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\BibleBook{Paul’s Letter to the  Romans}

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\BibleTitleTwo{Paul’s Letter to the }
\BibleMainTitle{Romans }

\BibleSectionHeading{Introduction }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Introduction }
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\chapterNumber{1}From|strong="G2424" Paul|strong="G3972", a|strong="G1519" servant|strong="G1401" of|strong="G2316" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", who|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G5547" called|strong="G2822" to|strong="G1519" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="G1519" apostle, and|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" been|strong="G5547" set|strong="H7760" apart|strong="H0914" to|strong="G1519" tell|strong="H5046" God’s|strong="G2316" good|strong="G2098" news|strong="G2098". 
\verseNumber{2}This|strong="G3588" good|strong="G1223" news|strong="H1319" God|strong="G3588" promised|strong="G4279" long|strong="H0753" ago|strong="H7350" through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" prophets|strong="G4396" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sacred|strong="H6944" scriptures|strong="G1124", 
\verseNumber{3}concerning|strong="G4012" his|strong="G4012" Son|strong="G5207", Jesus|strong="G1537" Christ, our|strong="G4012" Lord|strong="G3588"; who|strong="G3588", as|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" his|strong="G4012" human|strong="G4561" nature, was|strong="G1096" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G1537" David|strong="G1138", 
\verseNumber{4}but|strong="G2316", as|strong="G1722" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G1537" holiness|strong="H6944" within|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", was|strong="G3588" miraculously designated|strong="H5344" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" by|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" resurrection from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{5}Through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3739" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" gift|strong="G5485" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" apostolic office|strong="H0530", to|strong="G1519" win|strong="H6743" submission|strong="H1844" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102" among|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="G2532" among|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3739" nations|strong="H1471" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" – you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2822" to|strong="G2532" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{7}To|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" Rome|strong="G4516" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2822" to|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" Christ’s|strong="G5547" people|strong="G3956", may|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", our|strong="G2316" Father|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1473" you|strong="G5210" peace|strong="G1515". 
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\verseNumber{8}First|strong="G4413", I|strong="G1473" thank|strong="G2168" my|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" for|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" report|strong="H8088" of|strong="G4012" your|strong="G3650" faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G3588" spreading|strong="H6566" throughout|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889". 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" offer|strong="G3000" the|strong="G1722" worship|strong="G3000" of|strong="G5207" my|strong="G1722" soul|strong="H5315" as|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" goodness|strong="H2898" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207", is|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1722" witness|strong="G3144" how|strong="G5613" constantly|strong="H8548" I|strong="G1473" mention|strong="G3417" you|strong="G5210" when|strong="G5613" I|strong="G1473" pray|strong="H6419", 
\verseNumber{10}asking|strong="H7592" that|strong="G3588", if|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2316" willing|strong="G2307", I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2316" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1722" last|strong="G4218" find|strong="H4672" the|strong="G1722" way|strong="G1722" open|strong="H6605" to|strong="G4314" visit|strong="G2064" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1063" long|strong="G1971" to|strong="G1519" see|strong="G3708" you|strong="G5210", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" impart|strong="G3330" to|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" some|strong="G5100" spiritual|strong="G4152" gift|strong="G5486" and|strong="G3708" so|strong="G2443" give|strong="G3330" you|strong="G5210" fresh|strong="H3892" strength|strong="H5797" – 
\verseNumber{12}or|strong="G2532" rather|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" both|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" encouragement|strong="H2388" in|strong="G1722" each|strong="G1223" other’s faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{13}I|strong="G2532" want|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G4314" know|strong="G1722", my|strong="G1722" friends|strong="H7453", that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" many|strong="G4178" times|strong="G4178" intended|strong="G4388" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="G5210" – but|strong="G1161" until|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" prevented|strong="G2967" – that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" some|strong="G5100" fruit|strong="G2590" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" labors|strong="H5450", as|strong="G2531" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" already|strong="H3528" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3062" nations|strong="G1484". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Faith|strong="H0539" the|strong="G1722" Ground|strong="H0776" of|strong="G2532" Acceptance|strong="H7522" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Faith|strong="H0539" the|strong="G1722" Ground|strong="H0776" of|strong="G2532" Acceptance|strong="H7522" }
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" duty|strong="H2992" to|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" barbarian, to|strong="G2532" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" cultured and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ignorant|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3779", for|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" part|strong="G1473", I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" ready|strong="G4289" to|strong="G2532" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" also|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Rome|strong="G4516". 
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\verseNumber{16}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" ashamed|strong="G1870" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3956" news|strong="G2098"; it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" which|strong="G3588" brings|strong="G1510" salvation|strong="G4991" to|strong="G1519" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453" first|strong="G4413", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" revelation|strong="H1540" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" divine|strong="H7080" righteousness|strong="G1343" resulting|strong="G1519" from|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102" and|strong="G1161" leading|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102"; as|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘Through|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102" the|strong="G1722" righteous|strong="G1342" will|strong="G2316" find|strong="H4672" life|strong="G2198".’ 
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\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G2532", too|strong="G2532", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" revelation|strong="H1540" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G3772" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" divine|strong="H7080" wrath|strong="G3709" against|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" form|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" ungodliness|strong="H1100" and|strong="G2532" wickedness|strong="G1722" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588", by|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" wicked|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315", are|strong="G3588" stifling the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" so|strong="G1063", because|strong="G1063" what|strong="G3588" can|strong="G1063" be|strong="G1510" known|strong="G1110" about|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" plain|strong="G5318" to|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588"; for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="G5319" has|strong="G2316" made|strong="G5319" it|strong="G1063" plain|strong="G5318". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" ever|strong="G1519" since|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" creation|strong="G2937" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" universe God’s|strong="H0430" invisible attributes – his|strong="G1438" everlasting|strong="H5769" power|strong="G1411" and|strong="G2532" divinity – are|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" seen|strong="G2529" and|strong="G2532" studied|strong="H1875" in|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" works|strong="G1411", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G1510" have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G2532" excuse; 
\verseNumber{21}because|strong="G1360", although|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" learned|strong="G1097" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1097" God|strong="G2316", yet|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" offer|strong="H7126" him|strong="G3588" as|strong="G5613" God|strong="G2316" either|strong="G2228" praise|strong="G1392" or|strong="G2228" thanksgiving|strong="H8426". Their|strong="G2532" speculations|strong="G1261" about|strong="G5613" him|strong="G3588" proved|strong="H0974" futile|strong="G3154", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" undiscerning minds|strong="G2588" were|strong="G3588" darkened|strong="G4654". 
\verseNumber{22}Professing|strong="G5335" to|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" wise|strong="G4680", they|strong="G1510" showed|strong="H7200" themselves|strong="G5335" fools|strong="G3471"; 
\verseNumber{23}and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" transformed|strong="H7760" the|strong="G1722" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" immortal God|strong="G2316" into|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" likeness|strong="G3667" of|strong="G2316" mortal|strong="G5349" humans, and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2316" birds|strong="G4071", and|strong="G2532" beasts|strong="G5074", and|strong="G2532" reptiles|strong="G2062". 
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\verseNumber{24}Therefore|strong="G1352" God|strong="G2316" abandoned|strong="H5800" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" impurity|strong="H5079", letting|strong="H7971" them|strong="G3588" follow|strong="H0310" the|strong="G1722" cravings of|strong="G2316" their|strong="G1438" hearts|strong="G2588", until|strong="G1519" they|strong="G3588" dishonored|strong="H3637" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" bodies|strong="G4983"; 
\verseNumber{25}for|strong="G1519" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" substituted a|strong="G2532" lie|strong="G5579" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" about|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" reverenced|strong="H7812" and|strong="G2532" worshiped|strong="G4573" created|strong="G2936" things|strong="G3588" more|strong="G2532" than|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1722" Creator|strong="G2936", who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" praised|strong="H1984" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519". Amen|strong="H0543". 
\verseNumber{26}That|strong="G3588", I|strong="G1063" say|strong="G1223", is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" abandoned|strong="H5800" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" degrading passions|strong="G3806". Even|strong="G5037" the|strong="G1519" women|strong="G2338" among|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" perverted|strong="H8419" the|strong="G1519" natural|strong="G5446" use|strong="G5540" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G1438" bodies|strong="H6297" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" unnatural|strong="G3844"; 
\verseNumber{27}while|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588", disregarding that|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" women|strong="G2338" were|strong="G3588" intended|strong="H1819" by|strong="G1722" nature, were|strong="G3588" consumed|strong="H3615" with|strong="G1722" passion|strong="H7068" for|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3739" another|strong="G1438". Men|strong="G3588" indulged in|strong="G1722" vile|strong="H7043" practices|strong="G3739" with|strong="G1722" men|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" incurred|strong="H0816" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" persons|strong="G1438" the|strong="G1722" inevitable penalty|strong="H1780" for|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" perverseness|strong="H5558". 
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\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="G2532", as|strong="G2531" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" keep|strong="G4160" God|strong="G2316" before|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" minds|strong="G3563", God|strong="G2316" abandoned|strong="H5800" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" depraved|strong="H7843" thoughts|strong="H4284", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G4160" all|strong="G2532" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="G2316" shameful|strong="H1322" things|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{29}They|strong="G3956" reveled|strong="H5727" in|strong="G3956" every|strong="G3956" form|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3956" wickedness|strong="G4189", evil|strong="G2549", greed|strong="G4124", vice. Their|strong="G3956" lives|strong="H5315" were|strong="G3956" full|strong="G3324" of|strong="G3956" envy|strong="G5355", murder|strong="G5408", quarreling|strong="H1777", treachery|strong="H4820", malice|strong="G2549". 
\verseNumber{30}They|strong="H1992" became|strong="H3205" back-biters, slanderers|strong="G2637", impious, insolent|strong="G5197", boastful|strong="H1984". They|strong="H1992" devised|strong="H2803" new|strong="H2319" sins|strong="H2403". They|strong="H1992" disobeyed|strong="H6963" their|strong="H3605" parents|strong="G1118". 
\verseNumber{31}They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" undiscerning, untrustworthy, without|strong="H3808" natural|strong="H5038" affection|strong="H2836" or|strong="H0176" pity|strong="H2347". 
\verseNumber{32}Well|strong="G2532" aware|strong="G1921" of|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" decree|strong="H2942", that|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" such|strong="G5108" things|strong="G3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="G2288", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" are|strong="G1510" they|strong="G2532" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588" themselves|strong="G3441", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" applaud|strong="H7623" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" them|strong="G3588". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Therefore|strong="G1352" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3956" to|strong="G1722" say|strong="G3956" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G3956" own|strong="G4572" defense|strong="H4581", whoever|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" who|strong="G3739" set|strong="H7760" yourself|strong="G4572" up|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" judge|strong="G2919". In|strong="G1722" judging|strong="G2919" others|strong="G2087" you|strong="G3739" condemn|strong="G2632" yourself|strong="G4572", for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" set|strong="H7760" yourself|strong="G4572" up|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" judge|strong="G2919" do|strong="G4238" the|strong="G1722" very|strong="G3588" same|strong="G3739" things|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="G2316" judgment|strong="G2917" falls|strong="G1510" unerringly on|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4238" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3}You|strong="G4771" who|strong="G3588" judge|strong="G2919" those|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3754" do|strong="G4160" such|strong="G5108" things|strong="G3778" and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" yourself|strong="G4771" guilty|strong="H0816" of|strong="G2316" them|strong="G3588" – do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" suppose|strong="G3049" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G4771" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2919" will|strong="G2316" escape|strong="G1628" God’s|strong="G2316" judgment|strong="G2917"? 
\verseNumber{4}Or|strong="G2228" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" think|strong="G2706" lightly|strong="G2706" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1519" abundant|strong="H7227" kindness|strong="G5544", patience|strong="G3115", and|strong="G2532" forbearance|strong="H0753", not|strong="G2532" realizing that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1519" kindness|strong="G5544" is|strong="G3588" meant|strong="H2803" to|strong="G1519" lead|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" repentance|strong="G3341"? 
\verseNumber{5}Hard-hearted and|strong="G2532" impenitent as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588", you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" storing|strong="G2343" up|strong="G2343" for|strong="G1161" yourself|strong="G4572" wrath|strong="G3709" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" wrath|strong="G3709", when|strong="G1161" God’s|strong="G2316" justice|strong="H4941" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" judge|strong="H8199" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="H1540"; 
\verseNumber{6}for|strong="G2596" he|strong="G3739" will|strong="G3739" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2596" everyone|strong="G1538" what|strong="G3739" their|strong="G2596" actions|strong="G2041" deserve|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}To|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588", by|strong="G2596" perseverance|strong="G5281" in|strong="G2596" doing|strong="G2041" good|strong="G3588", aim|strong="H1245" at|strong="G2596" glory|strong="G1391", honor|strong="G5092", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" imperishable, he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="H5414" immortal life|strong="G2222"; 
\verseNumber{8}while|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" factious, and|strong="G2532" disobedient|strong="H4784" to|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571" but|strong="G1161" obedient|strong="H8085" to|strong="G2532" evil|strong="G2532", wrath|strong="G3709" and|strong="G2532" anger|strong="G3709", distress|strong="H6869" and|strong="G2532" despair|strong="H2976", 
\verseNumber{9}will|strong="G2532" fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="G1909" every|strong="G3956" human|strong="H0120" being|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" persists|strong="H5975" in|strong="G1909" wrongdoing|strong="H5766" – on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453" first|strong="G4413", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="G1161" there|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391", honor|strong="G5092", and|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" for|strong="G1161" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G2038" right|strong="H3225" – for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453" first|strong="G4413", but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672", 
\verseNumber{11}since|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" shows|strong="H6213" no|strong="G3756" partiality|strong="G4382". 
\verseNumber{12}All|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3745", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403", are|strong="G2532" without|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" perish|strong="H0006" without|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551"; while|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3745", when|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403", are|strong="G2532" under|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" judged|strong="G2919" as|strong="G3745" being|strong="G2532" under|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{13}It|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="G3588" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2316" a|strong="G3756" Law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" righteous|strong="G1342" before|strong="G3844" God|strong="G2316", but|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" obey|strong="H8085" it|strong="G1063" that|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G3756" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1342". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="G3752" Gentiles|strong="G1484", who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" Law|strong="G3551", do|strong="G4160" instinctively|strong="G5449" what|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551" requires|strong="H4147", they|strong="G3588", though|strong="G4160" they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3361" Law|strong="G3551", are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2192" Law|strong="G3551" to|strong="G3361" themselves|strong="G1438"; 
\verseNumber{15}for|strong="G1722" they|strong="G2532" show|strong="G1731" the|strong="G1722" demands|strong="H5923" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" written|strong="G1123" on|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588"; their|strong="G2532" consciences|strong="G4893" corroborating it|strong="G2532", while|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G2532" thoughts|strong="G3053" they|strong="G2532" argue|strong="H3198" either|strong="G2228" in|strong="G1722" self-accusation or|strong="G2228", it|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" self-defense – 
\verseNumber{16}on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G3753" God|strong="G2316" passes|strong="G2919" judgment|strong="G2919" on|strong="G1722" people’s|strong="H5971" inmost|strong="H3629" lives|strong="H5315", as|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G1223" news|strong="G2098" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="H5046" declares|strong="H5002" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" do|strong="G2919" through|strong="G1223" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{17}But|strong="G1161", perhaps|strong="H0194", you|strong="G4771" bear|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" name|strong="G2028" of|strong="G2316" ‘Jew|strong="G2453",’ and|strong="G2532" are|strong="G2532" relying on|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", and|strong="G2532" boast|strong="G2744" of|strong="G2316" belonging to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" understand|strong="H0995" his|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2316", 
\verseNumber{18}and|strong="G2532", having|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" carefully|strong="H6213" instructed|strong="G2727" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", have|strong="G2532" learned|strong="G1097" to|strong="G2532" appreciate the|strong="G2532" finer|strong="H6884" moral|strong="H8478" distinctions. 
\verseNumber{19}Perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1510" confident|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1722" guide|strong="G3595" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" blind|strong="G5185", a|strong="G1722" light|strong="G5457" to|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" dark|strong="H2822", an|strong="G1722" instructor of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" unintelligent, 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" teacher|strong="G1320" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" childish|strong="G3516", because|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" you|strong="G1722" possess|strong="G2192" the|strong="G1722" outline of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" knowledge|strong="G1108" and|strong="G2532" truth|strong="H0571". 
\verseNumber{21}Why|strong="H4100", then|strong="G3767", you|strong="G1321" teacher|strong="H4175" of|strong="G3588" others|strong="G2087", don’t|strong="G3756" you|strong="G1321" teach|strong="G1321" yourself|strong="G4572"? Do|strong="G3361" you|strong="G1321" preach|strong="G2784" against|strong="G3361" stealing|strong="G2813", and|strong="G3767" yet|strong="H5750" steal|strong="G2813"? 
\verseNumber{22}Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" forbid|strong="H2486" adultery|strong="G3431", and|strong="G3588" yet|strong="H5750" commit|strong="G3431" adultery|strong="G3431"? Do|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" loathe|strong="H6962" idols|strong="G1497", and|strong="G3588" yet|strong="H5750" plunder|strong="H0962" temples|strong="G2416"? 
\verseNumber{23}Boasting|strong="G2744", as|strong="G1722" you|strong="G3739" do|strong="G1223", of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551", do|strong="G1223" you|strong="G3739" dishonor|strong="H7036" God|strong="G2316" by|strong="G1223" breaking|strong="G3847" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551"? 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G1063", as|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘The|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" insult|strong="H2781" God’s|strong="G2316" name|strong="G3686" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" you’! 
\verseNumber{25}Circumcision|strong="G4061" has|strong="G1096" its|strong="H3605" value|strong="G5623", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" obeying|strong="H8085" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551". But|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1096" breaker|strong="G3848" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551", your|strong="G1437" circumcision|strong="G4061" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3588" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" uncircumcision. 
\verseNumber{26}If|strong="G1437", then|strong="G3767", an|strong="G1519" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" man|strong="G3756" pays|strong="H7999" regard|strong="G3049" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" requirements|strong="G1345" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551", won’t|strong="G3756" he|strong="G3588", although|strong="H3588" not|strong="G3756" circumcised|strong="G4061", be|strong="G3756" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G1519" God|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588"? 
\verseNumber{27}Indeed|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588", owing to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" birth|strong="H3205", remains|strong="H7604" uncircumcised|strong="H6189", and|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" scrupulously obeys|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", will|strong="G2532" condemn|strong="G2919" you|strong="G4771", who|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1223" all|strong="G2532" your|strong="G1223" written|strong="G1121" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G1223" circumcision|strong="G4061", are|strong="G3588" yet|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" breaker|strong="G3848" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{28}For|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1722" man|strong="G3756" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1722" Jew|strong="G2453" outwardly|strong="G1722" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1722" real Jew|strong="G2453"; nor|strong="G3761" is|strong="G1510" outward|strong="G5318" bodily|strong="G4561" circumcision|strong="G4061" real circumcision|strong="G4061". The|strong="G1722" real Jew|strong="G2453" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1722" Jew|strong="G2453" in|strong="G1722" soul|strong="H5315"; 
\verseNumber{29}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" real circumcision|strong="G4061" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" circumcision|strong="G4061" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" heart|strong="G2588", a|strong="G2532" spiritual|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G2532" literal thing|strong="G3739". Such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" person|strong="G3739" wins|strong="H3947" praise|strong="G1868" from|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", though|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" from|strong="G1537" people|strong="G3588". 
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\chapterNumber{3}What|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" advantage|strong="G4053", then|strong="G3767", of|strong="G2228" being|strong="G3767" a|strong="G2228" Jew|strong="G2453"? Or|strong="G2228" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101" of|strong="G2228" circumcision|strong="G4061"? 
\verseNumber{2}Great|strong="G4183" in|strong="G2596" every|strong="G3956" way|strong="G5158". First|strong="G4413" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="H3064" were|strong="G3588" entrusted|strong="G4100" with|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" utterances|strong="G3051". 
\verseNumber{3}What|strong="G5101" follows|strong="H3652" then|strong="G1063"? Some|strong="G5100", no|strong="G3361" doubt|strong="G1063", showed|strong="H7200" a|strong="G1487" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102"; but|strong="G1487" will|strong="G2316" their|strong="G3588" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102" make|strong="G2673" God|strong="G2316" break|strong="H7665" faith|strong="G4102"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="H2486"! 
\verseNumber{4}God|strong="G2316" must|strong="G2919" prove|strong="G1096" true|strong="G3588", though|strong="G2532" everyone|strong="G3956" prove|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" liar|strong="G5583"! As|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2316" – ‘That|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" pronounced|strong="G2919" righteous|strong="G1344" in|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" say|strong="G3056", and|strong="G2532" gain|strong="H1215" your|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" when|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3956" would|strong="G1096" judge|strong="G2919" you|strong="G4771".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}But|strong="G1161" what|strong="G5101" if|strong="G1487" our|strong="G2316" wrongdoing|strong="H5766" makes|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="G2316" righteousness|strong="G1343" all|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" clearer|strong="H6965"? Will|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" be|strong="G3361" wrong|strong="H7451" in|strong="G2596" inflicting punishment|strong="H5771"? (I|strong="G1473" can|strong="G3004" but|strong="G1161" speak|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1487" person|strong="G5101".) Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="H2486"! 
\verseNumber{6}Otherwise|strong="G1893" how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G4459" God|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2919" the|strong="G3588" world|strong="G2889"? 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" my|strong="G1699" falsehood|strong="H8267" redounds to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", by|strong="G1722" making|strong="H6213" his|strong="G1519" truthfulness more|strong="G2089" apparent, why|strong="G5101" am|strong="G2504" I|strong="G2504" like|strong="G5613" others|strong="G3588", still|strong="G2089" condemned|strong="G2919" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" sinner|strong="H2398"? 
\verseNumber{8}Why|strong="G2443" should|strong="G5100" we|strong="G2249" not|strong="G3361" say|strong="G3004" – as|strong="G2531" some|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" slanderously assert|strong="H1696" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G4160" say|strong="G3004" – ‘Let|strong="G1510" us|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" evil|strong="G2556" that|strong="G3754" good|strong="G3588" may|strong="G2532" come’? The|strong="G2532" condemnation|strong="G2917" of|strong="G2532" such|strong="G5100" people|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" indeed|strong="G2532" just|strong="G2531"! 
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\verseNumber{9}What|strong="G5101" follows|strong="H3652", then|strong="G3767"? Are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G1063" Jews|strong="G2453" in|strong="G2532" any|strong="G3956" way|strong="G3956" superior|strong="H1870" to|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3956"? Not|strong="G3756" at|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956". Our|strong="G2532" indictment|strong="H5612" against|strong="G5259" both|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" Greeks|strong="G1672" was|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" alike|strong="G5037" were|strong="G1510" in|strong="G2532" subjection|strong="H3533" to|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}As|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – 
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‘There|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G3761" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3748" is|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342", 
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\verseNumber{11}not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" understands|strong="G4920", 
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not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" searching|strong="H2664" for|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"! 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3956" gone|strong="H1980" astray|strong="H8582"; 
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they|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" one|strong="G1520" and|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" become|strong="G1510" depraved|strong="H7843"; 
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there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" doing|strong="G4160" good|strong="G3956" – no|strong="G3756", not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G1520"!’ 
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\verseNumber{13}‘Their|strong="G3588" throats|strong="G2995" are|strong="G3588" like|strong="G1100" opened|strong="H6605" graves|strong="G5028"; 
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they|strong="G3588" deceive|strong="H5377" with|strong="G5259" their|strong="G3588" tongues|strong="G1100".’ 
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‘The|strong="G3588" venom|strong="H2534" of|strong="G5259" snakes|strong="H5175" lies|strong="H3577" behind|strong="H0310" their|strong="G3588" lips|strong="G5491",’ 
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\verseNumber{14}‘And|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" mouths|strong="G4750" are|strong="G3588" full|strong="G1073" of|strong="G2532" bitter|strong="H4751" curses|strong="H7043".’ 
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\verseNumber{15}‘Swift|strong="G3691" are|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" feet|strong="G4228" to|strong="G3588" shed|strong="G1632" blood|strong="H1818". 
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\verseNumber{16}Distress|strong="H6869" and|strong="G2532" trouble|strong="H6869" dog|strong="H3611" their|strong="G2532" steps|strong="H4609", 
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\verseNumber{17}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" path|strong="G3598" of|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1097".’ 
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\verseNumber{18}‘The|strong="G3588" fear|strong="G5401" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" before|strong="G3588" their|strong="G3588" eyes|strong="G3788".’ 
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\verseNumber{19}Now|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" everything|strong="G3956" said|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" is|strong="G3588" addressed|strong="H0559" to|strong="G2443" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" under|strong="G1722" its|strong="G3956" authority|strong="H3027", in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" every|strong="G3956" mouth|strong="G4750" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" closed|strong="G5420", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" bring|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3956" world|strong="G2889" under|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" judgment|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" no|strong="G3756" human|strong="G4561" being|strong="G1344" will|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3756" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" before|strong="G1799" God|strong="H0430" as|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3956" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G3756" Law|strong="G3551"; for|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3956" Law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3956" shows|strong="H6213" what|strong="G1063" sin|strong="H2403" is|strong="G3956". 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161", quite|strong="H3117" apart|strong="G5565" from|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" righteousness|strong="G1343" stands|strong="H5975" revealed|strong="G5319", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396" bear|strong="G3140" witness|strong="G3140" – 
\verseNumber{22}the|strong="G1519" divine|strong="H7080" righteousness|strong="G1343" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" bestowed|strong="G1519", through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", on|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956", without|strong="G3756" distinction|strong="G1293", who|strong="G3588" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" fall|strong="G5302" short|strong="G5302" of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" glorious|strong="G1391" ideal, 
\verseNumber{24}but|strong="G3588", in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1223" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617", are|strong="G3588" being|strong="G5547" freely|strong="G1432" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" deliverance|strong="H8668" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{25}For|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" set|strong="H7760" him|strong="G3588" before|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="H8398", to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1519", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" shedding|strong="H8210" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" blood|strong="H1818", a|strong="G1519" means|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" reconciliation|strong="H3722" through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102". And|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G2316" to|strong="G1519" prove|strong="H5254" his|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343", and|strong="G2316" because|strong="G1223", in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1223" forbearance|strong="H0753", he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2316" passed|strong="G3588" over|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="G3739" people|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" previously|strong="G4266" committed|strong="G4266"; 
\verseNumber{26}as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" proof|strong="G4102", I|strong="G2532" repeat|strong="H6286", at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" present|strong="G3568" time|strong="G2540", of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961" righteousness|strong="G1343", that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="G1342" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" eyes|strong="H5869", and|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" pronounce|strong="H2930" righteous|strong="G1342" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3588" takes|strong="H3947" their|strong="G2532" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
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\verseNumber{27}What|strong="G4169", then|strong="G3767", becomes|strong="H1961" of|strong="G1223" our|strong="G1223" boasting|strong="G2746"? It|strong="G1223" is|strong="G3588" excluded|strong="G1576". By|strong="G1223" what|strong="G4169" sort|strong="H3671" of|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551"? A|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551" requiring|strong="H6963" obedience|strong="H3584"? No|strong="G3780", a|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551" requiring|strong="H6963" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{28}For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" conclude that|strong="G1063" a|strong="G2041" person|strong="H5315" is|strong="G4102" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" on|strong="G3049" the|strong="G1063" ground|strong="H0776" of|strong="G3551" faith|strong="G4102", quite|strong="H3117" apart|strong="G5565" from|strong="G5565" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G3551" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{29}Or|strong="G2228" can|strong="H4310" it|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" only|strong="G3440" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453"? Isn’t|strong="G3780" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"? 
\verseNumber{30}Yes|strong="H3588", of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="H1471" also|strong="G2532", since|strong="G1537" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" pronounce|strong="H2930" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" circumcised|strong="G4061" righteous|strong="G1344" as|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102", and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" on|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" showing|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3739" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{31}Do|strong="G1096" we|strong="G3767", then|strong="G3767", use|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" to|strong="G1096" abolish|strong="H7665" Law|strong="G3551"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! No|strong="G3361", we|strong="G3767" establish|strong="G2476" Law|strong="G3551". 
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\chapterNumber{4}What|strong="G5101" then|strong="G3767", it|strong="G5101" may|strong="G3004" be|strong="G3588" asked|strong="G3004", are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" to|strong="G2596" say|strong="G3004" about|strong="G2596" Abraham|strong="H0085", the|strong="G2596" ancestor|strong="G3962" of|strong="G3962" our|strong="G2596" nation|strong="G4561"? 
\verseNumber{2}If|strong="G1487" he|strong="G1063" was|strong="G2316" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" as|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1537" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" obedience|strong="H3584", then|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1063" has|strong="G2192" something|strong="G2745" to|strong="G4314" boast|strong="G2745" of|strong="G1537". Yes|strong="G1063", but|strong="G1487" not|strong="G3756" before|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="G1063" what|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" scripture|strong="G1124"? ‘Abraham|strong="G4100" had|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4100" was|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" as|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343".’ 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="G1161" wages|strong="G3408" are|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1161" due|strong="G2596" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" works|strong="G2038", not|strong="G3756" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" favor|strong="G5485", but|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" debt|strong="G3783"; 
\verseNumber{5}while|strong="G1161", as|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" does|strong="G2038" not|strong="G3361" rely|strong="H8172" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1519" obedience|strong="H3584", but|strong="G1161" has|strong="G4102" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" can|strong="H4310" pronounce|strong="H2930" the|strong="G1519" godless|strong="H2611" righteous|strong="G1344", their|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G1909" God|strong="G3361" as|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
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\verseNumber{6}In|strong="G2532" precisely|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3739" way|strong="G3739" David|strong="G1138" speaks|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G3108" pronounced|strong="H1696" on|strong="G3049" the|strong="G2532" person|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" as|strong="G2509" righteous|strong="H6662" apart|strong="G5565" from|strong="G2532" actions|strong="G2041" – 
\verseNumber{7}‘Blessed|strong="G3107" are|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3739" wrongdoings have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" forgiven|strong="H5545" and|strong="G2532" over|strong="H5921" whose|strong="G3739" sins|strong="H2403" a|strong="G2532" veil|strong="H6532" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G2532" drawn|strong="H8025"! 
\verseNumber{8}Blessed|strong="G3107" the|strong="G3739" man|strong="G3361" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3739" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3756" regard|strong="G3049" as|strong="G3739" sinful|strong="H2400"!’ 
\verseNumber{9}Is|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" blessing|strong="G3108", then|strong="G3767", pronounced|strong="H1696" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" circumcised|strong="G4061" only|strong="G2532" or|strong="G2228" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" as|strong="G1519" well|strong="G2532"? We|strong="G1063" say|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" – ‘Abraham’s|strong="H0085" faith|strong="G4102" was|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G1909" God|strong="G3004" as|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343".’ 
\verseNumber{10}Under|strong="G1722" what|strong="G4459" circumstances|strong="G1722", then|strong="G3767", did|strong="G1510" this|strong="G1722" take|strong="G3049" place|strong="G1722"? After|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" circumcision|strong="G4061" or|strong="G2228" before|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1510"? 
\verseNumber{11}Not|strong="G1510" after|strong="G1223", but|strong="G2532" before|strong="G1722". And|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" sign|strong="G4592" of|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" rite|strong="H5656" of|strong="G1223" circumcision|strong="G4061" – to|strong="G1519" show|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" righteousness|strong="G1343" due|strong="G1722" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102" of|strong="G1223" an|strong="G2532" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" man|strong="G3956" – in|strong="G1722" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" uncircumcised|strong="H6189", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" righteous|strong="H6662"; 
\verseNumber{12}as|strong="G1722" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" circumcised|strong="G4061" – to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" circumcised|strong="G4061", but|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G4748" our|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" Abraham|strong="H0085" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" which|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" while|strong="G1722" still|strong="H5750" uncircumcised|strong="H6189". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1223" promise|strong="G1860" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" inherit|strong="H5157" the|strong="G1223" world|strong="G2889" did|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" come|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3756" Abraham|strong="H0085" or|strong="G2228" his|strong="G1223" descendants|strong="G4690" through|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551", but|strong="G1063" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343" due|strong="H2706" to|strong="G3756" faith|strong="G4102". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="G1487" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" take|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" stand|strong="H5975" on|strong="G1537" Law|strong="G3551" are|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" inherit|strong="H5157" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="H8398", then|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G3588" robbed|strong="H1497" of|strong="G1537" its|strong="G1537" meaning|strong="H0998" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" comes|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" nothing|strong="H3808"! 
\verseNumber{15}Law|strong="G3551" entails punishment|strong="H5771"; but|strong="G1161", where|strong="G3757" no|strong="G3756" Law|strong="G3551" exists|strong="H1961", no|strong="G3756" breach|strong="H6556" of|strong="G3551" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" possible. 
\verseNumber{16}That|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" everything|strong="G3956" is|strong="G1510" made|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" depend|strong="H7200" on|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102": so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" everything|strong="G3956" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="H0430" gift|strong="G5485", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" made|strong="G3756" certain|strong="G2596" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="G4690" – not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" for|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" take|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G3778" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" take|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G3778" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" of|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085". (He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G1537" us|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956"; 
\verseNumber{17}as|strong="G5613" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G5087" you|strong="G4771" the|strong="G2532" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G2316" many|strong="G4183" nations|strong="G1484".’) And|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G2713" of|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" Abraham|strong="G4100" had|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G3739", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" gives|strong="G2227" life|strong="G2227" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", and|strong="G2532" speaks|strong="H1696" of|strong="G2316" what|strong="G3739" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" yet|strong="G2532" exist|strong="G1510" as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" it|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{18}With|strong="G3844" no|strong="G3739" ground|strong="H0776" for|strong="G1519" hope|strong="G1680", Abraham|strong="G4100", sustained|strong="H5564" by|strong="G2596" hope|strong="G1680", put|strong="G1096" faith|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1519" God|strong="G3004"; in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="G3739", in|strong="G1519" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1519" words|strong="H1697" – ‘So|strong="G3779" many|strong="G4183" will|strong="G1510" your|strong="G1909" descendants|strong="G4690" be|strong="G1096",’ he|strong="G3739" might|strong="G1484" become|strong="G1096" ‘the|strong="G1519" father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G3844" many|strong="G4183" nations|strong="G1484".’ 
\verseNumber{19}Though|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" nearly|strong="H1241" a|strong="G2532" hundred|strong="G1541" years|strong="G1541" old|strong="G1541", yet|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" faith|strong="G4102" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" fail|strong="H3615" him|strong="G3588", even|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" thought|strong="H0559" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" body|strong="G4983", then|strong="G2532" utterly|strong="H2763" worn|strong="H1086" out|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" remembered|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3588" Sarah|strong="G4564" was|strong="G3588" past|strong="H5674" bearing|strong="H5375" children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{20}He|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" led|strong="H1980" by|strong="G1519" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102" to|strong="G1519" doubt|strong="G1252" God’s|strong="G2316" promise|strong="G1860". 
\verseNumber{21}On|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", his|strong="G4160" faith|strong="G3739" gave|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3739" strength|strong="H5797"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" praised|strong="H1984" God|strong="G1861", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" firm|strong="H3559" conviction that|strong="G3754" what|strong="G3739" God|strong="G1861" has|strong="G3739" promised|strong="G1861" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1415" to|strong="G2532" carry|strong="G4160" out|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="G2532" therefore|strong="G1352" his|strong="G1519" faith|strong="H0539" ‘was|strong="G2532" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343".’ 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3748" words|strong="H1697" – ‘it|strong="G3754" was|strong="G3748" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1161" righteousness’|strong="H6664" – were|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3756" written|strong="G1125" with|strong="G1223" reference to|strong="G3756" Abraham|strong="H0085" only|strong="G3440"; 
\verseNumber{24}but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1537" reference to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249". Our|strong="G2424" faith|strong="G3739", too|strong="G2532", will|strong="G3195" be|strong="G2532" regarded|strong="G3049" by|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3739" light|strong="H0216", if|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" raised|strong="G1453" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962", from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498"; 
\verseNumber{25}for|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G3860" up|strong="G1453" to|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" to|strong="G2532" atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="G1223" our|strong="G2532" offenses|strong="H2399", and|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" raised|strong="G1453" to|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="H6662". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Therefore|strong="G3767", having|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" as|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1537" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102", let|strong="G3767" us|strong="G2249" enjoy|strong="G2192" peace|strong="G1515" with|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739", by|strong="G1223" reason|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" our|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102", we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" obtained|strong="G2192" admission to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" place|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" favor|strong="G5485" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" now|strong="G2532" stand|strong="G2476". So|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2192" us|strong="G1519" exult|strong="G2744" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" hope|strong="G1680" of|strong="G1223" attaining|strong="H3499" God’s|strong="G2316" glorious|strong="G1391" ideal. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" that|strong="G3754", but|strong="G1161" let|strong="G1161" us|strong="G1722" also|strong="G2532" exult|strong="G2744" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" troubles|strong="G2347"; 
\verseNumber{4}for|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3588" trouble|strong="H6869" develops endurance|strong="G5281", and|strong="G1161" endurance|strong="G5281" strength|strong="H5797" of|strong="G1680" character|strong="G1382", and|strong="G1161" strength|strong="H5797" of|strong="G1680" character|strong="G1382" hope|strong="G1680", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3754" hope|strong="G1680" never|strong="G3756" disappoints|strong="H8267". For|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1722" love|strong="H0157" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" filled|strong="H4390" our|strong="G2316" hearts|strong="G2588" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" given|strong="G1325" us|strong="G1325"; 
\verseNumber{6}seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="G1063", while|strong="G1510" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" powerless|strong="H0369", Christ|strong="G5547", in|strong="G2596" God’s|strong="H0430" good|strong="G1510" time|strong="G2540", died|strong="H4191" on|strong="G5228" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" godless|strong="H2611". 
\verseNumber{7}Even|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" an|strong="G2532" upright|strong="G1342" person|strong="G1342" scarcely|strong="G3433" anyone|strong="G5100" will|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191". For|strong="G1063" a|strong="G2532" really|strong="H2088" good|strong="G3588" person|strong="G1342" perhaps|strong="G5029" someone|strong="G5100" might|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" dare|strong="G5111" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316" puts|strong="H7760" his|strong="G1438" love|strong="H0157" for|strong="G3754" us|strong="G1519" beyond|strong="G5228" all|strong="G1161" doubt|strong="H0518" by|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" fact|strong="G3754" that|strong="G3754" Christ|strong="G5547" died|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" behalf|strong="G5228" while|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" sinners|strong="H2400". 
\verseNumber{9}Much|strong="G4183" more|strong="G3123", then|strong="G3767", now|strong="G3568" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3568" have|strong="G3588" been|strong="G3568" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" by|strong="G1223" virtue of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" shedding|strong="H8210" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" blood|strong="H1818", will|strong="G4183" we|strong="G3568" be|strong="G3588" saved|strong="G4982" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" wrath|strong="G3709" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" if|strong="G1487", when|strong="G1722" we|strong="G1063" were|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" enemies|strong="G2190", we|strong="G1063" were|strong="G1510" reconciled|strong="G2644" to|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" death|strong="G2288" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1223" Son|strong="G5207", much|strong="G4183" more|strong="G3123", now|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G1510" become|strong="G1510" reconciled|strong="G2644", will|strong="G2316" we|strong="G1063" be|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982" by|strong="G1223" virtue of|strong="G5207" Christ’s life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" that|strong="G3739", but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" exult|strong="G2744" in|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962", through|strong="G1223" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G1161" obtained|strong="G2983" this|strong="G3588" reconciliation|strong="G2643". 
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\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="G1223", just|strong="G5618" as|strong="G5618" sin|strong="H2403" came|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889" through|strong="G1223" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G3778", and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" sin|strong="H2403" came|strong="G1525" death|strong="G2288"; so|strong="G3779", also|strong="G2532", death|strong="G2288" spread|strong="G1330" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" humanity|strong="H0120", because|strong="G1223" every|strong="G3956" person|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" sinned|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{13}Even|strong="G1161" before|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1722" of|strong="G3551" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G1510" sin|strong="H2403" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889"; but|strong="G1161" sin|strong="H2403" cannot|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" charged|strong="H6680" against|strong="G1722" someone|strong="H0376" where|strong="G1722" no|strong="G3756" Law|strong="G3551" exists|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{14}Yet|strong="G2532", from|strong="G2532" Adam|strong="H0121" to|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475", death|strong="G2288" reigned|strong="H4427" even|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" those|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3739" sin|strong="H2403" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" a|strong="G2532" breach|strong="H6556" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" law|strong="H8451", as|strong="G2532" Adam’s was|strong="G1510". And|strong="G2532" Adam|strong="H0121" foreshadows the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3739" to|strong="G2532" come|strong="G3195". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G2532" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" contrast between|strong="G1722" Adam’s offense|strong="H6292" and|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" gracious|strong="G5485" gift|strong="G1431". For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" by|strong="G1722" reason|strong="H6440" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" offense|strong="H6292" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1520" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G1722" human|strong="H0120" race|strong="H4793" died|strong="G3588", far|strong="G3123" more|strong="G3123" were|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" gift|strong="G1431" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1520", Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", lavished|strong="G4052" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G1722" human|strong="H0120" race|strong="H4793". 
\verseNumber{16}There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5613" contrast, too|strong="G2532", between|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" gift|strong="G5486" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" results|strong="H6529" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" man’s|strong="G1520" sin|strong="G3900". The|strong="G2532" judgment|strong="G2917", which|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" man’s|strong="G1520" sin|strong="G3900", resulted|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" condemnation|strong="G2917", but|strong="G1161" God’s|strong="H0430" gracious|strong="H2603" gift|strong="G5486", which|strong="G3588" followed|strong="H0310" on|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" offenses|strong="H2399", resulted|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" decree|strong="H2942" of|strong="G1537" righteousness|strong="G1345". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G1063" if|strong="G1487", by|strong="G1223" reason|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" offense|strong="H6292" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1520", death|strong="G2288" reigned|strong="H4427" through|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1520", far|strong="G3123" more|strong="G3123" will|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588", on|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="H0430" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1223" gift|strong="G1431" of|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343" are|strong="G3588" lavished|strong="H7235", find|strong="H4672" life|strong="G2222", and|strong="G2532" reign|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1520", Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{18}Briefly|strong="G1223" then|strong="G3767", just|strong="G5613" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" single|strong="G1520" offense|strong="H6292" resulted|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" humanity|strong="H0120" in|strong="G1519" condemnation|strong="G2631", so|strong="G3779", too|strong="G2532", a|strong="G5613" single|strong="G1520" decree|strong="H2942" of|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1345" resulted|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" humanity|strong="H0120" in|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3956" declaration|strong="H0262" of|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1345" which|strong="G2532" brings|strong="G1519" life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="G1063", as|strong="G5618" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" disobedience|strong="G3876" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G1342" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120" race|strong="H4793" was|strong="G3588" rendered|strong="H7725" sinful|strong="H2400", so|strong="G3779", too|strong="G2532", through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" obedience|strong="G5218" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520", the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" human|strong="H0120" race|strong="H4793" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" rendered|strong="H7725" righteous|strong="G1342". 
\verseNumber{20}Law|strong="G3551" was|strong="G3588" introduced|strong="H6213" in|strong="G1161" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" offenses|strong="H2399" might|strong="G3900" be|strong="G2443" multiplied|strong="H7235". But|strong="G1161", where|strong="G3757" sins|strong="G3900" were|strong="G3588" multiplied|strong="H7235", the|strong="G1161" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="G5485" God|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" lavished|strong="H7235" the|strong="G1161" more|strong="G1161", 
\verseNumber{21}in|strong="G1722" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", just|strong="G5618" as|strong="G5618" sin|strong="H2403" had|strong="G2424" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" realm|strong="H4437" of|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288", so|strong="G3779", too|strong="G2532", might|strong="G2532" loving-kindness reign|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343", and|strong="G2532" result|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1722" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2424" Lord|strong="G2962". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Difficulties arising from this Teaching }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Difficulties arising from this Teaching }
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\chapterNumber{6}What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2443" to|strong="G2443" say|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767"? Are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2443" to|strong="G2443" continue|strong="G1961" to|strong="G2443" sin|strong="H2403", in|strong="G1961" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" God’s|strong="H0430" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2443" multiplied|strong="H7235"? 
\verseNumber{2}Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! We|strong="G1722" became|strong="G1096" dead|strong="H4191" to|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403", so|strong="G3361" how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G4459" we|strong="G1722" go|strong="H1980" on|strong="G1722" living|strong="G2198" in|strong="G1722" it|strong="G1096"? 
\verseNumber{3}Or|strong="G2228" can|strong="H4310" it|strong="G3754" be|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2228" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3745" of|strong="G2424" us|strong="G1519", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" baptized into|strong="G1519" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", in|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2424" baptism shared|strong="H2267" his|strong="G1519" death|strong="G2288"? 
\verseNumber{4}Consequently|strong="G2532", through|strong="G1223" sharing|strong="H2161" his|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" baptism, we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" buried|strong="G4916" with|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588"; so|strong="G3779" that|strong="G2443", just|strong="G5618" as|strong="G5618" Christ|strong="G5547" was|strong="G3588" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" by|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2532" manifestation of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" Father’s|strong="G3962" power|strong="H3027", so|strong="G3779" we|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" live|strong="G4043" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{5}If|strong="G1487" we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" united|strong="G4854" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" symbolic of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288", surely|strong="H4191" we|strong="G1063" will|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" united|strong="G4854" with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" act|strong="H6213" symbolic of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" resurrection. 
\verseNumber{6}We|strong="G2249" recognize|strong="G1097" the|strong="G3588" truth|strong="H0571" that|strong="G3754" our|strong="H3068" old|strong="G3820" self was|strong="G3588" crucified|strong="G4957" with|strong="G4957" Christ, in|strong="G3588" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" body|strong="G4983", the|strong="G3588" stronghold|strong="H4869" of|strong="G4983" sin|strong="H2403", might|strong="G3778" be|strong="G2443" rendered|strong="H7725" powerless|strong="G2673", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3371" longer|strong="G3371" be|strong="G2443" slaves|strong="G1398" to|strong="G2443" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="H3068" so|strong="G1063" died|strong="G3588" has|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" and|strong="G3588" released|strong="H7971" from|strong="G3588" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" belief|strong="H1697" is|strong="G5547", that|strong="G3754", as|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" have|strong="G2532" shared|strong="H2267" Christ’s|strong="G5547" death|strong="H4194", we|strong="G3754" will|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" share|strong="H2506" his|strong="G2532" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{9}We|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492", indeed|strong="H3588", that|strong="G3754" Christ|strong="G5547", having|strong="G1492" once|strong="H6471" risen|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" dead|strong="G3498", will|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3765" die|strong="G2288" again|strong="G1453". Death|strong="G2288" has|strong="G5547" power|strong="H3027" over|strong="G2961" him|strong="G1537" no|strong="G3765" longer|strong="G3765". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" death|strong="H4194" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" died|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1161" death|strong="H4194" to|strong="G1161" sin|strong="H2403", once|strong="G2178" and|strong="G1161" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G1161". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" life|strong="G2198" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" lives|strong="G2198", he|strong="G1161" lives|strong="G2198" for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="G3779" let|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210" – regard|strong="G3049" yourselves|strong="G1438" as|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" to|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403", but|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1722" living|strong="G2198" for|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316", through|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="G3767" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G3767" sin|strong="H2403" reign|strong="H4427" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1722" mortal|strong="G2349" bodies|strong="G4983" and|strong="G3767" compel|strong="H5647" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" obey|strong="G5219" its|strong="G5219" cravings. 
\verseNumber{13}Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3366" offer|strong="H7126" any|strong="G2198" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="G3196" to|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" unrighteousness|strong="H5767", but|strong="G2532" once|strong="G3366" for|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" offer|strong="H7126" yourselves|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" (as|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588", though|strong="G2532" once|strong="G3366" dead|strong="G3498", now|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" life|strong="G2198"), and|strong="G2532" devote|strong="H2763" every|strong="G2532" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="G3196" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="G1063" sin|strong="H2403" will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" lord|strong="G2961" it|strong="G1063" over|strong="G2961" you|strong="G5210". You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" living|strong="H2416" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G1063" reign|strong="H4427", not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G5259" Law|strong="G3551", but|strong="G1063" of|strong="G5259" love|strong="H0157". 
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\verseNumber{15}What|strong="G5101" follows|strong="H3652", then|strong="G3767"? Are|strong="G1510" we|strong="G3754" to|strong="G3756" sin|strong="H2403" because|strong="G3754" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" living|strong="H2416" under|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3754" reign|strong="H4427" of|strong="G5259" love|strong="H0157" and|strong="G3767" not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G5259" Law|strong="G3551"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! 
\verseNumber{16}Surely|strong="H4191" you|strong="G3739" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" when|strong="G1492" you|strong="G3739" offer|strong="H7126" yourselves|strong="G1438" as|strong="G1519" servants|strong="G1401", to|strong="G1519" obey|strong="G5219" anyone|strong="G3739", you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G1401" the|strong="G1519" person|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" obey|strong="G5219", whether|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1519" service|strong="H5656" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1519" service|strong="H5656" to|strong="G1519" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="G3739" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" death|strong="G2288", or|strong="G2228" a|strong="G1519" service|strong="H5656" to|strong="G1519" duty|strong="H2992" which|strong="G3739" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{17}God|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" thanked|strong="G5485" that|strong="G3754", though|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" once|strong="G3739" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G1537" sin|strong="H2403", yet|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G1519" give|strong="G3860" hearty|strong="H5315" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3754" form|strong="G5179" of|strong="G1537" doctrine|strong="G1322" under|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" placed|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{18}Set|strong="G1659" free|strong="G1659" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1343" sin|strong="H2403", you|strong="G1659" became|strong="G1402" servants|strong="G1402" to|strong="G1161" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G2532" can|strong="G3004" but|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G3004" as|strong="G5618" people|strong="G4561" do|strong="G2532" because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" weakness|strong="H4816" of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" earthly|strong="G4561" nature. Once|strong="H6471" you|strong="G5210" offered|strong="H5927" every|strong="G2532" part|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" bodies|strong="G3196" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="G1223" impurity|strong="H5079", and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G1223" wickedness|strong="H7451", which|strong="G3588" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" further|strong="H5750" wickedness|strong="H7451". Now|strong="G3568", in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3779" way|strong="G3779", offer|strong="H7126" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="G1223" righteousness|strong="G1343", which|strong="G3588" leads|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" holiness|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{20}While|strong="G1510" you|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" servants|strong="G1401" of|strong="G1401" sin|strong="H2403", you|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" free|strong="G1658" as|strong="G1063" regards|strong="H5234" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G3767" what|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1909" fruits|strong="G2590" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" reaped|strong="G3588" from|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" now|strong="G3568" ashamed|strong="G1870"? For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1909" end|strong="G5056" of|strong="G1909" such|strong="G3588" things|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" death|strong="G2288". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" set|strong="G1659" free|strong="G1659" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" control|strong="H3027" of|strong="G2316" sin|strong="H2403", and|strong="G1161" have|strong="G2192" become|strong="G1161" servants|strong="G1402" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1519" fruit|strong="G2590" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" reap|strong="G2192" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2192" ever|strong="G1519" increasing|strong="H3254" holiness|strong="H6944", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" end|strong="G5056" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="G1722" wages|strong="G3800" of|strong="G2316" sin|strong="H2403" are|strong="G3588" death|strong="G2288", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" gift|strong="G5486" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" eternal|strong="H5769" life|strong="G2222", through|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\chapterNumber{7}Surely|strong="H4191", friends|strong="H7453", you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1097" (for|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1063" am|strong="G3551" speaking|strong="G2980" to|strong="G1909" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" know|strong="G1097" what|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551" means|strong="H3027") that|strong="G3754" Law|strong="G3551" has|strong="G3748" power|strong="H3027" over|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" person|strong="H5315" only|strong="H0389" as|strong="G3745" long|strong="G5550" as|strong="G3745" they|strong="G3588" lives|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="G1063" example|strong="H7045", by|strong="G2198" law|strong="G3551" a|strong="G1437" married|strong="G1135" woman|strong="G1135" is|strong="G3588" bound|strong="G1210" to|strong="G1161" her|strong="G1437" husband|strong="G5220" while|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" living|strong="G2198"; but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" her|strong="G1437" husband|strong="G5220" dies|strong="H4191", she|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" set|strong="H7760" free|strong="H2670" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3588" bound|strong="G1210" her|strong="G1437" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{3}If|strong="G1437", then|strong="G3767", during|strong="G1096" her|strong="G1437" husband’s|strong="H0376" lifetime|strong="G2198", she|strong="G1161" unites herself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1096" another|strong="G2087" man|strong="G3361", she|strong="G1161" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1096" called|strong="G5537" an|strong="G1096" adulteress|strong="G3428"; but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" her|strong="G1437" husband|strong="H0376" dies|strong="H4191", the|strong="G1161" law|strong="G3551" has|strong="G1096" no|strong="G3361" further|strong="H5750" hold|strong="H2388" on|strong="G1161" her|strong="G1437", nor|strong="G3361", if|strong="G1437" she|strong="G1161" unites herself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1096" another|strong="G2087" man|strong="G3361", is|strong="G1510" she|strong="G1161" an|strong="G1096" adulteress|strong="G3428". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2443" with|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210", my|strong="G1473" friends|strong="H7453"; as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" was|strong="G1096" concerned|strong="H6485", you|strong="G5210" underwent death|strong="G2289" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" crucified body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G5210" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" united|strong="H3161" to|strong="G1519" another|strong="G2087", to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" our|strong="G2316" lives|strong="H5315" might|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2592" fruit|strong="G2592" for|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="G3753" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G1510" living|strong="H2416" merely|strong="H6680" earthly|strong="G4561" lives|strong="H5315", our|strong="G1223" sinful|strong="H2400" passions|strong="G3804", aroused|strong="G3804" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", were|strong="G1510" active in|strong="G1722" every|strong="G1722" part|strong="G1473" of|strong="G1223" our|strong="G1223" bodies|strong="G3196", with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" result|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" our|strong="G1223" lives|strong="H5315" bore|strong="H3205" fruit|strong="G2592" for|strong="G1063" death|strong="G2288". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" set|strong="G2532" free|strong="G1722" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", because|strong="G1722" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3588" dead|strong="H4191" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" which|strong="G3739" once|strong="G3739" kept|strong="G3739" us|strong="G2249" under|strong="G1722" restraint|strong="H4622"; and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" serve|strong="G1398" under|strong="G1722" new|strong="H2319", spiritual|strong="G4151" conditions|strong="H1697", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" under|strong="G1722" old|strong="G2532", written|strong="G1121" regulations|strong="H4941". 
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\verseNumber{7}What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767"? That|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551" and|strong="G5037" sin|strong="H2403" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1223" same|strong="H1931" thing|strong="G5101"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! On|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1223" contrary|strong="H7147", I|strong="G1063" should|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1096" learned|strong="G1097" what|strong="G5101" sin|strong="H2403" is|strong="G3588", had|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" it|strong="G1063" been|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1063" Law|strong="G3551". If|strong="G1487" the|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551" did|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" say|strong="G3004" ‘You|strong="G1487" must|strong="G2046" not|strong="G3756" covet|strong="G1937",’ I|strong="G1063" should|strong="G1492" not|strong="G3756" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3004" covet|strong="G1937". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G1161" sin|strong="H2403" took|strong="G2983" advantage|strong="H3504" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" commandment|strong="G1785" to|strong="G1722" arouse|strong="H5782" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473" every|strong="G3956" form|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" covetousness|strong="H1215", for|strong="G1063" where|strong="G1722" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3956" consciousness of|strong="G1223" Law|strong="G3551" sin|strong="H2403" shows|strong="G2983" no|strong="G3956" sign|strong="H0226" of|strong="G1223" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2064" time|strong="G4218" when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473", unconscious of|strong="G3551" Law|strong="G3551", was|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198"; but|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" commandment|strong="G1785" was|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G2064" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="G2064" me|strong="G1473", sin|strong="H2403" sprang|strong="H5927" into|strong="G2064" life|strong="G2198", while|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" died|strong="G3588"! 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="G2532" commandment|strong="G1785" that|strong="G3588" should|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" meant|strong="H2803" life|strong="G2222" I|strong="G1473" found|strong="G2147" to|strong="G1519" result|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" death|strong="G2288"! 
\verseNumber{11}Sin|strong="H2403" took|strong="G2983" advantage|strong="H3504" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" commandment|strong="G1785" to|strong="G2532" deceive|strong="G1818" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" used|strong="H6213" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" bring|strong="G2983" about|strong="G3588" my|strong="G1473" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" is|strong="G3588" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="G2532" each|strong="H0376" commandment|strong="G1785" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" holy|strong="H6944", and|strong="G2532" just|strong="G1342", and|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{13}Did|strong="G1096", then|strong="G3767", a|strong="G1096" thing|strong="H1697", which|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" itself|strong="H0905" was|strong="G1096" good|strong="G1223", involve|strong="H1980" death|strong="G2288" in|strong="G2596" my|strong="G1473" case|strong="G3588"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! It|strong="G1223" was|strong="G1096" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="G2443" involved death|strong="G2288"; so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", by|strong="G1223" its|strong="G1223" use|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" regarded|strong="H2803" as|strong="G2596" good|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2443" bring|strong="H0935" about|strong="G2596" my|strong="G1473" death|strong="G2288", its|strong="G1223" true|strong="G3588" nature might|strong="G1785" appear|strong="G5316"; and|strong="G3767" in|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1223" commandment|strong="G1785" showed|strong="H7200" how|strong="G2596" intensely|strong="H1961" sinful|strong="H2400" sin|strong="H2403" is|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" is|strong="G1510" spiritual|strong="G4152", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" earthly – sold|strong="G4097" into|strong="G5259" slavery|strong="H5650" to|strong="G1161" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" understand|strong="G1097" my|strong="G3739" own|strong="H1961" actions|strong="H5949". For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2309" so|strong="G1063" far|strong="H5704" from|strong="G3756" habitually doing|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160", that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" find|strong="G1097" myself|strong="H0589" doing|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1063" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" hate|strong="G3404". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G3739" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160", I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2309" admitting|strong="H5753" that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" is|strong="G3588" right|strong="G2570". 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="G3588" being|strong="G1722" so|strong="G1161", the|strong="G1722" action|strong="H6213" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3765" longer|strong="G3765" my|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961", but|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" done|strong="G2716" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{18}I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" nothing|strong="G3756" good|strong="G2570" in|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473" – I|strong="G1473" mean|strong="G2309" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" earthly|strong="G4561" nature. For|strong="G1063", although|strong="G1161" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" easy|strong="H7043" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2309" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G1492" right|strong="G2570", to|strong="G2309" act|strong="H6213" rightly|strong="H3588" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" easy|strong="H7043". 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="G3739" fail|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1063" good|strong="G3756" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160", but|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1063" bad|strong="G2556" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" – that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" habitually do|strong="G4160". 
\verseNumber{20}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" thing|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160", the|strong="G1722" action|strong="H6213" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G3765" my|strong="G1722" own|strong="H1961", but|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" done|strong="G4160" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473". 
\verseNumber{21}This|strong="G3588", then|strong="G3754", is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" find|strong="G2147" – when|strong="G2147" I|strong="G1473" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2309" do|strong="G4160" right|strong="G2570", wrong|strong="G2556" presents|strong="H7126" itself|strong="H0905"! 
\verseNumber{22}At|strong="G2596" heart|strong="H3820" I|strong="G1063" delight|strong="G4913" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"; 
\verseNumber{23}but|strong="G1161" throughout|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" body|strong="H1320" I|strong="G1473" see|strong="H7200" a|strong="G2532" different|strong="G2087" law|strong="G3551", one|strong="G3588" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" conflict|strong="H7379" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" law|strong="G3551" accepted|strong="H7521" by|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" reason|strong="H6440", and|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" endeavors to|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" prisoner|strong="H0615" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="G3588" exists|strong="H1961" throughout|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" body|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{24}Miserable|strong="H5999" man|strong="G3778" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473"! Who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" deliver|strong="G4506" me|strong="G1473" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" body|strong="G4983" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" bringing|strong="H0935" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G5101" this|strong="G3778" death|strong="G2288"? 
\verseNumber{25}Thank|strong="G5485" God|strong="G2316", there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" deliverance|strong="H8668" through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962"! Well|strong="H3190" then|strong="G3767", for|strong="G1223" myself|strong="G1473", with|strong="G1223" my|strong="G1473" reason|strong="G1223" I|strong="G1473" serve|strong="G1398" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", but|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1223" my|strong="G1473" earthly|strong="G4561" nature the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G1223" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\chapterNumber{8}There|strong="G1722" is|strong="G3588", therefore|strong="H3651", now|strong="G3568" no|strong="G3762" condemnation|strong="G2631" for|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424"; 
\verseNumber{2}for|strong="G1063" through|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" life-giving|strong="H2425" Spirit|strong="G4151" has|strong="G5547" set|strong="G1659" you|strong="G4771" free|strong="G1659" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G4151" sin|strong="H2403" and|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288". 
\verseNumber{3}What|strong="G3739" Law|strong="G3551" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3739" do|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" so|strong="G2532" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" earthly|strong="G4561" nature weakened|strong="H7503" its|strong="G1223" action|strong="H6213", God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G2532", by|strong="G1223" sending|strong="G3992" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" Son|strong="G5207", with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" nature resembling|strong="G3667" our|strong="G2316" sinful|strong="H2400" nature, to|strong="G2532" atone|strong="H3722" for|strong="G1063" sin|strong="H2403". He|strong="G2532" condemned|strong="G2632" sin|strong="H2403" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3739" earthly|strong="G4561" nature, 
\verseNumber{4}so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" requirements|strong="G1345" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551" might|strong="G1473" be|strong="G3361" satisfied|strong="H7646" in|strong="G1722" us|strong="G2249" who|strong="G3588" live|strong="G4043" now|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" obedience|strong="H3584", not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2443" our|strong="G1722" earthly|strong="G4561" nature, but|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" follow|strong="G1161" their|strong="G2596" earthly|strong="G4561" nature are|strong="G1510" earthly-minded, while|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" follow|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151" are|strong="G1510" spiritually|strong="G4151" minded|strong="G5426". 
\verseNumber{6}To|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" earthly-minded means|strong="H3027" death|strong="G2288", to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" spiritually|strong="G4151" minded|strong="G5427" means|strong="H3027" life|strong="G2222" and|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515"; 
\verseNumber{7}because|strong="G1063" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756" earthly-minded is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756" an|strong="G1519" enemy|strong="H0340" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", for|strong="G1063" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" mind|strong="G5427" does|strong="G3761" not|strong="G3756" submit|strong="G5293" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", nor|strong="G3761" indeed|strong="G1063" can|strong="G1410" it|strong="G1063" do|strong="G1410" so|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" earthly|strong="G4561" cannot|strong="G1410" please|strong="H4994" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="G5210", however|strong="G1161", are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" earthly|strong="G4561" but|strong="G1161" spiritual|strong="G4151", since|strong="G2192" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316" lives|strong="G3611" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". Unless|strong="G1487" a|strong="G2192" person|strong="G5100" has|strong="G2192" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" Christ|strong="G5547", they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547"; 
\verseNumber{10}but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" Christ|strong="G5547" is|strong="G3588" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", then|strong="G1161", though|strong="G1487" the|strong="G1722" body|strong="G4983" is|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" consequence of|strong="G4151" sin|strong="H2403", the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" is|strong="G3588" life|strong="G2222" as|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" consequence of|strong="G4151" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532", if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" raised|strong="G1453" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" lives|strong="G3611" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" raised|strong="G1453" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" will|strong="G2532" give|strong="G2227" life|strong="G2227" even|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G1223" mortal|strong="G2349" bodies|strong="G4983", through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" Spirit|strong="G4151" living|strong="H2416" within|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". 
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\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G3767" then|strong="G3767", friends|strong="H7453", we|strong="G1510" owe nothing|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2596" earthly|strong="G4561" nature, that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1510" should|strong="G3588" live|strong="G2198" in|strong="G2596" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G2596" it|strong="G1510". 
\verseNumber{13}If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G1487" live|strong="G2198" in|strong="G2596" obedience|strong="H3584" to|strong="G2596" your|strong="G1487" earthly|strong="G4561" nature, you|strong="G1487" will|strong="G3195" inevitably die|strong="G2289"; but|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487", by|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151", you|strong="G1487" put|strong="G2289" an|strong="G1161" end|strong="H7093" to|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" evil|strong="H7451" habits of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1161" body|strong="G4983", you|strong="G1487" will|strong="G3195" live|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{14}All|strong="G3745" who|strong="G3745" are|strong="G1510" guided|strong="H5148" by|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1063" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" are|strong="G1510" children|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3739" did|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" receive|strong="G2983" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" a|strong="G1519" slave|strong="H5650", to|strong="G1519" fill|strong="G1519" you|strong="G3739" once|strong="G3825" more|strong="G3825" with|strong="G1722" fear|strong="G5401", but|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" a|strong="G1519" child|strong="G1722" by|strong="G1722" adoption|strong="G5206", which|strong="G3739" leads|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" cry|strong="G2896" ‘Abba, our|strong="G1722" Father|strong="G3962".’ 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" himself|strong="H5315" unites with|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" spirits|strong="G4151" in|strong="G2316" bearing|strong="G4828" witness|strong="G4828" to|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" being|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" children|strong="G5043", 
\verseNumber{17}and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" children|strong="G5043", then|strong="G2532" heirs|strong="G2818" – heirs|strong="G2818" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" joint|strong="H6504" heirs|strong="G2818" with|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547", since|strong="G1512" we|strong="G2532" share|strong="H2506" Christ’s|strong="G5547" sufferings|strong="H4341" in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" we|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" share|strong="H2506" his|strong="G2532" glory|strong="H3519". 
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\verseNumber{18}I|strong="G1473" do|strong="G1063" not|strong="G3756" count|strong="G3049" the|strong="G1519" sufferings|strong="G3804" of|strong="G1391" our|strong="G4314" present|strong="G3568" life|strong="H5315" worthy|strong="H4941" of|strong="G1391" mention|strong="H2142" when|strong="G3754" compared|strong="H1819" with|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1519" glory|strong="G1391" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G3756" revealed|strong="H1540" and|strong="G1391" bestowed|strong="G1519" on|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{19}All|strong="G3588" nature awaits|strong="H3605" with|strong="G2316" eager|strong="H1245" expectation|strong="H8615" the|strong="G3588" appearing|strong="H7200" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G3588" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="G1063" nature was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G3756" subject|strong="G5293" to|strong="G1909" imperfection – not|strong="G3756" by|strong="G1223" its|strong="G1223" own|strong="H1961" choice|strong="H4022", but|strong="G1063" owing to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" made|strong="G3756" it|strong="G1063" so|strong="G1223" – 
\verseNumber{21}yet|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" without|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" some|strong="G3588" day|strong="G3588" nature, also|strong="G2532", will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" set|strong="G1659" free|strong="G1659" from|strong="G2532" enslavement to|strong="G1519" decay|strong="H7845", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" attain|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" freedom|strong="G1657" which|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2316" mark|strong="H0226" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5043" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{22}We|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492", indeed|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" nature alike|strong="H3162" has|strong="G3748" been|strong="G2532" groaning|strong="H0603" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" pains|strong="G4944" of|strong="G2532" labor|strong="H5999" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" hour|strong="H8160". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" nature only|strong="G3440"; but|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" ourselves|strong="G1438" also|strong="G2532", though|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2192" already|strong="H3528" a|strong="G2192" first|strong="G3588" gift|strong="H4976" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" – we|strong="G2249" ourselves|strong="G1438" are|strong="G3588" inwardly|strong="G1722" groaning|strong="H0603", while|strong="G1722" we|strong="G2249" eagerly|strong="H6960" await our|strong="G2532" full|strong="G2192" adoption|strong="G5206" as|strong="G1722" sons|strong="G5206" – the|strong="G1722" redemption|strong="H1353" of|strong="G4151" our|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="G4983". 
\verseNumber{24}By|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" we|strong="G3739" were|strong="G1510" saved|strong="G4982". But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" thing|strong="G3739" hoped|strong="G1679" for|strong="G1063" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" object|strong="H8047" of|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" when|strong="G1161" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" before|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="H5869"; for|strong="G1063" who|strong="G3739" hopes|strong="G1679" for|strong="G1063" what|strong="G5101" is|strong="G1510" before|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="H5869"? 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="G1161" when|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3739" hope|strong="G1679" for|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" before|strong="H6440" our|strong="G1223" eyes|strong="H5869", then|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3739" wait|strong="G5281" for|strong="G1223" it|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1223" patience|strong="G5281". 
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\verseNumber{26}So|strong="G2532", also|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" supports|strong="H3802" us|strong="G2249" in|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" weakness|strong="H4816". We|strong="G2249" do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" even|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" how|strong="G5101" to|strong="G2532" pray|strong="G4336" as|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G1163"; but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G2532" Spirit|strong="G4151" himself|strong="H5315" pleads|strong="H7453" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249" in|strong="G2532" sighs|strong="H0585" that|strong="G3588" can|strong="G1063" find|strong="H4672" no|strong="G3756" utterance|strong="H4161". 
\verseNumber{27}Yet|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" who|strong="G5101" searches|strong="G2045" all|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2316" hearts|strong="G2588" knows|strong="G1492" what|strong="G5101" the|strong="G1161" Spirit’s meaning|strong="H0998" is|strong="G3588", because|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1161" pleadings|strong="H7379" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1161" Spirit|strong="G4151" for|strong="G3754" Christ’s people|strong="G1492" are|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2316" his|strong="G2596" will|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{28}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G3754" do|strong="G1492" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" causes|strong="G4903" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" to|strong="G1519" work|strong="G4903" together|strong="G4903" for|strong="G3754" the|strong="G1519" good|strong="G3956" of|strong="G2316" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="G3588" – those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G3748" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1519" call|strong="H7121" in|strong="G1519" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2316" his|strong="G3956" purpose|strong="G4286". 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G3754" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" chose|strong="H0977" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" destined|strong="H3651" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" transformed|strong="H7760" into|strong="G1519" likeness|strong="G1504" to|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" Son|strong="G5207", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G1519" Son|strong="G5207" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" eldest|strong="H1419" among|strong="G1722" many|strong="G4183" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532" destined|strong="H3651" for|strong="G1161" this|strong="G3778" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564"; and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344"; and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3778" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" pronounced|strong="H1696" righteous|strong="G1344" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1392". 
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\verseNumber{31}What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" to|strong="G4314" say|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767", in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="G2316" all|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3778"? 
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If|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" on|strong="G5228" our|strong="G2316" side|strong="H6285", who|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" there|strong="G1487" be|strong="G2316" against|strong="G2596" us|strong="G3004"? 
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\verseNumber{32}God|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" withhold|strong="H4513" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" Son|strong="G5207", but|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G3860" him|strong="G3588" up|strong="G3860" on|strong="G5228" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G5207" us|strong="G5483" all|strong="G3956"; will|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756", then|strong="G2532", with|strong="G4862" him|strong="G3588", freely|strong="G5483" give|strong="G5483" us|strong="G5483" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956"? 
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\verseNumber{33}Who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G2316" bring|strong="G1458" a|strong="G2596" charge|strong="G1458" against|strong="G2596" any|strong="G5101" of|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G3588"? He|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" pronounces|strong="H2891" them|strong="G3588" righteous|strong="G1344" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316"! 
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\verseNumber{34}Who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" there|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" condemn|strong="G2632" them|strong="G3588"? He|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" died|strong="G3588" for|strong="G5228" us|strong="G2249" is|strong="G1510" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424"! – or|strong="G2532", rather|strong="G3123", it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510" raised|strong="G1453" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" now|strong="G1161" at|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" even|strong="G2532" pleading|strong="H1696" on|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2316" behalf|strong="G5228"! 
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\verseNumber{35}Who|strong="G5101" is|strong="G3588" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="G2228" separate|strong="G5563" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" of|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547"? Will|strong="G5101" trouble|strong="G2347", or|strong="G2228" difficulty|strong="H3811", or|strong="G2228" persecution|strong="G1375", or|strong="G2228" hunger|strong="G3042", or|strong="G2228" nakedness|strong="G1132", or|strong="G2228" danger|strong="G2794", or|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" sword|strong="G3162"? 
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\verseNumber{36}Scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘For|strong="G3754" your|strong="G3650" sake|strong="G1752" we|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" being|strong="G4771" killed|strong="G2289" all|strong="G3650" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" long|strong="G2250", We|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G5613" sheep|strong="G4263" to|strong="G2289" be|strong="G3588" slaughtered|strong="G4967".’ 
\verseNumber{37}Yet|strong="H5750" amid|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" things|strong="G3956" we|strong="G2249" more|strong="G3956" than|strong="H4480" conquer|strong="G5245" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" loved|strong="H0157" us|strong="G2249"! 
\verseNumber{38}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1063" am|strong="G3195" persuaded|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3754" neither|strong="G3777" death|strong="G2288", nor|strong="G3777" life|strong="G2222", nor|strong="G3777" angels|strong="H4397", nor|strong="G3777" archangels, nor|strong="G3777" the|strong="G3754" present|strong="G1764", nor|strong="G3777" the|strong="G3754" future|strong="G3195", nor|strong="G3777" any|strong="G3754" powers|strong="G1411", 
\verseNumber{39}nor|strong="G3777" height|strong="G5313", nor|strong="G3777" depth|strong="H8415", nor|strong="G3777" any|strong="G5100" other|strong="G2087" created|strong="G2937" thing|strong="G5100", will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1410" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1410" separate|strong="G5563" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" love|strong="H0157" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" revealed|strong="H1540" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962"! 

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\chapterNumber{9}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" speaking|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" as|strong="G1722" one|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547"; it|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" lie|strong="G5574"; and|strong="G4151" my|strong="G1722" conscience|strong="G4893", enlightened|strong="H0215" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", 
\verseNumber{2}bears|strong="H3205" me|strong="G1473" out|strong="G2532" when|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G1473" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="G2532" sorrow|strong="G3077" on|strong="G3588" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" my|strong="G1473" heart|strong="G2588" is|strong="G1510" never|strong="H3808" free|strong="H2670" from|strong="G2532" pain|strong="G3077". 
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="G1473" could|strong="G3588" wish|strong="G2172" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" were|strong="G1510" myself|strong="G1473" accursed|strong="H2764" and|strong="G4561" severed|strong="H0914" from|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" Christ|strong="G5547", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2596" sake|strong="G5228" of|strong="G2596" my|strong="G1473" people|strong="G4561" – my|strong="G1473" own|strong="H1961" flesh|strong="G4561" and|strong="G4561" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" Israelites|strong="G2475", and|strong="G2532" theirs|strong="H1992" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" adoption|strong="G5206" as|strong="G2532" children|strong="G5206", the|strong="G2532" visible|strong="H2379" presence|strong="H6440", the|strong="G2532" covenants|strong="G1242", the|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="H1540" Law|strong="G3548", the|strong="G2532" Temple|strong="H1004" worship|strong="G2999", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" promises|strong="G1860". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" patriarchs, and|strong="G2532", as|strong="G1519" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" his|strong="G3956" human|strong="G4561" nature was|strong="G1510" concerned|strong="H6485", from|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588" came|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" – he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" supreme over|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956", God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519" blessed|strong="G2128". Amen|strong="H0543". 
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\verseNumber{6}Not|strong="G3756" that|strong="G3754" God’s|strong="G2316" Word|strong="G3056" has|strong="G2316" failed|strong="G3756". For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="G1537" Israel|strong="G2474" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" Israelites|strong="H3478"; 
\verseNumber{7}nor|strong="G3761", because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3754" are|strong="G1510" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="G4690", are|strong="G1510" they|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" children|strong="G5043"; but|strong="G3761" – ‘It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G1510" Isaac’s|strong="H3327" children|strong="G5043" who|strong="G3748" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" your|strong="G3956" descendants|strong="G4690".’ 
\verseNumber{8}This|strong="G3778" means|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1519" children|strong="G5043" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" course|strong="H4256" of|strong="G2316" nature who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" children|strong="G5043", but|strong="G2316" it|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1519" children|strong="G5043" born|strong="H3205" in|strong="G1519" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1519" promise|strong="G1860" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" regarded|strong="G3049" as|strong="G1519" Abraham’s|strong="H0085" descendants|strong="G4690". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G1063" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="G3056" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1860" – ‘About|strong="G2596" this|strong="G3778" time|strong="G2540" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" come|strong="G2064", and|strong="G2532" Sarah|strong="G4564" will|strong="G1510" have|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" son|strong="G5207".’ 
\verseNumber{10}Nor|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532". There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" case|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" Rebecca|strong="G4479", when|strong="G1161" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" ancestor|strong="G3962" Isaac|strong="G2464". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G1063" in|strong="G2596" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1537" purpose|strong="G4286" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316", working|strong="H4639" through|strong="G2596" selection, might|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" fail|strong="G3756" – a|strong="G2228" selection depending, not|strong="G3756" on|strong="G1537" obedience|strong="H3584", but|strong="G1063" on|strong="G1537" his|strong="G2596" call|strong="G2564" – Rebecca was|strong="G3588" told|strong="H5046", before|strong="G2596" her|strong="G2596" children|strong="G1080" were|strong="G3588" born|strong="G1080" and|strong="G2316" before|strong="G2596" they|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2316" done|strong="G4238" anything|strong="G5100" either|strong="G2228" right|strong="G3756" or|strong="G2228" wrong|strong="H7451", 
\verseNumber{12}that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" elder|strong="H1419" would|strong="H0014" be|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2041" servant|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1398" the|strong="G3588" younger|strong="G1640". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="G1161" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="G3588" scripture|strong="G1125" are|strong="G3588" – ‘I|strong="G1161" loved|strong="H0157" Jacob|strong="G2384", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" hated|strong="G3404" Esau|strong="G2269".’ 
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\verseNumber{14}What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3767" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767"? Is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" guilty|strong="G1096" of|strong="G2316" injustice|strong="H5766"? Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G1063" his|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" are|strong="G3588" – ‘I|strong="G3739" will|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2532" pity|strong="H2347" on|strong="G1653" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" take|strong="G2532" pity|strong="H2347", and|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" merciful|strong="H2603" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" am|strong="G2532" merciful|strong="H2603".’ 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="G3767", then|strong="G3767", all|strong="G3588" depends|strong="H5375", not|strong="G3756" on|strong="G1653" human|strong="H0120" wishes|strong="G2309" or|strong="G3761" human|strong="H0120" efforts|strong="H3021", but|strong="G3767" on|strong="G1653" God’s|strong="G2316" mercy|strong="G1653". 
\verseNumber{17}In|strong="G1722" scripture|strong="G1124", again|strong="G1519", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" Pharaoh|strong="G5328" – ‘It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" purpose|strong="H6098" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" raised|strong="G1825" you|strong="G4771" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" throne|strong="H3678", to|strong="G1519" show|strong="G1731" my|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" by|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" dealings|strong="H1697" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G4771", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" known|strong="H3045" throughout|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G1093".’ 
\verseNumber{18}So|strong="G3767", then|strong="G3767", where|strong="G3739" God|strong="G1653" wills|strong="G2309", he|strong="G1161" takes|strong="H3947" pity|strong="H2347", and|strong="G1161" where|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" wills|strong="G2309", he|strong="G1161" hardens|strong="G4645" the|strong="G1161" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{19}Perhaps|strong="H0194" you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G5101" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473" – ‘How|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" anyone|strong="H3605" still|strong="G2089" be|strong="G2089" blamed? For|strong="G1063" who|strong="G5101" withstands his|strong="G3588" purpose|strong="G5101"?’ 
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="G1473" might|strong="G2316" rather|strong="G3304" ask|strong="G3004" ‘Who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771" who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" arguing|strong="H3198" with|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"?’ Does|strong="G4160" a|strong="G1510" thing|strong="G5101" which|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1510" person|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2316" moulded say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" person|strong="G5101" who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2316" moulded it|strong="G4160" ‘Why|strong="G5101" did|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4771" make|strong="G4160" me|strong="G1473" like|strong="G3779" this|strong="G3588"?’ 
\verseNumber{21}Has|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1519" potter|strong="G2763" absolute|strong="H0653" power|strong="G1849" over|strong="G1537" their|strong="G1519" clay|strong="G4081", so|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3739" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" same|strong="G3739" lump|strong="G5445" they|strong="G1161" make|strong="G4160" one|strong="G3739" thing|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1519" better|strong="H2896", and|strong="G1161" another|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1519" common|strong="H1121", use|strong="G2192"? 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3588" if|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316", intending|strong="G2309" to|strong="G1519" reveal|strong="H1540" his|strong="G1519" displeasure|strong="H2534" and|strong="G2532" make|strong="G1107" his|strong="G1519" power|strong="G1415" known|strong="G1107", bore|strong="H3205" most|strong="G4183" patiently|strong="G3115" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" objects|strong="H3627" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1519" displeasure|strong="H2534", though|strong="G1487" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" fit|strong="H6257" only|strong="G1487" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" destroyed|strong="H4229", 
\verseNumber{23}so|strong="G2443" as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1107" known|strong="G1107" his|strong="G1519" surpassing|strong="H3493" glory|strong="G1391" in|strong="G1519" dealing with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" objects|strong="H3627" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1519" mercy|strong="G1656", whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" prepared|strong="G4282" beforehand|strong="G4282" for|strong="G1519" glory|strong="G1391", 
\verseNumber{24}and|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" – even|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" – not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Jews|strong="G2453" but|strong="G2532" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" also|strong="G2532"! 
\verseNumber{25}This|strong="G3588", indeed|strong="G2532", is|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Hosea|strong="G5617" – ‘Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" my|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" my|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" unloved|strong="H8130" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" place|strong="G5117" where|strong="G3757" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" said|strong="G2046" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" – “You|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" my|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992"”, they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G2564" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1722" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316".’ 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="G1161" Isaiah|strong="G2268" cries|strong="G2896" aloud|strong="H7442" over|strong="G5228" Israel|strong="G2474" – ‘Though|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1161" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Israel|strong="G2474" are|strong="G1510" like|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1161" sand|strong="H2344" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G1161" sea|strong="G2281" in|strong="G1161" number|strong="H4557", only|strong="H0389" a|strong="G5613" remnant|strong="G3005" of|strong="G5207" them|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" escape|strong="H4422"! 
\verseNumber{28}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2532" execute|strong="G4160" his|strong="G1909" sentence|strong="H4941" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G1093", fully|strong="H4390" and|strong="G2532" without|strong="G2532" delay|strong="H0309".’ 
\verseNumber{29}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1096" as|strong="G5613" Isaiah|strong="G2268" foretold – ‘Had|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" of|strong="G2532" Hosts|strong="H6635" spared|strong="H2550" some|strong="G5613" few|strong="H4592" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249", we|strong="G2249" should|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" like|strong="G5613" Sodom|strong="G4670" and|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096" made|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" resemble|strong="H1819" Gomorrah|strong="G1116".’ 
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\verseNumber{30}What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3754" to|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767"? Why|strong="G5101", that|strong="G3754" Gentiles|strong="G1484", who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" in|strong="G4102" search|strong="H2713" of|strong="G1537" righteousness|strong="G1343", secured|strong="H2388" it|strong="G3754" – a|strong="G1161" righteousness|strong="G1343" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1537" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102"; 
\verseNumber{31}while|strong="G1161" Israel|strong="G2474", which|strong="G1343" was|strong="G1161" in|strong="G1519" search|strong="H2713" of|strong="G3551" a|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551" which|strong="G1343" would|strong="H0014" ensure|strong="H3559" righteousness|strong="G1343", failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1519" discover|strong="H1540" one|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="G4102" why|strong="G5101"? Because|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" looked|strong="H7200" to|strong="G3756" obedience|strong="H3584", and|strong="G4102" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" faith|strong="G4102", to|strong="G3756" secure|strong="H0982" it|strong="G3754". They|strong="G3588" stumbled|strong="G4350" over|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" stumbling-block. 
\verseNumber{33}As|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘See|strong="G3708", I|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5087" a|strong="G2532" stumbling-block in|strong="G1722" Zion|strong="G4622" – a|strong="G2532" rock|strong="G4073" which|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" prove|strong="H5254" a|strong="G2532" hindrance; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" cause|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1909" shame|strong="G2617".’ 
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\chapterNumber{10}My|strong="G1699" friends|strong="H7453", my|strong="G1699" heart’s|strong="G2588" desire|strong="G2107" and|strong="G2532" prayer|strong="G1162" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1699" people|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="G1063" can|strong="G1063" testify|strong="G3140" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3748" zealous|strong="G2205" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2596" honor|strong="H3519" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"; but|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3754" are|strong="G3748" not|strong="G3756" guided|strong="H5148" by|strong="G2596" true|strong="G1922" insight|strong="H7919", 
\verseNumber{3}for|strong="G1063", in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" ignorance|strong="H7684" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" righteousness|strong="G1343", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" eagerness to|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2476" up|strong="G2476" a|strong="G2532" righteousness|strong="G1343" of|strong="G2316" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="G2398", they|strong="G2532" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" accept|strong="H7521" with|strong="G2532" submission|strong="H1844" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" righteousness|strong="G1343". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" Christ|strong="G5547" has|strong="G5547" brought|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551" to|strong="G1519" an|strong="G1519" end|strong="G5056", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" righteousness|strong="G1343" may|strong="G5547" be|strong="G3956" obtained|strong="H5375" by|strong="G1519" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="G1063" Moses|strong="G3475" writes|strong="G1125" that|strong="G3754", as|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" righteousness|strong="G1343" which|strong="G3588" results|strong="H6529" from|strong="G1537" Law|strong="G3551", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" practice|strong="G4160" it|strong="G3754" will|strong="G4160" find|strong="H4672" life|strong="G2198" through|strong="G1722" it|strong="G3754". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" righteousness|strong="G1343" which|strong="G3588" results|strong="H6529" from|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102" finds|strong="H4672" expression|strong="H6440" in|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" words|strong="H1697": ‘Do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" yourself|strong="G4771" “Who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" go|strong="G1519" up|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772"?”’ (which|strong="G3588" means|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2609" Christ|strong="G5547" down|strong="G2609") 
\verseNumber{7}‘or|strong="G2228" “Who|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" go|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" depths|strong="H8415" below|strong="H8478"?”’ (which|strong="G3588" means|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547" up|strong="G1519" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" dead|strong="G3498"). 
\verseNumber{8}No|strong="G2532", but|strong="G2532" what|strong="G5101" does|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004"? ‘The|strong="G1722" message|strong="G4487" is|strong="G1510" near|strong="G1451" you|strong="G4771", on|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" lips|strong="G4750" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" heart’ (which|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" ‘The|strong="G1722" message|strong="G4487" of|strong="G2532" faith’ which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" proclaim|strong="G2784"). 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G3754", if|strong="G1437" with|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" lips|strong="G4750" you|strong="G4771" acknowledge|strong="G3670" the|strong="G1722" truth|strong="H0571" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" message|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3754" JESUS|strong="G2424" IS|strong="G3588" LORD|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2962" heart|strong="G2588" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" raised|strong="G1453" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498", you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" with|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" hearts|strong="G2588" people|strong="H5971" believe|strong="G4100" and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" attain|strong="H0935" to|strong="G1519" righteousness|strong="G1343", while|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" lips|strong="G4750" they|strong="G1161" make|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" profession of|strong="G1343" faith|strong="G4100" and|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" find|strong="H4672" salvation|strong="G4991". 
\verseNumber{11}As|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" passage|strong="H4569" of|strong="G1909" scripture|strong="G1124" says|strong="G3004" – ‘No|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" believes|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3956" have|strong="G3956" any|strong="G3956" cause|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" shame|strong="G2617".’ 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="G1063" no|strong="G3756" distinction|strong="G1293" is|strong="G1510" made|strong="G3756" between|strong="G5037" the|strong="G2532" Jew|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Greek|strong="G1672", for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" bountiful|strong="H7771" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" invoke|strong="H2142" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="G1063" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3739" invokes the|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3956" saved|strong="G4982". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" how|strong="G4459", it|strong="G1161" may|strong="G1161" be|strong="G3756" asked|strong="G3767", are|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" invoke|strong="H2142" one|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G4100" not|strong="G3756" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100"? And|strong="G1161" how|strong="G4459" are|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="G4100" in|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3739" whose|strong="G3739" words|strong="H1697" they|strong="G1161" have|strong="G4100" not|strong="G3756" heard|strong="H8085"? And|strong="G1161" how|strong="G4459" are|strong="G3739" they|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" hear|strong="H8085" his|strong="G1519" words|strong="H1697" unless|strong="G3756" someone|strong="G3739" proclaims|strong="H7121" him|strong="G3739"? 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="G1161" how|strong="G4459" is|strong="G3588" anyone|strong="G1437" to|strong="G1161" proclaim|strong="G2784" him|strong="G3588" unless|strong="G1437" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" sent|strong="G1125" as|strong="G5613" his|strong="G5613" messengers|strong="H4397"? As|strong="G5613" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘How|strong="G4459" beautiful|strong="G5611" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" feet|strong="G4228" of|strong="G3588" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" bring|strong="G2097" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097"!’ 
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\verseNumber{16}Still|strong="H5750", it|strong="G1063" may|strong="G3956" be|strong="G3756" said|strong="G3004", everyone|strong="G3956" did|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" give|strong="G3004" heed|strong="G5219" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3956" good|strong="G3956" news|strong="G2098". No|strong="G3756", for|strong="G1063" Isaiah|strong="G2268" asks|strong="H7592" – ‘Lord|strong="G2962", who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2962" believed|strong="G4100" our|strong="G3956" teaching|strong="H8451"?’ 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G1161" so|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" gather|strong="H6908", faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1161" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" teaching|strong="G4487", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1537" teaching|strong="G4487" comes|strong="H0935" in|strong="G4102" the|strong="G1537" message|strong="G4487" of|strong="G1537" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" ask|strong="G3004" ‘Is|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" possible that|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" heard|strong="H8085"?’ No|strong="G3756", indeed|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1519" – ‘Their|strong="G2532" voices|strong="H6963" spread|strong="G1831" through|strong="G3004" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" message|strong="G4487" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" ends|strong="G4009" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625".’ 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G3361" again|strong="H7725" I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="G3004" ‘Did|strong="G1097" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1909" people|strong="G1484" of|strong="G1909" Israel|strong="G2474" understand|strong="G1097"?’ First|strong="G4413" there|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3756" Moses|strong="G3475", who|strong="G3756" says|strong="G3004" – ‘I|strong="G1473", the|strong="G1909" Lord|strong="H3068", will|strong="G1473" stir|strong="H5782" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1909" rivalry|strong="H7068" with|strong="G1909" a|strong="G1909" nation|strong="G1484" which|strong="G1484" is|strong="G3756" no|strong="G3756" nation|strong="G1484"; against|strong="G1909" an|strong="G1909" undiscerning nation|strong="G1484" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" arouse|strong="H5782" your|strong="G1909" anger|strong="G3949".’ 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G2532" Isaiah|strong="G2268" says|strong="G3004" boldly|strong="H7311" – ‘I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G1096" found|strong="G2147" by|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" seeking|strong="G2212" me|strong="G1473"; I|strong="G1473" made|strong="G1096" myself|strong="G1473" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" inquiring of|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473".’ 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G1161" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G2250" Israel|strong="G2474" he|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" – ‘All|strong="G3650" day|strong="G2250" long|strong="G2250" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" stretched|strong="G1600" out|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" hands|strong="G5495" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" who|strong="G3588" disobey|strong="H0854" and|strong="G2532" contradict.’ 
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\chapterNumber{11}I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="G3004", then|strong="G3767", ‘Has|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" rejected|strong="H3988" his|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992"?’ Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" myself|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" an|strong="G2532" Israelite|strong="G2475", a|strong="G1096" descendant|strong="G4690" of|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085", of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{2}God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" rejected|strong="H3988" his|strong="G1722" people|strong="G2992", whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" chose|strong="H0977" from|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1722" first|strong="G3588". Have|strong="G5101" you|strong="G3739" forgotten|strong="H7911" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2316" scripture|strong="G1124" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" story|strong="H4605" of|strong="G2316" Elijah|strong="G2243" – how|strong="G5613" he|strong="G3739" appeals to|strong="G2596" God|strong="G2316" against|strong="G2596" Israel|strong="G2474"? 
\verseNumber{3}‘Lord|strong="G2962", they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" killed|strong="H2026" your|strong="G2962" prophets|strong="G4396", they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" pulled|strong="H5265" down|strong="G2679" your|strong="G2962" altars|strong="G2379", and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" only|strong="G3441" am|strong="G1473" left|strong="G5275"; and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" eager|strong="H1245" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2532" my|strong="G2212" life|strong="G5590".’ 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="G3588" what|strong="G5101" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" divine|strong="G5538" response|strong="G5538"? ‘I|strong="G3004" have|strong="G3748" kept|strong="G2641" for|strong="G3756" myself|strong="G1683" seven|strong="G2035" thousand|strong="G2035" who|strong="G5101" have|strong="G3748" never|strong="G3756" bowed|strong="G2578" the|strong="G3588" knee|strong="G1119" to|strong="G3004" Baal|strong="H1168".’ 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3779" in|strong="G1722" our|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" time|strong="G2540", too|strong="G2532", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" found|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" remnant|strong="G3005" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" nation|strong="H1471" selected|strong="H0977" by|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" love|strong="H0157". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" if|strong="G1487" in|strong="G1537" love|strong="H0157", then|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3765" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1096" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" obedience|strong="H3584". Otherwise|strong="G1893" love|strong="H0157" would|strong="G1096" cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="G1096" be|strong="G1096" love|strong="H0157". 
\verseNumber{7}What|strong="G5101" follows|strong="H3652" from|strong="G3756" this|strong="G3778"? Why|strong="G5101", that|strong="G3739" Israel|strong="G2474" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" nation|strong="H1471" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G3756" secure|strong="H0982" what|strong="G5101" it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" seeking|strong="G1934", while|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G3588" selected|strong="H0977" did|strong="G5101" secure|strong="H0982" it|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="G2532" rest|strong="H5117" grew|strong="H1431" callous; as|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" given|strong="G1325" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" deadness of|strong="G4151" mind|strong="G2532" – eyes|strong="G3788" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" and|strong="G2532" ears|strong="G3775" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G2532" hear|strong="H8085" – and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" so|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" very|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250".’ 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="G1138", too|strong="G2532", says|strong="G3004" – ‘May|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" feasts|strong="H4150" prove|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" snare|strong="G3803" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" trap|strong="G3803" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588" – a|strong="G1096" hindrance and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G1096" retribution|strong="H3820"; 
\verseNumber{10}may|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788" be|strong="G2532" darkened|strong="G4654", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" cannot|strong="G3361" see|strong="H7200"; and|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3956" always|strong="G3956" make|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" backs|strong="G3577" to|strong="G2532" bend|strong="G4781".’ 
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="G3767" ask|strong="G3004" then|strong="G3767" – ‘Was|strong="G1096" their|strong="G1438" stumbling|strong="H4383" to|strong="G1519" result|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1438" fall|strong="G4098"?’ Heaven|strong="H8064" forbid|strong="G1096"! On|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" contrary|strong="H7147", through|strong="G2443" their|strong="G1438" falling|strong="G4098" away|strong="H5493" salvation|strong="G4991" has|strong="G1096" reached|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" Gentiles|strong="G1484", to|strong="G1519" stir|strong="H5782" the|strong="G1519" rivalry|strong="H7068" of|strong="G3588" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532", if|strong="G1487" their|strong="G2532" falling|strong="H5307" away|strong="H5493" has|strong="G2889" enriched|strong="H6238" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889", and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" failure|strong="G2275" has|strong="G2889" enriched|strong="H6238" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484", how|strong="G4214" much|strong="G4214" more|strong="G3123" will|strong="G2532" result|strong="H6903" from|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" full|strong="G4138" restoration! 
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\verseNumber{13}But|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" speaking|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" Gentiles|strong="G1484". 
\verseNumber{14}Being|strong="G2532" myself|strong="G1473" an|strong="G2532" apostle to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="H1471", I|strong="G1473" exalt|strong="G5100" my|strong="G1473" office|strong="H0530", in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" stir|strong="H5782" my|strong="G1473" countrymen|strong="G4561" to|strong="G2532" rivalry|strong="H7068", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" save|strong="G4982" some|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" their|strong="G3588" being|strong="G3361" cast|strong="H7993" aside|strong="H5493" has|strong="G5101" meant|strong="H2803" the|strong="G1537" reconciliation|strong="G2643" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" world|strong="G2889", what|strong="G5101" will|strong="G5101" their|strong="G3588" reception mean|strong="G5101", but|strong="G1487" life|strong="G2222" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" dead|strong="G3498"? 
\verseNumber{16}If|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G3588" handful|strong="H7062" of|strong="G2532" dough|strong="H1217" is|strong="G3588" holy|strong="H6944", so|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" mass|strong="H3514", and|strong="G2532" if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" root|strong="G4491" is|strong="G3588" holy|strong="H6944", so|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" branches|strong="G2798". 
\verseNumber{17}Some|strong="G5100", however|strong="G1161", of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" branches|strong="G2798" were|strong="G1510" broken|strong="G1575" off|strong="G1575", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771", who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" only|strong="G1487" a|strong="G1096" wild|strong="G2532" olive|strong="G1636", were|strong="G1510" grafted|strong="G1461" in|strong="G1722" among|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" share|strong="H2506" with|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" root|strong="G4491" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" source|strong="H4725" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" richness of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" cultivated|strong="H5647" olive|strong="G1636". 
\verseNumber{18}Yet|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" exult|strong="H5937" over|strong="G2620" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" branches|strong="G2798". But|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G3361" exult|strong="H5937" over|strong="G2620" them|strong="G3588", remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" support|strong="H2388" the|strong="G1161" root|strong="G4491", but|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" root|strong="G4491" supports|strong="H3802" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="G3767" branches|strong="G2798", you|strong="G3004" will|strong="G1473" say|strong="G3004", were|strong="G2798" broken|strong="G1575" off|strong="G1575", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" might|strong="G1473" be|strong="G2443" grafted|strong="G1461" in|strong="G3004". 
\verseNumber{20}True|strong="G3588", it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4102" their|strong="G3588" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="G4102" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G3588" broken|strong="G1575" off|strong="G1575", and|strong="G1161" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1161" of|strong="G4102" your|strong="G5426" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" standing|strong="G2476". Do|strong="G5399" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="G5426" too|strong="H4480" highly|strong="G5308" of|strong="G4102" yourself|strong="G4771", but|strong="G1161" beware|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" spare|strong="G5339" the|strong="G2596" natural|strong="G5449" branches|strong="G2798", neither|strong="G3761" will|strong="G2316" he|strong="G3588" spare|strong="G5339" you|strong="G4771". 
\verseNumber{22}See|strong="G3708", then|strong="G3767", both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" goodness|strong="G5544" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" severity|strong="H6531" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" – his|strong="G1909" severity|strong="H6531" towards those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" fell|strong="G4098", and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1909" goodness|strong="G5544" towards you|strong="G4771", provided|strong="H3557" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" continue|strong="G1961" to|strong="G2532" confide in|strong="G1909" that|strong="G3588" goodness|strong="G5544"; otherwise|strong="G1893" you|strong="G4771", also|strong="G2532", will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" cut|strong="G1581" off|strong="G1581". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="G1161" they|strong="G1161", too|strong="G2548", if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G1161" do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" continue|strong="G1961" in|strong="G2316" their|strong="G1438" unbelief, will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" grafted|strong="G1461" in|strong="G2316"; for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" it|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1438" power|strong="G1415" to|strong="G1161" graft|strong="G1461" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2316" again|strong="G3825". 
\verseNumber{24}If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G4771" were|strong="G3588" cut|strong="G1581" off|strong="G1581" from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" natural|strong="G5449" stock|strong="H1503" – a|strong="G2532" wild|strong="G2532" olive|strong="G1636" – and|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" grafted|strong="G1461", contrary|strong="G3844" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" course|strong="H4256" of|strong="G1537" nature|strong="G5449", on|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" olive|strong="G1636", much|strong="G4214" more|strong="G3123" will|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" – the|strong="G2532" natural|strong="G5449" branches|strong="H7070" – be|strong="G2532" grafted|strong="G1461" back|strong="G1519" into|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" parent tree|strong="G1636". 
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\verseNumber{25}My|strong="G1525" friends|strong="G3844", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" don’t|strong="G3756" think|strong="H2803" too|strong="H4480" highly|strong="H3966" of|strong="G3844" yourselves|strong="G1438", I|strong="G3739" want|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2443" recognize|strong="H5234" the|strong="G3588" truth|strong="H0571", hitherto|strong="H3541" hidden|strong="H5641", that|strong="G3754" the|strong="G3588" callousness which|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" come|strong="G1096" over|strong="G1096" Israel|strong="G2474" is|strong="G1510" only|strong="G3756" partial|strong="G3313", and|strong="G1484" will|strong="G2309" continue|strong="G1096" only|strong="G3756" until|strong="H5704" the|strong="G3588" whole|strong="H3605" Gentile|strong="G1484" world|strong="H8398" has|strong="G3739" been|strong="G1510" gathered|strong="H6960" in|strong="G1525". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Israel|strong="G2474" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" saved|strong="G4982". As|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘From|strong="G1537" Zion|strong="G4622" will|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2240" the|strong="G2532" Deliverer|strong="G4506"; he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" banish|strong="H5080" ungodliness|strong="H1100" from|strong="G1537" Jacob|strong="G2384". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1473" covenant|strong="G1242", when|strong="G3752" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" their|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403".’ 
\verseNumber{28}From|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" standpoint|strong="G2596" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" good|strong="G1223" news|strong="G2098", the|strong="G1161" Jews|strong="H3064" are|strong="G3588" God’s|strong="H0430" enemies|strong="G2190" for|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" sake|strong="G1223"; but|strong="G1161" from|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" standpoint|strong="G2596" of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" selection, they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" dear|strong="H3357" to|strong="G2596" him|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1161" patriarchs. 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" never|strong="H3808" regrets his|strong="G2532" gifts|strong="G5486" or|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{30}Just|strong="G5618" as|strong="G5618" you|strong="G5210" at|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" time|strong="G4218" were|strong="G3588" disobedient|strong="H4784" to|strong="G1161" him|strong="G3588", but|strong="G1161" have|strong="G1653" now|strong="G1161" found|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653" in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1161" day|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" their|strong="G3588" disobedience; 
\verseNumber{31}so|strong="G3779", too|strong="G2532", they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" become|strong="H1961" disobedient|strong="H4784" in|strong="G2532" your|strong="G5212" day|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" mercy|strong="G1656", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" turn|strong="H7725" may|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" find|strong="H4672" mercy|strong="G1656". 
\verseNumber{32}For|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" given|strong="H5414" all|strong="G3956" alike|strong="H3162" over|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" disobedience, that|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" alike|strong="H3162" he|strong="G3588" may|strong="G2443" show|strong="G1653" mercy|strong="G1653". 
\verseNumber{33}Oh|strong="G5599"! The|strong="G2532" unfathomable|strong="H2714" wisdom|strong="G4678" and|strong="G2532" knowledge|strong="G1108" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316"! How|strong="G5613" inscrutable|strong="H0369" are|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2532" judgments|strong="G2917", how|strong="G5613" untraceable his|strong="G2532" ways|strong="G3598"! Yes|strong="H3588" – 
\verseNumber{34}ho|strong="H1945" has|strong="G2962" ever|strong="H5769" comprehended|strong="H3557" the|strong="G1063" mind|strong="G3563" of|strong="G2962" the|strong="G1063" Lord|strong="G2962"? Who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G2962" ever|strong="H5769" become|strong="G1096" his|strong="G2228" counsellor|strong="G4825"? 
\verseNumber{35}Or|strong="G2228" who|strong="G5101" has|strong="G5101" first|strong="G4272" given|strong="G4272" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" a|strong="G2532" reward|strong="H7939"? 
\verseNumber{36}For|strong="G3754" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" are|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" him|strong="G3588", through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" him|strong="G3588". And|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" glory|strong="G1391" for|strong="G3754" ever|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G1519"! Amen|strong="H0543". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Advice on Daily Life }

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\chapterNumber{12}I|strong="G1223" entreat|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210", then|strong="G3767", friends|strong="H7453", by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1223" mercies|strong="G3628" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G2316" offer|strong="H7126" your|strong="G1223" bodies|strong="G4983" as|strong="G2316" a|strong="G1223" living|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2316" holy|strong="H6944" sacrifice|strong="G2378", acceptable|strong="G2101" to|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", for|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G1223" rational worship|strong="G2999". 
\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3361" conform to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" fashion|strong="H3559" of|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3778" world|strong="H8398"; but|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" transformed|strong="G3339" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" complete|strong="G5046" change|strong="H5162" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2316" come|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" minds|strong="G3563", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" may|strong="G2532" discern|strong="G1381" what|strong="G5101" God’s|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2307" is|strong="G3588" – all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G5101", acceptable|strong="G2101", and|strong="G2532" perfect|strong="G5046". 
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\verseNumber{3}In|strong="G1722" fulfillment|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" charge|strong="G1223" with|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" been|strong="G1510" entrusted|strong="H6485", I|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" every|strong="G3956" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" think|strong="G5426" more|strong="G1325" highly|strong="G5252" of|strong="G1223" themselves|strong="G1519" than|strong="G3844" they|strong="G3588" ought|strong="G1163" to|strong="G1519" think|strong="G5426", but|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" think|strong="G5426" until|strong="G1519" they|strong="G3588" learn|strong="H3925" to|strong="G1519" think|strong="G5426" soberly|strong="G4993" – in|strong="G1722" accordance|strong="H5921" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" measure|strong="G3358" of|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" allotted|strong="G3307" to|strong="G1519" each|strong="G1538". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063", just|strong="G2509" as|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" human|strong="H0120" body|strong="G4983" there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" union|strong="H2260" of|strong="G1520" many|strong="G4183" parts|strong="G3196", and|strong="G1161" each|strong="H0376" part|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2192" its|strong="G3956" own|strong="H1961" function|strong="G4234", 
\verseNumber{5}so|strong="G3779" we|strong="G1161", by|strong="G1722" our|strong="G5547" union|strong="H2260" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547", many|strong="G4183" though|strong="G1161" we|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510", form|strong="H8389" but|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1520" body|strong="G4983", and|strong="G1161" individually|strong="G2596" we|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" related|strong="H5608" one|strong="G1520" to|strong="G2596" another|strong="G2596" as|strong="G1722" its|strong="H3605" parts|strong="G3196". 
\verseNumber{6}Since|strong="G2192" our|strong="G2596" gifts|strong="G5486" differ|strong="G1313" in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1161" particular|strong="H6106" charge|strong="H4931" entrusted|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2596" us|strong="G1325", if|strong="G1535" our|strong="G2596" gift|strong="G5486" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2596" preach|strong="H5197", let|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2596" preaching|strong="H7150" correspond|strong="H1961" to|strong="G2596" our|strong="G2596" faith|strong="G4102"; 
\verseNumber{7}if|strong="G1535" it|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" minister|strong="G1248" to|strong="G1722" others|strong="G3588", let|strong="H7971" us|strong="G1722" devote|strong="H2763" ourselves|strong="H0587" to|strong="G1722" our|strong="G1722" ministry|strong="G1248"; the|strong="G1722" teacher|strong="H4175" to|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" teaching|strong="G1321", 
\verseNumber{8}the|strong="G1722" counselor|strong="H3289" to|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" counsel|strong="H6098". Let|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" gives|strong="G3330" in|strong="G1722" charity do|strong="G1722" so|strong="G1722" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" generous|strong="H6340" heart|strong="H3820"; let|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" authority|strong="H3027" exercise|strong="H6213" due|strong="G1722" diligence|strong="G4710"; let|strong="H7971" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" shows|strong="G1653" kindness|strong="H2617" do|strong="G1722" so|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" cheerful|strong="H3190" spirit|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{9}Let|strong="H7971" your|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" be|strong="G3588" sincere|strong="H3476". Hate|strong="H8130" the|strong="G3588" wrong|strong="H7451"; cling|strong="G2853" to|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225". 
\verseNumber{10}In|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" love|strong="G5360" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" community|strong="H5712" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588", be|strong="G1519" affectionate to|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588"; in|strong="G1519" showing|strong="H6213" respect|strong="G1519", set|strong="H7760" an|strong="G1519" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G3588" deference to|strong="G1519" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{11}never|strong="G3361" flagging in|strong="G4151" zeal|strong="H7068"; fervent|strong="G2204" in|strong="G4151" spirit|strong="G4151"; serving|strong="G1398" the|strong="G3588" Master|strong="G2962"; 
\verseNumber{12}rejoicing|strong="G5463" in|strong="G5463" your|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680"; steadfast|strong="H3559" under|strong="G5278" persecution|strong="G2347"; persevering|strong="G5278" in|strong="G5463" prayer|strong="G4335"; 
\verseNumber{13}relieving|strong="H5526" the|strong="G3588" wants|strong="G5532" of|strong="G5532" Christ’s people|strong="G3588"; devoted|strong="H8003" to|strong="G3588" hospitality|strong="G5381". 
\verseNumber{14}Bless|strong="G2127" your|strong="G2532" persecutors|strong="H7291" – bless|strong="G2127" and|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3361" curse|strong="G2672". 
\verseNumber{15}Rejoice|strong="G5463" with|strong="G3326" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" rejoicing|strong="G5463", and|strong="G2799" weep|strong="G2799" with|strong="G3326" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H3117" weeping|strong="G2799". 
\verseNumber{16}Let|strong="G1096" the|strong="G1519" same|strong="H1931" spirit|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3844" sympathy|strong="H5110" animate you|strong="G1438" all|strong="G3361", not|strong="G3361" a|strong="G1096" spirit|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3844" pride|strong="H1347"; enjoy|strong="H7200" the|strong="G1519" company|strong="G3361" of|strong="G3844" ordinary|strong="H2455" people|strong="G3361". Do|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" think|strong="G5426" too|strong="H4480" highly|strong="G5308" of|strong="G3844" yourselves|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{17}Never|strong="G3367" return|strong="H7725" injury|strong="H0611" for|strong="G2570" injury|strong="H0611". Aim|strong="H1245" at|strong="G1799" doing|strong="H6213" what|strong="G2556" everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G3956" recognize|strong="H5234" as|strong="G3956" honorable|strong="G2570". 
\verseNumber{18}If|strong="G1487" it|strong="G1487" is|strong="G3588" possible|strong="G1415", as|strong="G3956" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G3956" rests|strong="H5117" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210", live|strong="G1514" peaceably|strong="G1514" with|strong="G3326" everyone|strong="G3956". 
\verseNumber{19}Never|strong="G3361" avenge|strong="G1556" yourselves|strong="G1438", dear|strong="H3357" friends|strong="H7453", but|strong="G3361" make|strong="G1325" way|strong="H1870" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" wrath|strong="G3709" of|strong="G2962" God|strong="G3004"; for|strong="G1063" scripture|strong="G1125" declares|strong="H5002" – ‘“It|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1325" to|strong="G3004" avenge|strong="G1556", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2962" requite|strong="H5414",” says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962".’ 
\verseNumber{20}Rather|strong="H3588" – ‘If|strong="G1437" your|strong="G1437" enemy|strong="G2190" is|strong="G3588" hungry|strong="G3983", feed|strong="G5595" him|strong="G3588"; if|strong="G1437" he|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" thirsty|strong="G1372", give|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1909" drink|strong="G4222". By|strong="G1909" doing|strong="G4160" this|strong="G3778" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G3778" heap|strong="G4987" coals|strong="H1513" of|strong="G1909" fire|strong="G4442" on|strong="G1909" his|strong="G1909" head|strong="G2776".’ 
\verseNumber{21}Never|strong="G3361" be|strong="G3361" conquered|strong="G3528" by|strong="G1722" evil|strong="G2556", but|strong="G3361" conquer|strong="G3528" evil|strong="G2556" with|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588". 
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\chapterNumber{13}Let|strong="G1161" everyone|strong="G3956" obey|strong="H8085" the|strong="G3956" supreme|strong="G5242" authorities|strong="G1849". For|strong="G1063" no|strong="G3756" authority|strong="G1849" exists|strong="H1961" except|strong="G1487" by|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2316" of|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" existing authorities|strong="G1849" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="G5021" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{2}Therefore|strong="G5620" the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G1438" who|strong="G3588" sets|strong="H0935" themself against|strong="H5921" the|strong="G1161" authorities|strong="G1849" is|strong="G3588" resisting God’s|strong="G2316" appointment|strong="H3259", and|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" resist|strong="H2388" will|strong="G2316" bring|strong="G2983" a|strong="G2983" judgment|strong="G2917" on|strong="G1161" themselves|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{3}A|strong="G2192" good|strong="G3756" action|strong="G2041" has|strong="G2192" nothing|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G5401" from|strong="G1537" rulers|strong="H8269"; a|strong="G2192" bad|strong="G2556" action|strong="G2041" has|strong="G2192". Do|strong="G4160" you|strong="G1510" want|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" reason|strong="G1537" to|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G5401" the|strong="G2532" authorities|strong="G1849"? Then|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3756", and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1510" will|strong="G2309" win|strong="H6743" their|strong="G2532" praise|strong="G1868". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" they|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" servants|strong="G1249" appointed|strong="G4160" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G1437" good|strong="G3756". But|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" you|strong="G4771" do|strong="G4160" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" wrong|strong="G2556", you|strong="G4771" may|strong="G2316" well|strong="G1063" be|strong="G1510" afraid|strong="G5399"; for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1519" sword|strong="G3162" they|strong="G1161" carry|strong="G4160" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" without|strong="G3756" meaning|strong="H0998"! They|strong="G1161" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" servants|strong="G1249" to|strong="G1519" inflict|strong="H5414" his|strong="G1519" punishments|strong="H8433" on|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" do|strong="G4160" wrong|strong="G2556". 
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" bound|strong="H0631", therefore|strong="G1352", to|strong="G2532" obey|strong="H8085", not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" through|strong="G1223" fear|strong="H3372" of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" punishments|strong="H8433", but|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1223" conscience|strong="G4893". 
\verseNumber{6}This|strong="G3778", too|strong="G2532", is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" reason|strong="G1223" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G1223" paying|strong="H1576" taxes|strong="G5411"; for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" officials|strong="H8269" are|strong="G1510" God’s|strong="G2316" officers|strong="H7860", devoting|strong="G4342" themselves|strong="G4342" to|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3778" special|strong="H6381" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" cases|strong="H1697" pay|strong="H7999" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" due|strong="G3782" from|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3956" – tribute|strong="G5411" where|strong="G3956" tribute|strong="G5411" is|strong="G3588" due|strong="G3782", taxes|strong="G5411" where|strong="G3956" taxes|strong="G5411" are|strong="G3588" due|strong="G3782", respect|strong="G5092" where|strong="G3956" respect|strong="G5092" is|strong="G3588" due|strong="G3782", and|strong="G5092" honor|strong="G5092" where|strong="G3956" honor|strong="G5092" is|strong="G3588" due|strong="G3782". 
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\verseNumber{8}Owe|strong="G3784" nothing|strong="G3367" to|strong="G3361" anyone|strong="G3367" except|strong="G1487" love|strong="H0157"; for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" their|strong="G3588" neighbor|strong="G2087" have|strong="G3588" satisfied|strong="H7646" the|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G1722" commandments|strong="G1785", ‘You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" commit|strong="G3431" adultery|strong="G3431", you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" kill|strong="G5407", you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" steal|strong="G2813", you|strong="G4771" must|strong="G5100" not|strong="G3756" covet|strong="G1937",’ and|strong="G2532" whatever|strong="G5100" other|strong="G2087" commandment|strong="G1785" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588", are|strong="G3588" all|strong="G2532" summed up|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G3056" – ‘You|strong="G4771" must|strong="G5100" love|strong="H0157" your|strong="G2532" neighbor|strong="G4139" as|strong="G5613" you|strong="G4771" love|strong="H0157" yourself|strong="G4572".’ 
\verseNumber{10}Love|strong="H0157" never|strong="G3756" wrongs|strong="H7462" a|strong="G3756" neighbor|strong="G4139". Therefore|strong="G3767" love|strong="H0157" fully|strong="H4390" satisfies|strong="H7646" the|strong="G3588" Law|strong="G3551". 
\verseNumber{11}This|strong="G3778" I|strong="G1473" say|strong="G1473", because|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" crisis that|strong="G3754" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" reached|strong="H0935", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2540" has|strong="G3778" already|strong="G2235" come|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" rouse|strong="H5782" yourselves|strong="G4771" from|strong="G1537" sleep|strong="G5258"; our|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991" is|strong="G3588" nearer|strong="G1452" now|strong="G3568" than|strong="G2228" when|strong="G3753" we|strong="G2249" accepted|strong="H7521" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4100". 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="G1161" night|strong="G3571" is|strong="G3588" almost|strong="G4298" gone|strong="G4298"; the|strong="G1161" day|strong="G2250" is|strong="G3588" near|strong="G1448". Therefore|strong="G3767" let|strong="G1161" us|strong="H5414" be|strong="G3588" done|strong="G2041" with|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" deeds|strong="G2041" of|strong="G2250" darkness|strong="G4655", and|strong="G1161" arm|strong="H2220" ourselves|strong="H0587" with|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" weapons|strong="G3696" of|strong="G2250" light|strong="G5457". 
\verseNumber{13}Being|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="G2250" day|strong="G2250", let|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1722" live|strong="G4043" becomingly, not|strong="G3361" in|strong="G1722" revelry and|strong="G2532" drunkenness|strong="G3178", not|strong="G3361" in|strong="G1722" lust|strong="G3361" and|strong="G2532" licentiousness, not|strong="G3361" in|strong="G1722" quarreling|strong="H1777" and|strong="G2532" jealousy|strong="G2205". 
\verseNumber{14}No|strong="G3361"! Arm|strong="H2220" yourselves|strong="H5315" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", and|strong="G2532" spend|strong="G4160" no|strong="G3361" thought|strong="H0559" on|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2962" earthly|strong="G4561" nature, to|strong="G1519" satisfy|strong="G4160" its|strong="H3605" cravings. 
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\chapterNumber{14}As|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G3588" weak|strong="H2470", always|strong="H3605" receive|strong="G4355" them|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1519" friends|strong="H7453", but|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3361" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" purpose|strong="H6098" of|strong="G4102" passing|strong="G1253" judgment|strong="G1253" on|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" scruples. 
\verseNumber{2}One|strong="G3739" person’s|strong="H3820" faith|strong="G3739" permits|strong="H0834" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1161" eat|strong="G2068" food|strong="G5315" of|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" kinds|strong="G3956", while|strong="G1161" another|strong="G3739" whose|strong="G3739" faith|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" weak|strong="H2470" eats|strong="G2068" only|strong="G3303" vegetable|strong="H3419" food|strong="G5315". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G1161" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" eats|strong="G2068" meat|strong="G3588" must|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3361" despise|strong="G1848" the|strong="G1161" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" abstains from|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161"; nor|strong="G3361" must|strong="G2919" the|strong="G1161" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" abstains from|strong="G3588" eating|strong="G2068" meat|strong="G3588" pass|strong="G2919" judgment|strong="G2919" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" eats|strong="G2068" it|strong="G1161", for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="H5315" has|strong="G2316" received|strong="G4355" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Who|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" you|strong="G4771", that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" should|strong="G3588" pass|strong="G2919" judgment|strong="G2919" on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" servant|strong="G3610" of|strong="G2962" another|strong="G3588"? Their|strong="G2398" standing|strong="G2476" or|strong="G2228" falling|strong="G4098" concerns|strong="H1157" their|strong="G2398" own|strong="G2398" master|strong="G2962". And|strong="G1161" stand|strong="G2476" they|strong="G1161" will|strong="G5101", for|strong="G1063" their|strong="G2398" Master|strong="G2962" can|strong="G1063" enable|strong="H7980" them|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1161" stand|strong="G2476". 
\verseNumber{5}Again|strong="G2398", one|strong="G1538" person|strong="G3739" considers|strong="H7919" some|strong="G3739" days|strong="G2250" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3956" more|strong="G1161" sacred|strong="H6944" than|strong="G3844" others|strong="G3588", while|strong="G1722" another|strong="G3739" considers|strong="H7919" all|strong="G3956" days|strong="G2250" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3956" alike|strong="H3162". Everyone|strong="G3956" ought|strong="H3972" to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3956" fully|strong="G4135" convinced|strong="G4135" in|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1722" own|strong="G2398" mind|strong="G3563". 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" observes|strong="G5426" a|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250", observes|strong="G5426" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Master’s|strong="G2962" honor|strong="H3519". They|strong="G2532", again|strong="G2532", who|strong="G3588" eat|strong="G2068" meat|strong="G3588" eat|strong="G2068" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Master’s|strong="G2962" honor|strong="H3519", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" give|strong="G2168" thanks|strong="G2168" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316"; while|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" abstains|strong="G3756" from|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" abstains|strong="G3756" from|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Master’s|strong="G2962" honor|strong="H3519", and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" gives|strong="G2168" thanks|strong="G2168" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{7}There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" whose|strong="G2532" life|strong="G2198" concerns|strong="H1157" ourselves|strong="G1438" alone|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" of|strong="G2532" us|strong="G2249" whose|strong="G2532" death|strong="H4194" concerns|strong="H1157" ourself alone|strong="G1438"; 
\verseNumber{8}for|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" live|strong="G2198", our|strong="G2962" life|strong="G2198" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Master|strong="G2962", and|strong="G5037", if|strong="G1437" we|strong="G1437" die|strong="H4191", our|strong="G2962" death|strong="H4194" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" Master|strong="G2962". Whether|strong="G1437", then|strong="G3767", we|strong="G1437" live|strong="G2198" or|strong="G1437" die|strong="H4191" we|strong="G1437" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G5037" the|strong="G3588" Master|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="G2532" purpose|strong="H6098" for|strong="G1063" which|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" died|strong="H4191" and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G2532" back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" life|strong="G2198" was|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3778" – that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2961" over|strong="G2961" both|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3956" ‘Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" judge|strong="G2919" other|strong="G1161" followers|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G3588"?’ And|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" ‘Why|strong="G5101" do|strong="G5101" you|strong="G4771" despise|strong="G1848" them|strong="G3588"?’ For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" will|strong="G2316" all|strong="G3956" stand|strong="G3936" before|strong="G3936" the|strong="G2532" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G1063" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="G3004" – ‘“As|strong="G2532" surely|strong="H4191" as|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" live|strong="G2198",” says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", “every|strong="G3956" knee|strong="G1119" will|strong="G2316" bend|strong="H1869" before|strong="G3588" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" tongue|strong="G1100" will|strong="G2316" praise|strong="G1843" God|strong="G2316".”’ 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="G3767", then|strong="G3767", each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G4012" us|strong="G1325" will|strong="G2316" have|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1325" render|strong="H7725" account|strong="G3056" of|strong="G4012" himself|strong="G1438" to|strong="G1325" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{13}Let|strong="G2919" us|strong="G2919", then|strong="G3767", cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="G3361" judge|strong="G2919" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588". Rather|strong="G3123" let|strong="G2919" this|strong="G3778" be|strong="G3361" your|strong="G5087" resolve – never|strong="G3361" to|strong="G3361" place|strong="G5087" a|strong="G2228" stumbling-block or|strong="G2228" an|strong="G2228" obstacle|strong="G4348" in|strong="G5087" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3778" of|strong="G2228" a|strong="G2228" fellow|strong="H7453" follower of|strong="G2228" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{14}Through|strong="G1223" my|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424", I|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" and|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1510" persuaded|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3754" nothing|strong="G3762" is|strong="G1510" defiling|strong="H2930" in|strong="G1722" itself|strong="G1438". A|strong="G2532" thing|strong="G5100" is|strong="G1510" ‘defiling’ only|strong="G1487" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="G5100" who|strong="G3588" holds|strong="H4013" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" so|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="G1487", for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1223" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" eat|strong="H0398", you|strong="G4771" wound|strong="H4347" your|strong="G1223" fellow|strong="H7453" follower’s feelings|strong="H3629", your|strong="G1223" life|strong="G4043" has|strong="G3739" ceased|strong="H2308" to|strong="G2596" be|strong="G3361" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="G1223" love|strong="H0157". Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361", by|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3739" you|strong="G4771" eat|strong="H0398", ruin|strong="H2723" someone|strong="G3739" for|strong="G1063" whom|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" died|strong="G3588"! 
\verseNumber{16}Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" let|strong="G3767" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" right|strong="H3225" for|strong="G3361" you|strong="G5210" become|strong="G3361" a|strong="G3361" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="G3588" reproach|strong="H2781". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316" does|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" consist|strong="G1510" of|strong="G4151" eating|strong="G1035" and|strong="G2532" drinking|strong="G4213", but|strong="G2532" of|strong="G4151" righteousness|strong="G1343" and|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" and|strong="G2532" gladness|strong="G5479" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G1722" person|strong="G3778" who|strong="G3588" serves|strong="G1398" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" in|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3778" way|strong="G1722" pleases|strong="H2654" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G2532" wins|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" approval|strong="H3068" of|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" fellows|strong="H2270". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="G3767" our|strong="G2532" efforts|strong="H3021" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" directed|strong="H5090" towards all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" makes|strong="H6213" for|strong="G1519" peace|strong="G1515" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" mutual building|strong="G3619" up|strong="G1519" of|strong="G2532" character|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{20}Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" undo|strong="H6213" God’s|strong="G2316" work|strong="G2041" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G3956" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3956" eat|strong="G2068". Though|strong="G3303" everything|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" ‘clean|strong="G2513",’ yet|strong="G3303", if|strong="H0518" a|strong="G1223" person|strong="H5315" eats|strong="G2068" so|strong="G1223" as|strong="G2316" to|strong="G3361" put|strong="G3956" a|strong="G1223" stumbling-block in|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3956" way|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" others|strong="G3588", they|strong="G3588" do|strong="G3361" wrong|strong="G2556". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="G1722" right|strong="G2570" course|strong="H4256" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="G3588" meat|strong="G2907" or|strong="G2228" wine|strong="G3631" or|strong="G2228", indeed|strong="H3588", anything|strong="G5315" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" stumbling-block to|strong="G1722" your|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="H7453" follower of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="G1722" for|strong="G1722" yourself|strong="G4572" – keep|strong="G3361" this|strong="G3588" conviction|strong="G4572" of|strong="G2316" yours|strong="G4771" to|strong="G2596" yourself|strong="G4572", as|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" presence|strong="G1799" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". Happy|strong="G3107" the|strong="G1722" person|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" never|strong="G3361" has|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2596" condemn|strong="G2919" themselves|strong="G1438" in|strong="G1722" regard|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2596" something|strong="H1697" they|strong="G3588" think|strong="G2192" right|strong="H3225"! 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="G3956" person|strong="G3739", however|strong="G1161", who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" misgivings|strong="G1252" stands|strong="H5975" condemned|strong="G2632" if|strong="G1437" they|strong="G1161" still|strong="H5750" eat|strong="G2068", because|strong="G3754" their|strong="G3956" doing|strong="H6213" so|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G3956" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102". And|strong="G1161" anything|strong="G3956" not|strong="G3756" done|strong="H6213" as|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" result|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\chapterNumber{15}We|strong="G2249", the|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G1415", ought|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1161" on|strong="G1161" our|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" shoulders|strong="H3802" the|strong="G2532" weaknesses of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" strong|strong="G1415", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" merely|strong="H6680" to|strong="G2532" please|strong="H4994" ourselves|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{2}Let|strong="H7971" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G3588" us|strong="G1519" please|strong="H4994" our|strong="G4314" neighbor|strong="G4139" for|strong="G1519" our|strong="G4314" neighbor’s|strong="H7453" good|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" help|strong="H5826" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" building|strong="G3619" up|strong="G1519" of|strong="G3588" their|strong="G1519" character|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{3}Even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" please|strong="H4994" himself|strong="G1438"! On|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", as|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" of|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" – ‘The|strong="G2532" reproaches|strong="G3680" of|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" reproaching you|strong="G4771" fell|strong="G1968" upon|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1473".’ 
\verseNumber{4}Whatever|strong="G3745" was|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" scriptures|strong="G1124" in|strong="G1519" days|strong="H3117" gone|strong="H1980" by|strong="G1223" was|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" for|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2251" instruction|strong="G1319", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", through|strong="G1223" patient|strong="G5281" endurance|strong="G5281", and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" encouragement|strong="G3874" drawn|strong="H8025" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" scriptures|strong="G1124", we|strong="G1063" might|strong="G2532" hold|strong="G2192" fast|strong="G2192" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2251" hope|strong="G1680". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1722" giver of|strong="G2316" this|strong="G3588" patience|strong="G5281" and|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" encouragement|strong="G3874", grant|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" united|strong="H3161" in|strong="G1722" sympathy|strong="H5110" in|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547", 
\verseNumber{6}so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" with|strong="G1722" one|strong="G1520" heart|strong="H3820" and|strong="G2532" one|strong="G1520" voice|strong="G4750" you|strong="G1722" may|strong="G2532" praise|strong="G1392" the|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2316" and|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="G1352" always|strong="H3605" receive|strong="G4355" one|strong="G3588" another|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2531" friends|strong="H7453", just|strong="G2531" as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" himself|strong="G1519" received|strong="G4355" us|strong="G1519", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1063" tell|strong="G3004" you|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547", in|strong="G1519" vindication|strong="H6666" of|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" truthfulness, has|strong="G2316" become|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" minister|strong="G1249" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1519" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="G2316" circumcision|strong="G4061", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" may|strong="G5547" fulfill|strong="H4390" the|strong="G1519" promises|strong="G1860" made|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962", 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" also|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" praise|strong="G1843" God|strong="G2316" for|strong="G5228" his|strong="G1223" mercy|strong="G1656". As|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘Therefore|strong="G1223" will|strong="G2316" I|strong="G2532" make|strong="G2532" acknowledgment to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G4771" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" and|strong="G2532" sing|strong="G5567" in|strong="G1722" honor|strong="G1392" of|strong="G1223" your|strong="G1223" name|strong="G3686".’ 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" it|strong="G2532" says|strong="G3004" – ‘Rejoice|strong="G2165", you|strong="G3004" Gentiles|strong="G1484", with|strong="G3326" God’s|strong="H0430" people|strong="G2992".’ 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" – ‘Praise|strong="G1867" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", all|strong="G3956" you|strong="G3956" Gentiles|strong="G1484", and|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Peoples|strong="G2992" sing|strong="H7891" his|strong="G3956" praises|strong="H2167".’ 
\verseNumber{12}Again|strong="G3825", Isaiah|strong="G2268" says|strong="G3004" – ‘There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" Scion of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="G2532" Jesse|strong="G2421", One|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" arise|strong="H6965" to|strong="G2532" rule|strong="H4910" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484"; on|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" rest|strong="G1510" their|strong="G2532" hopes|strong="G1679".’ 
\verseNumber{13}May|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" inspires|strong="H0502" our|strong="G2316" hope|strong="G1680", grant|strong="H5414" you|strong="G5210" perfect|strong="G4137" happiness|strong="H8057" and|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515" in|strong="G1722" your|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4100", until|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" filled|strong="G4137" with|strong="G1722" this|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1510" persuaded|strong="G3982", my|strong="G3956" friends|strong="H7453" – yes|strong="G1161", I|strong="G1473" Paul|strong="G1510", with|strong="G2532" regard|strong="G4012" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" – that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" yourselves|strong="G4771" full|strong="G3324" of|strong="G4012" kindness|strong="H2617", furnished|strong="H2836" with|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Christian learning|strong="H3948", and|strong="G2532" well|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1473" advice|strong="G3982" to|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="G1161" in|strong="G2316" parts|strong="G3313" of|strong="G5259" this|strong="G3588" letter|strong="G1125" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" expressed|strong="H5344" myself|strong="G1473" somewhat|strong="G3313" boldly|strong="G5112" – by|strong="G1223" way|strong="G1223" of|strong="G5259" refreshing|strong="H4774" your|strong="G1223" memories – 
\verseNumber{16}because|strong="G1722" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" charge|strong="H4931" with|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" entrusted|strong="H6485" me|strong="G1473", that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" should|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1096" an|strong="G1519" assistant|strong="H8334" of|strong="G4151" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424" to|strong="G1519" go|strong="G4151" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" – that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" should|strong="G2316" act|strong="H6213" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" priest|strong="G2418" of|strong="G4151" God’s|strong="G2316" good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" offering|strong="G4376" up|strong="G1519" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Gentiles|strong="G1484" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G1096" an|strong="G1519" acceptable|strong="G2144" sacrifice|strong="G4376", consecrated|strong="H6942" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588", then|strong="G3767", through|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" union|strong="H2260" with|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G3767" have|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" proud|strong="G2746" confidence|strong="G2746" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" work|strong="H4399" for|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" dare|strong="G5111" to|strong="G1519" speak|strong="G2980" of|strong="G3056" anything|strong="G5100" but|strong="G2532" what|strong="G3739" Christ|strong="G5547" has|strong="G3739" done|strong="G2716" through|strong="G1223" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G1519" win|strong="H6743" the|strong="G2532" obedience|strong="G5218" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" – 
\verseNumber{19}by|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" actions|strong="H5949", through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" displayed|strong="H5127" in|strong="G1722" signs|strong="G4592" and|strong="G2532" marvels|strong="H4159", and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532", starting|strong="H4161" from|strong="G2532" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" and|strong="G2532" going|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1722" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G1722" Illyria, I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" told|strong="H5046" in|strong="G1722" full|strong="G4137" the|strong="G1722" good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547"; 
\verseNumber{20}yet|strong="G1161" always|strong="H3605" with|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1161" ambition|strong="G5389" to|strong="G2443" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="G1161" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" where|strong="G3699" Christ’s|strong="G5547" name|strong="G3687" had|strong="H3068" not|strong="G3756" previously|strong="H8543" been|strong="G3361" heard|strong="H8085", so|strong="G3779" as|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2443" avoid|strong="H6544" building|strong="G3618" on|strong="G1909" another’s|strong="H7453" foundations|strong="G2310". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2531" scripture|strong="G1125" says|strong="H0559" – ‘They|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" been|strong="G2532" proclaimed|strong="H7121" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" heard|strong="H8085" will|strong="G2532" understand|strong="G4920"!’ 

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\verseNumber{22}That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1352" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" often|strong="G4183" been|strong="G2532" prevented|strong="G1465" from|strong="G2064" coming|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1161" are|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3371" further|strong="G4183" openings|strong="H6607" for|strong="G4314" me|strong="G2192" in|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778" parts|strong="G5117", and|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" have|strong="G2192" for|strong="G4314" several|strong="G4183" years|strong="G2094" been|strong="G2192" longing|strong="G1974" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" whenever|strong="H3605" I|strong="G1161" may|strong="G2064" be|strong="G3588" going|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" Spain. 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G1063" my|strong="G5259" hope|strong="G1679" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" visit|strong="H6485" you|strong="G5210" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G5259" journey|strong="G4311", and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G2532" sent|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G5259" way|strong="G4198" by|strong="G5259" you|strong="G5210", after|strong="G5613" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" partly|strong="G3313" satisfied|strong="H7646" myself|strong="H0589" by|strong="G5259" seeing|strong="G2300" something|strong="H1697" of|strong="G5259" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{25}Just|strong="G3588" now|strong="G1161", however|strong="G1161", I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1519" my|strong="G3588" way|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", to|strong="G1519" take|strong="G1161" help|strong="H5826" to|strong="G1519" Christ’s people|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="G1063" Macedonia|strong="G3109" and|strong="G2532" Greece|strong="H3120" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" a|strong="G2532" collection|strong="H4864" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" poor|strong="G4434" among|strong="G1722" Christ’s people|strong="G4160" at|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". 
\verseNumber{27}Yes|strong="G1063", they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G1510" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532"; and|strong="G2532" indeed|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" duty|strong="H2992" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" owe|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588". For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" Gentile|strong="G1484" converts|strong="H7725" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" shared|strong="G2841" their|strong="G2532" spiritual|strong="G4152" blessings|strong="H1293" are|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" duty|strong="H2992" bound|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" minister|strong="G3008" to|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" things|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" world|strong="H8398". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" settled|strong="H3427" this|strong="G3778" matter|strong="H1697", and|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" secured|strong="H2388" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" poor|strong="H6041" at|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" enjoyment|strong="H2896" of|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3778" benefits|strong="H8408", I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" go|strong="G1519", by|strong="G1223" way|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" you|strong="G5210", to|strong="G1519" Spain|strong="G4681". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754", when|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210", it|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G5547" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" full|strong="G4138" measure|strong="H4058" of|strong="G1722" blessing|strong="G2129" from|strong="G2064" Christ|strong="G5547". 
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\verseNumber{30}I|strong="G1473" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210", then|strong="G2532", friends|strong="H7453", by|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962", and|strong="G2532" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" love|strong="H0157" inspired|strong="H7307" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151", to|strong="G4314" join|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" earnest|strong="H8085" prayer|strong="G4335" to|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316" on|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" behalf|strong="G5228". 
\verseNumber{31}Pray|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1473" may|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" rescued|strong="G4506" from|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1722" Judea|strong="G2449" who|strong="G3588" reject|strong="H3988" the|strong="G1722" faith|strong="H0539", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G1722" help|strong="H5826" which|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1473" am|strong="G1473" taking|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" may|strong="G2532" prove|strong="G1096" acceptable|strong="G2144" to|strong="G1519" Christ’s people|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{32}so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", God|strong="G2316" willing|strong="G2307", I|strong="G1223" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2316" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="G4314" come|strong="G2064" to|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" joyful|strong="G5479" heart|strong="H3820", and|strong="G2064" enjoy|strong="H7200" some|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G4875" among|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210". 
\verseNumber{33}May|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G3956" giver of|strong="G2316" peace|strong="G1515", be|strong="G3956" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956". Amen|strong="H0543". 
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\chapterNumber{16}I|strong="G1473" commend|strong="G4921" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" care|strong="H3027" our|strong="G2532" sister|strong="H0269", Phoebe|strong="G5402", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2532" minister|strong="G1249" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" church|strong="G1577" at|strong="G1722" Cenchreae; 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G2443" give|strong="G1096" her|strong="G1438" a|strong="G1096" Christian welcome|strong="G4327" – one|strong="G3739" worthy|strong="H4941" of|strong="G2532" Christ’s people|strong="G4183" – and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" aid her|strong="G1438" in|strong="G1722" any|strong="G2443" matter|strong="G4229" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" she|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" need|strong="G5535" your|strong="G2962" assistance|strong="H5833". She|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" proved|strong="G1096" herself|strong="G1438" a|strong="G1096" staunch friend|strong="H7453" and|strong="G2532" protector|strong="H6697" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" many|strong="G4183" others|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{3}Give|strong="G1473" my|strong="G1722" greeting to|strong="G2532" Prisca|strong="G4251" and|strong="G2532" Aquila, my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="G4904" workers|strong="G4904" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" cause|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" Jesus|strong="G2424", 
\verseNumber{4}who|strong="G3739" risked|strong="G5294" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" lives|strong="G5590" to|strong="G2532" save|strong="H3467" mine|strong="G1473". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" I|strong="G1473" alone|strong="G3441" who|strong="G3739" thank|strong="G2168" them|strong="G3588", but|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" churches|strong="G1577" among|strong="G1438" the|strong="G2532" Gentiles|strong="G1484" thank|strong="G2168" them|strong="G3588" also|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{5}Give|strong="G1473" my|strong="G1473" greeting, also|strong="G2532", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" church|strong="G1577" that|strong="G3739" meets|strong="H6293" at|strong="G1519" their|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624", as|strong="G1519" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1473" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453" Epaenetus|strong="G1866", one|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" Roman Asia|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" believe|strong="H0539" in|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547"; 
\verseNumber{6}to|strong="G1519" Mary|strong="G3137", who|strong="G3748" worked|strong="G2872" hard|strong="G4183" for|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210"; 
\verseNumber{7}to|strong="G2532" Andronicus and|strong="G2532" Junia|strong="G2458", fellow|strong="G4869" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="G2532" once|strong="G3739" my|strong="G1722" fellow|strong="G4869" prisoners|strong="G4869", who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" people|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2532" note|strong="G1978" among|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" apostles, and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" became|strong="G1096" Christians before|strong="G4253" I|strong="G1473" did|strong="G2532"; 
\verseNumber{8}to|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" dear|strong="H3357" Christian friend|strong="H7453" Ampliatus; 
\verseNumber{9}to|strong="G2532" Urban, our|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="G4904" worker|strong="G4904" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" cause|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453" Stachys|strong="G4720"; 
\verseNumber{10}to|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" tried|strong="G1384" and|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" Christian Apelles; to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" household|strong="H1004" of|strong="G1537" Aristobulus; 
\verseNumber{11}to|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" countryman|strong="H0251" Herodion|strong="G2267"; to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Christians in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" household|strong="H1004" of|strong="G1537" Narcissus|strong="G3488"; 
\verseNumber{12}to|strong="G2532" Tryphaena|strong="G5170" and|strong="G2532" Tryphosa|strong="G5173", who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" worked|strong="G2872" hard|strong="G4183" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Master|strong="G2962"; to|strong="G2532" my|strong="G1722" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453" Persis|strong="G4069", for|strong="G1722" she|strong="G2532" has|strong="G2962" done|strong="H6213" much|strong="G4183" hard|strong="G4183" work|strong="G2872" for|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Master|strong="G2962"; 
\verseNumber{13}to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" eminent|strong="H5089" Christian, Rufus|strong="G4504", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1722" mother|strong="G3384", who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2962" been|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" mother|strong="G3384" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" also|strong="G2532"; 
\verseNumber{14}to|strong="G2532" Asyncritus, Phlegon|strong="G5393", Hermes|strong="G2060", Patrobas|strong="G3969", Hermas|strong="G2057", and|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{15}also|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" Philologus|strong="G5378" and|strong="G2532" Julia|strong="G2456", Nereus|strong="G3517" and|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" sister|strong="H0269", and|strong="G2532" Olympas|strong="G3652", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Christ’s people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" with|strong="G4862" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}Greet|strong="H7592" one|strong="G3956" another|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1722" sacred|strong="H6944" kiss|strong="G5370". All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1722" churches|strong="G1577" of|strong="G1577" the|strong="G1722" Christ|strong="G5547" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" greetings. 
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\verseNumber{17}I|strong="G3739" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210", friends|strong="G3844", to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" guard|strong="G2532" against|strong="G3844" people|strong="G4160" who|strong="G3739", by|strong="G3844" disregarding the|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1322" which|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" received|strong="H3947", cause|strong="G4160" divisions|strong="G1370" and|strong="G2532" create|strong="H1254" difficulties; dissociate yourselves|strong="G4771" from|strong="G3844" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1063" such|strong="G5108" persons|strong="G5108" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" serving|strong="G1398" Christ|strong="G5547", our|strong="G2532" Master|strong="G2962", but|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" slaves|strong="G1398" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" appetites|strong="G2836"; and|strong="G2532", by|strong="G1223" their|strong="G1438" smooth|strong="G5542" words|strong="G5542" and|strong="G2532" flattery|strong="G2129", they|strong="G2532" deceive|strong="G1818" simple-minded|strong="H6612" people|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{19}Everyone|strong="G3956" has|strong="G1510" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="G1909" your|strong="G3956" ready|strong="H3559" obedience|strong="G5218". It|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" true|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" I|strong="G1161" am|strong="G1510" very|strong="G3588" happy|strong="H0835" about|strong="G1909" you|strong="G5210", but|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" want|strong="G2309" you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" well|strong="G1063" versed in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" good|strong="G3956", and|strong="G1161" innocent|strong="H5355" of|strong="G1909" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" bad|strong="G2556". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1722" giver of|strong="G5259" peace|strong="G1515", will|strong="G2316" before|strong="G1722" long|strong="H0753" crush|strong="G4937" Satan|strong="G4567" under|strong="G5259" your|strong="G2962" feet|strong="G4228". 
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May|strong="G5547" the|strong="G1722" blessing|strong="G5485" of|strong="G5259" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962", be|strong="G2316" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210". 
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\verseNumber{21}Timothy|strong="G5095", my|strong="G1473" fellow|strong="G4904" worker|strong="G4904", sends|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" his|strong="G2532" greetings, and|strong="G2532" Lucius|strong="G3066", Jason|strong="G2394", and|strong="G2532" Sosipater|strong="G4989", my|strong="G1473" countrymen|strong="H0251", send|strong="H7971" theirs|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="G1473" Tertius|strong="G5060", who|strong="G3588" am|strong="G1473" writing|strong="G1125" this|strong="G3588" letter|strong="G1992", send|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" my|strong="G1722" Christian greeting. 
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\verseNumber{23}My|strong="G1473" host|strong="G3581" Gaius|strong="G1050", who|strong="G3588" extends|strong="H7337" his|strong="G2532" hospitality to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="G3650" church|strong="G1577", sends|strong="H7971" you|strong="G5210" his|strong="G2532" greeting; and|strong="G2532" Erastus|strong="G2037", the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" treasurer|strong="G3623", and|strong="G2532" Quartus|strong="G2890", our|strong="G2532" dear|strong="H3357" friend|strong="H7453", add|strong="H3254" theirs|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{24}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{16.24  }Some later manuscripts add: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.} 
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\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="G1161" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" strengthen|strong="G4741" you|strong="G5210", as|strong="G1161" promised|strong="H1696" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G3588" news|strong="G2098" entrusted|strong="H6485" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" proclamation|strong="G2782" of|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" revelation|strong="H1540" of|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" hidden|strong="H5641" purpose|strong="H6098", which|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" past|strong="H5674" ages|strong="G5550" was|strong="G3588" kept|strong="G4601" secret|strong="G4601" but|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" has|strong="G5547" been|strong="G2532" revealed|strong="H1540" 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="G1161", in|strong="G1519" obedience|strong="G5218" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" command|strong="G2003" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" immortal God|strong="G2316", made|strong="G1107" known|strong="G1107" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" writings of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" prophets|strong="G4397" to|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" nations|strong="G1484", to|strong="G1519" secure|strong="H0982" submission|strong="H1844" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102" – 
\verseNumber{27}to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", I|strong="G3739" say|strong="G1223", the|strong="G1519" wise|strong="G4680" and|strong="G2316" only|strong="G3441" God|strong="G2316", be|strong="G1519" ascribed|strong="H5414", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", all|strong="G3588" glory|strong="G1391" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2316" ever|strong="G1519". Amen|strong="H0543".
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