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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.002.038","ACT","2","AC2_38","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC2_38' data-id='AC2_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>“Repent!” Peter told them. “All of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.002.040","ACT","2","AC2_40","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC2_40' data-id='AC2_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>Peter went on speaking, giving them much more evidence. He warned them, “Save yourselves from this perverted generation.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.001","ACT","3","AC3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC3_1' data-id='AC3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Peter and John were on their way up to the Temple at the time of the afternoon prayer, around 3 p.m. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.004","ACT","3","AC3_4","<span class='v AC3_4' data-id='AC3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Peter looked right at him. John did, too. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC3_4' data-id='AC3_4'>“Look at us!” Peter said. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.005","ACT","3","AC3_5","<span class='v AC3_5' data-id='AC3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>The lame man gave them his full attention, expecting to get something from them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.006","ACT","3","AC3_6","<span class='v AC3_6' data-id='AC3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>“I don’t have any silver or gold,” Peter told him, “but I’ll give you what I have. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.008","ACT","3","AC3_8","<span class='v AC3_8' data-id='AC3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>He jumped to his feet, and then began to walk. He went with them into the Temple, walking and jumping and praising God. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.010","ACT","3","AC3_10","<span class='v AC3_10' data-id='AC3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>They recognized him as the beggar who used to sit by the Temple’s Beautiful Gate, and they were surprised and amazed at what had happened to him. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.013","ACT","3","AC3_13","<span class='v AC3_13' data-id='AC3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of our forefathers—has glorified his servant Jesus. He was the one you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even after Pilate had decided to release him. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.015","ACT","3","AC3_15","<span class='v AC3_15' data-id='AC3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You killed the Author of life, the one God raised from the dead—and we are witnesses to this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.016","ACT","3","AC3_16","<span class='v AC3_16' data-id='AC3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>By trusting in Jesus’ name this man was healed by him. You see this man here; you know him. Through trusting in Jesus this man has received complete healing right in front of all of you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.017","ACT","3","AC3_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC3_17' data-id='AC3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>“Now I know, brothers and sisters, that you did this in ignorance, like your rulers. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.020","ACT","3","AC3_20","<span class='v AC3_20' data-id='AC3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>and send Jesus, the Messiah appointed for you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.021","ACT","3","AC3_21","<span class='v AC3_21' data-id='AC3_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>For he must stay in heaven until the time when everything is restored, as God announced through his holy prophets long ago. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.003.022","ACT","3","AC3_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC3_22' data-id='AC3_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>“Moses said, ‘The Lord God will send you a prophet from among your own people who is like me. You must listen to everything he tells you. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.004","ACT","4","AC4_4","<span class='v AC4_4' data-id='AC4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>But many who had heard the message believed it, and the total number of believers grew to about five thousand. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.014","ACT","4","AC4_14","<span class='v AC4_14' data-id='AC4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Since they could see the man who had been healed standing right there with them, they had nothing to say in response to what had happened. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.015","ACT","4","AC4_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC4_15' data-id='AC4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So they instructed them to wait outside the council while they discussed the matter among themselves. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.016","ACT","4","AC4_16","<span class='v AC4_16' data-id='AC4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>“What should we do with these men?” they asked. “We can’t deny a significant miracle has happened through them. Everybody living here in Jerusalem knows about it. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.019","ACT","4","AC4_19","<span class='v AC4_19' data-id='AC4_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But Peter and John responded, “Whether it’s right in God’s eyes to obey you rather than God—you decide. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.020","ACT","4","AC4_20","<span class='v AC4_20' data-id='AC4_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>We can’t help talking about what we’ve seen and heard!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.021","ACT","4","AC4_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC4_21' data-id='AC4_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>After making more threats they let them go. They couldn’t work out how to punish them because everyone was glorifying God for what had happened. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.022","ACT","4","AC4_22","<span class='v AC4_22' data-id='AC4_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>For the man who received this miracle of healing was more than forty years old. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.023","ACT","4","AC4_23","<span class='v AC4_23' data-id='AC4_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>After the disciples had been released, they went to the other believers and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.024","ACT","4","AC4_24","<span class='v AC4_24' data-id='AC4_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>When they heard what had happened, they prayed to God together: </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC4_24' data-id='AC4_24'>“Lord, you made heaven and earth and sea, and everything that is in them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.025","ACT","4","AC4_25","<span class='v AC4_25' data-id='AC4_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>You spoke by the Holy Spirit through David, our forefather and your servant, saying ‘Why did the people of the other nations become so angry? Why did they plot so foolishly against me? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.026","ACT","4","AC4_26","<span class='v AC4_26' data-id='AC4_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>The kings of the earth prepared for war<span class='note' id='footnote-414'><a href='#note-414' class='key'>‡</a></span>; the rulers united together against the Lord and against his Chosen One.’<span class='note' id='footnote-415'><a href='#note-415' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.027","ACT","4","AC4_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC4_27' data-id='AC4_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>“Now this has really happened right here in this city! Both Herod and Pontius Pilate, together with the foreigners and the people of Israel, united together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed as Messiah. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.028","ACT","4","AC4_28","<span class='v AC4_28' data-id='AC4_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>They did whatever you had already decided because you had the power and the will to do it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.029","ACT","4","AC4_29","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC4_29' data-id='AC4_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>“Now Lord: look at all their threats against us! Help us your servants to speak your word really boldly. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.030","ACT","4","AC4_30","<span class='v AC4_30' data-id='AC4_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>As you exercise your power to heal, may signs and miracles be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus!” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.033","ACT","4","AC4_33","<span class='v AC4_33' data-id='AC4_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>The apostles gave their testimony regarding the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with tremendous power, and God greatly blessed them all. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.035","ACT","4","AC4_35","<span class='v AC4_35' data-id='AC4_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>They took the proceeds and presented them to the apostles to be shared with those in need. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.004.036","ACT","4","AC4_36","<span class='v AC4_36' data-id='AC4_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Joseph, the one the apostles called Barnabas (meaning “son of encouragement”), was a Levite, a Cypriot national. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.001","ACT","5","AC5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_1' data-id='AC5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now a man called Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.002","ACT","5","AC5_2","<span class='v AC5_2' data-id='AC5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>He kept back some of the money he received for himself, and brought the rest to present to the apostles. His wife knew what he was doing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.003","ACT","5","AC5_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_3' data-id='AC5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Then Peter asked him, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back some of the money from the land you sold? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.004","ACT","5","AC5_4","<span class='v AC5_4' data-id='AC5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>While you had the land, didn’t it belong to you? And after you sold it, didn’t you still have control over what you did with the money? Why did you decide to do this? You haven’t lied to human beings, but to God!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.005","ACT","5","AC5_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_5' data-id='AC5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. Everyone who heard what happened was terrified. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.006","ACT","5","AC5_6","<span class='v AC5_6' data-id='AC5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Some of the young men got up and wrapped him in a shroud. Then they carried him out and buried him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.007","ACT","5","AC5_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_7' data-id='AC5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>About three hours later his wife arrived, not knowing what had happened. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.008","ACT","5","AC5_8","<span class='v AC5_8' data-id='AC5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the land for this price?” </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_8' data-id='AC5_8'>“Yes, that was the price,” she replied. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.009","ACT","5","AC5_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_9' data-id='AC5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Then Peter told her, “How could you agree together to swindle<span class='note' id='footnote-416'><a href='#note-416' class='key'>*</a></span> the Spirit of the Lord? Look, those who buried your husband are just returning, and they’ll carry you out too!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.010","ACT","5","AC5_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_10' data-id='AC5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Immediately she fell down dead at his feet. The young men came back in and found her dead, so they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.011","ACT","5","AC5_11","<span class='v AC5_11' data-id='AC5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Great fear spread through the whole church, as well as among everyone who heard what had happened. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.013","ACT","5","AC5_13","<span class='v AC5_13' data-id='AC5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Nobody else dared to join them even though they were greatly respected. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.014","ACT","5","AC5_14","<span class='v AC5_14' data-id='AC5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>However many men and women came to believe in the Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.015","ACT","5","AC5_15","<span class='v AC5_15' data-id='AC5_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>As a result, people brought those who were sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that as Peter passed by his shadow might fall on them<span class='note' id='footnote-418'><a href='#note-418' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.016","ACT","5","AC5_16","<span class='v AC5_16' data-id='AC5_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Crowds from the towns around Jerusalem brought their sick and those afflicted by evil spirits. They were all healed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.017","ACT","5","AC5_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_17' data-id='AC5_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>However, the high priest and those with him (who were Sadducees) became very jealous and decided to intervene. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.018","ACT","5","AC5_18","<span class='v AC5_18' data-id='AC5_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>They arrested the apostles and threw them in the public jail. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.019","ACT","5","AC5_19","<span class='v AC5_19' data-id='AC5_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and led them out. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.020","ACT","5","AC5_20","<span class='v AC5_20' data-id='AC5_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>“Go to the Temple and tell the people everything about this new way of life!” he told them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.021","ACT","5","AC5_21","<span class='v AC5_21' data-id='AC5_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>They did as they were told and went into the Temple at around dawn and began teaching. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_21' data-id='AC5_21'>Then the high priest and his followers called a council meeting with all the leaders of Israel. He sent for the apostles to be brought from prison. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.022","ACT","5","AC5_22","<span class='v AC5_22' data-id='AC5_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But when the officials went to the prison they couldn’t find the apostles so they went back and told the council, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.023","ACT","5","AC5_23","<span class='v AC5_23' data-id='AC5_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>“We found the prison all locked up, with guards at the doors. But when we had them open up, we couldn’t find anyone inside.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.024","ACT","5","AC5_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_24' data-id='AC5_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Now when the captain of the Temple guards and the chief priests heard this they were totally baffled, and wondered what was going on. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.025","ACT","5","AC5_25","<span class='v AC5_25' data-id='AC5_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Then someone came in and said, “Look, the men you put in prison are right there in the Temple teaching people!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.026","ACT","5","AC5_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_26' data-id='AC5_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>So the captain went with his guards and brought them in, but did not use force because they were afraid that the people would stone them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.027","ACT","5","AC5_27","<span class='v AC5_27' data-id='AC5_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>The apostles were brought in and made to stand in front of the council. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.028","ACT","5","AC5_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_28' data-id='AC5_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>“Didn’t we order you not to teach in this name?” the high priest demanded to know. “Now look—you’ve filled the whole of Jerusalem with your teaching, and you’re trying to blame us for his death!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.029","ACT","5","AC5_29","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_29' data-id='AC5_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>But Peter and the apostles answered, “We have to obey God rather than men. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.030","ACT","5","AC5_30","<span class='v AC5_30' data-id='AC5_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>The God of our forefathers raised Jesus from the dead—the one you killed by hanging him on a cross. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.031","ACT","5","AC5_31","<span class='v AC5_31' data-id='AC5_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>God exalted him to a position of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior, as a way to bring repentance to Israel, and for the forgiveness of sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.032","ACT","5","AC5_32","<span class='v AC5_32' data-id='AC5_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>We are witnesses of what happened, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.033","ACT","5","AC5_33","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_33' data-id='AC5_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>When the council heard this they were furious and wanted to kill them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.034","ACT","5","AC5_34","<span class='v AC5_34' data-id='AC5_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>But then one of the council members stood up to speak. He was Gamaliel, a Pharisee and a doctor of law who was respected by everyone. He ordered the apostles sent out for a short while. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.036","ACT","5","AC5_36","<span class='v AC5_36' data-id='AC5_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Some time ago Theudas tried to make a name for himself, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed and all who followed him were scattered and it came to nothing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.037","ACT","5","AC5_37","<span class='v AC5_37' data-id='AC5_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>Then after him Judas of Galilee came along at the time of the census, and he attracted some followers. He also died, and those who listened to him were dispersed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.038","ACT","5","AC5_38","<span class='v AC5_38' data-id='AC5_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>So in the current case I recommend that you leave these men alone, and just let them go. If what they are planning or what they are doing comes from their own human thinking, then it will be defeated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.039","ACT","5","AC5_39","<span class='v AC5_39' data-id='AC5_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>But if it comes from God, you won’t be able to defeat them. You could even find yourselves fighting against God!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.040","ACT","5","AC5_40","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC5_40' data-id='AC5_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>They were convinced by what he said. So they called the apostles back in, had them whipped, and ordered them not to say anything in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.041","ACT","5","AC5_41","<span class='v AC5_41' data-id='AC5_41'><span class='v-num v-41'>41&#160;</span>The apostles left the council, happy to be considered worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.005.042","ACT","5","AC5_42","<span class='v AC5_42' data-id='AC5_42'><span class='v-num v-42'>42&#160;</span>Every day they continued to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah, in the Temple and from house to house. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.001","ACT","6","AC6_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_1' data-id='AC6_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>At this time, when the number of believers was increasing rapidly, the Greek-speaking believers started arguing with the Aramaic-speaking believers<span class='note' id='footnote-419'><a href='#note-419' class='key'>*</a></span>. They complained that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.002","ACT","6","AC6_2","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_2' data-id='AC6_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>The twelve apostles called all the believers together, and told them, “It’s not appropriate for us to give up spreading the word of God so we can wait at tables. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.003","ACT","6","AC6_3","<span class='v AC6_3' data-id='AC6_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Brothers, choose from among you seven trustworthy men full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will hand this responsibility over to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.004","ACT","6","AC6_4","<span class='v AC6_4' data-id='AC6_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>We ourselves will give our full attention to prayer and the ministry of spreading the word.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.005","ACT","6","AC6_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_5' data-id='AC6_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Everybody was happy with the arrangement, and they chose Stephen, (a man full of trust in God and of the Holy Spirit), Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, (originally a Jewish convert from Antioch). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.006","ACT","6","AC6_6","<span class='v AC6_6' data-id='AC6_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>These men were presented to the apostles who prayed for them and placed their hands on them in blessing. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.007","ACT","6","AC6_7","<span class='v AC6_7' data-id='AC6_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>The word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem greatly increased, with a large number of priests committing themselves to trusting in Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.008","ACT","6","AC6_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_8' data-id='AC6_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Stephen, full of grace and God’s power, performed wonderful miracles among the people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.009","ACT","6","AC6_9","<span class='v AC6_9' data-id='AC6_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But some started arguing with him. They were from the synagogue called “the Free,”<span class='note' id='footnote-420'><a href='#note-420' class='key'>†</a></span> as well as Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia Minor. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.010","ACT","6","AC6_10","<span class='v AC6_10' data-id='AC6_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But they weren’t able to stand against Stephen’s wisdom or the Spirit with which he was speaking. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.011","ACT","6","AC6_11","<span class='v AC6_11' data-id='AC6_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>So they bribed some men to say, “We heard this man blaspheme Moses, and God too!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.012","ACT","6","AC6_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_12' data-id='AC6_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>They stirred up the people, and together with the elders and the teachers of the law, they came and arrested him. They brought him before the council, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.013","ACT","6","AC6_13","<span class='v AC6_13' data-id='AC6_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>and called false witnesses who testified against him. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC6_13' data-id='AC6_13'>“This man is always slandering the holy Temple<span class='note' id='footnote-421'><a href='#note-421' class='key'>‡</a></span> and the law,” they said. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.006.014","ACT","6","AC6_14","<span class='v AC6_14' data-id='AC6_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>“We’ve heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple, and will change the laws<span class='note' id='footnote-422'><a href='#note-422' class='key'>§</a></span> we received from Moses.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.001","ACT","7","AC7_1","<div class='c'>7</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC7_1' data-id='AC7_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>“Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.002","ACT","7","AC7_2","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC7_2' data-id='AC7_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>“Brothers and fathers, listen to me!” Stephen replied. “God in his glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he moved to Haran. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.003","ACT","7","AC7_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC7_3' data-id='AC7_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>“God told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I’m going to show you.’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.004","ACT","7","AC7_4","<span class='v AC7_4' data-id='AC7_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>So he left the country of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. After his father’s death, God sent him here to this country where you now live. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.005","ACT","7","AC7_5","<span class='v AC7_5' data-id='AC7_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>God didn’t give Abraham an inheritance here, not even one square foot. But God did promise Abraham that he would give him and his descendants possession of the land, even though he had no children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.006","ACT","7","AC7_6","<span class='v AC7_6' data-id='AC7_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country, and that they would be enslaved there, and would be mistreated for four hundred years. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.007","ACT","7","AC7_7","<span class='v AC7_7' data-id='AC7_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>God said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come here to worship me.’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.008","ACT","7","AC7_8","<span class='v AC7_8' data-id='AC7_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>God also gave Abraham the circumcision covenant<span class='note' id='footnote-423'><a href='#note-423' class='key'>*</a></span>, and so when Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.009","ACT","7","AC7_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC7_9' data-id='AC7_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>“The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.034","ACT","7","AC7_34","<span class='v AC7_34' data-id='AC7_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>I have closely observed the suffering of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans. I have come down to rescue them. Now come over here, for I’m sending you to Egypt.’ </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.036","ACT","7","AC7_36","<span class='v AC7_36' data-id='AC7_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Moses led them out after performing miraculous signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and continued to do so in the desert for forty years. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.040","ACT","7","AC7_40","<span class='v AC7_40' data-id='AC7_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>They told Aaron, “Make gods for us to lead us, because we don’t know what’s happened to this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt.’ </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.042","ACT","7","AC7_42","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC7_42' data-id='AC7_42'><span class='v-num v-42'>42&#160;</span>“So God gave up on them. He left them to their worship of the stars in the sky. This is what the prophets wrote, ‘Were you giving offerings or making sacrifices to me during the forty years in the desert, you Israelites? </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.045","ACT","7","AC7_45","<span class='v AC7_45' data-id='AC7_45'><span class='v-num v-45'>45&#160;</span>Later on, our forefathers carried it with them when they went in with Joshua to occupy the land taken from the nations the Lord drove out before them. It stayed there until the time of David. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.047","ACT","7","AC7_47","<span class='v AC7_47' data-id='AC7_47'><span class='v-num v-47'>47&#160;</span>But it was Solomon who built a temple<span class='note' id='footnote-425'><a href='#note-425' class='key'>‡</a></span> for him. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.050","ACT","7","AC7_50","<span class='v AC7_50' data-id='AC7_50'><span class='v-num v-50'>50&#160;</span>Didn’t I make everything?’ </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.007.055","ACT","7","AC7_55","<span class='v AC7_55' data-id='AC7_55'><span class='v-num v-55'>55&#160;</span>But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed up into heaven and saw God’s glory, with Jesus standing at God’s right hand. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.008.008","ACT","8","AC8_8","<span class='v AC8_8' data-id='AC8_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>The people who lived in the city were overjoyed. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.008.009","ACT","8","AC8_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC8_9' data-id='AC8_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Now there was a man named Simon living in the city who used to practice sorcery. He claimed that he was someone very important, and had astounded the people of Samaria </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.008.021","ACT","8","AC8_21","<span class='v AC8_21' data-id='AC8_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>You’re not part of any of this. None of this work belongs to you, because in God’s eyes your attitude is totally wrong. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.010.020","ACT","10","AC10_20","<span class='v AC10_20' data-id='AC10_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Get up, go downstairs, and go with them. Don’t worry at all because I’m the one who sent them.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.010.028","ACT","10","AC10_28","<span class='v AC10_28' data-id='AC10_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>He said to them, “You certainly know that it’s not permitted for a Jew to be associated with or to visit foreigners. But God has shown me that it’s not for me to call anyone impure or unclean. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.010.029","ACT","10","AC10_29","<span class='v AC10_29' data-id='AC10_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>That’s why I came without any argument when I was sent for. So now I want to know the reason why you sent for me.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.010.030","ACT","10","AC10_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC10_30' data-id='AC10_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>“Four days ago, at about this time—three in the afternoon—I was praying in my house,” Cornelius explained. “Suddenly I saw a man standing in front of me, dressed in clothes that shone brightly. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.010.032","ACT","10","AC10_32","<span class='v AC10_32' data-id='AC10_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Send someone to Joppa for Simon Peter. He’s staying at Simon the tanner’s house, down by the sea-shore.’ </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.012.014","ACT","12","AC12_14","<span class='v AC12_14' data-id='AC12_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But recognizing Peter’s voice, in her excitement she didn’t open the door. Instead she ran back inside shouting, “Peter’s at the door!” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.013.030","ACT","13","AC13_30","<span class='v AC13_30' data-id='AC13_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>But God raised him from the dead, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.013.031","ACT","13","AC13_31","<span class='v AC13_31' data-id='AC13_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>and he appeared over the course of many days to those who had followed him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to the people. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.013.033","ACT","13","AC13_33","<span class='v AC13_33' data-id='AC13_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>that he has now fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus from the dead. As it is written in Psalm 2: ‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.’ </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.013.035","ACT","13","AC13_35","<span class='v AC13_35' data-id='AC13_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>As another psalm says, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’<span class='note' id='footnote-444'><a href='#note-444' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.013.040","ACT","13","AC13_40","<span class='v AC13_40' data-id='AC13_40'><span class='v-num v-40'>40&#160;</span>Make sure that what the prophets said doesn’t happen to you: </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.009","ACT","20","AC20_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC20_9' data-id='AC20_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>A young man called Eutychus was sitting in the window, and he began feeling very sleepy. As Paul went on speaking he fell sound asleep and tumbled down from the third story. When they picked him up they found he was dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.010","ACT","20","AC20_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC20_10' data-id='AC20_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Paul went down, stretched himself out upon him, and hugged him. “Don’t worry, he’s alive,” he said. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.013","ACT","20","AC20_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC20_13' data-id='AC20_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos. There we were due to pick up Paul, since that was what he had planned as he decided to travel on foot. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.015","ACT","20","AC20_15","<span class='v AC20_15' data-id='AC20_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>Sailing on from there we arrived off Kios, and the next day we stopped briefly at Samos, and the following day we arrived at Miletus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.016","ACT","20","AC20_16","<span class='v AC20_16' data-id='AC20_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Paul had planned to sail on past Ephesus so he wouldn’t have to spend time in the province of Asia. He was keen to get to Jerusalem in time for the Day of Pentecost. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.018","ACT","20","AC20_18","<span class='v AC20_18' data-id='AC20_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>When they arrived, he told them, “You know how I always behaved while I was with you from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.024","ACT","20","AC20_24","<span class='v AC20_24' data-id='AC20_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>But I don’t consider my life as worth anything to me. I only want to finish my mission and the ministry that the Lord Jesus gave to me, to witness to the good news of the grace of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.025","ACT","20","AC20_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC20_25' data-id='AC20_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>“Now I am certain that you will not see my face again, you among whom I shared the news of the kingdom. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.020.030","ACT","20","AC20_30","<span class='v AC20_30' data-id='AC20_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>From among your own group men will rise up perverting what is right so they can lead believers to follow them. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.011","ACT","21","AC21_11","<span class='v AC21_11' data-id='AC21_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>Approaching us, he took Paul’s belt, and bound his own hands and feet. Then he said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and will hand him over to the foreigners.’ ” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.021","ACT","21","AC21_21","<span class='v AC21_21' data-id='AC21_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>They have been told that you teach Jews living among the foreigners to ignore the Law of Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to follow our customs. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.022","ACT","21","AC21_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC21_22' data-id='AC21_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>“So what should we do about it? People will certainly get to hear that you’ve arrived here. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.024","ACT","21","AC21_24","<span class='v AC21_24' data-id='AC21_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Go with them and perform the purification rituals with them, paying for them to have their heads shaved. That way everyone will know there’s no truth to the rumors they’ve heard about you, but that you yourself observe the Law in the way that you live. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.025","ACT","21","AC21_25","<span class='v AC21_25' data-id='AC21_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>As to the foreigners who have trusted the Lord, we already wrote a letter regarding our decision that they should refrain from eating food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from any animal that is strangled, and from sexual immorality.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.021.037","ACT","21","AC21_37","<span class='v AC21_37' data-id='AC21_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>Just as he was about to be taken inside the fortress, Paul asked the commander, “Can I tell you something?” </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC21_37' data-id='AC21_37'>“Do you know Greek?” asked the commander. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.022.003","ACT","22","AC22_3","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC22_3' data-id='AC22_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>“I am a Jew born in Tarsus in Cilicia,” he began. “However I was brought up here in this city, and sat at the feet of Gamaliel. I was taught to strictly observe the law of our fathers. I was zealous for God, just like all of you here today, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.003","ACT","24","AC24_3","<span class='v AC24_3' data-id='AC24_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>All of us throughout the country are so very grateful to you for this. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.004","ACT","24","AC24_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC24_4' data-id='AC24_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>“But in order not to bore you, please be so kind as to give us your attention for a short while. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.005","ACT","24","AC24_5","<span class='v AC24_5' data-id='AC24_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>We discovered that this man is a real pest<span class='note' id='footnote-477'><a href='#note-477' class='key'>*</a></span>, stirring up rebellions among Jews all over the world, a ringleader of the Nazarene sect. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.006","ACT","24","AC24_6","<span class='v AC24_6' data-id='AC24_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>He tried to defile the Temple, so we arrested him<span class='note' id='footnote-478'><a href='#note-478' class='key'>†</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.008","ACT","24","AC24_8","<span class='v AC24_8' data-id='AC24_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>By interrogating him yourself you will discover the truth of our accusations.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.009","ACT","24","AC24_9","<span class='v AC24_9' data-id='AC24_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>The Jews joined in, saying that this was all true. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.010","ACT","24","AC24_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC24_10' data-id='AC24_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>The Governor motioned for Paul to respond. “Recognizing you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense,” Paul began. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.011","ACT","24","AC24_11","<span class='v AC24_11' data-id='AC24_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>“You can easily verify that I arrived in Jerusalem to worship just twelve days ago. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.013","ACT","24","AC24_13","<span class='v AC24_13' data-id='AC24_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Nor can they prove to you any of their accusations against me. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.015","ACT","24","AC24_15","<span class='v AC24_15' data-id='AC24_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>I have the same hope in God that they do, believing that there will be a resurrection of the good and the wicked. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.016","ACT","24","AC24_16","<span class='v AC24_16' data-id='AC24_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Consequently I try to make sure I always have a clear conscience before God and everyone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.017","ACT","24","AC24_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC24_17' data-id='AC24_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>“Having been away for a few years I returned to bring some money to help the poor and to give offerings to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.018","ACT","24","AC24_18","<span class='v AC24_18' data-id='AC24_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>That’s what they found me doing in the Temple—completing the ceremony of purification. There was no crowd and no disturbance. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.019","ACT","24","AC24_19","<span class='v AC24_19' data-id='AC24_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But some Jews from the province of Asia were there, who should be present here before you today to bring their charges, if they have anything against me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.024.020","ACT","24","AC24_20","<span class='v AC24_20' data-id='AC24_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Otherwise let these men here explain themselves what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council, </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.005","ACT","25","AC25_5","<span class='v AC25_5' data-id='AC25_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>“Your leaders can come with me, and make their accusation against this man, if he has done anything wrong,” he told them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.006","ACT","25","AC25_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC25_6' data-id='AC25_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>After staying there with them for no more than eight or ten days, Festus returned to Caesarea. The following day he took his seat as judge, and ordered that Paul be brought before him. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.008","ACT","25","AC25_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC25_8' data-id='AC25_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Paul defended himself, telling them, “I have not sinned at all against the Jewish law, the Temple, or Caesar.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.016","ACT","25","AC25_16","<span class='v AC25_16' data-id='AC25_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>I replied that it is not according to Roman law to convict anyone without having them face their accusers and giving them the opportunity to defend themselves against the charges. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.020","ACT","25","AC25_20","<span class='v AC25_20' data-id='AC25_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Since I was undecided as to how to proceed in investigating such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.021","ACT","25","AC25_21","<span class='v AC25_21' data-id='AC25_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>However Paul appealed for his case to be heard by the emperor, so I ordered him detained until I could send him to Caesar.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.024","ACT","25","AC25_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC25_24' data-id='AC25_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>“King Agrippa, and everyone who is present here with us,” Festus began, “you see before you this man whom all the Jewish people, both here and in Jerusalem, have complained to me about, shouting that he shouldn’t be allowed to live. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.025","ACT","25","AC25_25","<span class='v AC25_25' data-id='AC25_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>However I discovered he has not committed any crime that deserves death, and since he has appealed to the emperor I decided to send him there. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.025.026","ACT","25","AC25_26","<span class='v AC25_26' data-id='AC25_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>But I don’t have anything specific to write about him to His Imperial Majesty. That’s why I have brought him before you so I can have something definite to write. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.001","ACT","26","AC26_1","<div class='c'>26</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_1' data-id='AC26_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Agrippa then said to Paul, “You are free to speak on your own behalf.” </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_1' data-id='AC26_1'>With a sweep of his arm, Paul began his defense. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.002","ACT","26","AC26_2","<span class='v AC26_2' data-id='AC26_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>“I am delighted, King Agrippa, to make my defense before you today regarding everything I am accused of by the Jews, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.003","ACT","26","AC26_3","<span class='v AC26_3' data-id='AC26_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>particularly because you are an expert in all Jewish issues and customs. I beg your patient indulgence as you listen to what I have to say.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.019","ACT","26","AC26_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_19' data-id='AC26_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>“Clearly, King Agrippa, I could not disobey this vision from heaven. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.021","ACT","26","AC26_21","<span class='v AC26_21' data-id='AC26_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>That’s why the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.022","ACT","26","AC26_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_22' data-id='AC26_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>“God has looked after me so I can stand here today as a witness to everyone, both to ordinary people and to those who are important. I am only repeating what Moses and the prophets said would happen— </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.024","ACT","26","AC26_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_24' data-id='AC26_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Festus interrupted Paul as he made his defense, shouting out, “Paul, you’ve gone mad! All your knowledge is driving you insane!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.025","ACT","26","AC26_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_25' data-id='AC26_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>“I’m not mad, Festus your Excellency,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and makes sense. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.026","ACT","26","AC26_26","<span class='v AC26_26' data-id='AC26_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>The king recognizes this, and I’m explaining it very clearly. I am sure that he is aware of what’s been happening, because none of this took place as if it were hidden in a corner. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.027","ACT","26","AC26_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_27' data-id='AC26_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>“King Agrippa, do you believe what the prophets said? I’m sure you do!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.028","ACT","26","AC26_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_28' data-id='AC26_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>“Do you think you can convince me to become a Christian so quickly?” Agrippa asked Paul. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.029","ACT","26","AC26_29","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_29' data-id='AC26_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>“Whether it takes a short time or a long time doesn’t matter,” Paul answered. “But my prayer to God is that not just you, but everybody listening to me today would become like me—except for these chains!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.030","ACT","26","AC26_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC26_30' data-id='AC26_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>The King stood up, along with the governor and Bernice, and everyone who had been sitting with them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.031","ACT","26","AC26_31","<span class='v AC26_31' data-id='AC26_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>They conferred together after they had left. “This man hasn’t done anything that deserves death or imprisonment,” they concluded. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.026.032","ACT","26","AC26_32","<span class='v AC26_32' data-id='AC26_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Agrippa told Festus, “He could have been freed if he hadn’t appealed to Caesar.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.001","ACT","27","AC27_1","<div class='c'>27</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_1' data-id='AC27_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>When the time came for us to sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion called Julius of the Imperial Regiment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.002","ACT","27","AC27_2","<span class='v AC27_2' data-id='AC27_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>We boarded a ship based in Adramyttium that was headed to the coastal ports of the province of Asia, and we set sail. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, went with us. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.004","ACT","27","AC27_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_4' data-id='AC27_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>We set out from there and sailed to the leeward of Cyprus because the winds were against us. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.006","ACT","27","AC27_6","<span class='v AC27_6' data-id='AC27_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria that would be sailing to Italy, and arranged for us to join it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.007","ACT","27","AC27_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_7' data-id='AC27_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>We sailed slowly for several days and eventually arrived off Cnidus. But since the winds wouldn’t allow us to continue we sailed across to the lee of Crete, near to Salmone. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.008","ACT","27","AC27_8","<span class='v AC27_8' data-id='AC27_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>With some difficulty we made our way along the coast until we arrived at a place called Fair Havens, near to the town of Lasea. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.009","ACT","27","AC27_9","<span class='v AC27_9' data-id='AC27_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>We’d lost a lot of time, and the voyage was becoming dangerous because it was now after the Fast<span class='note' id='footnote-482'><a href='#note-482' class='key'>*</a></span>. Paul warned them, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.010","ACT","27","AC27_10","<span class='v AC27_10' data-id='AC27_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>“Men, I predict that this voyage will result in much hardship and loss—not just of the cargo and the ship, but also our very lives.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.011","ACT","27","AC27_11","<span class='v AC27_11' data-id='AC27_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>But the centurion paid more attention to the advice of the ship’s captain and its owner than to what Paul said. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.013","ACT","27","AC27_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_13' data-id='AC27_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>When a moderate south wind began to blow, they thought they could do what they planned. They pulled up the anchor and sailed close inshore along the coast of Crete. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.018","ACT","27","AC27_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_18' data-id='AC27_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>The following day as we were violently thrown about by the storm, the crew started throwing the cargo overboard. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.019","ACT","27","AC27_19","<span class='v AC27_19' data-id='AC27_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>On the third day they grabbed the ship’s gear and tossed it into the sea. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.020","ACT","27","AC27_20","<span class='v AC27_20' data-id='AC27_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>We hadn’t seen the sun or the stars for many days as the storm beat down on us; so any hope of our being saved was lost. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.021","ACT","27","AC27_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_21' data-id='AC27_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Nobody had eaten anything for a long time. Then Paul stood before them and told them, “Men, you should have listened to me and not sailed from Crete. Then you could have avoided all this hardship and loss. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.024","ACT","27","AC27_24","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_24' data-id='AC27_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>“ ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul,’ he told me. ‘You have to stand trial before Caesar. See, God has graciously given to you everyone who is sailing with you.’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.025","ACT","27","AC27_25","<span class='v AC27_25' data-id='AC27_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>So men, have courage! I trust God, and I’m convinced things will happen just as I was told. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.026","ACT","27","AC27_26","<span class='v AC27_26' data-id='AC27_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>However, we will be wrecked on some island.” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.030","ACT","27","AC27_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_30' data-id='AC27_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>The crew tried to leave the ship, and had lowered the ship’s boat into the water with the pretext that they were going to drop anchors from the ship’s bow. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.031","ACT","27","AC27_31","<span class='v AC27_31' data-id='AC27_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>But Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless the crew stays with the ship, you will be lost.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.032","ACT","27","AC27_32","<span class='v AC27_32' data-id='AC27_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>So the soldiers cut the ropes holding the ship’s boat, and let it loose. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.033","ACT","27","AC27_33","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC27_33' data-id='AC27_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>At daybreak Paul urged all of them to eat something. “It’s been fourteen days now that you haven’t eaten anything because you’ve been so worried and preoccupied,” he told them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.027.034","ACT","27","AC27_34","<span class='v AC27_34' data-id='AC27_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>“Please do what I say and eat some food. This will help give you strength. For not even a hair from anyone’s head is going to be lost!” </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.007","ACT","28","AC28_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_7' data-id='AC28_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Nearby were lands that belonged to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and looked after us for three days very hospitably. </span>");
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INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.014","ACT","28","AC28_14","<span class='v AC28_14' data-id='AC28_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>where we discovered some believers. They asked us to stay with them for a week. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_14' data-id='AC28_14'>So we came to Rome. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.015","ACT","28","AC28_15","<span class='v AC28_15' data-id='AC28_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>When some of the believers from Rome heard we had arrived they came to meet us at the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he was thankful to God and much encouraged. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.016","ACT","28","AC28_16","<span class='v AC28_16' data-id='AC28_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay under house arrest with a soldier to guard him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.017","ACT","28","AC28_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_17' data-id='AC28_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Three days later Paul invited the Jewish leaders there to come to see him. When they were all together he told them, “Brothers, even though I had not done anything wrong against the people or the customs of our forefathers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Roman authorities. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.018","ACT","28","AC28_18","<span class='v AC28_18' data-id='AC28_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>After they had interrogated me they wanted to release me because I had done nothing that warranted execution. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.019","ACT","28","AC28_19","<span class='v AC28_19' data-id='AC28_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>But the Jewish leaders opposed this, so I was forced to appeal to Caesar—not that I had any accusations against my own people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.020","ACT","28","AC28_20","<span class='v AC28_20' data-id='AC28_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>That’s why I asked to see you, and talk to you, because it is on account of the hope of Israel that I am chained up like this.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.021","ACT","28","AC28_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_21' data-id='AC28_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>“We have not received any letters from Judea about you, and none of our people have come here with reports against you or to speak badly of you,” they told him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.022","ACT","28","AC28_22","<span class='v AC28_22' data-id='AC28_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>“But we do want to hear from you what you believe—especially regarding this sect, which we know is condemned everywhere.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.023","ACT","28","AC28_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_23' data-id='AC28_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>They made an appointment to meet with him. On that day many people came to where he was staying. From morning till night Paul was explaining to them, telling them about the kingdom of God. He tried to convince them about Jesus using the writings of the law of Moses and the prophets. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.024","ACT","28","AC28_24","<span class='v AC28_24' data-id='AC28_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Some accepted what Paul said, but some refused to believe. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.025","ACT","28","AC28_25","<span class='v AC28_25' data-id='AC28_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>They couldn’t agree among themselves, and they left after Paul told them this: “The Holy Spirit said it well through Isaiah the prophet to your forefathers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.026","ACT","28","AC28_26","<span class='v AC28_26' data-id='AC28_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>‘Go to these people and tell them, “Even though you hear, you won’t ever understand, and even though you see, you won’t ever comprehend. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.027","ACT","28","AC28_27","<span class='v AC28_27' data-id='AC28_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>For the minds of these people have become calloused and hard, their ears cannot hear, their eyes are shut, in case they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their minds, and might come back to me and I would heal them.” ’ </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.028","ACT","28","AC28_28","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_28' data-id='AC28_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>“Consequently you should know that this salvation that comes from God has been sent to the foreigners and they will listen.”<span class='note' id='footnote-486'><a href='#note-486' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.030","ACT","28","AC28_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v AC28_30' data-id='AC28_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>For two full years Paul stayed there in the house he rented, welcoming everyone who came to see him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("074.028.031","ACT","28","AC28_31","<span class='v AC28_31' data-id='AC28_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>He spoke of the kingdom of God, and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ very boldly. No one prevented him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.001","ROM","1","RM1_1","</div><div class='c'>1</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_1' data-id='RM1_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>This letter comes from Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ. I was called to be an apostle by God. God appointed me to announce the good news </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.002","ROM","1","RM1_2","<span class='v RM1_2' data-id='RM1_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>that he had previously promised through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.003","ROM","1","RM1_3","<span class='v RM1_3' data-id='RM1_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>The good news is about his Son, whose human forefather was David, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.004","ROM","1","RM1_4","<span class='v RM1_4' data-id='RM1_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>but who was revealed as God’s Son by his resurrection from the dead through the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.005","ROM","1","RM1_5","<span class='v RM1_5' data-id='RM1_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>It was through him that I received the privilege of becoming an apostle to call all nations to obedient trust in him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.006","ROM","1","RM1_6","<span class='v RM1_6' data-id='RM1_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>You are also included among those who were called to belong to Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.007","ROM","1","RM1_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_7' data-id='RM1_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>I’m writing to all of you in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his special people. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.008","ROM","1","RM1_8","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_8' data-id='RM1_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Let me begin by saying that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because the way in which you trust in God is spoken about all over the world. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.009","ROM","1","RM1_9","<span class='v RM1_9' data-id='RM1_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I’m always praying for you, as God can confirm—the God I serve with all my heart as I share the good news about his Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.010","ROM","1","RM1_10","<span class='v RM1_10' data-id='RM1_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>In my prayers I’m always asking that I might eventually come and see you, if that’s what God wants. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.011","ROM","1","RM1_11","<span class='v RM1_11' data-id='RM1_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>I really want to visit you and share with you a spiritual blessing to strengthen you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.012","ROM","1","RM1_12","<span class='v RM1_12' data-id='RM1_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>In this way we can be encouraged together by each others’ trust in God, both your trust and mine. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.013","ROM","1","RM1_13","<span class='v RM1_13' data-id='RM1_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>I want you to know, my brothers and sisters, I often planned to visit you, but I was kept from coming up till now. I want to see some good spiritual results among you just as I’ve seen among other people<span class='note' id='footnote-487'><a href='#note-487' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.014","ROM","1","RM1_14","<span class='v RM1_14' data-id='RM1_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For I have an obligation to work for both the civilized and the uncivilized, both the educated and the uneducated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.015","ROM","1","RM1_15","<span class='v RM1_15' data-id='RM1_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>That’s why I’m really keen to come to Rome and share the good news with you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.016","ROM","1","RM1_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_16' data-id='RM1_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>I’m certainly not ashamed about the good news, for it’s God’s power to save everyone who trusts in him—to the Jewish people first, and then to everyone else as well. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.017","ROM","1","RM1_17","<span class='v RM1_17' data-id='RM1_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>For in the good news God is revealed as good and right<span class='note' id='footnote-488'><a href='#note-488' class='key'>†</a></span>, trustworthy from start to finish. As Scripture says, “Those who are right with God live by trusting him<span class='note' id='footnote-489'><a href='#note-489' class='key'>‡</a></span>.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.018","ROM","1","RM1_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_18' data-id='RM1_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>God’s hostility<span class='note' id='footnote-490'><a href='#note-490' class='key'>§</a></span> is revealed from heaven against those who are godless and are not right, those who suppress the truth through the evil that they do. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.019","ROM","1","RM1_19","<span class='v RM1_19' data-id='RM1_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>What can be known about God is obvious, because he has made it very clear to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.020","ROM","1","RM1_20","<span class='v RM1_20' data-id='RM1_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Ever since the creation of the world, the invisible aspects of God—his eternal power and divinity—are clearly visible in what he has made. Such people have no excuse, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.021","ROM","1","RM1_21","<span class='v RM1_21' data-id='RM1_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>because even though they knew God, they did not praise him or thank him, but instead their thinking about God turned into complete foolishness, and darkness filled their empty minds. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.022","ROM","1","RM1_22","<span class='v RM1_22' data-id='RM1_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>Even though they claimed to be wise, they became foolish. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.023","ROM","1","RM1_23","<span class='v RM1_23' data-id='RM1_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for idols, images of mortal human beings, birds, animals, and reptiles. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.024","ROM","1","RM1_24","<span class='v RM1_24' data-id='RM1_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>So God abandoned them to the evil desires of their depraved minds, and they did shameful, degrading things to each other. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.025","ROM","1","RM1_25","<span class='v RM1_25' data-id='RM1_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>They exchanged God’s truth for a lie, worshiping and serving creatures instead of the Creator, who deserves praise forever. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.026","ROM","1","RM1_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM1_26' data-id='RM1_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>That’s why God abandoned them to their evil desires. Their women exchanged natural sex for that which is unnatural, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.027","ROM","1","RM1_27","<span class='v RM1_27' data-id='RM1_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>and in the same way the men gave up sex with women and burned with lust for each other. Men did indecent things to each other, and as a result they suffered the inevitable consequences of their perversions. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.028","ROM","1","RM1_28","<span class='v RM1_28' data-id='RM1_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>Since they didn’t consider it worthwhile to get to know God, he abandoned them to their worthless, distrustful way of thinking, doing things that should never be done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.029","ROM","1","RM1_29","<span class='v RM1_29' data-id='RM1_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>They filled themselves with all that’s wrong: evil, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malice, and gossip. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.030","ROM","1","RM1_30","<span class='v RM1_30' data-id='RM1_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>They’re back-stabbers and God-haters. They’re arrogant, proud, and boastful. They devise new ways of sinning. They rebel against their parents. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.031","ROM","1","RM1_31","<span class='v RM1_31' data-id='RM1_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>They don’t want to understand, they don’t keep their promises, they don’t show any kindness or compassion. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.001.032","ROM","1","RM1_32","<span class='v RM1_32' data-id='RM1_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Even though they realize exactly what God requires, they do things that deserve death. Not only do they do such things themselves, they also support others in doing them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.001","ROM","2","RM2_1","<div class='c'>2</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM2_1' data-id='RM2_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So if you judge others you don’t have any excuse, whoever you are! For in whatever way you condemn others, you’re judging yourself, because you’re doing the same things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.002","ROM","2","RM2_2","<span class='v RM2_2' data-id='RM2_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is based on truth. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.003","ROM","2","RM2_3","<span class='v RM2_3' data-id='RM2_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>When you judge them do you really think that you however can avoid God’s judgment? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.004","ROM","2","RM2_4","<span class='v RM2_4' data-id='RM2_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Or is it that you’re treating his wonderful kindness, tolerance, and patience with contempt, not realizing that God in his kindness is trying to lead you to repent? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.005","ROM","2","RM2_5","<span class='v RM2_5' data-id='RM2_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Due to your hard-hearted attitude and your refusal to repent, you’re making things far worse for yourself on the day of retribution when the rightness of God’s judgment is demonstrated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.006","ROM","2","RM2_6","<span class='v RM2_6' data-id='RM2_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>God will make sure everyone receives what they deserve according to what they’ve done. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.007","ROM","2","RM2_7","<span class='v RM2_7' data-id='RM2_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Those who have kept on trying to do what is right will receive glory and honor, immortality and eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.008","ROM","2","RM2_8","<span class='v RM2_8' data-id='RM2_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But those who think only of themselves, rejecting the truth and deliberately choosing to do evil, will receive punishment and furious hostility. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.009","ROM","2","RM2_9","<span class='v RM2_9' data-id='RM2_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Everyone who does evil will have trouble and suffering—the Jewish people first, and the foreigners too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.010","ROM","2","RM2_10","<span class='v RM2_10' data-id='RM2_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But everyone who does good will have glory, honor, and peace—the Jewish people first, and the foreigners too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.011","ROM","2","RM2_11","<span class='v RM2_11' data-id='RM2_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>God has no favorites. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.012","ROM","2","RM2_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM2_12' data-id='RM2_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Those who sin even though they don’t have the written law<span class='note' id='footnote-491'><a href='#note-491' class='key'>*</a></span> are still lost, while those who sin that do have the written law will be condemned by that law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.013","ROM","2","RM2_13","<span class='v RM2_13' data-id='RM2_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Just listening to what the law says doesn’t make you right in God’s sight. It’s those who ‘do’ what the law says who are made right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.014","ROM","2","RM2_14","<span class='v RM2_14' data-id='RM2_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>The foreigners don’t have the written law, but when they instinctively do what it says, they are following the law even without having the written law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.015","ROM","2","RM2_15","<span class='v RM2_15' data-id='RM2_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>In this way they show how the law works that’s written in their hearts. As they think about what they’re doing, their conscience either accuses them for doing wrong or defends them for doing right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.016","ROM","2","RM2_16","<span class='v RM2_16' data-id='RM2_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>The good news I share is that a day is coming when God will judge, through Jesus Christ, everyone’s secret thoughts. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.017","ROM","2","RM2_17","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM2_17' data-id='RM2_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>What about you who call yourself a Jew? You rely on the written law and boast about having a special relationship to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.018","ROM","2","RM2_18","<span class='v RM2_18' data-id='RM2_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>You know what he wants; you do what’s right because you’ve been taught from the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.019","ROM","2","RM2_19","<span class='v RM2_19' data-id='RM2_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>You’re absolutely sure that you can guide the blind, and that you are a light to those in the dark. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.020","ROM","2","RM2_20","<span class='v RM2_20' data-id='RM2_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>You think you can set ignorant people straight, a teacher of “children,” because you know from the law all the truth there is to know. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.021","ROM","2","RM2_21","<span class='v RM2_21' data-id='RM2_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>So if you’re busy teaching others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell people not to steal, but are you stealing? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.022","ROM","2","RM2_22","<span class='v RM2_22' data-id='RM2_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>You tell people not to commit adultery, but are you committing adultery? You tell people not to worship idols, but do you profane temples<span class='note' id='footnote-492'><a href='#note-492' class='key'>†</a></span>? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.023","ROM","2","RM2_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM2_23' data-id='RM2_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>You boast about having the law, but don’t you misrepresent God by breaking it? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.024","ROM","2","RM2_24","<span class='v RM2_24' data-id='RM2_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “God’s character is defamed among the foreigners because of you.”<span class='note' id='footnote-493'><a href='#note-493' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.025","ROM","2","RM2_25","<span class='v RM2_25' data-id='RM2_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Being circumcised<span class='note' id='footnote-494'><a href='#note-494' class='key'>§</a></span> has value only if you do what the law says. But if you break the law, your circumcision is as worthless as those who are not circumcised at all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.026","ROM","2","RM2_26","<span class='v RM2_26' data-id='RM2_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>If a man who is not circumcised<span class='note' id='footnote-495'><a href='#note-495' class='key'>*</a></span> keeps the law, he should be considered as being circumcised even though he’s not. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.027","ROM","2","RM2_27","<span class='v RM2_27' data-id='RM2_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>The uncircumcised foreigners who keep the law will condemn you if you break the law, even though you have the written law and circumcision. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.028","ROM","2","RM2_28","<span class='v RM2_28' data-id='RM2_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>It’s not what’s on the outside that makes you a Jew; it’s not the physical sign of circumcision. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.002.029","ROM","2","RM2_29","<span class='v RM2_29' data-id='RM2_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>What makes you a Jew is on the inside, a “circumcision of the heart” that doesn’t follow the letter of the law but the Spirit. Someone like that is looking for praise from God, not from people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.001","ROM","3","RM3_1","<div class='c'>3</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_1' data-id='RM3_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So does a Jew have any advantage? Does circumcision have any benefits? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.002","ROM","3","RM3_2","<span class='v RM3_2' data-id='RM3_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Yes, there are many benefits! First of all, God’s message was entrusted to them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.003","ROM","3","RM3_3","<span class='v RM3_3' data-id='RM3_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>What if some of them didn’t trust in God? Does their lack of trust in God obliterate the trustworthiness of God? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.004","ROM","3","RM3_4","<span class='v RM3_4' data-id='RM3_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Of course not! Even if everyone else is proved to be lying, God always tells the truth. As Scripture says, “What you say will be proved right, and you will win your case<span class='note' id='footnote-496'><a href='#note-496' class='key'>*</a></span> when you are judged.”<span class='note' id='footnote-497'><a href='#note-497' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.005","ROM","3","RM3_5","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_5' data-id='RM3_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>But if the fact that we’re wrong helps to show that God is right, what should we conclude? That God is wrong to pronounce judgment on us? (I’m talking from a human perspective here). </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.006","ROM","3","RM3_6","<span class='v RM3_6' data-id='RM3_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>Of course not! How else could God judge the world? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.007","ROM","3","RM3_7","<span class='v RM3_7' data-id='RM3_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Someone could say, “Why am I still condemned as a sinner if my lies make the truth of God and his glory more obvious in contrast?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.008","ROM","3","RM3_8","<span class='v RM3_8' data-id='RM3_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Is it a case of, “Let’s sin to bring about good”? That’s what some people have slanderously accused us of saying. They should be rightly condemned! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.009","ROM","3","RM3_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_9' data-id='RM3_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>So then, are we Jews better than others? Definitely not! Remember that we’ve already argued that both Jews and foreigners are under the control of sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.010","ROM","3","RM3_10","<span class='v RM3_10' data-id='RM3_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “No one does what is right, not even one. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.011","ROM","3","RM3_11","<span class='v RM3_11' data-id='RM3_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>No one understands; no one seeks God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.012","ROM","3","RM3_12","<span class='v RM3_12' data-id='RM3_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Everyone has turned their backs on him; everyone does what is totally wrong. No one does what is good, not a single one. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.013","ROM","3","RM3_13","<span class='v RM3_13' data-id='RM3_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Their throats are like an open grave; their tongues spread deceit; their lips ooze with the venom of snakes. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.014","ROM","3","RM3_14","<span class='v RM3_14' data-id='RM3_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Their mouths are full of bitterness and curses, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.015","ROM","3","RM3_15","<span class='v RM3_15' data-id='RM3_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>and they are quick to cause pain and death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.016","ROM","3","RM3_16","<span class='v RM3_16' data-id='RM3_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Their way leads to disaster and misery; </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.017","ROM","3","RM3_17","<span class='v RM3_17' data-id='RM3_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>they don’t know how to live in peace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.018","ROM","3","RM3_18","<span class='v RM3_18' data-id='RM3_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>They don’t care about respecting God at all.”<span class='note' id='footnote-498'><a href='#note-498' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.019","ROM","3","RM3_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_19' data-id='RM3_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>It’s clear that everything in the law applies to those who live under the law so that no one could have any excuses, and to make sure everyone in the whole world is answerable to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.020","ROM","3","RM3_20","<span class='v RM3_20' data-id='RM3_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.021","ROM","3","RM3_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_21' data-id='RM3_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>But now God’s character of goodness and right<span class='note' id='footnote-499'><a href='#note-499' class='key'>§</a></span> has been demonstrated. It has nothing to do with law-keeping, even though it was spoken of by the law and the prophets. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.022","ROM","3","RM3_22","<span class='v RM3_22' data-id='RM3_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>This right character of God comes to everyone who trusts in Jesus Christ, those who place their confidence in him. It doesn’t matter who we are: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.023","ROM","3","RM3_23","<span class='v RM3_23' data-id='RM3_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>We have all sinned, and we fall far short of God’s glorious ideal. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.024","ROM","3","RM3_24","<span class='v RM3_24' data-id='RM3_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>Yet through the free gift of his grace God makes us right through Christ Jesus who sets us free. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.025","ROM","3","RM3_25","<span class='v RM3_25' data-id='RM3_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>God openly presented Jesus as the gift that brings peace<span class='note' id='footnote-500'><a href='#note-500' class='key'>*</a></span> to those trusting in him, the one who shed his blood. God did this to demonstrate he is truly right, for previously he would hold back and pass over sins, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.026","ROM","3","RM3_26","<span class='v RM3_26' data-id='RM3_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>but now at this present time God proves he is fair and does what is right, and that he makes right those who trust in Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.027","ROM","3","RM3_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM3_27' data-id='RM3_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>So do we have anything to boast about then? Absolutely not, there’s no place for that! And why’s that? Is it because we follow the law of observing requirements? No, we follow the law of trusting in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.028","ROM","3","RM3_28","<span class='v RM3_28' data-id='RM3_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>We conclude that people are made right with God through their trust in him, and not from legal observance. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.029","ROM","3","RM3_29","<span class='v RM3_29' data-id='RM3_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>Is God only the God of the Jews? Isn’t he the God of other people as well? Of course he is! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.030","ROM","3","RM3_30","<span class='v RM3_30' data-id='RM3_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>There is only one God, and he makes us right through our trust in him, whoever we are, Jew or foreigner. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.003.031","ROM","3","RM3_31","<span class='v RM3_31' data-id='RM3_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>Does that mean that by trusting in God we do away with the law? Of course not! In fact we affirm the importance of the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.001","ROM","4","RM4_1","<div class='c'>4</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM4_1' data-id='RM4_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Let’s take Abraham as an example. From a human viewpoint he is the father of our nation. Let’s ask, “What was his experience?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.002","ROM","4","RM4_2","<span class='v RM4_2' data-id='RM4_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>For if Abraham was set right by what he did, he would have had something to boast about—but not in God’s eyes. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.003","ROM","4","RM4_3","<span class='v RM4_3' data-id='RM4_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>However what does Scripture say? “Abraham trusted God, and so he was considered as being right.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.004","ROM","4","RM4_4","<span class='v RM4_4' data-id='RM4_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Whoever works gets paid—it’s not considered as a gift, but because they’ve earned their wages. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.005","ROM","4","RM4_5","<span class='v RM4_5' data-id='RM4_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>But God, who makes sinners right, considers them as right not because they’ve worked for it but because they trust in him. This is why </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.006","ROM","4","RM4_6","<span class='v RM4_6' data-id='RM4_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>David speaks of the happiness of those whom God considers as right, and not because they worked for it: </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.007","ROM","4","RM4_7","<span class='v RM4_7' data-id='RM4_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>“How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.008","ROM","4","RM4_8","<span class='v RM4_8' data-id='RM4_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>How happy are those the Lord does not consider sinful.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.009","ROM","4","RM4_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM4_9' data-id='RM4_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Now is this blessing just for the Jews, or is it for others too? We’ve just stated that Abraham was accepted as right because he trusted God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.010","ROM","4","RM4_10","<span class='v RM4_10' data-id='RM4_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>But when did this happen? When Abraham was a Jew or before? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.011","ROM","4","RM4_11","<span class='v RM4_11' data-id='RM4_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>It was actually before he became a Jew by being circumcised, which was a confirmation of his trust in God to make him right. This happened before he was circumcised, so he is the father of everyone who trusts in God and are considered as right by God, even though they may not be circumcised Jews. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.012","ROM","4","RM4_12","<span class='v RM4_12' data-id='RM4_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>He is also the father of circumcised Jews not merely because they’re circumcised, but because they follow the example of the trust in God our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.013","ROM","4","RM4_13","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM4_13' data-id='RM4_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>God’s promise to Abraham and his descendants that the world would belong to him was not based on his keeping of the law, but because he was made right through his trust in God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.014","ROM","4","RM4_14","<span class='v RM4_14' data-id='RM4_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>For if the promised inheritance is based on keeping the law, then the issue of trusting God is not necessary, and the promise is pointless. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.015","ROM","4","RM4_15","<span class='v RM4_15' data-id='RM4_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>For the law results in punishment<span class='note' id='footnote-501'><a href='#note-501' class='key'>*</a></span>—but if there’s no law then it cannot be broken. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.016","ROM","4","RM4_16","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM4_16' data-id='RM4_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So the promise is based on trusting God. It is provided as a free gift, guaranteed to all the children of Abraham—not merely to those who follow the law<span class='note' id='footnote-502'><a href='#note-502' class='key'>†</a></span>, but also to those who trust like Abraham, the father of us all. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.017","ROM","4","RM4_17","<span class='v RM4_17' data-id='RM4_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “I’ve made you the father of many nations.”<span class='note' id='footnote-503'><a href='#note-503' class='key'>‡</a></span> For in the presence of God, Abraham trusted in the God who makes the dead alive and speaks into existence what didn’t previously exist. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.018","ROM","4","RM4_18","<span class='v RM4_18' data-id='RM4_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Against all hope Abraham in hope trusted God, so he could become the father of many peoples, just as God had promised him: “This is how many descendants you’ll have!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.019","ROM","4","RM4_19","<span class='v RM4_19' data-id='RM4_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>His trust in God didn’t weaken even though he thought his body was practically dead (he was around a hundred years old), and knew that Sarah was too old to have children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.020","ROM","4","RM4_20","<span class='v RM4_20' data-id='RM4_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>He held on to God’s promise—he didn’t doubt it. Instead his trust in God grew stronger, and he gave glory to God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.021","ROM","4","RM4_21","<span class='v RM4_21' data-id='RM4_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>He was totally convinced that what God had promised he had the power to deliver. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.022","ROM","4","RM4_22","<span class='v RM4_22' data-id='RM4_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>That’s why Abraham was considered right by God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.023","ROM","4","RM4_23","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM4_23' data-id='RM4_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>The words “Abraham was considered right”<span class='note' id='footnote-504'><a href='#note-504' class='key'>§</a></span> weren’t just written down for his benefit. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.024","ROM","4","RM4_24","<span class='v RM4_24' data-id='RM4_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>They were for us too, those of us who will be considered as right, since we trust in God who raised our Lord Jesus from the dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.004.025","ROM","4","RM4_25","<span class='v RM4_25' data-id='RM4_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Jesus was handed over to die because of our sins<span class='note' id='footnote-505'><a href='#note-505' class='key'>*</a></span>, and was raised to life to make us right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.001","ROM","5","RM5_1","<div class='c'>5</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM5_1' data-id='RM5_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Now that we have been made right by God by trusting in him, we have peace with him through our Lord Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.002","ROM","5","RM5_2","<span class='v RM5_2' data-id='RM5_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>It’s through Jesus, trusting in him, that we’ve gained access to this position of grace where we now stand, looking forward with happiness and confidence to sharing in God’s glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.003","ROM","5","RM5_3","<span class='v RM5_3' data-id='RM5_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Not only this—we also remain confident when problems come, because we know that experiencing problems develops spiritual stamina<span class='note' id='footnote-506'><a href='#note-506' class='key'>*</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.004","ROM","5","RM5_4","<span class='v RM5_4' data-id='RM5_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Spiritual stamina in turn develops a mature character, and this mature character results in confident hope. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.005","ROM","5","RM5_5","<span class='v RM5_5' data-id='RM5_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Since we have this hope we’re never disappointed, for God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit he’s given us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.006","ROM","5","RM5_6","<span class='v RM5_6' data-id='RM5_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>When we were completely helpless, at just the right time Christ died for us ungodly people. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.007","ROM","5","RM5_7","<span class='v RM5_7' data-id='RM5_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Who would die for anybody else, even someone who does what’s right? (Though perhaps somebody would be brave enough to die for someone really good.) </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.008","ROM","5","RM5_8","<span class='v RM5_8' data-id='RM5_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But God demonstrates his love for us in that Christ died for us while we were still sinners. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.009","ROM","5","RM5_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM5_9' data-id='RM5_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>Now that we are made right by his death<span class='note' id='footnote-507'><a href='#note-507' class='key'>†</a></span>, we can be absolutely sure we’ll be saved by him from the coming judgment. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.010","ROM","5","RM5_10","<span class='v RM5_10' data-id='RM5_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>While we were his enemies, God made us his friends through the death of his Son, and so we can be absolutely sure that he will save us through the life of his Son. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.011","ROM","5","RM5_11","<span class='v RM5_11' data-id='RM5_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>In addition to this we now celebrate what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ to reconcile us and make us his friends. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.012","ROM","5","RM5_12","<span class='v RM5_12' data-id='RM5_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>For through one man sin entered the world, and sin led to death. In this way death came to everyone, for everyone sinned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.013","ROM","5","RM5_13","<span class='v RM5_13' data-id='RM5_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Even before the law was given, sin was in the world, however it wasn’t counted as sin because there was no law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.014","ROM","5","RM5_14","<span class='v RM5_14' data-id='RM5_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But death still ruled from Adam until Moses, even over those who didn’t sin in the same way as Adam did. </span></div><div class='p'><span class='v RM5_14' data-id='RM5_14'>Now Adam prefigured the one to come<span class='note' id='footnote-508'><a href='#note-508' class='key'>‡</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.015","ROM","5","RM5_15","<span class='v RM5_15' data-id='RM5_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>But the gift of Jesus is not like the sin of Adam<span class='note' id='footnote-509'><a href='#note-509' class='key'>§</a></span>. Though many people died because of one man’s sin, God’s grace is so much greater and has been shared with so many through his gracious gift in the person of Jesus Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.016","ROM","5","RM5_16","<span class='v RM5_16' data-id='RM5_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>The result of the gift is not like that of the sin. The result of Adam’s sin was judgment and condemnation, but the gift sets us right with God, despite our many sins. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.017","ROM","5","RM5_17","<span class='v RM5_17' data-id='RM5_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>As a result of one man’s sin, death ruled because of him. But God’s grace is so much greater and his gift sets us right, for everyone who receives it will rule in life through the person of Jesus Christ! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.018","ROM","5","RM5_18","<span class='v RM5_18' data-id='RM5_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Just as one sin brought condemnation on everyone, in the same way one right act gave everyone the opportunity to live right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.019","ROM","5","RM5_19","<span class='v RM5_19' data-id='RM5_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Just as through one man’s disobedience many became sinners, in the same way through one man’s obedience many are made right with God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.020","ROM","5","RM5_20","<span class='v RM5_20' data-id='RM5_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>When the law was introduced, sin became even more obvious. But while sin became much more obvious, grace became even more obvious! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.005.021","ROM","5","RM5_21","<span class='v RM5_21' data-id='RM5_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Just as sin ruled us and brought us death, now grace rules by making us right with God, bringing us eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.001","ROM","6","RM6_1","<div class='c'>6</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM6_1' data-id='RM6_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So what’s our response? Should we continue to sin so we can have even more grace? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.002","ROM","6","RM6_2","<span class='v RM6_2' data-id='RM6_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>Of course not!<span class='note' id='footnote-510'><a href='#note-510' class='key'>*</a></span> Since we’re already dead to sin, how can we continue to live in sin? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.003","ROM","6","RM6_3","<span class='v RM6_3' data-id='RM6_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.004","ROM","6","RM6_4","<span class='v RM6_4' data-id='RM6_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>Through baptism we were buried with him in death so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father we too can live a new life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.005","ROM","6","RM6_5","<span class='v RM6_5' data-id='RM6_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>If we’ve become one with him in dying like he did, then we’ll be raised like him too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.006","ROM","6","RM6_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM6_6' data-id='RM6_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>We know that our old self was crucified with him to dispose of the dead body of sin so that we wouldn’t be enslaved by sin any longer. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.007","ROM","6","RM6_7","<span class='v RM6_7' data-id='RM6_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>Anyone who has died has been set free from sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.008","ROM","6","RM6_8","<span class='v RM6_8' data-id='RM6_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>Since we died with Christ, we have confidence that we will also live with him, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.009","ROM","6","RM6_9","<span class='v RM6_9' data-id='RM6_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>for we know that because Christ has been raised from the dead he won’t ever die, because death has no longer any power over him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.010","ROM","6","RM6_10","<span class='v RM6_10' data-id='RM6_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>In dying, he died to sin once and for all, but now he lives, and he lives for God! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.011","ROM","6","RM6_11","<span class='v RM6_11' data-id='RM6_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>In just the same way you should consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God through Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.012","ROM","6","RM6_12","<span class='v RM6_12' data-id='RM6_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>Don’t let sin have control over your mortal body, don’t give in to its temptations, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.013","ROM","6","RM6_13","<span class='v RM6_13' data-id='RM6_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>and don’t use any parts of your body as evil tools of sin. Instead dedicate yourselves to God as those who have been brought back from death to life, and use all parts of your body as tools to do something good for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.014","ROM","6","RM6_14","<span class='v RM6_14' data-id='RM6_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>Sin won’t rule over you, because you’re not under law but under grace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.015","ROM","6","RM6_15","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM6_15' data-id='RM6_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>So then, should we sin because we’re not under law, but under grace? Of course not! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.016","ROM","6","RM6_16","<span class='v RM6_16' data-id='RM6_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>Don’t you realize that if you make yourselves someone’s slaves, obeying their orders, then you are slaves to the one you obey? If you are slaves of sin, the result is death; if you obey God, the result is you are made right with him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.017","ROM","6","RM6_17","<span class='v RM6_17' data-id='RM6_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Thank God that though you once were slaves to sin, you whole-heartedly chose to follow the truth about God that you learned. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.018","ROM","6","RM6_18","<span class='v RM6_18' data-id='RM6_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Now that you’ve been freed from sin, you’ve become slaves of doing right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.019","ROM","6","RM6_19","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM6_19' data-id='RM6_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>I’m using this everyday example because your human thinking is limited. Just as you once enslaved yourselves to immorality, piling up sin upon sin, now you must enslave yourselves to what is pure and right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.020","ROM","6","RM6_20","<span class='v RM6_20' data-id='RM6_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>When you were slaves to sin you were not required to do what’s right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.021","ROM","6","RM6_21","<span class='v RM6_21' data-id='RM6_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>But what were the results back then? Aren’t you ashamed of the things you did? Such things that lead to death! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.022","ROM","6","RM6_22","<span class='v RM6_22' data-id='RM6_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>But now that you’re set free from sin, and have become God’s slaves, the results will be a pure life—and in the end, eternal life. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.006.023","ROM","6","RM6_23","<span class='v RM6_23' data-id='RM6_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>The wage sin pays is death, but God’s free gift is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.001","ROM","7","RM7_1","<div class='c'>7</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM7_1' data-id='RM7_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>Brothers and sisters, (I’m speaking here to people who know the law<span class='note' id='footnote-511'><a href='#note-511' class='key'>*</a></span>), don’t you see that the law has authority over someone only while they’re alive? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.002","ROM","7","RM7_2","<span class='v RM7_2' data-id='RM7_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>For example, a married woman is bound by the law to her husband while he’s alive, but if he dies, she’s released from this legal obligation to him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.003","ROM","7","RM7_3","<span class='v RM7_3' data-id='RM7_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>So if she lives with another man while her husband is alive, she would be committing adultery. However, if her husband dies and then she marries another man, she wouldn’t be guilty of adultery. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.004","ROM","7","RM7_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM7_4' data-id='RM7_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>In the same way, my friends, you’ve become dead to the law through the body of Christ, and so now you belong to someone else—Christ, who was raised from the dead so that we could live a productive life<span class='note' id='footnote-512'><a href='#note-512' class='key'>†</a></span> for God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.005","ROM","7","RM7_5","<span class='v RM7_5' data-id='RM7_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>While we were controlled by old nature, our sinful desires (as revealed by the law) were at work within us and resulted in death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.006","ROM","7","RM7_6","<span class='v RM7_6' data-id='RM7_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But now we’ve been set free from the law, and have died to what kept us in chains, so that we can serve in the newness of the spirit and not the old letter of the law. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.007","ROM","7","RM7_7","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM7_7' data-id='RM7_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn’t have known what sin was unless the law defined it. I wouldn’t have realized that wanting to have other people’s things for myself was wrong without the law that says, “Don’t desire for yourself what belongs to someone else.” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.008","ROM","7","RM7_8","<span class='v RM7_8' data-id='RM7_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>But through this commandment sin found a way to stir up in me all kinds of selfish desires—for without law, sin is dead. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.009","ROM","7","RM7_9","<span class='v RM7_9' data-id='RM7_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>I used to live without realizing what the law really meant, but when I understood the implications of that commandment, then sin came back to life, and I died. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.010","ROM","7","RM7_10","<span class='v RM7_10' data-id='RM7_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life brought death instead, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.011","ROM","7","RM7_11","<span class='v RM7_11' data-id='RM7_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>because sin found a way through the commandment to deceive me, and used the commandment to kill me! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.012","ROM","7","RM7_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM7_12' data-id='RM7_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>However, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.013","ROM","7","RM7_13","<span class='v RM7_13' data-id='RM7_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>Now would something that is good kill me? Of course not! But sin shows itself to be sin by using good to cause my death. So by means of the commandment, it’s revealed how evil sin really is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.014","ROM","7","RM7_14","<span class='v RM7_14' data-id='RM7_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>We realize that the law is spiritual; but I’m all-too-human<span class='note' id='footnote-513'><a href='#note-513' class='key'>‡</a></span>, a slave to sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.015","ROM","7","RM7_15","<span class='v RM7_15' data-id='RM7_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>I really don’t understand what I’m doing. I do the things I don’t want to do, and what I hate doing, that’s what I do! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.016","ROM","7","RM7_16","<span class='v RM7_16' data-id='RM7_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>But if I’m saying that I do what I don’t want to, this shows that I admit the law is right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.017","ROM","7","RM7_17","<span class='v RM7_17' data-id='RM7_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>So it’s no longer me who does this, but sin living in me— </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.018","ROM","7","RM7_18","<span class='v RM7_18' data-id='RM7_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>for I know that there’s nothing good in me as far as my sinful human nature is concerned. Even though I want to do good, I’m just not able to do it. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.019","ROM","7","RM7_19","<span class='v RM7_19' data-id='RM7_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>The good I want to do, I don’t do; while the evil I don’t want to do, that’s what I end up doing! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.020","ROM","7","RM7_20","<span class='v RM7_20' data-id='RM7_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>However if I’m doing what I don’t want to, then it’s no longer me doing it, but sin living in me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.021","ROM","7","RM7_21","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM7_21' data-id='RM7_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>This is the principle I’ve discovered: if I want to do what’s good, evil is always there too. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.022","ROM","7","RM7_22","<span class='v RM7_22' data-id='RM7_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>My inner self is delighted with God’s law, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.023","ROM","7","RM7_23","<span class='v RM7_23' data-id='RM7_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>but I see a different law at work within me that is at war with the law my mind has decided to follow, making me a prisoner of the law of sin that is within me. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.024","ROM","7","RM7_24","<span class='v RM7_24' data-id='RM7_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>I’m totally miserable! Who will rescue me from this body that’s causing my death<span class='note' id='footnote-514'><a href='#note-514' class='key'>§</a></span>? Thank God—for he does this through Jesus Christ our Lord! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.007.025","ROM","7","RM7_25","<span class='v RM7_25' data-id='RM7_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Here’s the situation: while I myself choose with my mind to obey God’s law, my human nature obeys the law of sin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.001","ROM","8","RM8_1","<div class='c'>8</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_1' data-id='RM8_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>So there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.002","ROM","8","RM8_2","<span class='v RM8_2' data-id='RM8_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.003","ROM","8","RM8_3","<span class='v RM8_3' data-id='RM8_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>What the law couldn’t do because it was powerless due to our sinful nature<span class='note' id='footnote-515'><a href='#note-515' class='key'>*</a></span>, God was able to do! By sending his own Son in human form, God dealt with the whole problem of sin<span class='note' id='footnote-516'><a href='#note-516' class='key'>†</a></span> and destroyed sin’s power in our sinful human nature. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.004","ROM","8","RM8_4","<span class='v RM8_4' data-id='RM8_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>In this way we could fulfill the good requirements of the law by following the Spirit and not our sinful nature. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.005","ROM","8","RM8_5","<span class='v RM8_5' data-id='RM8_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Those who follow their sinful nature are preoccupied with sinful things, but those who follow the Spirit concentrate on spiritual things. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.006","ROM","8","RM8_6","<span class='v RM8_6' data-id='RM8_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>The sinful human mind results in death, but having the mind led by the Spirit results in life and peace. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.007","ROM","8","RM8_7","<span class='v RM8_7' data-id='RM8_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>The sinful human mind is hostile to God because it refuses to obey the law of God—in fact it never can, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.008","ROM","8","RM8_8","<span class='v RM8_8' data-id='RM8_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>and those who follow their sinful nature can never please God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.009","ROM","8","RM8_9","<span class='v RM8_9' data-id='RM8_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>But you’re not following your sinful nature, but the Spirit—if it’s true that the Spirit of God is living in you. For those that don’t have the Spirit of Christ in them don’t belong to him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.010","ROM","8","RM8_10","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_10' data-id='RM8_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>However if Christ is in you, even though your body is going to die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you’re now right with God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.011","ROM","8","RM8_11","<span class='v RM8_11' data-id='RM8_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. He who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to your dead bodies through his Spirit that lives in you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.012","ROM","8","RM8_12","<span class='v RM8_12' data-id='RM8_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>So brothers and sisters, we don’t have to follow<span class='note' id='footnote-517'><a href='#note-517' class='key'>‡</a></span> our sinful nature that operates according to our human desires. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.013","ROM","8","RM8_13","<span class='v RM8_13' data-id='RM8_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For if you live under the control of your sinful nature, you’re going to die. But if you follow the way of the Spirit, putting to death the evil things you do, then you will live. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.014","ROM","8","RM8_14","<span class='v RM8_14' data-id='RM8_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>All those who are led by the Spirit of God are God’s children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.015","ROM","8","RM8_15","<span class='v RM8_15' data-id='RM8_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>You were not given a spirit to enslave and terrify you once more. No, what you received was the spirit that makes you children in God’s family. Now we can shout out, “God is our Father!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.016","ROM","8","RM8_16","<span class='v RM8_16' data-id='RM8_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>The Spirit himself agrees with us<span class='note' id='footnote-518'><a href='#note-518' class='key'>§</a></span> that we’re God’s children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.017","ROM","8","RM8_17","<span class='v RM8_17' data-id='RM8_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>If we’re his children, then we’re his heirs. We are heirs of God, and heirs together with Christ. But if we want to share in his glory we must share in his sufferings. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.018","ROM","8","RM8_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_18' data-id='RM8_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>Yet I’m convinced that what we suffer in the present is nothing compared to the future glory that will be revealed to us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.019","ROM","8","RM8_19","<span class='v RM8_19' data-id='RM8_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>All of creation is patiently waiting, longing for God to reveal his children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.020","ROM","8","RM8_20","<span class='v RM8_20' data-id='RM8_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>For God allowed the purpose of creation to be frustrated. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.021","ROM","8","RM8_21","<span class='v RM8_21' data-id='RM8_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>But creation itself waits in hope for the time when it will be set free from the slavery of decay and share the glorious freedom of God’s children. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.022","ROM","8","RM8_22","<span class='v RM8_22' data-id='RM8_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>We know that all creation groans with longing, suffering birth-pains even up till now. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.023","ROM","8","RM8_23","<span class='v RM8_23' data-id='RM8_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>Not only creation, but we too, who have a foretaste of the Spirit, we groan inwardly as we wait for God to “adopt” us—the redemption of our bodies. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.024","ROM","8","RM8_24","<span class='v RM8_24' data-id='RM8_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>For we were saved by hope. Yet hope that’s already seen isn’t hope at all. Who hopes for what they can already see? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.025","ROM","8","RM8_25","<span class='v RM8_25' data-id='RM8_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>Since we’re hoping for what we haven’t yet seen, we wait for it patiently. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.026","ROM","8","RM8_26","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_26' data-id='RM8_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>Similarly the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don’t know how to speak with God, but the Spirit himself intercedes with and through us by groans that can’t be put into words. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.027","ROM","8","RM8_27","<span class='v RM8_27' data-id='RM8_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>The One who examines the minds of everyone knows the Spirit’s motives<span class='note' id='footnote-519'><a href='#note-519' class='key'>*</a></span>, because the Spirit pleads God’s cause on behalf of the believers. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.028","ROM","8","RM8_28","<span class='v RM8_28' data-id='RM8_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those who he has called to be part of his plan. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.029","ROM","8","RM8_29","<span class='v RM8_29' data-id='RM8_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>For God, choosing them in advance, set them apart to be like his Son, so that the Son would be the first of many brothers and sisters. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.030","ROM","8","RM8_30","<span class='v RM8_30' data-id='RM8_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>Those that he chose, he also called; and those that he called, he also made right; and those that he made right, he also glorified. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.031","ROM","8","RM8_31","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_31' data-id='RM8_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>So what’s our response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.032","ROM","8","RM8_32","<span class='v RM8_32' data-id='RM8_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>God, who did not hold back his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, won’t he also freely give us everything? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.033","ROM","8","RM8_33","<span class='v RM8_33' data-id='RM8_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>Who can accuse God’s special people of anything? It’s God who sets us right, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.034","ROM","8","RM8_34","<span class='v RM8_34' data-id='RM8_34'><span class='v-num v-34'>34&#160;</span>so who can condemn us? It’s Christ Jesus who died—more importantly, who was raised from the dead—who stands at God’s right-hand, presenting our case. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.035","ROM","8","RM8_35","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM8_35' data-id='RM8_35'><span class='v-num v-35'>35&#160;</span>Who can separate us from Christ’s love? Can oppression, distress, or persecution? Or hunger, poverty, danger, or violence? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.036","ROM","8","RM8_36","<span class='v RM8_36' data-id='RM8_36'><span class='v-num v-36'>36&#160;</span>Just as Scripture says, “For your sake we’re in danger of being killed all the time. We’re treated like sheep to be slaughtered.”<span class='note' id='footnote-520'><a href='#note-520' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.037","ROM","8","RM8_37","<span class='v RM8_37' data-id='RM8_37'><span class='v-num v-37'>37&#160;</span>No—in all that happens to us we’re more than conquerors through him who loved us. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.038","ROM","8","RM8_38","<span class='v RM8_38' data-id='RM8_38'><span class='v-num v-38'>38&#160;</span>I’m absolutely convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor devils, neither the present nor the future, nor powers, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.008.039","ROM","8","RM8_39","<span class='v RM8_39' data-id='RM8_39'><span class='v-num v-39'>39&#160;</span>neither height nor depth, in fact nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.001","ROM","9","RM9_1","<div class='c'>9</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_1' data-id='RM9_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>I am in Christ, and what I say is true. I’m not lying! My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.002","ROM","9","RM9_2","<span class='v RM9_2' data-id='RM9_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>how terribly sad I am, how I have never-ending pain in my heart, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.003","ROM","9","RM9_3","<span class='v RM9_3' data-id='RM9_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>for my own people, my brothers and sisters. I would rather be cursed myself, separated from Christ, if that would help them. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.004","ROM","9","RM9_4","<span class='v RM9_4' data-id='RM9_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>They are my fellow-Israelites, God’s chosen people. God revealed to them his glory and made agreements<span class='note' id='footnote-521'><a href='#note-521' class='key'>*</a></span> with them, giving them the law, true worship, and his promises. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.005","ROM","9","RM9_5","<span class='v RM9_5' data-id='RM9_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>They are our forefathers—ancestors of Christ, humanly-speaking, the One who rules over everything, the eternally-blessed God. Amen. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.006","ROM","9","RM9_6","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_6' data-id='RM9_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>It’s not that God’s promise has failed. For not every Israelite is a true Israelite, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.007","ROM","9","RM9_7","<span class='v RM9_7' data-id='RM9_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>and all those who are descended from Abraham are not his true children. For Scripture says, “Your descendants will be counted through Isaac,”<span class='note' id='footnote-522'><a href='#note-522' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.008","ROM","9","RM9_8","<span class='v RM9_8' data-id='RM9_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>so it’s not Abraham’s actual children who are counted as God’s children, but only those children of God’s promise who are considered his true descendants. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.009","ROM","9","RM9_9","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_9' data-id='RM9_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>This is what the promise was: “I will return next year and Sarah will have a son.”<span class='note' id='footnote-523'><a href='#note-523' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.010","ROM","9","RM9_10","<span class='v RM9_10' data-id='RM9_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>In addition Rebecca’s twin sons had the same father, our forefather Isaac. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.011","ROM","9","RM9_11","<span class='v RM9_11' data-id='RM9_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>But even before the children were born, and before they’d done anything right or wrong, (so that God’s purpose could continue, proving God’s calling of people is not based on human performance), </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.012","ROM","9","RM9_12","<span class='v RM9_12' data-id='RM9_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>she was told, “The older brother will serve the younger one.”<span class='note' id='footnote-524'><a href='#note-524' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.013","ROM","9","RM9_13","<span class='v RM9_13' data-id='RM9_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “I chose Jacob, but rejected Esau.”<span class='note' id='footnote-525'><a href='#note-525' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.014","ROM","9","RM9_14","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_14' data-id='RM9_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>So what should we conclude? That God was unjust? Certainly not! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.015","ROM","9","RM9_15","<span class='v RM9_15' data-id='RM9_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>As he said to Moses, “I will be merciful to whoever I should show mercy, and I will have compassion on whoever I should show compassion.”<span class='note' id='footnote-526'><a href='#note-526' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.016","ROM","9","RM9_16","<span class='v RM9_16' data-id='RM9_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>So it does not depend on what we want, or our own efforts, but the merciful nature of God. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.017","ROM","9","RM9_17","<span class='v RM9_17' data-id='RM9_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Scripture records God saying to Pharaoh: “I put you here for a reason—so that through you I could demonstrate my power, and so that my name could be made known throughout the earth.”<span class='note' id='footnote-527'><a href='#note-527' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.018","ROM","9","RM9_18","<span class='v RM9_18' data-id='RM9_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>So God is merciful to those he wishes to be, and hardens the hearts of those he wants to<span class='note' id='footnote-528'><a href='#note-528' class='key'>§</a></span>. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.019","ROM","9","RM9_19","<span class='v RM9_19' data-id='RM9_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>Now you’ll argue with me and ask, “So why does he still blame us then? Who can resist the will of God?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.020","ROM","9","RM9_20","<span class='v RM9_20' data-id='RM9_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>That’s no way to speak, for who are you—a mere mortal—to contradict God? Can something that is created say to its creator, “Why did you make me like this?” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.021","ROM","9","RM9_21","<span class='v RM9_21' data-id='RM9_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>Doesn’t a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an everyday pot?<span class='note' id='footnote-529'><a href='#note-529' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.022","ROM","9","RM9_22","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_22' data-id='RM9_22'><span class='v-num v-22'>22&#160;</span>It’s as if God, wanting to demonstrate his opposition to sin<span class='note' id='footnote-530'><a href='#note-530' class='key'>†</a></span> and to reveal his power, bears patiently with these “pots destined for destruction,” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.023","ROM","9","RM9_23","<span class='v RM9_23' data-id='RM9_23'><span class='v-num v-23'>23&#160;</span>so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepared in advance for glory. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.024","ROM","9","RM9_24","<span class='v RM9_24' data-id='RM9_24'><span class='v-num v-24'>24&#160;</span>This is who we are—people he has called, not just from among the Jews, but from among the foreigners too... </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.025","ROM","9","RM9_25","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_25' data-id='RM9_25'><span class='v-num v-25'>25&#160;</span>As God said in the book of Hosea, “Those who are not my people I will call my people, and those who are not loved I will call the ones I love,”<span class='note' id='footnote-531'><a href='#note-531' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.026","ROM","9","RM9_26","<span class='v RM9_26' data-id='RM9_26'><span class='v-num v-26'>26&#160;</span>and, “It will happen that at the place where they were told, ‘You’re not my people,’ there they will be called the children of the living God.”<span class='note' id='footnote-532'><a href='#note-532' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.027","ROM","9","RM9_27","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_27' data-id='RM9_27'><span class='v-num v-27'>27&#160;</span>Isaiah cries out regarding Israel: “Even if the children of Israel have become as numerous as the sands of the sea, only a small number<span class='note' id='footnote-533'><a href='#note-533' class='key'>*</a></span> will be saved. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.028","ROM","9","RM9_28","<span class='v RM9_28' data-id='RM9_28'><span class='v-num v-28'>28&#160;</span>For the Lord is going to quickly and completely finish his work of judgment on the earth.”<span class='note' id='footnote-534'><a href='#note-534' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.029","ROM","9","RM9_29","<span class='v RM9_29' data-id='RM9_29'><span class='v-num v-29'>29&#160;</span>As Isaiah previously said, “If the Lord Almighty had not left us some descendants, we would have become just like Sodom and Gomorrah.”<span class='note' id='footnote-535'><a href='#note-535' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.030","ROM","9","RM9_30","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM9_30' data-id='RM9_30'><span class='v-num v-30'>30&#160;</span>What shall we conclude, then? That even though the foreigners were not even looking to do right, they did grasp what is right, and through their trust in God did what was right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.031","ROM","9","RM9_31","<span class='v RM9_31' data-id='RM9_31'><span class='v-num v-31'>31&#160;</span>But the people of Israel, who looked to the law to make them right with God, never succeeded. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.032","ROM","9","RM9_32","<span class='v RM9_32' data-id='RM9_32'><span class='v-num v-32'>32&#160;</span>Why not? Because they relied on what they did rather than trusting in God. They tripped on the stumbling-block, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.009.033","ROM","9","RM9_33","<span class='v RM9_33' data-id='RM9_33'><span class='v-num v-33'>33&#160;</span>just as Scripture predicted: “Look, I’m placing in Zion a stumbling-block, a rock that will offend people. But those who trust in him won’t be disappointed.”<span class='note' id='footnote-536'><a href='#note-536' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.001","ROM","10","RM10_1","<div class='c'>10</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM10_1' data-id='RM10_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>My brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire—my prayer to God—is for the salvation of the people of Israel! </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.002","ROM","10","RM10_2","<span class='v RM10_2' data-id='RM10_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>I can testify to their passionate dedication to God, but it’s not based on knowing him as he truly is. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.003","ROM","10","RM10_3","<span class='v RM10_3' data-id='RM10_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>They don’t understand how God makes us right with him, and they try to make themselves right. They refuse to accept God’s way of making people right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.004","ROM","10","RM10_4","<span class='v RM10_4' data-id='RM10_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>For Christ is the fulfillment of the law. All those who trust in him are made right. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.005","ROM","10","RM10_5","<span class='v RM10_5' data-id='RM10_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Moses wrote, “Whoever does what is right by obeying the law will live.”<span class='note' id='footnote-537'><a href='#note-537' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.006","ROM","10","RM10_6","<span class='v RM10_6' data-id='RM10_6'><span class='v-num v-6'>6&#160;</span>But the attitude of doing right that comes from trust says this: “Don’t ask ‘who’ll go to heaven?’ (asking to bring Christ down),” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.007","ROM","10","RM10_7","<span class='v RM10_7' data-id='RM10_7'><span class='v-num v-7'>7&#160;</span>or “ ‘who’ll go to the place of the dead<span class='note' id='footnote-538'><a href='#note-538' class='key'>†</a></span>?’ (asking to bring Christ back from the dead).” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.008","ROM","10","RM10_8","<span class='v RM10_8' data-id='RM10_8'><span class='v-num v-8'>8&#160;</span>What Scripture actually says is: “The message is very close to you—it’s in your mouth and in your heart.”<span class='note' id='footnote-539'><a href='#note-539' class='key'>‡</a></span> In fact it’s this message based on trust that we’re presenting. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.009","ROM","10","RM10_9","<span class='v RM10_9' data-id='RM10_9'><span class='v-num v-9'>9&#160;</span>For if you declare that you accept Jesus as Lord, and you are convinced in your mind that God raised him from the dead, then you will be saved. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.010","ROM","10","RM10_10","<span class='v RM10_10' data-id='RM10_10'><span class='v-num v-10'>10&#160;</span>Your trust in God makes you right, and your declaration of accepting God saves you. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.011","ROM","10","RM10_11","<span class='v RM10_11' data-id='RM10_11'><span class='v-num v-11'>11&#160;</span>As Scripture says, “Those who trust in him will not be disappointed.”<span class='note' id='footnote-540'><a href='#note-540' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.012","ROM","10","RM10_12","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM10_12' data-id='RM10_12'><span class='v-num v-12'>12&#160;</span>There’s no difference between Jew and Greek—for the same Lord is Lord of everyone, and he gives generously to everyone who asks him. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.013","ROM","10","RM10_13","<span class='v RM10_13' data-id='RM10_13'><span class='v-num v-13'>13&#160;</span>For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”<span class='note' id='footnote-541'><a href='#note-541' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.014","ROM","10","RM10_14","<span class='v RM10_14' data-id='RM10_14'><span class='v-num v-14'>14&#160;</span>But how can people call on someone they don’t trust? How can they trust someone they haven’t heard about? How can they hear unless they’re told? </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.015","ROM","10","RM10_15","<span class='v RM10_15' data-id='RM10_15'><span class='v-num v-15'>15&#160;</span>How can they go out and tell others unless they’re sent? Just as Scripture says, “Those who come bringing the good news are truly welcome!”<span class='note' id='footnote-542'><a href='#note-542' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.016","ROM","10","RM10_16","<span class='v RM10_16' data-id='RM10_16'><span class='v-num v-16'>16&#160;</span>But not everyone has accepted the good news. As Isaiah asks: “Lord, who trusted in the news they heard from us?”<span class='note' id='footnote-543'><a href='#note-543' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.017","ROM","10","RM10_17","<span class='v RM10_17' data-id='RM10_17'><span class='v-num v-17'>17&#160;</span>Trusting in God comes from hearing—hearing the message of Christ. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.018","ROM","10","RM10_18","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM10_18' data-id='RM10_18'><span class='v-num v-18'>18&#160;</span>It’s not that they haven’t heard. Quite the opposite: “The voices of those speaking for God<span class='note' id='footnote-544'><a href='#note-544' class='key'>§</a></span> have been heard all over the earth—their message went out to the whole world.”<span class='note' id='footnote-545'><a href='#note-545' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.019","ROM","10","RM10_19","<span class='v RM10_19' data-id='RM10_19'><span class='v-num v-19'>19&#160;</span>So my question is, “Didn’t Israel know?” First of all Moses says, “I’ll make you jealous by using people who aren’t even a nation; I will make you angry by using ignorant foreigners!”<span class='note' id='footnote-546'><a href='#note-546' class='key'>†</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.020","ROM","10","RM10_20","<span class='v RM10_20' data-id='RM10_20'><span class='v-num v-20'>20&#160;</span>Then Isaiah said it even more strongly: “I was found by people who weren’t even looking for me; I revealed myself to people who weren’t even asking for me.”<span class='note' id='footnote-547'><a href='#note-547' class='key'>‡</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.010.021","ROM","10","RM10_21","<span class='v RM10_21' data-id='RM10_21'><span class='v-num v-21'>21&#160;</span>As God says to Israel, “All day long I reached out my hands to a disobedient and stubborn people.”<span class='note' id='footnote-548'><a href='#note-548' class='key'>§</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.001","ROM","11","RM11_1","<div class='c'>11</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_1' data-id='RM11_1'><span class='verse1 v-num v-1'>1&#160;</span>But then I ask, “Has God rejected his people?” Of course not! I’m an Israelite myself, from the tribe of Benjamin. </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.002","ROM","11","RM11_2","<span class='v RM11_2' data-id='RM11_2'><span class='v-num v-2'>2&#160;</span>God has not rejected his chosen people. Don’t you recall what Scripture says about Elijah? How he complained about Israel to God, saying, </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.003","ROM","11","RM11_3","<span class='v RM11_3' data-id='RM11_3'><span class='v-num v-3'>3&#160;</span>”Lord they’ve killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I’m the only one left, and they’re trying to kill me too!” </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.004","ROM","11","RM11_4","</div><div class='p'><span class='v RM11_4' data-id='RM11_4'><span class='v-num v-4'>4&#160;</span>How did God answer him? “I still have seven thousand left who have not worshiped Baal.”<span class='note' id='footnote-549'><a href='#note-549' class='key'>*</a></span> </span>");
INSERT INTO FreeBibleVersion_NT_2.1.1_isvl VALUES ("075.011.005","ROM","11","RM11_5","<span class='v RM11_5' data-id='RM11_5'><span class='v-num v-5'>5&#160;</span>Today it’s just the same: there are still some faithful people left, chosen by God’s grace. </span>");
