
at
another giving
them approval;
\VS{16}In
the
day
when
God
will
be
a
judge
of
the
secrets
of
men,
as
it says
in
the
good
news
of
which
I
am
a preacher,
through
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{17}But
as
for
you
who
have
the
name
of
Jew,
and
are resting
on
the
law,
and
take
pride
in
God,
\VS{18}And
have knowledge
of
his
desires,
and
are
a judge
of
the
things
which
are
different, having
the learning
of
the
law,
\VS{19}In
the belief
that
you
are
a
guide
to
the
blind,
a
light
to
those
in
the dark,
\VS{20}A
teacher
of
the
foolish,
having
in
the
law
the
form
of
knowledge
and
of
what
is
true;
\VS{21}You
who give
teaching
to
others,
do
you give
it
to
yourself?
you
who say
that
a
man may
not take
what
is
not
his,
do
you take
what
is
not yours?
\VS{22}You
who
say
that
a
man
may
not
be untrue
to
his wife,
are
you true
to yours?
you
who
are
a hater
of images,
do
you
do wrong
to
the house
of
God?
\VS{23}You
who
take
pride
in
the
law,
are
you doing wrong
to
the honour
of
God
by behaviour
which
is
against
the
law?
\VS{24}For
the
name
of
God
is shamed
among
the
Gentiles
because
of
you,
as
it
is said
in
the holy Writings.
\VS{25}It
is true
that
circumcision
is
of use
if
you keep
the
law,
but
if
you go against
the
law
it
is
as
if
you
had
it
not.
\VS{26}If
those
who
have
not
circumcision
keep
the rules
of
the
law,
will
it
not
be
credited
to
them
as
circumcision?
\VS{27}And
they,
by
their keeping
of
the
law
without
circumcision,
will
be
judges
of
you,
by
whom
the
law
is broken
though
you
have
the
letter
of
the
law
and
circumcision.
\VS{28}The true
Jew
is
not
one
who
is
only
so publicly,
and
circumcision
is
not
that
which
may
be seen
in
the
flesh:
\VS{29}But
he
is
a
Jew
who
is
a
secret
one,
whose
circumcision
is
of
the
heart,
in
the
spirit
and
not
in
the
letter;
whose
praise
is
not
from
men,
but
from
God.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}How
then
is
the
Jew better off?
or
what profit
is there
in
circumcision?
\VS{2}Much
in
every
way:
first
of
all
because
the
words
of
God
were given
to
them.
\VS{3}And
if
some
have
no
faith,
will
that
make
the
faith
of
God
without effect?
\VS{4}In
no
way:
but
let
God
be
true,
though
every
man
is seen
to
be untrue;
as
it
is
said
in
the Writings,
That
your
words
may
be seen
to
be
true,
and
you
may
be seen
to
be right
when
you
are
judged.
\VS{5}But
if
the
righteousness
of
God
is supported
by
our wrongdoing
what
is
to
be
said?
is
it
wrong
for
God
to
be angry (as
men
may
say)?
\VS{6}In
no way:
because if
it
is
so,
how
is
God able
to
be
the
judge
of
all
the
world?
\VS{7}But
if,
because
I
am untrue,
God
being seen
to
be
true gets
more
glory,
why
am
I
to
be
judged
as
a
sinner?
\VS{8}Let
us
not
do
evil
so
that
good
may
come (a statement
which
we
are falsely
said
by
some
to
have
made),
because
such behaviour
will
have
its right
punishment.
\VS{9}What
then?
are
we worse off
than
they?
In
no
way:
because
we
have before made
it clear
that
Jews
as
well
as
Greeks
are
all
under
the
power
of
sin;
\VS{10}As
it
is said
in
the holy Writings,
There
is
not
one
who
does righteousness;
\VS{11}Not
one
who
has
the knowledge
of
what
is right,
not
one
who
is
a searcher after
God;
\VS{12}They
have
all gone
out
of
the
way,
there
is
no profit
in
any
of
them;
there
is
not
one
who
does
good,
not so much
as
one:
\VS{13}Their
throat
is
like an
open place
of death;
with
their
tongues
they
have said
what
is not true:
the
poison
of snakes
is
under
their
lips:
\VS{14}Whose
mouth
is
full
of curses
and bitter
words:
\VS{15}Their
feet
are quick
in running after
blood;
\VS{16}Destruction
and trouble
are
in
their
ways;
\VS{17}And
of
the
way
of
peace
they
have
no knowledge:
\VS{18}There
is
no
fear
of
God
before
their
eyes.
\VS{19}Now,
we
have knowledge
that
what
the
law
says
is
for
those
who
are
under
the
law,
so
that
every
mouth
may
be
stopped,
and
all
men
may
be judged
by
God:
\VS{20}Because
by
the
works
of
the
law
no
man
is able
to
have
righteousness
in
his eyes,
for
through
the
law
comes
the
knowledge
of
sin.
\VS{21}But
now
without
the
law
there
is
a revelation
of
the
righteousness
of
God,
to
which
witness
is
given
by
the
law
and
the
prophets;
\VS{22}That
is,
the
righteousness
of
God
through
faith
in
Jesus
Christ,
to
all
those
who
have
faith;
and
one
man
is
not different
from another,
\VS{23}For
all
have done wrong
and
are
far
from
the
glory
of
God;
\VS{24}And
they
may
have
righteousness put
to
their
credit,
freely,
by
his
grace,
through
the salvation
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus:
\VS{25}Whom
God
has put forward
as
the
sign
of
his
mercy,
through
faith,
by
his
blood,
to make clear
his
righteousness
when,
in
his pity,
God let
the
sins
of earlier times go without punishment;
\VS{26}And
to make clear
his
righteousness
now,
so
that
he
might
himself
be
upright,
and give
righteousness
to
him
who
has
faith
in
Jesus.
\VS{27}What
reason,
then,
is there
for
pride?
It
is
shut out.
By
what sort
of
law?
of
works?
No,
but
by
a
law
of
faith.
\VS{28}For this
reason,
then,
a
man
may get righteousness
by
faith
without
the
works
of
the
law.
\VS{29}Or
is
God
the
God
of
Jews
only?
is
he
not
in
the
same way
the
God
of
Gentiles?
Yes,
of
Gentiles:
\VS{30}If
God
is
one;
and
he
will give righteousness
because
of
faith
to
those
who
have
circumcision,
and
through
faith
to
those
who
have
not
circumcision.
\VS{31}Do
we,
then,
through
faith
make
the
law
of
no effect?
in
no
way:
but
we
make
it clear
that
the
law
is important.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}What,
then,
may
we
say
that
Abraham,
our
father
after
the
flesh,
has got?
\VS{2}For
if
Abraham got righteousness
by
works,
he
has
reason
for
pride;
but
not
before
God.
\VS{3}But
what
does
it
say
in
the holy Writings?
And
Abraham
had
faith
in
God,
and
it
was put
to
his
account
as
righteousness.
\VS{4}Now,
the
reward
is
credited
to him
who
does works,
not
as
of
grace
but
as
a debt.
\VS{5}But
to
him
who
without working
has
faith
in
him
who gives
righteousness
to
the evil-doer,
his
faith
is put
to
his
account
as
righteousness.
\VS{6}As
David
says
that
there
is
a
blessing
on
the
man
to
whose
account
God puts
righteousness
without
works,
saying,
\VS{7}Happy
are
those
who
have forgiveness
for
their wrongdoing,
and
whose
sins
are
covered.
\VS{8}Happy
is
the
man
against
whom
no
sin
is recorded
by
the
Lord.
\VS{9}Is
this
blessing,
then,
for
the
circumcision
only,
or
in
the
same
way
for
those
who
have
not
circumcision?
for
we
say
that
the
faith
of
Abraham
was put
to
his
account
as
righteousness.
\VS{10}How,
then,
was
it judged?
when
he
had
circumcision,
or
when
he
had
it
not?
Not
when
he
had
it,
but
when
he
did
not
have
it:
\VS{11}And
he
was given
the
sign
of
circumcision
as
a witness
of
the
faith
which
he
had
before
he underwent
circumcision:
so
that
he
might
be
the
father
of
all
those
who
have
faith,
though
they
have
not
circumcision,
and
so
that
righteousness
might
be
put
to
their
account;
\VS{12}And
the
father
of
circumcision
to
those
who
not
only
are
of
the
circumcision,
but
who keep
to
the
way
of
that
faith
which
our
father
Abraham
had
before
he underwent
circumcision.
\VS{13}For God's word,
that
the earth
would
be
his heritage,
was given
to
Abraham,
not
through
the
law,
but
through
the
righteousness
of
faith.
\VS{14}For
if
they
who
are
of
the
law
are
the
people
who get
the heritage,
then
faith
is
made
of
no
use,
and
the word
of God
has
no power;
\VS{15}For
the outcome
of
the
law
is
wrath;
but
where
there
is
no
law
it
will
not
be broken.
\VS{16}For
this
reason
it
is
of
faith,
so
that
it
may
be
through
grace;
and
so
that
the word
of
God
may
be
certain
to
all
the
seed;
not
only
to
that
which
is
of
the
law,
but
to
that
which
is
of
the
faith
of
Abraham,
who
is
the
father
of
us
all,
\VS{17}(As
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
I
have
made
you
a
father
of
a
number
of
nations)
before
him
in
whom
he
had
faith,
that
is,
God,
who
gives
life
to
the
dead,
and
to
whom
the
things
which
are
not
are
as
if
they
were.
\VS{18}Who without
reason
for
hope,
in
faith
went
on hoping,
so
that
he
became
the
father
of
a
number
of
nations,
as
it
had
been
said,
So
will
your
seed
be.
\VS{19}And
not
being feeble
in
faith
though
his
body seemed
to
him little better
than
dead (he
being
about
a
hundred
years
old)
and
Sarah
was
no
longer able
to
have children:
\VS{20}Still,
he
did
not
give
up
faith
in
the undertaking
of
God,
but
was
made
strong
by
faith,
giving
glory
to
God,
\VS{21}And
being certain
that
God
was
able
to
keep
his word.
\VS{22}For
which
reason
it
was put
to
his
account
as
righteousness.
\VS{23}Now,
it
was
not
because
of
him
only
that
this
was said,
\VS{24}But
for
us
in addition,
to
whose
account
it
will
be put,
if
we
have
faith
in
him
who made
Jesus
our
Lord
come back
again
from
the
dead,
\VS{25}Who
was
put
to death
for
our evil-doing,
and
came
to life
again
so
that
we
might
have righteousness.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
which
reason,
because
we
have righteousness
through
faith,
let
us
be
at
peace
with
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{2}Through
whom,
in
the
same
way,
we
have
been
able
by
faith
to
come
to
this
grace
in
which
we
now
are;
and let
us
have
joy
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{3}And
not
only
so,
but let
us
have joy
in
our
troubles:
in
the knowledge
that
trouble gives
us
the power
of waiting;
\VS{4}And waiting gives experience;
and experience,
hope:
\VS{5}And
hope
does
not
put
to
shame;
because
our
hearts
are full
of
the
love
of
God
through
the
Holy
Spirit
which
is
given
to
us.
\VS{6}For
when
we
were
still without strength,
at
the
right
time
Christ gave
his life
for evil-doers.
\VS{7}Now
it
is hard
for
anyone
to give
his life
even
for
an
upright
man,
though
it
might
be
that
for
a
good
man
someone
would give
his life.
\VS{8}But
God
has made clear
his
love
to
us,
in
that,
when
we
were
still
sinners,
Christ gave
his life
for
us.
\VS{9}Much
more, if
we
now
have
righteousness
by
his
blood,
will
salvation
from
the
wrath
of
God come
to
us
through
him.
\VS{10}For
if,
when
we
were haters
of
God,
the
death
of
his
Son
made
us
at peace
with
him,
much
more,
now
that
we
are
his friends,
will
we
have
salvation
through
his
life;
\VS{11}And
not
only
so,
but
we
have joy
in
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
we
are
now
at peace
with
God.
\VS{12}For
this
reason,
as
through
one
man
sin
came
into
the
world,
and
death
because
of
sin,
and
so
death
came
to
all
men,
because
all
have done evil:
\VS{13}Because, till
the
law
came,
sin
was
in existence,
but
sin
is
not put
to
the
account
of anyone
when
there
is
no
law
to
be broken.
\VS{14}But still
death
had power
from
Adam till
Moses,
even
over
those
who
had
not done wrong
like
Adam,
who
is
a picture
of
him
who
was
to
come.
\VS{15}But
the
free giving
of
God
is
not
like
the wrongdoing
of
man.
For
if,
by
the wrongdoing
of
one
man
death came
to
numbers
of
men,
much
more did
the
grace
of
God,
and
the
free giving
by
the
grace
of
one
man,
Jesus
Christ, come
to
men.
\VS{16}And
the
free giving
has
not
the
same
effect
as
the
sin
of
one:
for
the
effect
of
one man's
sin
was
punishment
by
the decision
of
God,
but
the
free giving
had power
to give
righteousness
to wrongdoers
in
great
number.
\VS{17}For,
if
by
the wrongdoing
of
one,
death
was ruling
through
the
one,
much
more
will
those
to
whom
has come
the wealth
of
grace
and
the giving
of
righteousness,
be ruling
in
life
through
the
one,
even
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{18}So
then,
as
the
effect
of
one
act
of wrongdoing
was
that punishment
came
on
all
men,
even
so
the
effect
of
one
act
of
righteousness
was
righteousness
of
life
for
all
men.
\VS{19}Because,
as
numbers
of
men became
sinners
through
the wrongdoing
of
one
man,
even
so
will
great
numbers get righteousness
through
the keeping
of
the word
of
God
by
one
man.
\VS{20}And
the
law
came
in addition,
to make wrongdoing worse;
but
where
there
was
much
sin,
there
was
much
more
grace:
\VS{21}That,
as
sin
had power
in
death,
so
grace
might
have power
through
righteousness
to
eternal
life
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}What
may
we
say,
then?
are
we
to go
on
in
sin
so
that there
may
be more
grace?
\VS{2}In
no
way.
How may
we,
who
are
dead
to
sin,
be
living
in
it
any
longer?
\VS{3}Or
are
you without
the
knowledge
that
all
we
who
had baptism
into
Christ
Jesus,
had baptism
into
his
death?
\VS{4}We
have
been placed
with
him
among
the
dead
through
baptism
into
death:
so
that
as
Christ
came
again
from
the
dead
by
the
glory
of
the
Father,
we,
in
the
same
way,
might
be
living
in new
life.
\VS{5}For,
if
we
have
been
made
like
him
in
his
death,
we
will,
in
the
same
way,
be
like
him
in
his
coming
to life
again;
\VS{6}Being conscious
that our
old
man
was
put
to death on
the cross
with
him,
so
that
the
body
of
sin
might
be
put
away,
and
we
might
no
longer
be servants
to
sin.
\VS{7}Because
he
who
is
dead
is free
from
sin.
\VS{8}But
if
we
are
dead
with
Christ,
we
have
faith
that
we
will
be living
with
him;
\VS{9}Having knowledge
that
because
Christ
has
come back
from
the
dead,
he
will
never
again go down
to
the
dead;
death
has
no
more power
over
him.
\VS{10}For
his
death
was
a
death
to
sin,
but
his
life
now
is
a
life
which
he
is
living
to
God.
\VS{11}Even
so see
yourselves
as
dead
to
sin,
but
living
to
God
in
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{12}For
this cause
do
not
let
sin
be ruling
in
your
body
which
is
under
the power
of death,
so
that
you give
way
to
its
desires;
\VS{13}And
do
not give
your
bodies
to
sin
as
the
instruments
of wrongdoing,
but give
yourselves
to
God,
as
those
who
are
living
from
the
dead,
and
your
bodies
as
instruments
of
righteousness
to
God.
\VS{14}For
sin
may
not
have rule
over
you:
because
you
are
not
under
law,
but
under
grace.
\VS{15}What
then?
are
we
to go
on
in
sin
because
we
are
not
under
law
but
under
grace?
Let
it
not
be
so.
\VS{16}Are
you
not conscious
that
you
are
the
servants
of
him
to
whom
you give
yourselves
to
do
his desire?
if
to
sin,
the
end
being
death,
or
if
to
do
the desire
of God,
the
end
being
righteousness.
\VS{17}But praise
be
to
God
that
though
you
were
the
servants
of
sin,
you
have
now
given
yourselves freely
to
that form
of
teaching
under
which
you
were placed;
\VS{18}And being
made
free
from
sin
you
have been
made
the servants
of
righteousness.
\VS{19}I
am
using
words
in
the
way
of
men,
because
your
flesh
is feeble:
as
you gave
your
bodies
as
servants
to
what
is
unclean,
and
to evil
to
do evil,
so
now
give
them
as
servants
to
righteousness
to
do
what
is holy.
\VS{20}When
you
were
servants
of
sin
you
were
free
from
righteousness.
\VS{21}What
fruit
had
you
at
that
time
in
the
things
which
are
now
a shame
to
you?
for
the
end
of
such
things
is
death.
\VS{22}But
now,
being
free
from
sin,
and
having
been
made servants
to
God,
you
have
your
fruit
in
that
which
is holy,
and
the
end
is
eternal
life.
\VS{23}For
the reward
of
sin
is
death;
but
what
God freely gives
is
eternal
life
in
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Is
it not clear,
my
brothers (I am using
an argument
to
those
who
have
knowledge
of
the
law),
that
the
law
has power
over
a
man
as
long
as
he
is
living?
\VS{2}For
the
woman
who
has
a
husband
is placed
by
the
law under
the power
of
her
husband
as long
as
he
is
living;
but
if
her
husband
is
dead,
she
is free
from
the
law
of
the
husband.
\VS{3}So
if,
while
the
husband
is
living,
she
is
joined
to
another
man,
she
will
get
the name
of
one
who
is untrue
to
her
husband:
but
if
the
husband
is
dead,
she
is
free
from
the
law,
so
that
she
is
not untrue,
even
if
she
takes
another
man.
\VS{4}In
the
same
way,
my
brothers,
you
were
made
dead
to
the
law
through
the
body
of
Christ,
so
that
you
might
be
joined
to
another,
even
to
him
who
came
again
from
the
dead,
so
that
we
might
give
fruit
to
God.
\VS{5}For
when
we
were
in
the
flesh,
the evil
passions
which
came
into
being
through
the
law
were
working
in
our
bodies
to give
the
fruit
of
death.
\VS{6}But
now
we
are free
from
the
law,
having
been made
dead
to
that
which
had power
over
us;
so
that
we
are servants
in
the new
way
of
the
spirit,
not
in
the old
way
of
the
letter.
\VS{7}What
then
is
to
be
said?
is
the
law
sin?
in
no
way.
But
I
would
not
have
had knowledge
of
sin
but
for
the
law:
for
I
would
not
have
been conscious
of
desire
if
the
law
had
not
said,
You
may
not
have
a
desire
for
what
is another's.
\VS{8}But
sin,
taking
its chance
through
that
which
was ordered
by
the
law,
was working
in
me
every
form
of
desire:
because
without
the
law
sin
is
dead.
\VS{9}And
there
was
a
time
when
I
was
living
without
the
law:
but
when
the
law gave its
orders,
sin
came
to
life
and put
me
to death;
\VS{10}And
I made
the discovery
that
the law whose purpose
was
to give
life
had become
a cause
of
death:
\VS{11}For
I
was tricked
and
put
to
death
by
sin,
which
took
its chance
through
the law.
\VS{12}But
the
law
is
holy,
and its
orders
are
holy,
upright,
and
good.
\VS{13}Was
then
that
which
is
good,
death
to
me?
In
no
way.
But
the purpose
was
that
sin
might
be
seen
to
be
sin
by working
death
to
me
through
that
which
is
good;
so
that
through
the
orders
of
the law
sin
might
seem much
more evil.
\VS{14}For
we
are conscious
that
the
law
is
of
the spirit;
but
I
am
of
the
flesh, given
into
the
power
of
sin.
\VS{15}And
I
have
no clear knowledge
of
what
I
am
doing,
for
that
which
I
have
a mind
to
do,
I
do
not,
but
what
I
have
hate
for,
that
I
do.
\VS{16}But,
if
I
do
that
which
I
have
no mind
to
do,
I
am
in agreement
with
the
law
that
the
law
is
good.
\VS{17}So
it
is
no
longer
I
who do
it,
but
the
sin living
in
me.
\VS{18}For
I
am conscious
that
in
me,
that
is,
in
my
flesh,
there
is
nothing
good:
I
have
the mind
but
not
the power
to
do
what
is
right.
\VS{19}For
the
good
which
I
have
a mind
to
do,
I
do
not:
but
the
evil
which
I
have
no mind
to
do,
that
I
do.
\VS{20}But
if
I
do
what
I
have
no mind
to
do,
it
is
no
longer
I
who
do
it,
but
the
sin living
in
me.
\VS{21}So
I see
a
law
that,
though
I
have
a mind
to
do
good,
evil
is
present
in
me.
\VS{22}In
my heart
I take pleasure
in
the
law
of
God,
\VS{23}But
I
see
another
law
in
my body, working
against
the
law
of
my
mind,
and
making
me
the servant
of
the
law
of
sin
which
is
in
my flesh.
\VS{24}How unhappy
am
I!
who
will make
me
free
from
the
body
of
this
death?
\VS{25}I give praise
to
God
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
So
with
my
mind
I
am
a servant
to
the
law
of
God,
but
with
my
flesh
to
the
law
of
sin.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
this cause
those
who
are
in
Christ
Jesus
will
not
be judged
as sinners.
\VS{2}For
the
law
of
the
Spirit
of
life
in
Christ
Jesus
has made me
free
from
the
law
of
sin
and
death.
\VS{3}For
what
the
law
was
not able
to
do
because
it
was feeble
through
the
flesh,
God,
sending
his
Son
in
the image
of
the evil
flesh,
and
as
an offering
for
sin, gave
his decision
against
sin
in
the
flesh:
\VS{4}So
that
what
was ordered
by
the
law
might
be done
in
us,
who
are
living,
not
in
the
way
of
the
flesh,
but
in
the
way
of
the
Spirit.
\VS{5}For
those
who
are living
in
the
way
of
the
flesh give
their
minds
to
the
things
of
the
flesh,
but
those
who go
in
the
way
of
the
Spirit,
to
the
things
of
the
Spirit.
\VS{6}For
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is
death,
but
the
mind
of
the
Spirit
is
life
and
peace:
\VS{7}Because
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is opposite
to
God;
it
is
not
under
the
law
of
God,
and
is
not
able
to
be:
\VS{8}So
that
those
who
are
in
the
flesh
are
not
able
to give pleasure
to
God.
\VS{9}You
are
not
in
the
flesh
but
in
the
Spirit,
if
the
Spirit
of
God
is
in
you.
But
if
any
man
has
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ
he
is
not
one
of
his.
\VS{10}And
if
Christ
is
in
you,
the
body
is
dead
because
of
sin,
but
the
Spirit
is
life
because
of
righteousness.
\VS{11}But
if
the
Spirit
of
him
who
made
Jesus
come
again
from
the
dead
is
in
you,
he
who
made
Christ
Jesus
come
again
from
the
dead
will
in
the
same
way,
through
his
Spirit
which
is
in
you,
give
life
to
your
bodies
which
now
are
under
the power
of
death.
\VS{12}So
then,
my
brothers,
we
are
in debt,
not
to
the
flesh
to
be
living
in
the
way
of
the
flesh:
\VS{13}For
if
you go
in
the
way
of
the
flesh,
death
will
come
on
you;
but
if
by
the
Spirit
you
put
to
death
the works
of
the
body,
you
will
have
life.
\VS{14}And
all
those
who
are guided
by
the
Spirit
of
God
are
sons
of
God.
\VS{15}For
you did
not get
the
spirit
of servants
again
to
put
you
in
fear,
but
the
spirit
of
sons
was given
to
you,
by
which
we say,
Abba,
Father.
\VS{16}The
Spirit
is
witness
with
our
spirit
that
we
are
children
of
God:
\VS{17}And
if
we
are
children,
we
have
a right
to
a part
in
the heritage;
a part
in
the
things
of
God,
together
with
Christ;
so
that
if
we
have
a part
in
his pain,
we
will
in
the
same way
have
a part
in
his glory.
\VS{18}I
am
of
the opinion
that
there
is
no comparison between
the pain
of
this
present
time
and
the
glory
which
we
will see
in
the
future.
\VS{19}For
the strong desire
of every living
thing
is
waiting
for
the
revelation
of
the
sons
of
God.
\VS{20}For every living
thing
was
put
under
the power
of change,
not
by
its desire,
but
by
him
who made
it
so,
in
hope
\VS{21}That
all living
things
will
be made
free
from
the power
of death
and
will
have
a
part
with
the
free
children
of
God
in
glory.
\VS{22}For
we
are conscious
that
all living
things
are weeping
and sorrowing
in pain
together till
now.
\VS{23}And
not
only
so,
but
we
who
have
the
first
fruits
of
the
Spirit,
even
we
have sorrow
in
our minds,
waiting
for
the time
when
we
will
take
our
place
as
sons,
that
is,
the salvation
of
our
bodies.
\VS{24}For
our
salvation
is
by
hope:
but
hope
which
is
seen
is
not
hope:
for
who
is
hoping
for
what
he
sees?
\VS{25}But
if
we have
hope
for
that
which
we
see
not,
then
we
will
be able
to go
on
waiting
for
it.
\VS{26}And
in
the
same
way
the
Spirit
is
a
help
to
our feeble hearts:
for
we
are
not able
to
make
prayer
to
God
in
the right
way;
but
the
Spirit puts
our desires into
words
which
are
not
in
our power
to
say;
\VS{27}And
he
who
is
the searcher
of
hearts
has knowledge
of
the
mind
of
the
Spirit,
because
he
is making prayers
for
the
saints
in agreement
with
the
mind
of
God.
\VS{28}And
we
are conscious
that
all
things
are
working
together
for
good
to
those
who
have
love
for
God,
and
have
been marked
out
by
his
purpose.
\VS{29}Because
those
of
whom
he
had knowledge
before
they
came
into existence,
were marked
out
by
him
to
be made
like
his
Son,
so
that
he
might
be
the first
among
a band
of
brothers:
\VS{30}And
those
who
were marked out
by
him
were
named;
and
those
who
were
named
were
given righteousness;
and
to
those
to
whom
he gave righteousness,
in
the
same
way
he gave
glory.
\VS{31}What
may
we
say
about
these
things?
If
God
is
for
us,
who
is
against
us?
\VS{32}He
who
did
not keep back
his
only
Son,
but
gave
him
up
for
us
all,
will
he
not
with
him
freely
give
us
all
things?
\VS{33}Who
will say
anything
against
the saints
of
God? It
is
God
who makes us clear
from evil;
\VS{34}Who
will give
a decision
against
us?
It
is
Christ
Jesus
who
not
only
was
put
to
death,
but
came
again
from
the
dead,
who
is
now
at
the
right
hand
of
God, taking
our
part.
\VS{35}Who
will come between us
and
the
love
of
Christ?
Will
trouble,
or pain,
or cruel acts,
or
the need
of food
or
of clothing,
or
danger,
or
the
sword?
\VS{36}As it
is said
in
the holy Writings,
Because
of
you
we
are
put
to
death every
day;
we
are
like
sheep ready
for destruction.
\VS{37}But
we
are able
to overcome
all
these
things
and
more
through
his
love.
\VS{38}For
I
am certain
that
not
death,
or
life,
or
angels,
or
rulers,
or
things
present,
or
things
to
come,
or
powers,
\VS{39}Or
things
on
high,
or
things
under
the earth,
or
anything
which
is made,
will
be
able
to come between
us
and
the
love
of
God
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
say
what
is
true
in
Christ,
and
not
what
is false,
my mind giving
witness
with
me
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
\VS{2}That
I
am full
of
sorrow
and
pain
without end.
\VS{3}For
I
have
a desire
to take
on
myself
the curse
for
my
brothers,
my family
in
the
flesh:
\VS{4}Who
are
Israelites:
who
have
the place
of
sons,
and
the
glory,
and
the agreements
with God,
and
the
giving
of
the
law,
and
the
worship,
and
the hope offered
by God:
\VS{5}Whose
are
the
fathers,
and
of
whom
came
Christ
in
the
flesh,
who
is
over
all,
God,
to
whom
be blessing
for
ever.
So
be
it.
\VS{6}But
it
is
not
as
if
the
word
of
God
was
without effect.
For
they
are
not
all
Israel,
who
are
of
Israel:
\VS{7}And
they
are
not
all
children
because
they
are
the
seed
of
Abraham;
but,
In
Isaac
will
your
seed
be
named.
\VS{8}That
is,
it
is
not
the
children
of
the
flesh,
but
the
children
of God's undertaking,
who
are named
as
the
seed.
\VS{9}For
this
is
the
word
of God's undertaking,
At
this
time
will
I
come,
and
Sarah
will
have
a
son.
\VS{10}And
not
only
so,
but Rebecca
being
about
to
have
a child
by
our
father
Isaac —
\VS{11}Before
the
children
had
come
into existence,
or
had
done
anything
good
or
bad,
in
order
that God's
purpose
and
his selection
might
be effected,
not
by
works,
but
by
him whose
purpose
it
is,
\VS{12}It
was
said
to
her,
The
older
will be
the servant
of
the
younger.
\VS{13}Even
as
it
is said,
I
had
love
for
Jacob,
but
for
Esau
I
had
hate.
\VS{14}What
may
we
say
then?
is
God
not upright?
let
it
not
be
said.
\VS{15}For
he
says
to
Moses,
I
will
have
mercy
on
whom
I
will
have
mercy,
and pity
on
whom
I
will
have pity.
\VS{16}So
then,
it
is
not
by
the
desire
or
by
the attempt
of
man,
but
by
the
mercy
of
God.
\VS{17}For
the holy Writings
say
to
Pharaoh,
For
this
same
purpose
did
I put
you
on high,
so
that
I
might make
my
power seen
in
you,
and
that
there
might
be knowledge
of
my
name
through
all
the
earth.
\VS{18}So
then,
at
his pleasure
he
has
mercy
on
a man,
and
at
his pleasure
he makes
the heart hard.
\VS{19}But
you
will
say
to
me,
Why
does
he
still make
us responsible?
who
is able
to go
against
his
purpose?
\VS{20}But,
O
man,
who
are
you,
to
make answer
against
God?
May
the
thing
which
is
made
say
to
him
who
made
it,
Why
did
you
make
me
so?
\VS{21}Or
has
not
the
potter
the
right
to
make
out
of
one
part
of
his earth
a
vessel
for honour,
and
out
of another
a
vessel
for
shame?
\VS{22}What
if
God,
desiring
to let
his
wrath
and
his
power
be seen,
for
a
long time put
up
with
the
vessels
of
wrath
which
were ready
for
destruction:
\VS{23}And
to
make clear
the
wealth
of
his
glory
to
vessels
of
mercy,
which
he
had
before
made ready
for
glory,
\VS{24}Even
us,
who
were marked
out
by
him,
not
only
from
the
Jews,
but
from
the
Gentiles?
\VS{25}As
he
says
in
Hosea,
They
will
be
named
my
people
who
were
not
my
people,
and
she
will
be
loved
who
was
not
loved.
\VS{26}And
in
the
place
where
it
was
said
to
them,
You
are
not
my
people,
there
they
will
be
named
the
sons
of
the
living
God.
\VS{27}And
Isaiah says
about
Israel,
Even
if
the
number
of
the children
of
Israel
is
as
the
sand
of
the
sea, only
a small part
will
get
salvation:
\VS{28}For
the
Lord
will
give
effect
to
his
word
on
the
earth, putting
an end
to
it
and cutting
it short.
\VS{29}And,
as
Isaiah
had
said before,
If
the
Lord
of armies
had
not given us
a
seed,
we
would
have
been
like
Sodom
and
Gomorrah.
\VS{30}What
then
may
we
say?
That
the
nations
who
did
not go
after
righteousness
have got
righteousness,
even
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith:
\VS{31}But
Israel, going
after
a
law
of
righteousness,
did
not get
it.
\VS{32}Why?
Because
they
were
not searching
for
it
by
faith,
but
by
works.
They
came up
against
the
stone
which
was
in
the
way;
\VS{33}As
it
is
said,
See,
I
am
putting
in
Zion
a
stone causing
a fall,
and
a
rock
in
the
way:
but
he
who
has
faith
in
him
will
not
be
put
to
shame.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Brothers,
my heart's
desire
and
my
prayer
to
God
for
them
is,
that
they
may get
salvation.
\VS{2}For
I give
witness
of
them
that
they
have
a strong desire
for
God,
but
not
with
knowledge.
\VS{3}Because,
not having
knowledge
of God's
righteousness,
and desiring
to give effect
to
their
righteousness,
they
have
not
put
themselves
under
the
righteousness
of
God.
\VS{4}For
Christ
is
the
end
of
the
law
for
righteousness
to
everyone
who
has
faith.
\VS{5}For
Moses says
that
the
man
who
does
the
righteousness
which
is
of
the
law
will
get
life
by
it.
\VS{6}But
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith
says
these words,
Say
not
in
your
heart,
Who
will
go
up
to
heaven? (that
is,
to
make
Christ
come
down:)
\VS{7}Or,
Who
will
go
down
into
the deep? (that
is,
to make
Christ
come
again
from
the
dead:)
\VS{8}But
what
does
it
say?
The
word
is
near
you,
in
your
mouth
and
in
your
heart:
that
is,
the
word
of
faith
of
which
we
are
the preachers:
\VS{9}Because,
if
you say
with
your
mouth
that
Jesus
is
Lord,
and
have
faith
in
your
heart
that
God
has
made
him
come back
from
the
dead,
you
will
have
salvation:
\VS{10}For
with
the
heart man
has
faith
to get
righteousness,
and
with
the
mouth
he says
that Jesus
is Lord
to get
salvation.
\VS{11}Because
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
Whoever
has
faith
in
him
will
not
be shamed.
\VS{12}And
the
Jew
is
not different
from
the
Greek:
for
there
is
the
same
Lord
of
all,
who
is
good
to
all
who
have hope
in
his name:
\VS{13}Because,
Whoever
will give worship
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
will
get
salvation.
\VS{14}But
how
will
they
give worship
to
him
in
whom
they
have
no
faith?
and
how
will
they
have
faith
in
him
of
whom
they
have
not
had news?
and
how
will
they
have news
without
a
preacher?
\VS{15}And
how
will
there
be preachers
if
they
are
not
sent?
As
it
is said,
How
beautiful
are
the
feet
of
those
who give
the glad
news
of
good
things.
\VS{16}But
they
have
not
all given ear
to
the
good
news.
For
Isaiah
says,
Lord,
who
has
had
faith
in
our word?
\VS{17}So
faith comes
by
hearing,
and
hearing
by
the
word
of
Christ.
\VS{18}But
I
say,
Did
not
the
word
come
to
their
ears?
Yes,
certainly:
Their sound
has
gone
out
into
all
the
earth,
and
their
words
to
the
ends
of
the
world.
\VS{19}But
I
say,
Had
Israel
no knowledge?
First
Moses
says,
You
will
be moved
to envy
by
that which
is
not
a
nation,
and
by
a
foolish
people
I
will
make
you angry.
\VS{20}And
Isaiah
says
without fear,
Those
who
were
not
searching
for
me
made discovery
of
me;
and
I
was
seen
by
those whose hearts
were
turned away
from
me.
\VS{21}But
about
Israel
he
says;
All
the
day
my
hands
have
been stretched out
to
a
people whose hearts
were turned away,
and
who put themselves
against
my word.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
I
say,
Has
God
put
his
people
on
one side?
Let
there
be
no such
thought.
For
I
am
of
Israel,
of
the
seed
of
Abraham,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\VS{2}God
has
not put
away
the
people
of
his selection.
Or
have
you
no knowledge
of
what
is
said
about
Elijah
in
the holy Writings?
how
he
says words
to
God
against
Israel,
\VS{3}Lord,
they
have
put
your
prophets
to
death,
and
made waste
your
altars,
and
now
I
am
the last,
and
they
are
searching
for
me
to take away
my
life.
\VS{4}But
what answer
does
God
make
to
him?
I
have still
seven
thousand
men
whose
knees
have
not
been
bent
to
Baal.
\VS{5}In
the
same
way,
there
are
at
this
present
time
some
who
are marked
out
by
the selection
of
grace.
\VS{6}But
if
it
is
of
grace,
then
it
is
no
longer
of
works:
or
grace
would
not
be
grace.
\VS{7}What
then?
That
which
Israel
was
searching
for
he
did
not get,
but
those
of
the selection got
it
and
the
rest
were made hard.
\VS{8}As
it
was
said
in
the holy Writings,
God
gave
them
a
spirit
of sleep,
eyes
which
might
not
see,
and
ears
which
have
no
hearing,
to
this
day.
\VS{9}And
David
says,
Let
their
table
be
made
a net
for
taking
them,
and
a stone
in
their
way,
and
a punishment:
\VS{10}Let
their
eyes
be made dark
so
that
they
may
not
see,
and
let
their back
be bent down
at
all times.
\VS{11}So
I
say,
Were
their steps
made hard
in
order
that
they
might
have
a
fall?
In
no
way:
but
by
their
fall
salvation
has
come
to
the
Gentiles,
so
that
they
might
be moved
to envy.
\VS{12}Now,
if
their fall
is
the
wealth
of
the
world,
and
their loss
the
wealth
of
the
Gentiles,
how
much
greater
will
be
the glory
when
they
are made
full?
\VS{13}But
I
say
to
you,
Gentiles,
in
so
far
as
I
am
the
Apostle
of
the
Gentiles,
I make
much
of
my position:
\VS{14}If
in
any
way
those
who
are
of
my
flesh
may
be moved
to envy,
so
that
some
of
them
may
get
salvation
by
me.
\VS{15}For,
if
by
their putting away,
the rest
of
men
have
been made friends
with
God,
what
will
their coming back again
be,
but
life
from
the
dead?
\VS{16}And
if
the first-fruit
is
holy,
so
is
the mass:
and
if
the
root
is
holy,
so
are
the
branches.
\VS{17}But
if
some
of
the
branches
were
broken
off,
and
you,
an olive-tree
of
the fields,
were
put
in
among
them,
and
were given
a
part
with
them
in
the
root
by
which
the olive-tree
is
made fertile,
\VS{18}Do
not
be uplifted
in pride
over
the
branches:
because
it
is
not
you
who
are
the
support
of
the
root,
but
it
is
by
the
root
that
you
are supported.
\VS{19}You
will
say,
Branches
were
broken
off
so
that
I
might
be put
in.
\VS{20}Truly,
because
they
had
no
faith
they
were
broken
off,
and
you
have
your place
by reason
of
your
faith.
Do
not
be lifted up
in pride,
but
have
fear;
\VS{21}For,
if
God
did
not
have mercy
on
the
natural
branches,
he
will
not
have mercy
on
you.
\VS{22}See
then
that
God
is
good
but
his rules
are fixed:
to
those
who
were put away
he
was hard,
but
to
you
he
has
been
good,
on
the condition
that
you keep
in
his mercy;
if
not,
you
will
be
cut
off
as
they
were.
\VS{23}And
they,
if
they
do
not go
on
without faith,
will
be united
to
the tree
again,
because
God
is
able
to put
them
in
again.
\VS{24}For
if
you
were
cut
out
of
a field olive-tree,
and
against
the
natural use
were united
to
a good olive-tree,
how
much
more
will
these,
the
natural branches,
be united
again
with
the olive-tree
which
was theirs?
\VS{25}For
it
is
my
desire,
brothers,
that
this secret
may
be clear
to
you,
so
that
you
may
not
have pride
in
your
knowledge,
that
Israel
has
been
made hard
in
part, till
all
the
Gentiles
have
come
in;
\VS{26}And
so
all
Israel
will
get
salvation:
as
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings, There
will
come
out
of
Zion
the
One
who makes
free;
by
him wrongdoing
will
be taken
away
from
Jacob:
\VS{27}And
this
is
my agreement
with
them,
when
I
will
take
away
their
sins.
\VS{28}As
far
as
the
good
news
is
in question,
they
are cut
off
from
God
on
account
of
you,
but
as
far
as
the selection
is
in question,
they
are loved
on
account
of
the
fathers.
\VS{29}Because God's selection
and
his mercies
may
not
be changed.
\VS{30}For
as
you,
in
time past,
were
not under
the rule
of
God,
but
now
have got
mercy through their turning away,
\VS{31}So
in
the
same
way
these
have gone
against
the
orders
of
God,
so
that
by
the
mercy given
to
you
they
may
now get
mercy.
\VS{32}For
God
has
let
them
all go
against
his
orders,
so
that
he
might
have
mercy
on
them
all.
\VS{33}O
how
deep
is
the
wealth
of
the
wisdom
and
knowledge
of
God! no
one
is able
to make discovery
of
his decisions,
and
his
ways
may
not
be searched out.
\VS{34}Who
has knowledge
of
the
mind
of
the
Lord?
or
who
has
taken
part
in
his purposes?
\VS{35}Or
who
has
first
given
to
him,
and
it
will
be
given
back
to
him
again?
\VS{36}For
of
him,
and
through
him,
and
to
him,
are
all
things.
To
him
be
the
glory
for
ever.
So
be
it.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
this
reason
I make request
to
you,
brothers,
by
the
mercies
of
God,
that
you
will give
your
bodies
as
a
living offering,
holy,
pleasing
to
God,
which
is
the
worship
it
is right
for
you
to give
him.
\VS{2}And
let
not
your behaviour
be like
that
of
this
world,
but
be changed
and made new
in
mind,
so
that
by experience
you
may
have knowledge
of
the
good
and
pleasing
and
complete purpose
of
God.
\VS{3}But
I
say
to
every
one
of
you,
through
the
grace
given
to
me,
not
to
have
an over-high opinion
of
himself,
but
to
have wise thoughts,
as
God
has
given
to
every
one
a
measure
of
faith.
\VS{4}For,
as
we
have
a
number
of
parts
in
one
body,
but
all
the
parts
have
not
the
same
use,
\VS{5}So
we,
though
we
are
a number
of persons,
are
one
body
in
Christ,
and
are dependent
on
one
another;
\VS{6}And
having
different qualities
by reason
of
the
grace
given
to
us,
such
as
the quality
of
a prophet, let
it
be made
use
of
in relation
to
the measure
of
our
faith;
\VS{7}Or
the position
of
a Deacon
of
the church, let
a man give himself
to
it;
or
he
who has
the power
of
teaching, let
him make use
of
it;
\VS{8}He
who
has
the power
of comforting, let
him do
so;
he
who
gives, let
him give freely;
he
who
has
the power
of ruling, let
him do it
with
a serious mind;
he
who
has
mercy
on
others, let it
be
with joy.
\VS{9}Let
love
be
without deceit.
Be haters
of
what
is
evil; keep
your minds fixed on
what
is
good.
\VS{10}Be kind
to
one
another
with a brother's
love, putting
others
before
yourselves
in honour;
\VS{11}Be
not slow
in
your work,
but
be quick
in
spirit, as
the Lord's servants;
\VS{12}Being
glad
in
hope, quiet
in
trouble,
at
all times given
to
prayer,
\VS{13}Giving
to
the
needs
of
the
saints, ready
to take
people into
your houses.
\VS{14}Give
blessing
and
not curses
to
those
who
are cruel
to
you.
\VS{15}Take part
in
the
joy
of those who are
glad,
and
in
the grief
of those who are sorrowing.
\VS{16}Be
in
harmony
with
one
another.
Do
not
have
a
high opinion
of
yourselves,
but
be
in agreement
with common
people.
Do
not
give
yourselves
an air
of wisdom.
\VS{17}Do
not
give
evil
for
evil
to
any
man. Let
all
your business
be
well ordered
in
the eyes
of
all
men.
\VS{18}As
far
as
it
is
possible
for
you
be
at
peace
with
all
men.
\VS{19}Do
not
give
punishment
for wrongs done
to
you,
dear brothers,
but
give way
to
the
wrath
of
God;
for
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
Punishment
is
mine,
I
will
give reward,
says
the
Lord.
\VS{20}But
if
one
who
has hate
for
you
is
in need
of food
or
of
drink,
give
it
to
him,
for
in
so
doing
you
will
put
coals
of
fire
on
his
head.
\VS{21}Do
not let
evil
overcome
you,
but
overcome
evil
by
good.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
everyone
put himself
under
the
authority
of
the higher
powers,
because
there
is
no
power
which
is
not
of
God,
and
all
powers
are ordered
by
God.
\VS{2}For
which reason everyone
who puts
himself against
the
authority puts
himself against
the
order
of
God:
and
those
who
are against
it
will get
punishment
for
themselves.
\VS{3}For
rulers
are
not
a
cause
of
fear
to
the
good
work
but
to
the
evil.
If
you
would
have
no
fear
of
the
authority,
do
good
and
you
will
have
praise;
\VS{4}For
he
is
the
servant
of
God
to
you
for
good.
But
if
you
do
evil,
have
fear;
for
the
sword
is
not
in
his
hand
for
nothing:
he
is God's
servant,
making God's punishment
come
on
the evil-doer.
\VS{5}So
put yourselves
under
the authority,
not
for fear
of
wrath,
but
because
you
have
the knowledge
of
what
is right.
\VS{6}For
the
same
reason, make payment
of
taxes;
because
the authority
is God's servant,
to take care
of
such
things
at
all times.
\VS{7}Give
to
all
what
is
their right:
taxes
to
him whose
they
are, payment
to
him whose right
it
is,
fear
to
whom
fear, honour
to
whom honour
is
to
be
given.
\VS{8}Be
in debt
for
nothing,
but
to
have
love
for
one
another:
for
he
who
has
love
for
his neighbour
has
kept
all
the
law.
\VS{9}And
this,
Do
not
be untrue
in married life,
Do
not
put
to
death,
Do
not take
what
is another's,
Do
not
have
desire
for
what
is another's,
and
if
there
is
any
other order,
it
is covered
by
this
word,
Have
love
for
your neighbour
as
for
yourself.
\VS{10}Love
does
no
wrong
to
his neighbour,
so
love makes
the
law complete.
\VS{11}See
then
that
the
time
has
come
for
you
to
be
awake
from
sleep:
for
now
is
your
salvation
nearer
than
when
you first
had
faith.
\VS{12}The
night
is
far
gone,
and
the
day
is
near:
so
let us
put off
the
works
of
the dark, arming ourselves
with
light,
\VS{13}With right behaviour
as
in
the
day;
not
in pleasure-making
and drinking,
not
in bad company
and unclean behaviour,
not
in fighting
and envy.
\VS{14}But
put
on
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
do
not
give thought
to
the
flesh
to
do its
desires.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Do
not put
on
one side
him
who
is feeble
in
faith,
and
do
not put
him
in doubt
by
your
reasonings.
\VS{2}One
man
has
faith
to take
all
things
as
food: another
who
is feeble
in
faith takes only green
food.
\VS{3}Let
not
him
who takes food
have
a low opinion
of
him
who
does
not:
and
let
not
him
who
does
not take food
be
a
judge
of
him
who
does;
for
he
has God's approval.
\VS{4}Who
are
you
to
make
yourself
a
judge
of
another man's
servant?
it
is
to
his
master
that
he
is responsible
for
good
or bad.
Yes,
his place
will
be safe,
because
the
Lord
is
able
to keep
him
from
falling.
\VS{5}This
man puts
one
day
before
another:
to
that
man
they
are
the
same.
Let
every
man
be certain
in
his
mind.
\VS{6}He
who keeps
the
day, keeps
it
to
the
Lord;
and
he
who takes food, takes
it
as
to
the
Lord,
for
he
gives praise
to
God;
and
he
who
does
not take food,
to
the
Lord
he takes
it
not,
and
gives praise
to
God.
\VS{7}For every man's
life
and every man's
death
has
a relation
to others
as
well
as
to
himself.
\VS{8}As long
as
we
have
life
we
are
living
to
the
Lord;
or
if
we give up
our
life
it
is
to
the
Lord;
so
if
we
are
living,
or
if
our
life
comes
to
an end,
we
are
the Lord's.
\VS{9}And
for
this purpose
Christ went
into
death
and came
back
again,
that
he
might
be
the
Lord
of
the
dead
and
of
the
living.
\VS{10}But
you,
why
do
you make
yourself
your brother's
judge?
or
again,
why
have
you
no
respect
for
your
brother?
because
we
will
all
have
to take
our place
before
God
as
our
judge.
\VS{11}For
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
By
my
life,
says
the
Lord,
to
me
every
knee
will
be
bent,
and
every
tongue
will
give worship
to
God.
\VS{12}So
every
one
of
us
will
have
to
give
an
account
of
himself
to
God.
\VS{13}Then
let us
not
be
judges
of
one
another
any
longer:
but
keep
this
in mind,
that
no
man
is
to
make
it hard
for
his
brother,
or give
him
cause
for doubting.
\VS{14}I
am conscious
of
this,
and
am
certain
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
nothing
is
unclean
in
itself;
but
for
the
man
in whose opinion
it
is
unclean,
for
him
it
is
unclean.
\VS{15}And
if
because
of
food
your
brother
is troubled,
then
you
are
no
longer going
on
in
the
way
of
love.
Do
not let
your
food
be destruction
to
him
for
whom
Christ
went
into
death.
\VS{16}Let it
not
be possible
for men
to say
evil
about
your
good:
\VS{17}For
the
kingdom
of
God
is
not
food
and
drink,
but
righteousness
and
peace
and
joy
in
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{18}And
he
who
in
these
things
is Christ's servant,
is
pleasing
to
God
and
has
the approval
of
men.
\VS{19}So
then,
let
us go
after
the
things
which make
peace,
and
the
things
by
which
we
may
be
a help
to
one
another.
\VS{20}Do
not let
the
work
of
God come
to
nothing on
account
of
food.
All
things
are
certainly
clean;
but
it
is
evil
for
that
man
who
by taking
food makes
it hard
for another.
\VS{21}It
is
better
not
to
take
meat
or
wine
or
to
do
anything
which might
be
a
cause
of trouble
to
your
brother.
\VS{22}The
faith
which
you
have,
have
it
to
yourself
before
God.
Happy
is
the
man
who
is
not
judged
by
that
to
which
he gives approval.
\VS{23}But
he
who
is
in
doubt
is
judged
if
he takes
food,
because
he
does
it
not
in
faith;
and
whatever
is
not
of
faith
is
sin.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}We
who
are
strong
have
to
be
a
support
to
the feeble,
and
not give pleasure
to
ourselves.
\VS{2}Let
every
one
of
us give pleasure
to
his neighbour
for
his
good,
to make
him strong.
\VS{3}For
Christ
did
not give pleasure
to
himself,
but,
as
it
is
said,
The bitter
words
of
those
who
were angry
with
you
came
on
me.
\VS{4}Now
those
things
which
were put
down
in
writing
before
our time
were
for
our learning,
so
that
through quiet waiting
and
through
the
comfort
of
the holy Writings
we
might
have
hope.
\VS{5}Now
may
the
God
who
gives
comfort
and strength
in waiting
make
you
of
the
same
mind
with
one
another
in
harmony
with
Christ
Jesus:
\VS{6}So
that
with
one
mouth
you
may give
glory
to
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{7}So
then, take
one
another
to
your hearts,
as
Christ
took
us,
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{8}Now
I
say
that
Christ
has
been
made
a
servant
of
the
circumcision
to
give effect
to
the undertakings given
by
God
to
the
fathers,
\VS{9}And
so
that
the
Gentiles
might
give
glory
to
God
for
his
mercy;
as
it
is
said,
For
this
reason
I
will
give
praise
to
you
among
the
Gentiles,
and
I
will make
a song
to
your
name.
\VS{10}And
again
he
says, Take
part,
you
Gentiles,
in
the joy
of
his
people.
\VS{11}And
again,
Give
praise
to
the
Lord,
all
you
Gentiles;
and let
all
the
nations
give
praise
to
him.
\VS{12}And
again
Isaiah
says,
There
will
be
the
root
of
Jesse,
and
he
who
comes
to
be
the ruler
over
the
Gentiles;
in
him
will
the
Gentiles put
their
hope.
\VS{13}Now
may
the
God
of
hope
make
you
full
of
joy
and
peace
through
faith,
so
that
all
hope
may
be
yours
in
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{14}And
I
myself
am certain
of
you,
brothers,
that
you
are
full
of
what
is
good,
complete
in
all
knowledge,
able
to
give direction
to
one
another.
\VS{15}But
I
have,
in
some measure, less fear
in
writing
to
you
to
put
these
things
before
you
again,
because
of
the
grace
which
was
given
to
me
by
God,
\VS{16}To
be
a servant
of
Christ
Jesus
to
the
Gentiles, doing
the work
of
a
priest
in
the
good
news
of
God,
so
that
the
offering
of
the
Gentiles
might
be pleasing
to
God,
being
made
holy
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{17}So
I
have
pride
in
Christ
Jesus
in
the
things
which
are God's.
\VS{18}And
I
will keep
myself
from
talking
of
anything
but
those
things
which
Christ
has
done
by
me
to put
the
Gentiles
under
his rule
in
word
and
in act,
\VS{19}By
signs
and
wonders,
in
the
power
of
the Holy
Spirit;
so
that
from
Jerusalem
and
round
about
as
far
as
Illyricum
I
have given
all
the
good
news
of
Christ;
\VS{20}Making
it
my purpose
not
to take
the
good
news
where
Christ
was
named,
so
that
my work
might
not
be resting
on
that
of
others;
\VS{21}But
as
it
is
said
in
the holy Writings,
They
will
see,
to
whom
the
news
of
him
had
not
been given,
and
those
to
whose
ears
it
had
not
come
will
have knowledge.
\VS{22}For
which
reason
I
was frequently kept
from
coming
to
you:
\VS{23}But
now,
having
no
longer
any
place
in
these
parts
and
having
had
for
a
number
of
years
a
great desire
to
come
to
you,
\VS{24}Whenever
I
go
to
Spain (for
it
is
my
hope
to
see
you
on
my
way,
and
to
be
sent
on
there
by
you,
if
first
I
may
in
some measure
have
been comforted
by
your company) —
\VS{25}But
now
I
go
to
Jerusalem, taking help
for
the
saints.
\VS{26}For
it
has
been
the
good
pleasure
of
those
of
Macedonia
and
Achaia
to send
a
certain amount
of money
for
the
poor
among
the
saints
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{27}Yes,
it
has
been
their
good
pleasure;
and
they
are
in
their debt.
For
if
the
Gentiles
have
had
a
part
in
the
things
of
the Spirit
which
were
theirs,
it
is right
for
them,
in
the
same
way,
to give
them help
in
the
things
of
the
flesh.
\VS{28}So
when
I
have done
this,
and
have given
them
this
fruit
of love,
I
will
go
on
by
you
into
Spain.
\VS{29}And
I am certain
that
when
I
come,
I
will
be
full
of
the
blessing
of
Christ.
\VS{30}Now
I make request
to
you,
brothers,
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
by
the
love
of
the
Spirit,
that
you
will
be working
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God
for
me;
\VS{31}So
that
I
may
be kept
safe
from
those
in Judaea
who
have
not
put
themselves
under
the rule
of God,
and
that
the help
which
I
am
taking
for
Jerusalem
may
be pleasing
to
the
saints;
\VS{32}So
that
I
may
come
to
you
in
joy
by
the good pleasure
of
God,
and
have
rest
with
you.
\VS{33}Now
may
the
God
of
peace
be
with
you
all.
So
be
it.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}It
is
my desire
to
say
a
good word
for
Phoebe,
who
is
a
servant
of
the
church
in Cenchreae:
\VS{2}That
you
will
take
her
in kindly,
after
the
way
of
the
saints,
as
one
who
is
the Lord's,
and
give
her
help
in anything
in
which
she
may
have
need
of
you:
because
she
has
been
a
help
to
a
great
number
and
to
myself.
\VS{3}Give
my love
to
Prisca
and
Aquila,
workers
with
me
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{4}Who
for
my
life put
their
necks
in danger;
to
whom
not
only
I
but
all
the
churches
of
the
Gentiles
are
in debt:
\VS{5}And
say
a kind word
to
the
church
which
is
in
their
house.
Give
my
love
to
my
dear
Epaenetus,
who
is
the
first fruit
of
Asia
to
Christ.
\VS{6}Give my love
to
Mary,
who gave
much care
to
you.
\VS{7}Give
my love
to
Andronicus
and
Junia,
my relations,
who
were
in prison
with
me,
who
are noted
among
the
Apostles,
and
who
were
in
Christ
before
me.
\VS{8}Give
my
love
to
Ampliatus,
who
is
dear
to
me
in
the
Lord,
\VS{9}Give
my
love
to
Urbanus,
a
worker
in
Christ
with
us,
and
to
my
dear
Stachys.
\VS{10}Give
my love
to
Apelles,
who
has
the approval
of
Christ. Say
a kind word
to
those
who
are
of
the house
of
Aristobulus.
\VS{11}Give
my love
to
Herodion,
my relation.
Say
a kind word
to
those
of
the house
of
Narcissus,
who
are
in
the
Lord.
\VS{12}Give
my
love
to
Tryphaena
and
Tryphosa,
workers
in
the
Lord.
Give
my
love
to
my
dear
Persis,
who
did
much
work
in
the
Lord.
\VS{13}Give
my love
to
Rufus,
one
of
the Lord's selection,
and
to
his
mother
and
mine.
\VS{14}Give
my love
to
Asyncritus,
Phlegon,
Hermes,
Patrobas,
Hermas,
and
the
brothers
who
are
with
them.
\VS{15}Give
my love
to
Philologus
and
Julia,
Nereus
and
his
sister,
and
Olympas,
and
all
the
saints
who
are
with
them.
\VS{16}Give
one
another
a
holy
kiss.
All
the
churches
of
Christ
send
their love
to
you.
\VS{17}Now,
it
is
my desire,
brothers,
that
you
will take note
of
those
who
are
causing division
and trouble
among
you, quite
against
the
teaching
which
was
given
to
you:
and
keep
away
from
them.
\VS{18}For
such
people
are
not servants
of
the
Lord
Christ,
but
of
their stomachs;
and
by
their
smooth
and well-said
words
the
hearts
of
those
who
have
no knowledge
of evil
are tricked.
\VS{19}For
all
have knowledge
of how
you
do
what
you
are ordered.
For
this reason
I
have
joy
in
you,
but
it
is
my
desire
that
you
may
be
wise
in
what
is
good,
and without knowledge
of
evil.
\VS{20}And
the
God
of
peace
will
be crushing
Satan
under
your
feet
before long.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
\VS{21}Timothy,
who
is working
with
me,
sends
his love
to
you,
so
do
Lucius
and
Jason
and
Sosipater,
my relations.
\VS{22}I,
Tertius,
who
have done
the
writing
of
this
letter,
send love
in
the
Lord.
\VS{23}Gaius,
with
whom
I
am living, whose house
is open
to
all
the
church,
sends
his love,
so does
Erastus,
the
manager
of
the accounts
of
the
town,
and
Quartus,
the
brother.
\VS{24}[]
\VS{25}Now
to
him
who
is
able
to make
you strong
in agreement
with
the
good
news
which
I gave
you
and
the
preaching
of
Jesus
Christ,
in
the light
of
the
revelation
of
that
secret
which
has
been
kept
through
times
eternal,
\VS{26}But
is
now
made
clear;
and
by
the writings
of
the
prophets,
by
the order
of
the
eternal
God,
the knowledge
of
it
has
been given
to
all
the
nations,
so
that
they
may come
under
the rule
of
the
faith;
\VS{27}To
the
only
wise
God,
through
Jesus
Christ,
be
the
glory
for
ever.
So
be
it.
\par }