\NormalFont\ShortTitle{ROMANS}
{\MTB This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Rome. We call this book
\par }{\MT Romans

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Romans 1:1-7
\par }{\SH I, Paul, an apostle whom God appointed to proclaim the good message about Jesus Christ, am writing this letter to all you believers who are in Rome. I pray that God will continue to act kindly toward you and grant you peace.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
I}},
Paul,
who
serve
Christ
Jesus,
{\ADD{
am
writing
this
letter}}.
God
chose
me
to
be
an apostle,
and
I
was
appointed
by
him $\{$he
appointed
me$\}$
in
order
that
{\ADD{
I
should
proclaim}} ◄the
good
message/the
gospel►
that
{\ADD{
comes
from
him}}.
\VS{2}Long
before
{\ADD{Jesus
came
to
earth,
God}}
promised
{\ADD{
that
he
would
reveal}}
this
good
message
by
means
of
what
his
prophets
{\ADD{
wrote}}
in
the
sacred
Scriptures.
\VS{3}This
good
message
is
{\ADD{
about
the
one
whom
we
know
as}}
his
Son.
As
to
his
Son’s
physical/human nature,
he
was
born
a
descendant
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David.
\VS{4}As
to
his
divine nature,
it
was
shown $\{${\ADD{
God}}
showed$\}$ powerfully
that
he
is ◄God’s
own
Son/the
man
who
is
also
God►.
{\ADD{
God}}
showed
this
by
his
Holy
Spirit
causing
him
to
become
alive
again
after
he
died.
He
is
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
\VS{5}He
is
the
one
who
appointed
me,
who
did
not
deserve
it,
{\ADD{
to
be}}
an apostle.
He
did
that
in
order
that
{\ADD{
many}}
among
the non-Jews
would
honor
{\ADD{
him}}
and
would
obey
him
as
a
result
of
their
believing
{\ADD{
my
message
about
him}}.
\VS{6}You
{\ADD{believers}}
who
are
living
in Rome
{\ADD{
city}}
are
included
among
those
whom
God
has
chosen
to
belong
to
Jesus
Christ.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
I
am
writing
this
letter}}
to
all
of
{\ADD{
you
in
Rome}}
whom
God
loves
and
whom
he
has
chosen
{\ADD{
to
become
his}}
people.
{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
God
our
Father
and
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
will
{\ADD{
continue
to}}
act
kindly
toward
you
and
{\ADD{
will
continue
to}}
cause
you
to
have
{\ADD{
inner}}
peace.
\par }{\SH I
thank
God
that
people
everywhere
are
talking
about
how
you believers
in
Rome
are
trusting
Jesus
Christ.
I
pray
that
God
will
permit
me
to
visit
you
soon.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
have
longed
to
visit
you,
but
things
have
always
prevented
me
from
doing
that.
I
am
eager
to
proclaim
the gospel
to
you
who
are
living
at
Rome
also.
\par }{\SR Romans 1:8-15
\par }{\PP \VS{8}As
I
begin
{\ADD{
this
letter}},
I
thank
my
God
for
all
you
{\ADD{believers
in Rome}}.
It
is
because
of
{\ADD{
what}}
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done
for
us
that}}
I
{\ADD{
am
able
to
do
that}}.
I
thank
him
because
your
trusting
{\ADD{
in
Jesus
Christ}}
is
something
that
people
all
over
{\ADD{
the Roman
Empire}} [HYP]
are
talking
about.
\VS{9}God,
whom
I devotedly
serve
as
I
{\ADD{
proclaim
to
people}}
the
gospel
concerning
his
Son,
knows
that
I
tell
the
truth
when
I
say
that
I
always
mention
you
whenever [DOU]
I
pray
{\ADD{
to
God}} [HYP].
\VS{10}I
especially
ask
God
that
if
he
desires
{\ADD{
me
to
visit
you}},
somehow
at
last
I
shall
be
able
to
do
so.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
I
pray
this}}
because
I
long
to
visit
you
to
help
you spiritually,
in
order
that
you
will
become
stronger
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
\VS{12}I
long
to
visit
you
in
order
that
you
and
I
might
encourage
each
other
{\ADD{
by
means
of
our
sharing
with
each
other}}
how
each
of
us
trusts
{\ADD{
in
Jesus}}.
\VS{13}My
fellow believers,
many
times
I
planned
to
visit
you.
I
certainly
want
you
to
know [LIT]
that.
{\ADD{
But
I
have
not
been
able
to
come
to
you
because}}
I
have
been
hindered $\{${\ADD{
things}}
have
always
prevented
me$\}$
until
the
present
time.
I
have
wanted
to
come
in
order
that
I
might
help
you
to mature spiritually [IDM],
as
{\ADD{
I
have
helped
people
to mature spiritually}}
in
many
other non-Jewish
groups [HYP].
\VS{14}I
feel obliged
{\ADD{
to
proclaim
the gospel
to
all non-Jewish
people}},
specifically
to
{\ADD{
people
who
know}}
the
Greek
{\ADD{
language
and culture}}
and
to
those
who
do
not
know
it,
to
people
who
are
educated
and
to
those
who
are uneducated.
\VS{15}So
what
I
have
eagerly
desired
is
that
I
might
proclaim
this
good
message
to
you
who
are
living
in
Rome
also.
\par }{\SH I
very
confidently
proclaim
the
good
message
about
what Christ
has
done,
both
to
Jews
and non-Jews,
because
by
that
message
God
reveals
his
way
of
declaring
all
people
righteous.
\par }{\SR Romans 1:16-17
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
That
leads
me
to
say
that}}
I
very
confidently
proclaim [LIT]
the
good
message
{\ADD{
about
what Christ
has
done}},
because
this
good
message
is
the
powerful
{\ADD{
means}}
that
God
{\ADD{
uses}}
to
save
{\ADD{
from
the
guilt
of
their
sins}}
all
people
who
trust
{\ADD{
in
what Christ
has
done
for
them}}.
Specifically,
God
first
has
saved
the
Jews
{\ADD{
who
believe
the
good
message}},
and
then
he
has
saved non-Jews.
\VS{17}By
means
of
this
good
message
God
reveals
how
he erases
the
record
of
people’s
sins (OR,
declares
people
no
longer
guilty
for
having
sinned);
and
his
doing
this
is
entirely
because [IDM]
they
trust
{\ADD{
in Christ.
This
is
confirmed}}
by
what
{\ADD{
a
prophet
long
ago}}
wrote
{\ADD{
that
God
said}}, “Those ◄whose
record
of
sin
{\ADD{
I}}
have erased/whom
{\ADD{
I}}
have
declared
no
longer
guilty
for
sin►
because
they
trust
{\ADD{
in
me}}
will
live
{\ADD{
forever}}.”
\par }{\SH God
is
making
it
clear
to
all non-Jewish
people
who
are
godless
and
wicked
that
he
is
angry
with
them.
\par }{\SR Romans 1:18
\par }{\PP \VS{18}From
{\ADD{
where
God
rules
in}}
heaven
he
is
making
it
clear
to
all
{\ADD{non-Jewish}}
people
who
show
no
respect
for
God
and
who
do
wicked
things,
that
he
is
angry
with
them
{\ADD{
and
that
they
deserve
to
be
punished}} $\{${\ADD{
that
he
would
punish
them}}$\}$ [MTY].
By
means
of
{\ADD{
their
behaving}}
wickedly,
they
keep
other
people
{\ADD{
from believing
what
they
know}}
to
be
true
{\ADD{
about
God}}.
\par }{\SH Everyone
can
clearly
know
what
God
is
like;
so
no
one
has
a
basis
for
saying, “We
never
knew
about
God.”
\par }{\SR Romans 1:19-23
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
Everyone}}
can
clearly
know
what
God
{\ADD{
is
like}},
because
God
himself
has
revealed
to
everyone
{\ADD{
what
he
is
like}}.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
People}}
cannot
see
what
God
is
like.
But
ever
since
he
created
the
world,
by
means
of
what
he
created
he
has
clearly
revealed
what
he
is
like.
He
has
made
clear
to
everyone
that
he
has
always
been
able
to
do
very
powerful
things.
{\ADD{
Therefore,
we
should
recognize
that}}
God
is
powerful,
{\ADD{
completely
different
from
all
that
he
created}}.
So
no
one
has
a
basis
for
saying,
{\ADD{“We
never
knew
about
God}}.”
\VS{21}Although
{\ADD{
the non-Jews}}
knew
what
God
{\ADD{
is
like}},
they
did
not
honor
him
as
God,
nor
did
they
thank
{\ADD{
him
for
what
he
had
done}}.
But
instead,
they
began
to
think
foolish
{\ADD{
things
about
him}},
and
they
became
unable
to
understand [MET]
{\ADD{
what
he
wanted
them
to
know}}.
\VS{22}Although
they
claimed
that
they
were
wise,
they
became
foolish,
\VS{23}and
they
refused
to
{\ADD{
admit
that}}
God
is
glorious
and
will
never
die.
Instead,
they
made
and
worshipped
idols
{\ADD{
that
resembled
people
who}}
will
some
day
die,
and
{\ADD{
then
they
made
other
idols
that
resembled}}
birds
and
four-footed
animals,
and
{\ADD{
finally}}
they
made
idols
that
resembled
reptiles.
\par }{\SH So
God
let
the non-Jewish
people
feel
compelled
to
do
disgraceful
things,
which
resulted
in
their dishonoring
their
bodies sexually.
He
did
this
because
they
worshipped
idols
and
things
that
were
created
instead
of
worshipping
God.
As
a
result
of
both
men
and
women
having unnatural
sexual
relations,
they
have
been
punished
as
they
deserve.
\par }{\SR Romans 1:24-27
\par }{\PP \VS{24}So
God
allowed
{\ADD{
the non-Jews}}
do immoral
sexual
things
that
they [SYN]
strongly
desired,
things
{\ADD{
that
their
desires
were compelling
them
to
do}}.
As
a
result,
they
{\ADD{
began
to}}
dishonor
each other’s
bodies
{\ADD{
by
their
sexual
actions}}.
\VS{25}Also,
they
{\ADD{
chose
to
worship}}
false
{\ADD{
gods}}
instead ◄of
admitting/of
choosing
to
believe►
what
is
true
{\ADD{
about}}
God.
They
worshipped
and
served
things
{\ADD{
that
God}}
created
instead
of
{\ADD{
worshipping
and
serving
God
himself}},
the
one
who
created
{\ADD{
everything.
They
did
this
even
though}}
he
{\ADD{
deserves
that
those
he
created}}
would
forever
praise
him.
Amen!/May
it
be
so!
\par }{\PP \VS{26}So,
God
allowed
{\ADD{
the non-Jews
to
do}}
shameful
{\ADD{
sexual}}
things
that
they
{\ADD{
strongly}}
desired.
As
a
result,
many
women
did
not
have
natural
sexual
relations
{\ADD{
with
their
husbands}} [EUP].
Instead,
they
were
doing
sexual
actions
with
other
women [EUP].
\VS{27}Similarly,
{\ADD{
many}}
men
stopped
having/did
not
have
natural
sexual
relations
with
women [EUP].
Instead,
they
strongly
desired
to
have
sexual
relations
with
other
men.
They
committed
{\ADD{homosexual}}
acts
with
other
men,
acts
that
were
shameful.
As
a
result,
{\ADD{
God
has}}
punished
them
{\ADD{
by
sicknesses}}
in
their
bodies,
which
is
what
they
deserve
{\ADD{
because}}
they
{\ADD{
thought}} wrongly
{\ADD{
that
God
would
not
punish
them
for
doing
that}}.
\par }{\SH The
result
of
God’s
letting
people
become obsessed
by
their
own
depraved
thoughts
was
that
they
themselves
began
to
do
all
manner
of
evil
things
that
God
says
are
improper.
They
even
approve
of
others
doing
such
things.
\par }{\SR Romans 1:28-32
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Furthermore,
because
they
decided
that
it
was
not
{\ADD{worthwhile}}
to
know
God,
he
allowed
their
own
worthless
thoughts
{\ADD{
to
completely
control
them}}.
As
a
result,
they
began
doing
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
{\ADD{
God
says
that
people}}
should
not
do.
\VS{29}They
strongly
desire
to
do
all
{\ADD{
kinds
of}}
unrighteous
{\ADD{
things}}.
They
strongly
desire
to
do
all
{\ADD{
kinds
of}}
evil
things
{\ADD{
to
others}}.
They
strongly
desire
to
possess
things
that
{\ADD{
belong
to
others}}.
They
strongly
desire
to
harm
{\ADD{
others}}
in
various
ways.
{\ADD{
Many non-Jews}}
are
constantly
envying
{\ADD{
other
people.
Many}}
constantly
desire
to
murder
{\ADD{
people.
Many}}
constantly
desire
to
cause
strife
{\ADD{
between
people.
Many}}
constantly
desire
to
deceive
{\ADD{
others.
Many}}
constantly
desire
to
speak
hatefully
{\ADD{
about
others}} (OR,
{\ADD{
to
speak
harmful
things
about
others,
things
that
are
not
true}}).
{\ADD{
Many}}
gossip
{\ADD{
about
others}}.
\VS{30}{\ADD{
Many}}
slander
{\ADD{
others.
Many}}
act
especially
hatefully
toward
God.
{\ADD{
Many}}
speak
or
act
in
an insulting
way
{\ADD{
toward
others.
Many}}
treat
others
contemptuously.
{\ADD{
Many}}
boast
{\ADD{
about
themselves
to
others.
Many}}
invent
new
ways
to
do
evil
things.
{\ADD{
Many non-Jewish
children}}
disobey
their
parents.
\VS{31}{\ADD{
Many non-Jews}}
act
in
other
morally
foolish
ways.
{\ADD{
Many}}
do
not
do
what
they
promised
{\ADD{
others
that
they
would
do.
Many}}
do
not
{\ADD{
even}}
love
{\ADD{
their
own
family
members.
And
many}}
do
not
act mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
other
people}}.
\VS{32}Although
they
know
that
God
has
declared
that
those
who
do
such
things
deserve
to
be
killed,
they
not
only habitually
do
these
{\ADD{
kinds
of
evil}}
things,
but
they
also
approve
of
others
who habitually
do
them.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Any one of you Jews who condemns non-Jews for doing evil will be condemned by God, because you also do the same evil things.
\par }{\SR Romans 2:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
God
will
severely
punish non-Jewish
people
who habitually
do
evil
things,
because
he
has
clearly
revealed
that
he
is
angry
with
them}}.
So,
{\ADD{
when
God
judges
people}},
he
will
not excuse
any
one
of
you
Jews
{\ADD{
to
whom
I
am
writing}}.
You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
say
that
{\ADD{
God
should}}
punish
{\ADD{non-Jews
for
doing
evil
things}}.
But
when
any
one
of
you
says
that,
it
is
you
yourself
whom
you
are
saying
that
God
should
punish,
because
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
do
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
same
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
{\ADD{
that
the non-Jews
do}}.
\VS{2}We
know
very
well
that
God
will
judge
and
punish
fairly
{\ADD{non-Jewish}}
people
who
do
such
{\ADD{
evil}}
things.
\VS{3}So,
you
who
{\ADD{
say
God
should
punish}}
others
for
doing
evil
things
yet
you
do
evil
things
yourself, ◄you
should
certainly
not
think
that
you
yourself
will
be
able
to
escape
from
being
punished
by
God!/do
you
think
that
you
yourself
will
be
able
to
escape
from
being
punished
by
God?► [RHQ]
\VS{4}And
you
should
not
say, “God
is
acting
very tolerantly
and
patiently
toward
me,
{\ADD{
so
I
do
not
need
to
stop
sinning}} [DOU].” ◄You
should
realize
that
God
is
acting
in
a
kind
manner
{\ADD{
toward
you}}
in
order
to
encourage
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
to
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior!/Do
you
not
realize
that
God
is
acting
in
a
kind
manner
{\ADD{
toward
you}}
in
order
to
encourage
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
to
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior?► [RHQ]
\VS{5}But
instead,
by
your
stubbornly
refusing
to
turn
away
from
your
sinful
behavior [DOU],
you
are
causing [MET]
God
to
punish
you
even
more
severely.
{\ADD{
He
will
do
that}}
at
the
time
when
he
shows
that
he
is
angry
and
judges
people
fairly.
\par }{\SH Because
God
is
not
influenced
by
a
person’s
status,
he
will
pay
back
each
person
according
to
what
that
person
has
done.
\par }{\SR Romans 2:6-11
\par }{\PP \VS{6}God
will
pay
back
everyone
according
to
{\ADD{
what
they
deserve
for}}
what
they
have
done.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
Specifically}},
some
people,
by
continuing
to
doing
good
things,
strive
to
be
highly
honored
{\ADD{
by
God}} [DOU]
and
to
receive
a
life
that
will
not
end.
{\ADD{
God
will
reward
them
by enabling
them}}
to
live
forever.
\VS{8}But
some
people
act
in
a
selfish
way
and
refuse
to
believe
that
{\ADD{
what
God
says
is}}
true,
and
they
do
the
things
that
{\ADD{
God
says}}
are
wrong.
{\ADD{
God
will}}
punish
them
very
severely [DOU, MTY].
\VS{9}He
will
cause
everyone
who habitually
does
evil
deeds
to
suffer
greatly,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that
they
will
become
severely}}
distressed [DOU].
This
certainly
will
happen
to
the
Jews
{\ADD{
who
refuse
to
accept
God’s
message,
because
God
gave
them
the privilege
to
be
his
special
people}},
but
it
will
also
happen
to
the non-Jews.
\VS{10}But
{\ADD{
God
will}}
greatly
reward spiritually [MET, DOU]
every
person
who habitually
does
good
deeds.
He
will
{\ADD{
certainly}}
do
this
for
the
Jews
{\ADD{
because
God
chose
them
as
his
special
people}},
but
he
will
also
do
it
for
the non-Jews.
\VS{11}God
{\ADD{
will
do
this
fairly}},
because
people’s
status
does
not
influence
him.
\par }{\SH All non-Jews
and
all non-Jews
will
be
eternally
separated
from
God
for
their
sin,
since
it
is
only
those
who
have
continually
obeyed
his
laws
whom
God
will
justify.
\par }{\SR Romans 2:12-16
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Although
{\ADD{non-Jews
do
not
have}}
the
laws
that
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses}},
all
{\ADD{non-Jews}}
who
sin
will
be
eternally
separated
from
God.
He
will
{\ADD{
not
consider
whether
or
not
they
knew}}
the
laws
that
he
{\ADD{
gave
to
Moses}}.
And
all
the
{\ADD{
Jews}}
who
have
sinned
in
spite
of
knowing
the
laws
that
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses
will
also
be
punished}} $\{${\ADD{
God
will
also
punish
them}}$\}$.
{\ADD{
They
will
be
punished
for disobeying}}
God’s
laws.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
It
is
right
for
them
to
be
punished}} $\{${\ADD{
God
to
punish
them}}$\}$
{\ADD{
because}}
it
is
not
those
who
{\ADD{
merely}}
know
God’s
laws
whom
he
considers
to
be
righteous.
On
the
contrary,
it
is
only
those
who
continually
have
obeyed
{\ADD{
all}} ◄of
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws/of
the
laws
that
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses}}► ◄whom
God
will
consider
righteous/whose
record
of
sins
God
will erase►.
\VS{14}Whenever
the non-Jews,
who
do
not
have
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses}}, naturally
obey
those
laws,
{\ADD{
they
prove
that}}
they
have
a
law
within
their
own
minds,
even
though
they
do
not
have
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{15}They
show
that
they
know
in
their
own
minds
what
God
{\ADD{
commands
in
his}}
laws [MET],
as
each
person
in
his
very
own
conscience
either
accuses
or excuses/defends
himself
{\ADD{
concerning
his
own
behavior}}.
\VS{16}God
{\ADD{
will
punish
people}}
at
the
time
when
he
will
judge
them
according
to
what
they
have
thought
and
done.
He
will
judge
them
{\ADD{
even}}
for
the
things
that
they
have
done
secretly.
He
will
judge
people
by
{\ADD{authorizing}}
Christ
Jesus
{\ADD{
to
judge
them}}.
This
is
{\ADD{
what
I
tell
people
when}}
I
preach
the
gospel
to
them.
\par }{\SH It
is
disgusting
that
any
one
of
you
who
has
all
the advantages
of
being
a
Jew
would
disobey
God’s
law
and,
by
doing
so,
insult
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 2:17-24
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
Now
I
have
something
to
say
to
any
one
of}}
you
{\ADD{
Jews
to
whom
I
am
writing}}:
You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
boast
about
yourself
saying, “I
am
a
Jew.”
You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
trust
{\ADD{
that
God
will
save
you
because
you
possess}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
he
gave
to
Moses}}.
You
boast
that
{\ADD{
you
belong
to}}
God.
\VS{18}You
know
what
God
desires.
Because
you
have
been
taught $\{${\ADD{
people}}
have
taught
you$\}$
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws,
you
are
able
to
know
which
things
are
right
and
to
choose
to
do
them.
\VS{19}You
are
certain
that
you
{\ADD{
are
able
to}}
show
{\ADD{
God’s
truth
to non-Jews}},
as
guides
{\ADD{
show
the
road}}
to
those
who
are
blind [MET].
You
are
certain
that
by
what
you
say
you
can
show
God’s
way
to
the
{\ADD{non-Jews
who
do
not
understand
it}},
as
a
light
shows
the
way
to
{\ADD{
those
who
walk
in}}
the
darkness [MET, DOU].
\VS{20}{\ADD{
You
are
certain
that
you}}
can
instruct/correct
{\ADD{non-Jews,
whom
you
consider}}
foolish
{\ADD{
because
of
their
not
understanding
God’s
message}}.
Because
you
have
in
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws
a
{\ADD{
written}}
expression
of
true
knowledge [HEN],
you
are
certain
that
you
can
teach
{\ADD{
people
who,
being
like}}
children,
do
not
know
{\ADD{
God’s
truth}} [MET].
\VS{21}{\ADD{
Since
you
claim
that
you
have
all
these advantages
because
you
are
a
Jew}}, ◄it
is
disgusting
that
you
who
teach
other
people
{\ADD{
that
they
should
obey
the
laws
God
gave
Moses}}
do
not
{\ADD{
obey
the
laws
that
you}}
yourself
teach!/why
is
it
that
you
who
teach
other
people
{\ADD{
that
they
should
obey
the
laws
God
gave
Moses}}
do
not
{\ADD{
obey
the
laws
that
you}}
yourself
teach?► [RHQ]
You
who
preach
that
people
should
not
steal
things,
it
is
disgusting
that
you
yourself
steal
things! [RHQ]
\VS{22}You
who
command
people
not
to
have
sexual
relations
with
someone
to
whom
they
are
not
married,
it
is
disgusting
that
you
commit
adultery
yourself! [RHQ]
You
who
detest
idols,
it
is
disgusting
that
you
rob
temples
{\ADD{
where
people
worship
idols}}! [RHQ]
\VS{23}You
who
boast
saying, “{\ADD{
I
have
God’s}}
laws,”
it
is
disgusting
that
you
disobey
those
same
laws! [RHQ]
As
a
result
you
are insulting
God!
\VS{24}{\ADD{
You
must
not
be
like
our
ancestors,
about
whom}}
were
written
{\ADD{
these
words
in
the Scriptures:}} “The non-Jews
speak
evil
about
God
because
of
{\ADD{
the
evil
actions
of}}
many
of
you
{\ADD{
Jews}}.”
The non-Jews
say
God
must
be
a
hypocrite
if
he condones
the
behavior
of
people
like
you.
\par }{\SH God
will
consider non-Jews
acceptable
to
him
if
they
obey
his
laws,
and
such non-Jews
will
declare
God
is
right
in
condemning
those
who
disobey
his
laws,
because
it
is
only
those
who
are
changed
inwardly
who
are
true
Jews
and
acceptable
to
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 2:25-29
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Any
one
of
you
who
{\ADD{
is}}
circumcised
{\ADD{
to
show
that
he
belongs
to
God}}
can
benefit
from
that
if
he
obeys
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
But
if
you
{\ADD{(sg),
a
circumcised
person}},
disobey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws,
{\ADD{
God
will
consider
that}}
you
who
are
circumcised
are
no
better
{\ADD{
in
God’s
sight}}
than
{\ADD{
someone
who
is}}
not
circumcised.
\VS{26}This
means
that
God
will
certainly
consider
that
even
{\ADD{non-Jews
who
are}}
not
circumcised
can
become
his
people
if
they
obey
the
things
that
he
commanded
in
his
laws. [RHQ]
\VS{27}{\ADD{
If
any
one
of}}
you disobeys
God’s
laws,
even
though
{\ADD{
you(sg)
have}}
the
Scriptures
and
even
though
someone
has
circumcised
you $\{$you
are
circumcised$\}$
{\ADD{
God
will
punish
you}}.
And
those
people
who
are
not
circumcised,
but
who
obey
God’s
laws,
{\ADD{
will
declare
that
God
is
right}}
when
he
says
that
he
will
punish
you.
\VS{28}It
is
not
those
who
perform rituals
{\ADD{
to
show
they
are
God’s
people}}
who
are
{\ADD{
true}}
Jews,
and
it
is
not
being
circumcised
in
their
bodies
{\ADD{
that
causes
God
to
accept
them}} [MTY].
\VS{29}On
the
contrary,
we
whom
{\ADD{
God
has
changed}}
inwardly
are
{\ADD{
true}}
Jews [MTY].
And
{\ADD{
God
has
accepted
us
because
we
have
allowed
God’s}}
Spirit
to
change
our
hearts,
not
because
we
perform rituals.
Even
if
{\ADD{
other}}
people
will
not
praise
us
{\ADD{
for
that
change}},
God
will
praise
us.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH My reply to the objection that there is no advantage in being a Jew or being circumcised is that there is much advantage, especially since God entrusted his promises to us. My reply to the objection that God has not kept his promise is that he certainly has, for his promises are always true. My reply to the objection that it is not right for God to punish us Jews is that it certainly is right for him to punish us, because if God did not judge us Jews he could not judge anyone.
\par }{\SR Romans 3:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Someone
may
object
to
this,
saying}}, “{\ADD{
If
being
circumcised
does
not
cause
God
to
accept
us
Jews}}, ◄there
is
no
advantage
in
being
a
Jew
{\ADD{
over
being
a non-Jew}}./is
there
any
advantage
in
being
a
Jew
{\ADD{
over
being
a non-Jew}}?► [RHQ]
Being
circumcised
does
not
benefit
{\ADD{
us
Jews
at
all}}!”
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
being
Jews}}
benefits
{\ADD{
us}}
in
many
ways [HYP].
First
of
all,
it
benefits
us
because
it
was
to
{\ADD{
our
ancestors}}
that
God’s
words,
{\ADD{
words
that
contain
his
promises}},
were
given $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}}
gave
his
words,
{\ADD{
words
that
contain
his
promises}}$\}$.
\VS{3}Many
{\ADD{
Jews
did
not
obey
God
as
they
promised
that
they
would.
So
someone
might
ask}}, “Does
their
not
being
faithful
mean
that
God
will
not
{\ADD{
bless
us
Jews}}
as
he
promised
{\ADD{
that
he
would}}?”
\VS{4}{\ADD{
I
would
reply}}, “No,
it
certainly
does
not
mean
that!
God
always
does
{\ADD{
what
he
has
promised}},
even
though
{\ADD{
people
do
not}}.
All
those
who
accuse
God
{\ADD{
of
not
keeping
his
promises
to
us
Jews}}
are
very mistaken.”
{\ADD{
What
King
David
wrote
about
God’s
justly
saying
that
he
would
punish
him
for
his
sins
is
also
true
of
those
who
accuse
God
of
not
keeping
his
promises.
What
he
said
to
God
was}}, “So
everyone
must
acknowledge
that
what
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
have
said
{\ADD{
about
them}} (OR,
{\ADD{
their
sin}})
is
true,
and
you
will
always
win
the
case
when
you
are
accused $\{$when
{\ADD{
people}}
accuse
you$\}$.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
if
we
{\ADD{
Jews’}}
being
wicked [PRS]
shows
that
it
is
right
that
God
{\ADD{
does
not
bless
us}},
what
shall
we
say/conclude?
Shall
we conclude
that
it
is
not
right
for
God
to
be
angry
{\ADD{
and
punish
us
Jews}} [MTY]?
I
{\ADD{
should
not
be
saying
these
things}},
{\ADD{
but}}
I
am
speaking
as
ordinary humans
{\ADD{
speak}}.
\VS{6}We
should
certainly
not
{\ADD{
conclude
that
God
should
not
judge
us}},
because
if
God
{\ADD{
did
not
judge
us
Jews}}, ◄it
would
not
possibly
be
right
for
him
to
judge
{\ADD{
anyone
in}}
the
world [MTY]!/how
could
he
judge
{\ADD{
anyone
in}}
the
world?► [MTY, RHQ]
\VS{7}But
{\ADD{
someone
might
object
and
say
to
me}}, “The
fact
that
God
truly
{\ADD{
keeps
his
promises}}
becomes
very
clear/evident
because
of
my
not
doing
{\ADD{
what
God
has
commanded}}.
But
the
result
is
that
people
praise
God!
So ◄God
should
no
longer
say
that
I
should
be
punished $\{$that
{\ADD{
he}}
should
punish
me$\}$
on
account
of
my
having
sinned!/why
should
God
still
say
that
I
should
be
punished $\{$that
{\ADD{
he}}
should
punish
me$\}$
on
account
of
my
having
sinned?► [RHQ]
\VS{8}{\ADD{
If
what
you,
Paul,
say
is
true}},
then ◄we
might
as
well/it
is
all
right
for
us
to►
do
evil
things
in
order
that
good
things
{\ADD{
like
that}}
will
result!
For
example,
{\ADD{
then
people
will
praise
God}}!”
Some
people
speak
evil
about
me
by
their
{\ADD{
falsely}}
saying
that
I
say
{\ADD{
such
things.
God}}
will
fairly/justly
punish
{\ADD{
people
who
say
such
things
about
me}}!
\par }{\SH My
reply
to
a query
about
whether
God
will
treat
Jews
more
favorably
than non-Jews
is
no,
because
the Scriptures
make
clear
that
all
people
are
condemned
by
God
for
their
sin.
\par }{\SR Romans 3:9-18
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
If
someone
would
ask}}, “{\ADD{
Shall
we conclude
that
God}}
will
treat
us
{\ADD{
Jews}}
more
favorably
{\ADD{
and
will
treat}}
the non-Jews
less
{\ADD{
favorably}} [RHQ]?”
{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
we
can}}
certainly
not
{\ADD{conclude
that}}!
I
have
already
shown
you
that
all
people,
the
Jews
and
also
the non-Jews,
have
sinned
and
{\ADD{
so
they
deserve
to
be
punished}} $\{${\ADD{
that
God
will
punish
them}}$\}$ [PRS].
\VS{10}{\ADD{
The
following
words}}
that
are
written $\{$prophets
have
written$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
support
this}},
\par }{\PP No
person
is
righteous.
There
is
not
even
one
righteous
person!
\VS{11}There
is
no
one
who
understands
{\ADD{
how
to
live
properly}} (OR,
{\ADD{
about
God}}).
There
is
no
one
who
seeks/desires
{\ADD{
to
know}}
God!
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Absolutely
everyone
has
turned
away [MET]
{\ADD{
from
God}}.
God
considers
them
depraved (OR,
Everyone
has
become
useless
{\ADD{
to
God}}).
There
is
no
one
who
acts
righteously;
no,
there
is
not
even
one!
\par }{\Q \VS{13}What
people
say [MTY]
{\ADD{
is
foul/bad,
like
the
smell
that
comes
from}}
a
grave
that
has
been $\{$that
{\ADD{
people}}
have$\}$
opened [MET].
{\ADD{
By
what
people
say}} [MTY],
they
deceive
people.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
By
what
they
say}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
they
injure
people,
just
like}}
the
poison
of
snakes
{\ADD{
injures
people}} [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
are
continually ◄cursing/asking
God
to
do
harmful
things
to►
others
and
saying ◄cruel/harsh/hateful►
things [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{15}They ◄go
quickly/are
eager►
to
murder
people [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Wherever
they
go,
they
ruin
everything
and
make
{\ADD{
people}}
miserable [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{17}They
have
not/never
known
how
{\ADD{
to
live}}
peacefully
{\ADD{
with
other
people}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}They
absolutely
refuse
to
fear/reverence
God [SYN]!
\par }{\SH In
summary,
no
one
is
able
to
object
to
God’s condemnation;
everyone
has
been
declared
guilty
by
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 3:19-20
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Furthermore,
we
know
that
it
is
to
{\ADD{
Jewish}}
people,
{\ADD{
who
are}}
required
to
obey
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws,
that
Moses
wrote
those
laws [PRS].
{\ADD{
We
can infer
from
this
that}}
there
are
no
{\ADD{
Jews
or non-Jews}} [SYN]
who
are
able
to
say
anything
{\ADD{
in
reply
to
God’s
saying
that
he
will
punish
them
for
having
sinned}}.
God
has
declared
everyone
in
the
world [MTY]
guilty!
\VS{20}It
is
not
because
people
have
done
the
things
that
God’s
laws
{\ADD{
require}}
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will ◄erase
the
record
of
their
sins/declare
them
no
longer
guilty
for
sin►,
{\ADD{
because
no
one
has
done
those
things
completely}}.
In
fact,
the
result
of
{\ADD{
our
knowing
God’s}}
laws
is
that
we
know
clearly
that
we
have
sinned (OR,
are
sinful).
\par }{\SH Now
God erases
the
record
of
sins
of
everyone,
Jew
and non-Jew,
who
trusts
in
what
Jesus Christ
has
done
for
them.
God
presented Christ
as
the
one
who
would
atone
for
sins
by
dying
on
the
cross.
\par }{\SR Romans 3:21-26
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
God’s ◄erasing
the
record
of
our
sins/declaring
us
no
longer
guilty►
does
not
depend
on
{\ADD{
our
obeying}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
he
gave
Moses}}.
It
has
now
been $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has
now$\}$
revealed
{\ADD{
to
us}}
how
he erases
the
record
of
our
sins
{\ADD{
by
a
different
way}}.
It
was
written
about
{\ADD{
by
Moses}} $\{${\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote
about
it$\}$
in
the
laws [PRS]
{\ADD{
God
gave}}
him,
and
it
was
also
written
about
by
the
prophets $\{$the
prophets
also
wrote
about
it$\}$.
\VS{22}God erases
the
record
of
our
sins
because
we
trust
in
{\ADD{
what}}
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done
for
us}}.
God
does
this
for
every
person
who
trusts
{\ADD{
in
Christ}},
because
{\ADD{
he
considers}}
that
there
is
no
difference
{\ADD{
between
Jews
and non-Jews}}.
\VS{23}All
people
have
done
evil,
and
all
people
have
failed
to
accomplish
the
glorious
{\ADD{goals}}
that
God
{\ADD{
set
for
them}}.
\VS{24}Our
record
of
sins
has
been erased $\{$God erased
the
record
of
our
sins$\}$
by
God
acting
kindly
{\ADD{
to
forgive
our
sins}},
without
our
doing
anything
to earn
it.
Christ
Jesus
accomplished
this
{\ADD{
by
dying
for
us}}.
\VS{25}God
showed
that Christ
was
the
one
who
would
atone
for (OR,
forgive)
our
sins
{\ADD{
with
the}}
blood
{\ADD{
that
flowed
from
his
body
when
he
died.
God
redeems/forgives}}
us
because
of
our
trusting
{\ADD{
in
Christ’s
having
died
for
us.
God
wanted}}
to
show
that
he
acts
justly.
{\ADD{
He
wanted
to
do
that}}
because,
before
{\ADD{Jesus
came,
God}}
did
not
punish
{\ADD{
everyone
who
sinned.
So
it
seemed
as
though
he
was
not
being
just}}.
But
he
was
overlooking
people’s
sins
during
{\ADD{
that
time}},
\VS{26}because
he
is
patient.
{\ADD{
God
arranged
for
Jesus
to
die
for
us}}.
By
doing
that,
God
now
shows
that
he
is
just,
and
he
shows
that
he
is
justly
able
to erase
the
record
of
sins
for
everyone
who
trusts/believes
in
Jesus.
\par }{\SH So
we
are
prevented
from
boasting
that
God
saves
us
because
of
our
obeying
the
Mosaic
laws.
And
God
will
also
accept non-Jews
on
the
same
basis.
And
by agreeing
that
people
are
declared
righteous
by
their
trusting
in Christ,
we
actually
confirm,
not nullify,
the
Mosaic
laws.
\par }{\SR Romans 3:27-31
\par }{\PP \VS{27}It
is
not
at
all [RHQ]
because
of
{\ADD{
our
obeying
the}}
laws
{\ADD{
of
Moses
that
God erases
the
record
of
our
sins}}.
So, ◄there
is
no
way
that
we
can
boast
{\ADD{
that
God
does
that
because
of
our
obeying
those
laws}}./how
can
we
boast
{\ADD{
about
God erasing
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our
obeying
those
laws}}?► [RHQ]
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
is
because
of
our}}
believing/trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ
that
God erases
the
record
of
our
sins}}.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
We
cannot
boast
about
that}},
because
we conclude
that
the
record
of
our
sins
is erased $\{$God erases
the
record
of
our
sins$\}$
because
of
our
trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ}}.
God
does
not erase
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our
obeying
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
he
gave
to
Moses,
because
it
is
impossible
for
us
to
completely
obey
them}}.
\VS{29}◄You
who
are
Jews
certainly
should
not
{\ADD{
think
that
you}}
are
the
only
ones
whom
God
{\ADD{
will
accept}}!/Do
you
Jews
{\ADD{
think
it
is
you}}
alone
whom
God
{\ADD{
will
accept}}?► [RHQ]
You
certainly
should
{\ADD{
realize
that
he
will
accept}} non-Jews,
too. [RHQ]
Of
course,
{\ADD{
he
will
accept}} non-Jews
also,
\VS{30}because,
{\ADD{
as
you
firmly
believe}},
there
is
only
one
God,
who
will erase
the
record
of
Jews’ [MTY]
sins
if
they
trust
{\ADD{
in
what
Christ
has
done}},
and
who
will
similarly erase
the
record
of non-Jews’ [MTY]
sins
if
they
trust
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}.
\VS{31}So,
{\ADD{
if
someone
should
ask
concerning
the
laws
that
God
gave
Moses}}, “By
saying
{\ADD{
that
God erases
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our}}
trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ}},
does
that
mean
that
those
laws
now
are
useless?”,
{\ADD{
I
would
reply}}, “Certainly
not.
Instead,
we
truly
fulfill
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}.”

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH We can draw conclusions from Abraham’s life about how God erases the record of our sins. Abraham could not boast about his accomplishing that because the Scriptures record that it was because he believed what God promised that God erased the record of his sins. God’s doing that was a gift, not a reward.
\par }{\SR Romans 4:1-8
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham
is
the
{\ADD{
revered}}
ancestor
of
us
{\ADD{
Jews}}.
So
think
about
what
we
can conclude
{\ADD{
from
what
happened
to
Abraham
about
how
God
can erase
the
record
of
our
sins}}. [RHQ]
\VS{2}If
it
was
because
of
Abraham’s
doing
{\ADD{
good}}
things
that
the
record
of
his
sins
was erased $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$,
Abraham
could
then
have
been
able
to
boast
{\ADD{
about
that
to
people}},
but
he
would
not
have
{\ADD{
had
any
basis
to}}
boast
to
God
{\ADD{
about
it}}.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
in
the
Scriptures
it
is
written $\{$someone
wrote$\}$ [PRS]
that
Abraham
believed
what
God
{\ADD{
promised}} [RHQ],
and
as
a
result
the
record
of
his
sins
was erased $\{${\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$.
\VS{4}If
we
receive
wages
for
work
that
we
do,
those
wages
are
not
considered
to
be
a
gift.
Instead,
they
{\ADD{
are
considered}}
to
be
what
we
have earned.
{\ADD{
Similarly,
if
God erases
the
record
of
our
sins
because
we
did
things
to earn
God’s
favor}},
we
would
not
consider
that
{\ADD{
God’s erasing
the
record
of
our
sin}}
was
{\ADD{
a
gift.
Instead,
we
would
consider
it
as
what
we
had earned}}.
\VS{5}But
suppose
that
we
do
not
do
things
{\ADD{
to
gain
God’s
acceptance}}.
Suppose
that
we
instead
trust
{\ADD{
in
God}},
who erases
the
record
of
sins
of
wicked
people.
Then
the erasing
of
the
record
of
our
sins
because
of
our
trusting
{\ADD{
in Christ}}
is
considered
to
be
a
gift
to
us,
{\ADD{
not
something
that
we earned}}.
\VS{6}Similarly,
it
is
as
David
wrote
{\ADD{
in
the
Psalms}}
about
people
being
happy
whose
record
of
sins
God
has erased
even
though
they
have
not
done
things
{\ADD{
to earn
it.
David
wrote}}:
\par }{\Q \VS{7}{\ADD{
God}}
is
pleased
with
people
whose
sins
have
been $\{$whose
sins
{\ADD{
he}}
has$\}$
forgiven,
and
whose
sins
he
{\ADD{
has
decided}}
to
forget [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{8}{\ADD{
God}}
causes
to
be
happy
the
people
whose
sins
he
no
longer
keeps
a
record
of.
\par }{\SH This
happiness
of
knowing
that
God
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins
is
also
for
the non-Jews.
Remember
that
it
was
before
Abraham
was
circumcised,
when
he
was
still
in
effect
a non-Jew,
that
God
did
that.
He
later
received
circumcision
simply
as
a
sign
of
God
having erased
the
record
of
his
sins
because
of
his
faith.
The
result
was
that
he
became
a
spiritual
father
of
all
who
believe
in
God
as
he
did,
whether
they
are
circumcised
or
not.
\par }{\SR Romans 4:9-12
\par }{\PP \VS{9}As
for
our
being
happy
{\ADD{
because
God
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins}}, ◄it
is
not
something
that
{\ADD{
only}}
we
Jews
{\ADD{
can
experience}}./is
it [MTY]
something
that
{\ADD{
only}}
we
Jews
{\ADD{
can
experience}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
No,
it
is}}
also
something
that non-Jews
{\ADD{
can
experience}} [MTY].
{\ADD{
What
is
written
in
the Scriptures}},
that
it
was
because
Abraham
trusted
{\ADD{
in
God}}
that
the
record
of
his
sins
was erased $\{${\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$,
{\ADD{
also
shows
that
this
is
true}}.
\VS{10}◄{\ADD{
Think
about}}
when
{\ADD{
God erased
the
record
of
Abraham’s
sins}}./When
did
{\ADD{
God erase
the
record
of
Abraham’s
sins}}?► [RHQ] ◄Consider
whether
{\ADD{
it
happened}}
after
someone
circumcised
{\ADD{
Abraham
to
mark
him
as
one
who
belonged
to
God}},
or
before
someone
circumcised
him./{\ADD{
Did
it
happen}}
after
{\ADD{
Abraham
was}}
circumcised
{\ADD{
to
be
marked
as
one
who
belonged
to
God}},
or
before
he
was
circumcised?► [RHQ]
It
happened
before
he
was
circumcised,
not
after
he
was
circumcised.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
Many
years
later,
God
commanded
that}}
Abraham
{\ADD{
be}}
circumcised.
Abraham’s
accepting
that
ritual
simply
showed
{\ADD{
that
he
knew
that
God
had
accepted
him}}.
{\ADD{
He
knew
that
God}}
had
{\ADD{erased
the
record
of
his
sins}}
because
he
trusted
{\ADD{
in
God}}
while
he
was
still,
{\ADD{
in
effect,
a non-Jew
because}}
he
had
not
been
circumcised.
{\ADD{
So
we
can
understand
that}}
Abraham
became ◄a
spiritual
ancestor/like
an
ancestor►
to
{\ADD{
all}}
of
us
whose
record
of
sins
has
been erased $\{$whose
sins
{\ADD{
God}}
has erased
the
record
of$\}$
because
we
believe
{\ADD{
in
God’s
promise,
even
though
some
of
us}}
are
not
circumcised.
\VS{12}Likewise,
Abraham
is
the
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
ancestor
of
all
us
Jews
who
are
not
merely
circumcised
but
who,
more importantly,
{\ADD{
believe
in
God’s
promise}}
as
our
ancestor
Abraham
did,
even
before
he
was
circumcised.
\par }{\SH It
was
because
Abraham
trusted
in
God
that
God erased
the
record
of
his
sins
and
promised
him
many
blessings.
So
what
God
promised
is
guaranteed
to
all,
both
Jews
and non-Jews,
who
trust
in
God
as
Abraham
did.
\par }{\SR Romans 4:13-17a
\par }{\PP \VS{13}God
promised
Abraham
and
his
descendants
that
they
would
receive
{\ADD{
the
blessings
that
he
promised
to
give
to
the
people
in}}
the
world.
But
when
he
promised
that,
it
was
not
because
Abraham
{\ADD{
obeyed}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
later
gave
to
Moses}}.
Instead,
it
was
because
Abraham
believed
{\ADD{
that
God
would
do
what
he
promised
that
he
would
do}}.
As
a
result,
God erased
the
record
of
his
sins.
\VS{14-15}If
{\ADD{
we
think
that}}
it
is
those
who
{\ADD{
obey
God’s}}
laws
who
will
receive
{\ADD{
what
he
has
promised}},
it
is
useless
{\ADD{
for
us
to
trust
in
him.
And
what
he}}
promised
is
worthless.
{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
it
is
{\ADD{stated}}
in
God’s
law [PRS]
{\ADD{
that}}
he
will
punish
{\ADD{
people
who
do
not
perfectly
obey
them}},
and
remember
that
wherever [MTY]
laws exist,
{\ADD{
people}}
disobey
them [LIT].
\VS{16}So
it
is
because
{\ADD{
we}}
trust
{\ADD{
in
God
that
we
will
receive
the
things
that
he
has
promised}}.
{\ADD{
It
is
not
because
we
perfectly
obey
God’s
laws.
He
wants}} ◄to
{\ADD{erase
the
record
of
our
sins/to
declare
us
no
longer
guilty}}►
without
our earning
it.
As
a
result,
what
God
now
promises,
he guarantees
to
give
to
all
people
who
are
{\ADD{
Abraham’s
spiritual}}
descendants.
{\ADD{
He
promises
to
do
that
not
only
for
us
Jewish believers}},
who
{\ADD{
have}}
God’s
laws
{\ADD{
and
trust
in
him
as
Abraham
did}},
but
also
for
those
{\ADD{non-Jews
who
do
not
have
God’s
laws
but}}
who
trust
{\ADD{
in
him}}
as
Abraham
did.
Abraham
is
the
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
ancestor
of
all
of
us
{\ADD{believers}}.
\VS{17}What
is
written $\{$What
{\ADD{
Moses}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
about
what
God
promised
Abraham
shows
that
this
is
true}}.
{\ADD{
God
said
to
him}}, “It
is
in
order
that
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
may
be
the
ancestor
of
many ethnic
groups
that
I
have
chosen
you.”
\par }{\SH It
was
because
Abraham
confidently
believed
God’s
promise
to
give
him
many
descendants,
when
there
was
no physical
basis
for
his
hoping
that
this
would
happen,
that
God erased
the
record
of
his
sins.
\par }{\SR Romans 4:17b-22
\par }{\PP God
{\ADD{
guaranteed
that
he
would
give
Abraham
many
descendants}}.
Abraham
confidently
believed
that
God
{\ADD{
would
do
that}},
\VS{18}even
though
there
was
no physical
reason
for
him
to
hope
{\ADD{
that
he
would
have
descendants,
because
he
and
his
wife
were
too
old
to
bear
children}}.
But
God
is
the
one
who
causes
dead
people
to
live
again,
and
who talks
about
things
that
do
not
yet
exist
as
already existing.
{\ADD{
God
said
to
Abraham}}, “You
will
have
so
many
descendants
that
they
will
be
{\ADD{
as
impossible
to
count
as
the
stars}}.”
And
Abraham
believed
that,
and
he
believed
that
he
would
become
the
ancestor
of
many ethnic
groups.
\VS{19}He
did
not
doubt
{\ADD{
that
God
would
do
what
he
promised}},
even
though
he
knew
that
his
body
was
already
{\ADD{
as
incapable
of
begetting
children
as
if
he
were}}
dead [MET]
because
he
was
about 100
years
old.
And
{\ADD{
even
though
he
realized
that}}
Sarah
had
never
been
able
to
become
pregnant [IDM],
\VS{20}he
did
not
doubt
at
all
that
God
{\ADD{
would
do
what
he
had}}
promised.
Instead,
he
trusted
{\ADD{
in
God}}
more/very
strongly,
and
he
thanked
God
{\ADD{
for
what
God
was
going
to
do}}.
\VS{21}He
was
also
convinced $\{$very
sure$\}$
that
the
thing
that
God
promised,
God
was
able
to
do.
\VS{22}And
that
is
the
reason
that
the
record
of
his
sins
was erased $\{${\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$.
\par }{\SH The
words
about
God erasing
the
record
of
Abraham’s
sins
were
written
also
to
assure
us
who
believe
in
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 4:23-25
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
words
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}, “The
record
of
his
sins
was erased $\{${\ADD{
God}} erased
the
record
of
his
sins$\}$,”
are
not
only
about
Abraham.
\VS{24}They
were
also
written $\{${\ADD{
They}}
also
wrote
that$\}$
for
us
whose
record
of
sins
would
be erased $\{${\ADD{
God}}
would erase$\}$.
They
were
written $\{${\ADD{
They}}
wrote
it$\}$
for
us
who
believe
{\ADD{
God}},
the
one
who
caused
our
Lord
Jesus
to
become
alive
again
after
he
died.
\VS{25}Jesus
allowed
{\ADD{
men}}
to
execute [MTY]
him
so
that
{\ADD{
God
could
forgive}}
our
evil
deeds.
And
{\ADD{
God}}
caused
Jesus
to
live
again
because
{\ADD{
God
wanted
to
show
that
because
of
the
death
of
Jesus
he
was
able
to}} erase
the
record
of
our
sins.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH Because God has erased the record of our sins, we have peace with him, we experience his acting kindly toward us, we rejoice because we expect to receive God’s glory, and we even rejoice in suffering because we know the results that it brings.
\par }{\SR Romans 5:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Because
we
trusted
{\ADD{
in
Christ}},
the
record
of
our
sins
has
been erased $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins$\}$.
So
we
{\ADD{
now}}
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
God
because
of
our
trust
in
what
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
has
done
for
us}}.
\VS{2}Because
of
{\ADD{
what}} Christ
{\ADD{
has
done}},
God
has
also
enabled
us
to
begin
experiencing
his
continually
acting
toward
us
in
ways
that
we
do
not
deserve.
Also,
we
rejoice
because
we
are
confidently expecting
that
God
{\ADD{
will
gladly
show}}
us
how
great
he
is.
\VS{3}We
rejoice
even
when
we
suffer
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
our
trusting
in Christ}},
because
we
know
that
when
we
are
suffering,
the
result
is
that
we
learn
to
endure
things
{\ADD{
patiently}}.
\VS{4}And
{\ADD{
we
know}}
that
when
we
endure
things
{\ADD{
patiently}},
the
result
is
that
{\ADD{
God}}
approves
{\ADD{
of
us}}.
And
when
we
{\ADD{
know
that
God}}
approves
{\ADD{
of
us}},
the
result
is
that
we
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
that
he
will
do
great
things
for
us}}.
\VS{5}And
we
are
very
confident [PRS]
that
we
will
receive
the
things
that
we
wait
expectantly
{\ADD{
for}},
because
God
loves
us
very
much.
His
Holy
Spirit,
who
has
been $\{$whom
{\ADD{
he}}
has$\}$
given
to
us,
{\ADD{
causes}}
us
to
understand
how
much
God
loves
us.
\par }{\SH Because Christ
died
for
us
ungodly
people,
he
will
certainly
save
us
from
God’s
eternal
punishment,
and
so
we
boast
of
what
he
has
done
for
us.
\par }{\SR Romans 5:6-11
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
we
were
unable
{\ADD{
to
save
ourselves}},
it
was
Christ
who,
at
the
time
{\ADD{
that
God
chose}},
died
on
behalf
of
{\ADD{
us}}
ungodly
{\ADD{
people}}.
\VS{7}Rarely
would
anyone
die
on
behalf
of
another
person,
{\ADD{
even
if}}
that
person
were
righteous,
although
someone
might
be
courageous
enough
to
die
on
behalf
of
a
truly
good
person
person.
\VS{8}Nevertheless,
as
for
God,
the
way
he
showed
us
that
he
loves
us
is
that
Christ
died
on
our
behalf
while
we
were
still
rebelling
against
God.
\VS{9}The
record
of
our
sins
has
been erased $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins$\}$
because
of
{\ADD{
what Christ
accomplished
when}}
his
blood [MTY]
{\ADD{
flowed
when
he
died}}.
So
it
is
even
more
certain
that
we
will
be
saved
by Christ $\{$that Christ
will
save
us$\}$
from
God’s
punishing
us
{\ADD{
eternally}} [MTY].
\VS{10}Even
when
we
were
acting hostilely towards
God,
he
enabled
us
to
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
him
as
a
result
of
his
Son
dying
{\ADD{
for
us}}.
So
it
is
even
more
certain
that
we
will
be
saved $\{$Christ
will
be
able
to
save
us$\}$
{\ADD{
from
God’s
punishing
us}} [MTY]
because Christ
is
alive
{\ADD{
again}}
and
because
{\ADD{
God}}
has
enabled
us
to
have
a
peaceful relationship
{\ADD{
with
himself}}.
\VS{11}And
that’s
not
all!
Now
we
also
rejoice
about
{\ADD{
the
things
that}}
God
{\ADD{
has
done
for
us}}
because
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
dying
for
us}}
and enabling
us
to
have
a
peaceful relationship
with
God.
\par }{\SH Although
the
sin
of
one
man,
Adam,
led
to
all
people
dying
and
God
declaring
that
they
deserved
to
be
punished,
Christ’s
righteous
act
of
obedience
when
he
died
led
to
many
people
experiencing
God’s
kindness
and
being
declared
righteous
and
living
eternally,
and
it
will
also
result
in
their
ruling
with
Christ.
\par }{\SR Romans 5:12-21
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
What
you
can
learn
from
what
I
have
written
so
far
is
as
follows}}:
All
people
are
sinful [PRS],
and
that
is
the
result
of
{\ADD{
Adam,
the
first}}
man
whom
{\ADD{
God
created,
sinning
long
ago}}.
Adam
died [PRS]
because
he
sinned.
So,
all
people
{\ADD{
who
have
lived
since
then}}
die,
because
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
all
people
sinned
{\ADD{
when
Adam
sinned}}.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
People
in}} [MTY]
the
world
sinned
before
{\ADD{
God
gave
his}}
laws
{\ADD{
to
Moses}}.
But
people
are
not
considered
{\ADD{
by
God}} $\{${\ADD{
God}}
does
not
consider
people$\}$
to
be
guilty
for
their
sins
if
there
is
no
law
{\ADD{stating
that
what
they
did
was
sinful}}.
\VS{14}But
{\ADD{
we
know}}
that
from
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
Adam
{\ADD{
lived}}
until
{\ADD{
the
time
when}}
Moses
{\ADD{
lived}},
all
people
sinned,
and
they
died
{\ADD{
as
a consequence}} [PRS,
MET].
Even
people
who
sinned differently
from
the
way
Adam
{\ADD{
sinned,
died}}.
{\ADD{Adam’s
sin}} affected
{\ADD{
all
people}},
just
like
what
{\ADD{Christ
did}},
the
one
who
came
later,
can affect
all
people.
\VS{15}But
{\ADD{
the
results
of
God’s erasing
the
record
of
our
sins
as}}
a
gift
to
us
are
not
like
{\ADD{
the
results
of Adam’s}}
sinning.
The
result
of
one
man,
{\ADD{
Adam}},
sinning
was
that
many/all
people
have
died.
But
{\ADD{
it
is
certain}},
{\ADD{
however}},
that
many
people
have
abundantly
experienced
God’s
acting
kindly
toward
them
in
a
way
they
did
not
deserve.
{\ADD{
It
is
also
certain}}
that
they
have
experienced
God’s erasing
the
record
of
their
sins
as
the
result
of
one
man,
Jesus
Christ,
acting
kindly
toward
them/towards
them
in
a
way
they
did
not
deserve.
\VS{16}And
{\ADD{
there
is
another
way
in
which
God’s}}
freely
{\ADD{erasing
the
record
of
our
sins}}
is
not
like
{\ADD{
the
results
of Adam’s}}
sinning.
One
person,
{\ADD{
Adam,
sinned}}.
As
a
result,
God
declared
that
all
people
deserve
to
be
punished.
Many
people
sinned.
But
what
God
did
was
that
he erased
the
record
of
their
sins
without
their earning
it.
\VS{17}All
people
die [MET, PRS]
because
of
what
one
man,
{\ADD{
Adam}},
did.
But
now
many
of
us
experience
that
God
has
abundantly
acted towards
us
in
ways
we
did
not
deserve,
and
we
experience
that
he
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins
without
our earning
it.
It
is
also
very
certain
that
we
will
rule
{\ADD{
with
Christ}} (OR,
share
{\ADD{
the
glory}}
of
Christ’s
being
king),
{\ADD{
in
heaven.
This
will
happen}}
because
of
{\ADD{
what}}
one
man,
Jesus
Christ,
{\ADD{
did
for
us}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So,
{\ADD{
because
one
man,
Adam}},
disobeyed
{\ADD{
God’s
law}},
that
resulted
in
all
people
deserving
to
be
punished $\{$that
God
punish
them$\}$.
Similarly,
because
one
man,
{\ADD{
Jesus}},
acted
righteously
{\ADD{
by
obeying
God
when
he
died}},
the
result
was
that
God
is
{\ADD{
able
to erase
the
record
of}}
all
people’s
sins
and
{\ADD{
enable
them
to}}
live
eternally.
\VS{19}It
was
because
one
person,
{\ADD{
Adam}},
disobeyed
{\ADD{
God}}
that
many/all
people
became
sinners.
Similarly,
it
is
because
one
person,
{\ADD{
Jesus}},
obeyed
{\ADD{
God
when
he
died}}
that
the
record
of
many
people’s
sins
will
be erased $\{$that
{\ADD{
he}}
will erase
the
record
of
many
people’s
sins$\}$.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
God
gave}} [PRS]
his
laws
{\ADD{
to
Moses}} [PRS]
in
order
that
{\ADD{
people
might
realize}}
how
greatly
they
had
sinned;
but
as
people
sinned
more,
God
continued
to
act
even
more
kindly
toward
them,
in
a
way
that
they
did
not
deserve.
\VS{21}He
did
that
in
order
that
just
like
people
everywhere inevitably
sin,
{\ADD{
which
results
in
their}}
dying [MET, PRS],
people
everywhere
might inevitably
experience
God’s
acting
kindly towards
them
in
a
way
they
do
not
deserve [MET, PRS]
by
{\ADD{erasing
the
record
of
their
sins}}.
{\ADD{
The
result
is
that
people
can}}
live
eternally
because
of
what
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
{\ADD{
did
for
them}}.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH If someone were to say that perhaps we should continue to sin in order that God may continue to act more kindly toward us, I would reply that we who ought to consider ourselves unresponsive to sinful desires should certainly not continue sinning. We must keep remembering that it is as though our former sinful nature has ceased to function, and it is as though we have become unresponsive to sinful desires, living in a new way. So do not let the desire to commit sin control you. Instead, present yourselves to God to do righteous things.
\par }{\SR Romans 6:1-14
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Someone
might [RHQ]
say
{\ADD{
in
reply
to
what
I
have
written}}
that
{\ADD{
since
God
acted
kindly
toward
us}}
in
a
way
we
did
not
deserve
{\ADD{
because
we
sinned}},
perhaps
we
should
continue
to
sin
in
order
that
he
may
continue
to
act
even
more
kindly
toward
us
{\ADD{
and
keep
on
forgiving
us}}! [RHQ]
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
would
reply}},
No,
certainly
not!
We
{\ADD{
ought
to
consider
that}}
our
sinful
desires [MET]
{\ADD{
cannot
make
us
do
what
they
want
us
to
do}},
{\ADD{
just
like
we
cannot
make}}
a
corpse
do
what
we
want
it
to
do.
So
it
is
not
right
that
we
continue
to
sin! [RHQ]
\VS{3}When
we
were baptized $\{${\ADD{
asked
someone
to}} baptize
us$\}$
in
order
to
show
that
we
have
a relationship
with (OR,
are
united
to)
Jesus
Christ,
our
{\ADD{
being baptized
was
to
declare
that
it
was
as
though}}
we
died
with
Christ. ◄{\ADD{
I
want}}
you
to
remember
that!/Do
you
not
know
that?► [RHQ]
\VS{4}So,
when
we
were baptized $\{$someone baptized
us$\}$,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
we
were
buried
with
Christ.
{\ADD{
We
were baptized}}
in
order
to indicate
that
{\ADD{
we
would
not
let
our
sinful
desires
make
us
do
what
they
want
us
to
do,
just
like
people
cannot
make}}
a
corpse
{\ADD{
do
what
they
want
it
to}}
do [MET].
We
{\ADD{
were baptized}}
to
{\ADD{signify
that
we
would}}
continually
conduct
our
lives
in
a
new
way,
just
like
Christ
was
caused
to
live
again
in
a
new
way
by
the
great
{\ADD{
power}}
of
{\ADD{
God
his}}
Father.
\VS{5}Because
of
our
close relationship
with Christ,
we
have
{\ADD{
separated
ourselves
from
the
former
way
in
which
we
conducted
our
lives}},
just
like
he
{\ADD{
was
separated
from
his physical
life
when
he}}
died [MET].
But
God
will
also
certainly
{\ADD{
enable
us
to
live
in
a
new
way,
just
like
he}}
enabled Christ
to
live
again.
\VS{6}We
must
keep
remembering
that
when Christ
died
on
the
cross [MET],
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
our
sinful nature
{\ADD{
died
with
him.
It
has}}
lost
its
power
to
make
us
do
what
it
wants
us
to
do [MET].
That
happened
in
order
that
we
would
not
do
the
sinful
{\ADD{
things
that
our
bodies}} [MET],
which
desire
to
sin,
want
us
to
do,
and
in
order
that
we
would
no
longer
have
to
sin [MET],
as
slaves
{\ADD{
have
to
do
what
their
masters
want}}.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
We
are,
as
it
were,
freed}} $\{${\ADD{
free}}$\}$
{\ADD{
from}}
sinful
{\ADD{
desires}} [MET]
{\ADD{controlling
us,
just
like}}
those
who
have
died
are
free
{\ADD{
from
anything controlling
them}}.
\VS{8}Since
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
we
died
with
Christ,
we
believe
that
we
will
continue
to
live
with
him.
\VS{9}We
know
that
since
{\ADD{
God}}
enabled
Christ
to
live
again
after
he
died,
Christ
will
never
die
again.
Nothing
will
ever
be
able
to
make
him
die
again [PRS].
\VS{10}When
he
died,
he
died
once
for
{\ADD{
people}}
who
had
sinned,
and
he
will
never
die
again;
but
in
regard
to
his
living
{\ADD{
again
now}},
he
lives
in
order
to
{\ADD{
serve/honor}}
God.
\VS{11}Similarly,
you
must
consider
that
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
have
become
{\ADD{
unable
to
do
what
your}}
sinful
{\ADD{
desires}} [MET]
want,
as
a
corpse
{\ADD{
is
not
able
to
do
what
anyone
wants
it
to
do}}.
You
must
also
consider
that
because
of
your relationship
to
Christ
Jesus
you
are
living
{\ADD{
in
a
new
way}}
in
order
to
{\ADD{
serve/honor}}
God.
\VS{12}So,
do
not
let
the
{\ADD{
desire
to}}
sin [PRS]
control
your
bodies [MET]
with
the
result
that
you
do
the
sinful
things
that
you
desire
to
do.
{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
your
bodies
will
surely
die,
{\ADD{
but
your
spirits
will
never
die}}.
\VS{13}Do
not
let
any
of
your
body
parts
do
wicked
things,
as
{\ADD{
you
did}} [MET]
{\ADD{
when
you
were spiritually}}
dead.
Instead,
present
yourselves
to
God
as
people
who
are
alive
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
Present
all
your
body
parts
to
God,
{\ADD{
to
allow
him}}
to
use
them
to
{\ADD{
do}}
righteous
things.
\VS{14}Do
not
let
a
{\ADD{
desire
to}}
sin
control
you [PRS].
The
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}
did
not
enable
you
{\ADD{
to
stop
sinning}}.
But
{\ADD{
now}}
God
controls
you
and
kindly
helps
you
{\ADD{
not
to
sin}}.
\par }{\SH If
someone
should conclude
that
people
can
sin
now
because
they
are
not obligated
to
obey
the
Mosaic
laws,
I
would
say, “Certainly
not!”
Instead,
let
your
minds
compel
your
bodies
to
act
righteously.
\par }{\SR Romans 6:15-23
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
I
suppose
that
certain
people
might
think
about
what
I
have
just
said
and
they
might}}
say [RHQ], “{\ADD{
You
say
that}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
Moses}}
did
not
{\ADD{
enable
us
to
stop
sinning,
but
that
God
is
now}} treating
us
kindly
in
ways
we
do
not
deserve. ◄{\ADD{
That
seems
to
mean
that
God
permits}}
us
to
continue
sinning./{\ADD{
Does
that
mean
that
God
permits}}
us
to
continue
sinning?► [RHQ]”
My
reply
to
that
is
no,
we
should
certainly
not
continue
{\ADD{
sinning}}
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Slaves}}
have
to
obey
{\ADD{
what
their
masters
command}} [MET]
{\ADD{
them
to
do}}. ◄I
want
you
to
remember
this./Do
you
not
know
this?► [RHQ]
Similarly,
if
you
present
yourselves
to
someone
{\ADD{
in
order
to}}
obey
him,
you
will
be
the
slaves [MET]
of
the
person
you
obey.
Similarly,
{\ADD{
if
you
have
yielded
yourselves
to
do
the}}
sinful
things
{\ADD{
you
desire}},
you
are
slaves
of
your
sinful
desires [PRS],
and
you
will
be
eternally
separated
from
God.
{\ADD{
If
you
have
yielded
yourselves}}
to
obey
{\ADD{
God}},
you
are
slaves
of
God
and
you
need
to
{\ADD{
live}}
righteously.
\VS{17}You
were
once
slaves
{\ADD{
to}}
your
sinful
{\ADD{
desires}}.
But
you
began
to
sincerely
obey
the
new
teaching [MET]
that
you
were
taught $\{$that
{\ADD{
people}}
taught
you$\}$.
I
thank
God
for
that.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
I}}
also
{\ADD{
thank
God
that}}
you
have
been
freed $\{${\ADD{
that}}
he
has
freed
you$\}$
from
{\ADD{
being
controlled
by
a
desire
to}}
sin,
and
that
you
have
become
{\ADD{
as
though
you
were}}
slaves [MET]
to
{\ADD{
living}}
righteously [MET].
\VS{19}I
am illustrating
what
I
say
{\ADD{
by
talking
about
slavery}}
because
your
human nature prevents
you
from
understanding
{\ADD{
spiritual
truth}}
easily.
{\ADD{
In
the
past}}
you
willingly
did
the immoral
and unlawful
things
that
{\ADD{
your
minds
compelled}}
your
bodies
to
do [MET],
{\ADD{
just
like}}
slaves
{\ADD{
do
what
their
masters
compel
them
to
do}}.
As
a
result,
you
did
even
more unlawful
things.
Now,
{\ADD{
you
need
to}}
willingly
allow
{\ADD{
your
minds
to
compel}}
your
bodies
to
{\ADD{
act}}
righteously [MET],
in
order
that
you
will
behave
in
a
holy/pure
way.
\VS{20}When
you
were
{\ADD{
like}}
slaves
{\ADD{
because
your
sinful
desires
compelled
you
to
do}}
sinful
things [MET],
you
were
not
{\ADD{
concerned
about
behaving}}
righteously [MET].
\VS{21}Nevertheless,
{\ADD{
doing}}
those
things
resulted
in
your
being
separated
from
God,
so
you
did
not
benefit
at
all
from
{\ADD{
doing}}
the
{\ADD{
sinful}}
things
that
you
are
now
ashamed
of. [RHQ]
\VS{22}But
you
have
been
freed $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has
freed
you$\}$
from
{\ADD{
letting
the
desire
to}}
sin
control
you.
You
have
become
{\ADD{
as
though
you
are}} [MET]
the
slaves
of
God.
So
now
the
result
is
that
God
has
caused
you
to
completely
belong
to
him
and,
as
a
result,
you
will
live
eternally.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
What
people
receive
for}}
sinning
{\ADD{
is
that
they
are}}
eternally
separated
from
God.
That
is
{\ADD{
like}}
wages
that
{\ADD{
people
receive}} [MET].
But
what
God
gives
us
is
a
gift.
What
he
gives
us
is
that
we
live
eternally
because
of
{\ADD{
our relationship
with}} (OR,
because
{\ADD{
we
are
united
to}})
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH You know that after people die they are freed from being required to obey any law. Similarly, God has freed us from being required to obey all the Jewish rituals and laws.
\par }{\SR Romans 7:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
fellow believers,
you
know
about
laws.
So
you
certainly
know (OR,
I
want
you
to
remember)
that
people
have
to
obey
laws [PRS]
{\ADD{
only}}
while
{\ADD{
they
are}}
alive. [RHQ]
\VS{2}For
example,
a
woman
is
required
by
the
law $\{$the
law
requires
a
woman$\}$
{\ADD{
to
obey
and
be
faithful
to
her
husband}}
as
long
as
he
is
alive.
But
if
her
husband
dies,
she
is
freed
{\ADD{
from
having
to}} $\{${\ADD{
no
longer
has
to}}$\}$
{\ADD{
obey}}
the
law
about
{\ADD{
remaining
married
to}}
her
husband.
\VS{3}Therefore,
a
woman
will
be
called $\{$people
will
call
a
woman$\}$
an
adulteress
if
she
lives
with
another
man
while
her
husband
is
alive.
But
if
her
husband
dies,
she
no
longer
{\ADD{
has
to
obey}}
that
law.
Then
she
will
not
be
an
adulteress
if
she
marries
another
man.
\VS{4}Likewise,
my
fellow believers,
{\ADD{
just
like
people
are
free
from
having
to
obey
any
law
after
they
die}} [MET],
you
{\ADD{
and
I}}
have
been
freed $\{${\ADD{
God}}
has
freed
you
{\ADD{
and
me}}$\}$
from
having
{\ADD{
to
obey}}
all
the
Jewish rituals
and
laws [MET].
{\ADD{
That
is
because
it
is
as
though}}
we
died
with
Christ
{\ADD{
when
he
was crucified}}.
Now
you
{\ADD{
and
I}}
belong
to
someone
else [MET],
{\ADD{
like
a
woman
who
marries
again
after
her
husband
dies
belongs
to
another
man}}.
Specifically,
you
{\ADD{
and
I}}
belong
to
{\ADD{
Christ}},
who
has
come
back
to
life $\{$whom
{\ADD{
God}}
has
caused
to
live
again
after
he
died$\}$,
in
order
that
we
may
live
righteously [IDM]
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
God.
\VS{5}When
our self-directed nature
{\ADD{
controlled}}
us,
desires
{\ADD{
that
led
us
to}}
sin
were
acting
in
our
bodies.
{\ADD{
Those
desires
were
increased
because
of
our
knowing
God’s}}
laws [PRS].
As
a
result
{\ADD{
we
did
evil
things}} [IDM]
{\ADD{
that}}
caused
us
to
be
separated
from
God.
\VS{6}But
now
we
are
freed $\{$free$\}$
from
{\ADD{
having
to
obey
all
the
Jewish}} rituals—
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
we
have
died.
The
result
is
that
now
we
are
not
controlled
by
those rituals $\{$those rituals
do
not
control
us
now$\}$.
So
we
serve
God,
not
by
{\ADD{
having
to
obey}}
those rituals,
which
is
the
old
way,
but
in
the
new
way,
as
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
helps
us
to
serve
him}}.
\par }{\SH My
reply
to
the objection
that
the
laws
of
Moses
are
evil
because
they
cause
us
to
sin
is
that
the
laws
are
holy
and
good;
what
the
laws
do
are
simply
to
reveal
that
what
we
are
doing
is
sinful.
\par }{\SR Romans 7:7-12
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
Someone
might
object}},
saying, “◄The
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}
must
be
evil
{\ADD{
if
our
sinful
desires}}
are
increased
because
of
our
knowing
those
laws. [MTY]/Are
not
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses}}
evil
{\ADD{
if
they
stir
up
our
sinful
desires}}?►” [MTY, RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
would
reply}}
that
they
certainly
are
not
{\ADD{
evil,
even
though
our
sinful
desires
are
increased}}.
What
I
would
reply
is
that
I,
{\ADD{
for
example}},
realized
that
{\ADD{
what
I
was
doing}}
was
sinful
only
because
{\ADD{
of
what
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
Moses
wrote}}$\}$
{\ADD{
in}}
those
laws.
For
example,
I
realized
that
coveting
{\ADD{
is
sinful}}
only
because
he
wrote
in
those
laws [PRS], “You
must
not
covet.”
\VS{8}And
because
of
what
that
commandment
{\ADD{stated}},
my
sinful
{\ADD{
desire
to
have
things
that
belong
to
others}} [PRS]
caused
me
to
covet
in
many
ways.
{\ADD{
Our
desire
to}}
sin
is
not stimulated [MET]
when
there
is
no
law
{\ADD{
that prohibits
our
doing
sinful
things}}.
\VS{9}Formerly,
when
I
did
not
{\ADD{
know}}
what
God’s
laws
{\ADD{
required}},
I
used
to
live
{\ADD{
without
worrying
about
what
I
was
doing}}.
But
when
I
{\ADD{
became
aware
that
God}}
commanded,
{\ADD{“You
must
not
covet}},”
I
suddenly
realized [PRS]
that
I
was
sinning,
\VS{10}and
{\ADD{
I
realized
that}}
I
was
separated
from
God.
The
laws
that
{\ADD{
I
thought
would
enable
me
to}}
live
{\ADD{
eternally
as
a
result
of
my
obeying
them}}
caused
me
{\ADD{
to
realize
that}}
I
was
separated
from
God!
\VS{11}{\ADD{
My
desire
to}}
sin
found
a
way [PRS]
to
deceive
me
{\ADD{
by
making
me
think wrongly
that}}
I
could
keep
{\ADD{
on
sinning
and
at
the
same
time
obey}}
those
laws
{\ADD{
enough
so
that
I
would
live
eternally}},
and
{\ADD{
thus
it}}
caused
me
to
be
separated
from
God [PRS].
\VS{12}So
{\ADD{
we conclude
that}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}
are
holy.
What
God
commanded
{\ADD{
about
not coveting,
along
with
all
the
other
things
that
he
commanded}},
is
also
holy,
and
it
is
just
and
good.
\par }{\SH My
reply
to
the objection
that
God’s
law,
being
good,
causes
people
to
become spiritually
dead
is
no,
it
is
our
desire
to
commit
sin
that
causes
us
to
sin
and
become spiritually
dead.
\par }{\SR Romans 7:13
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So,
{\ADD{
if
someone
were
to
object}}
saying, “{\ADD{
The
laws
that
God
gave
Moses}},
which
are
good, ◄resulted
in
my
being
separated
from
God!/did
they
result
in
my
being
separated
from
God?► [RHQ]”
{\ADD{
I
would
reply}}, “Certainly
they
did
not
{\ADD{
do
that}}!”
But
instead,
those
{\ADD{
laws}},
which
are
good, stimulated
{\ADD{
my
desire
to}}
sin.
I
knew
that
the
result
was
that
I
was
separated
from
God.
And
also,
because
I
{\ADD{
learned
what
God
had}}
commanded,
{\ADD{
I
knew
that}}
what
I
was
doing
was
{\ADD{
truly}}
sinful.
\par }{\SH The
laws
came
from
God’s
Spirit,
but
you
and
I
are
influenced
by
our
sinful natures.
We
often
do
not
do
the
things
that
we
desire,
and
we
do
the
things
that
we
detest
because
of
a
desire
to
sin
that permeates
us
and prevents
us
from
doing
good,
unless Christ frees
us
from
being
controlled
by
these
desires.
\par }{\SR Romans 7:14-25
\par }{\PP \VS{14}We
know
that
the
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
Moses
came
from
God’s}}
Spirit.
But
as
for
me,
I
am
{\ADD{
influenced
by
my}} self-directed nature.
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
have
been
forced
to
become
a
slave
of
{\ADD{
my
desire
to}}
sin [MET].
\VS{15}The
things
that
I
do,
I
{\ADD{
often}} [HYP]
do
not
understand.
That
is,
{\ADD{
sometimes}} [HYP]
it
is
{\ADD{
the
good
things}}
that
I
want
{\ADD{
to
do}}
that
I
do
not
do.
{\ADD{
And
sometimes}} [HYP]
it
is
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
I
detest
that
I
do.
\VS{16}Since
I
{\ADD{
do}}
the
{\ADD{
evil}}
things
that
I
do
not
want
{\ADD{
to}}
do,
I
agree
that
the
laws
{\ADD{
of
God}}
are
good.
\VS{17}So,
it
is
not
that
I
do
{\ADD{
evil
things
because
I
wish
to
do
them}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
what
happens
is
that}}
I
do
sinful
things
because
the
desire
to
sin
{\ADD{
causes
me
to
do
them}}.
The
{\ADD{
desire
to}}
sin ◄is
within/permeates►
me [PRS].
\VS{18}I
know
that
my self-directed nature
will
not
{\ADD{
let
me}} [PRS]
{\ADD{
do}}
anything
that
is
good.
I
know
this
because
I
want
{\ADD{
to
do
what
is
good}},
but
I
do
not
do
what
is
good.
\VS{19}I
do
not
do
the
good
things
that
I
want
to
do.
Instead,
it
is
evil
things
that
I
do
not
want
to
do
that
I
do.
\VS{20}Because
I
do
{\ADD{
evil
things}}
that
I
do
not
want
to
do,
it
is
not
that
I
do
{\ADD{
evil
things
because
I
want
to}}.
Instead,
{\ADD{
I
do
them
because}}
my self-directed nature,
which permeates
me [PRS],
{\ADD{
causes
me
to
do
them}}.
\VS{21}I
find,
then,
that
what
always
happens
is
that
when
I
want
to
do
what
is
good,
there
is
an
evil
{\ADD{
desire}}
present
within
me
that [PRS]
{\ADD{prevents
me
from
doing
good}}.
\VS{22}With
my
new
inner nature
I
like
the
laws
of
God
very
much.
\VS{23}Nevertheless,
I
sense
that
there
is
a
different
force
that
is
in ◄my
body/me► [PRS, SYN].
It
is
opposed
to
what
with
my
mind
{\ADD{
I
desire
to
do}} [MET],
and
it
puts
me inescapably
under
the
control
of [MET]
the
sinful
{\ADD{
desires}}
that
I
have [SYN].
\VS{24}{\ADD{
When
I
consider
this}},
I
{\ADD{
feel
that
I}}
am
a
very
wretched
person.
I
want
someone
to
set
me
free
from
the
control
of
what
my
body
{\ADD{
desires}},
in
order
that
I
might
not
be
separated
from
God. [RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
also
think
that
what
I
have
experienced
is
the
same
as
what
all believers
experience}}.
\VS{25}I
thank
God
that
it
is
by
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
{\ADD{
that
we
can
be
free
from
the
control
of
what
our
bodies
desire}}.
So,
{\ADD{
with
our
minds,
you
and}}
I
on
the
one
hand
want
to
obey
God’s
laws.
{\ADD{
But
also}},
{\ADD{
you
and}}
I
{\ADD{
often
let}}
our
sinful
{\ADD{
desires
control
us}}
because
of
our self-directed nature.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH God will not in any way condemn those who are united to Christ Jesus, because God’s Spirit has freed us from the inevitability of sinning and from spiritual death.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:1-11
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Because
{\ADD{
God
has erased
the
record
of
our
sins
because
we
trust
in
what
Christ
has
done
for
us}},
now
{\ADD{
God
will}}
not
condemn
and
punish
those/us
who
have
a relationship
with (OR,
are
united
to)
Christ
Jesus.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
causes
us
to
live
{\ADD{
in
a
new
way}} [PRS]
as
a
result
of
what
Christ
Jesus
{\ADD{
did
for
us}}.
And
he
has
set
up
a
way
by
which
he frees
{\ADD{
each
of}}
us
from
continually
being
forced
to
sin (OR,
to
obey
our self-directed natures)
and
from
being
separated
from
God.
\VS{3}What
{\ADD{
we}}
could
not
do
{\ADD{
by
trying
to
obey}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
of
God}} [PRS],
because
our self-directed nature
was
too
weak
{\ADD{
to
obey
them}},
God
did.
He
sent
his
own
Son
{\ADD{
into
the
world
in
order
that
his
Son
might
atone}}
for
our
sin.
His
Son
came
having
a
body (OR,
human nature)
that
was
like
{\ADD{
the
body}} (OR,
the
{\ADD{
human nature}})
of
us
people
who
sin.
{\ADD{
By
sending
his
Son
in
this
way}},
he
condemned
and
punished
{\ADD{
his
Son,
who
never
sinned,
instead
of
punishing
us,
who}}
sinned [MTY].
He
did
that
{\ADD{
by
making
his
Son’s}}
body
{\ADD{
a
sacrifice}} (OR,
{\ADD{
by
causing
his
Son’s}}
body
{\ADD{
to
suffer/die}})
for
{\ADD{
all
our}}
sin.
\VS{4}So
we
can
{\ADD{
now}}
fulfill
all
that
God
required
in
his
laws.
We
do
this,
not
by
our
acting
the
way
our
sinful
human nature
{\ADD{
desires}},
but
instead
by
living
as
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
desires
us
to
live}}.
\VS{5}People
who
live
according
to
what
their self-directed nature
{\ADD{
desires}}
think
about
and
are
concerned
about
what
their self-directed nature
{\ADD{
desires}}.
But
people
who
{\ADD{
live}}
according
to
what
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
desires
think
about
and
are
concerned
about}}
what
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
desires}}.
\VS{6}Those
people
who [PRS]
think
about
and
are
concerned
about
what
their self-directed nature
{\ADD{
desires}}
will
not
live
eternally (OR,
will
be
separated
from
God).
But
those
people
who
think
about
and
are
concerned
about
what
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
{\ADD{
desires}}
will
live
{\ADD{
eternally}}
and
have
{\ADD{
inner}}
peace.
\VS{7}Let
me
explain
this.
{\ADD{
To
the
extent
that}}
people [PRS]
think
about
and
are
concerned
about
what
their self-directed nature
{\ADD{
desires}},
they
are
acting
contrary
to
God.
They
do
not
obey
the
laws
of
God.
In
fact,
they
are
not
even
able
{\ADD{
to
obey
his
laws}}.
\VS{8}The
people
who
let
their self-directed nature
{\ADD{
control
them}}
cannot
do
what
pleases
God.
\VS{9}But
we
do
not
have
to
let
our self-directed nature
{\ADD{
control
us}}.
Instead,
we
can
{\ADD{
let}}
God’s
Spirit
{\ADD{
control
us}},
because
he
lives
within
us.
If
people
do
not
have
{\ADD{
living
in
them}}
the
Spirit
{\ADD{
who
comes
from}}
Christ,
they
do
not
belong
to
Christ.
\VS{10}But
since
Christ
{\ADD{
is
living
in
you/us
by
his
Spirit,
although}}
your/our
bodies
{\ADD{
are
certain
to}}
die
because
you/we
sin,
your/our
spirits
are
alive
because
God
has erased
the
record
of
your/our
sins.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
God}}
caused
Jesus
to
live
again
after
he
died.
And
because
his
Spirit
lives
in
you/us,
{\ADD{
God}}
will
also
make
your/our
bodies,
which
{\ADD{
now}}
are
sure
to
die,
live
{\ADD{
again
after
you/we
die}}.
God,
who
caused
Christ
to
live
again
after
he
died,
will
make
you/us
live
again
by
{\ADD{
causing}}
his
Spirit,
who
lives
within
you/us,
{\ADD{
to
do
it}}.
\par }{\SH We
are
compelled
to
live
as
the
Spirit
directs,
not
as
our self-directed nature
directs,
because
if
we
do
the
latter
we
will
be
eternally
separated
from
God,
but
if
we
cease
doing
the
latter
we
will
live
eternally.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:12-13
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore,
my
fellow believers,
we
must
{\ADD{
live
as
the
Spirit
directs
us}}.
What
we
do
not
have
to
do
is
to
live
as
our self-directed nature
{\ADD{
guides
us}}.
\VS{13}If
you
live
the
way
your self-directed nature
{\ADD{
directs}},
you
will
surely
not
live
{\ADD{
eternally}} (OR,
will
surely
be
eternally
separated
from
God).
But
if
by
{\ADD{
the
power
of
God’s}}
Spirit
you
quit
doing
the
{\ADD{
sinful}}
things
that
your
bodies
{\ADD{
desire}} [MET],
you
will
live
eternally.
\par }{\SH Because
we
who
allow
the
Spirit
of
God
to
guide
us
are
God’s
children,
we
will
also
inherit
eternal
blessings
from
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:14-17
\par }{\PP \VS{14}We
who
are
guided
by
the
Spirit
of
God $\{$allow
the
Spirit
of
God
to
guide
us$\}$
are
God’s
children.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
You
have
showed
that
this
is
true}},
because
you
received
{\ADD{
from
God}}
a
Spirit
that
is
not
one
that
makes
you
fear
{\ADD{
God}}
again.
You
are
not
like
slaves
who
{\ADD{
fear
their
masters}} [MET].
On
the
contrary,
we
have
received
a
Spirit
by
whose
{\ADD{
work
in
our
hearts
God}}
has
adopted
us.
The
Spirit
now enables
us
to
cry
out
{\ADD{
to
God}}, “{\ADD{
You(sg)
are
my}}
Father [DOU]!”
\VS{16}The
Spirit
himself
confirms
what
our
spirits
{\ADD{
say}},
that
we
are
God’s
children.
\VS{17}Because
we
are
{\ADD{
God’s}}
children,
we
also
will
some
day
receive/inherit
{\ADD{
eternal
blessings/privileges}}.
We
will
receive/inherit
them
from
God,
and
we
will
{\ADD{
also}}
receive/inherit
{\ADD{
them}}
just
like
Christ
has
{\ADD{
inherited
them}}.
But
we
must
suffer
{\ADD{
for
doing
good}}
as
Christ
did,
in
order
to
receive
splendor
as
he
did.
\par }{\SH Since
everything
that
God
has
created
is
eagerly awaiting
the
time
when
he
will
reveal
who
are
his
true
children,
I
consider
that
what
we
suffer
now
is
not
worth
paying
attention
to.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:18-25
\par }{\PP \VS{18}I
consider
that
what
we
suffer
during
the
present
time
is
not
worth
{\ADD{
paying
attention
to,
because}}
the
future
splendor/glory
that
will
be
revealed $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
reveal$\}$
to
us
{\ADD{
is
so
great}}.
\VS{19}The
{\ADD{
things
that
God
has}}
created
are
very
eagerly
waiting
for
{\ADD{
the
time}} [PRS, DOU]
when
God
will
reveal
who
his
{\ADD{
true}}
children
are.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
God}}
caused
the
things
that
he
created
to
be
unable
to
achieve
{\ADD{
what
he
had
purposed.
That
was}}
not
because
they
wanted
to
{\ADD{
be
unable
to
do
that}}.
On
the
contrary,
{\ADD{
God}}
made
them
that
way
because
he
wanted
them
to
keep
confidently expecting
\VS{21}that
the
things
that
{\ADD{
he}}
created
will
be
freed $\{$that
{\ADD{
he}}
will
free
the
things
that
{\ADD{
he}}
created$\}$
from
their
sure
decay [MET].
{\ADD{
He}}
will
free
them
in
order
that
{\ADD{
he
can
give
them}}
the
same
glory
that
belongs
to
his
children.
\VS{22}We
know
that
until
now
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
all
{\ADD{
things}}
that
God
created
have
been
groaning
together,
{\ADD{
and
they
long
for
that
glory,
just
like
a
mother
having
the
pains
before
bearing
a
child}}
groans
{\ADD{
and
longs
for
her baby’s
birth}} [MET].
\VS{23}Not
only
{\ADD{
do
those
things
groan}},
but
we
ourselves
also
groan
inwardly.
We
who
have
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit,
who
is
like
a
partial
gift [MET]
we
have
received
as
we
wait
for
{\ADD{
the
future
glory,
groan
inwardly}}.
We
groan
while
we
wait
eagerly
for
the
time
when
we
will
receive
our
{\ADD{
full}}
rights
as
God’s
adopted
children.
That
{\ADD{
will
include}}
his
freeing
our
bodies
{\ADD{
from
the
things
that
hinder
us
on
earth.
He
will
do
this
by
giving
us
new
bodies}}.
\VS{24}Ever
since
we
were
saved $\{$since
{\ADD{
God}}
saved
us$\}$,
we
have
continued
to
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
that
future
glory}}.
If
we
had
what
we
waited
for,
we
would
not
{\ADD{
need
to}}
wait
for
it
any
longer,
because
those
who
have
something,
certainly
do
not
continue
to
wait
for
it! [RHQ]
\VS{25}But
because
we
keep
waiting
expectantly
to
receive
what
we
do
not
yet
have,
we
wait
for
it
eagerly
and
patiently/perseveringly.
\par }{\SH God’s
Spirit
helps
us
when
our
spirits
feel
weak;
he
prays
for
us
and
God
understands
what
his
Spirit
intends.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:26-27
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Similarly,
in
addition
to
our
continuing
to
wait
for
what
God
will
give
us,
God’s
Spirit
helps
us
when
our
spirits
feel
weak.
We
do
not
know
what
is
proper/necessary
for
us
to
pray.
But
God’s
Spirit
knows,
and
he
prays
for
us
when
we
groan (OR,
he
groans)
in
a
way
that
cannot
be
expressed
in
words (OR,
prays
with
us,
groaning
in
a
way
that
cannot
be
expressed
in
words).
\VS{27}God,
who
examines
our
inner
feelings,
understands
what
his
Spirit
desires.
What
God
understands
is
that
his
Spirit
prays
for
us
who
belong
to
God
exactly
as
God
wants
him
to
pray.
\par }{\SH God
works
out
all
things
in
a
way
that
produces
good
spiritual
benefits
for
us
who
love
him.
He
does
this
because,
having
known
that
we
would
be
saved
and
thus
we
would
have
the
character
of
his
Son,
he
chose
us
and
declared
us
righteous,
and
he
will
surely
give
us
future
splendor.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:28-30
\par }{\PP \VS{28}And
we
know
that
to
those/us
who
love
God,
he
works
out
all
things
that
happen
{\ADD{
to
them/us}}
in
a
way
that
produces
good
{\ADD{
spiritual}}
benefits
{\ADD{
for
us}}.
He
does
these
things
for
those/us
whom
he
has
chosen,
because
that
was (OR,
was
according
to)
what
he
planned
to
do.
\VS{29}God
knew
previously
{\ADD{
that
we
would
believe}}
in
him (OR,
{\ADD{
would
be
saved}}).
We
are
those
who
God
also
decided
previously
would develop
a
character
like
his
Son’s
character.
The
result
of
that
is
that
{\ADD{Christ
is
like}}
a
firstborn/highest-ranking
{\ADD{
son}},
and
{\ADD{
those/we
who
are
God’s
children}} [MET]
are
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
many
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
{\ADD{
of
Jesus}}.
\VS{30}And
us
who
God
decided
previously
{\ADD{
that
we
would
become
like
his
Son}},
he
also
summoned.
And
for
us
whom
he
summoned,
he
also erased
the
record
of
our
sins.
And
for
us
whose
record
of
sins
he
has erased,
he
also
will
surely
give
future
splendor.
\par }{\SH We
must conclude
from
these
things
that
no
one
can
defeat
us,
and
absolutely
no
one
and
nothing
can
separate
us
from Christ’s
loving
us
and
God’s
loving
us.
\par }{\SR Romans 8:31-39
\par }{\PP \VS{31}So ◄I
will
tell
you
what
we
must conclude
from
{\ADD{
all}}
these
things
{\ADD{
that
God
does
for
us}}./what
shall
we conclude
from
{\ADD{
all}}
these
things
{\ADD{
that
God
does
for
us}}?► [RHQ]
Because
God
{\ADD{
is
acting}}
on
our
behalf, ◄no
one
can
win
against
us!/can
anyone
defeat
us? (OR,
it
does
not
matter
if
anyone
opposes
us)!► [RHQ]
\VS{32}God
did
not
spare
even
his
very
own
Son.
Instead,
he
turned
him
over
{\ADD{
to
others
to
cruelly
kill
him}}
in
order
that
all
we
{\ADD{
who
believe
in
him}}
may
benefit
{\ADD{
from
his
dying
for
us.
Therefore,
because
God
did
that}}, ◄he
will
also
certainly
give
us
freely
everything
{\ADD{
that
we
need
to
live
for
him}},
in
addition
to
{\ADD{
giving
us}} Christ./will
he
not
also
certainly
give
us
freely
everything
{\ADD{
that
we
need
to
live
for
him}},
in
addition
to
{\ADD{
giving
us}} Christ?► [RHQ]
\VS{33}It
is
God
himself
who erases
the
record
of
our
sins.
So ◄no
one
who
accuses
us
{\ADD{
before
God
will
win
against
us}} (OR,
{\ADD{
it
does
not
matter}}
if
anyone
tries
to
accuse
us)
whom
God
has
chosen./is
it possible
that
anyone
who
accuses
us
{\ADD{
before
God}}
will
win
against
us (OR,
does
it
matter
if
anyone
tries
to
accuse
us)
whom
God
has
chosen?► [RHQ]
\VS{34}It
is
Christ
Jesus
himself
who
pleads
{\ADD{
with
God}}
for
us,
so ◄no
one
can
condemn
us (OR,
say
that
we
are
still
guilty
for
our
sin)./can
anyone
condemn
us (OR,
say
that
we
are
still
guilty
for
our
sin)?► [RHQ]
Christ
died
{\ADD{
for
us}},
but
he
was
also
brought
back
to
life $\{${\ADD{
God}}
also
raised
him
from
the
dead$\}$,
and
he
is
now
at
the
place
of
honor
{\ADD{
ruling}}
with
God [MTY].
\VS{35}Absolutely
no
one
and
nothing
can
cause
Christ
to
stop
loving
us! [RHQ]
That
could
not [RHQ]
happen
{\ADD{
because
someone}}
caused
us
to
have
trouble [DOU],
or
{\ADD{
because
someone
did
things
to}}
harm
us,
or
{\ADD{
because
we
did}}
not
have
anything
to
eat,
or
{\ADD{
because
we
did}}
not
have
enough
clothes,
or
{\ADD{
because
we
lived
in
a}}
dangerous
situation,
or
{\ADD{
because
someone
killed
us
with}}
a
sword [MTY] (OR,
murdered
us).
\VS{36}{\ADD{
Such
things
may
happen
to
us,
just
like}}
it
is
written $\{${\ADD{
as
David}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
that
David
said
to
God}}, “Because
we
are
your
{\ADD{(sg)}}
people,
{\ADD{
other
people
repeatedly
attempt
to}}
kill
us.
They
consider
that
we
are
{\ADD{
only
people
to
be
killed}},
{\ADD{
like
a butcher
considers}}
that
sheep
are
{\ADD{
only}}
animals
to
be
slaughtered [MET].”
\VS{37}But
even
though
all
these
bad
things
{\ADD{
may
happen
to
us}},
we
win
a
great
victory/triumph
{\ADD{
over
these
things
because Christ}},
who
loves
us,
{\ADD{
helps
us}}.
\VS{38}I
am
absolutely
certain
that
neither
being
dead (OR,
being
killed),
nor
{\ADD{
what
happens
to
us
while}}
we
live,
nor
angels,
nor
demons,
nor
present
events,
nor
future
events,
nor
powerful
{\ADD{
beings/forces}},
\VS{39}nor
{\ADD{
powerful
beings}}
above
{\ADD{
the
horizon}}
or
below
{\ADD{
the
horizon}} [MTY],
nor
anything
else
that
{\ADD{
God
has}}
created
can
cause
God
to
stop
loving
us.
{\ADD{
God
showed
us
that
he
loves
us
by
sending}}
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
{\ADD{
to
die
for
us}}.

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH I tell you very sincerely that I grieve greatly about most of my fellow Israelites having rejected Christ. I would be willing to be separated from Christ if that would help them believe in him.
\par }{\SR Romans 9:1-5
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Now
I
would
like
to
discuss
the
fact
that
most
of
my
fellow
Israelites
have
rejected
Christ}}.
Because
of
my relationship
with
Christ,
I
say
completely
truthfully
{\ADD{
what
I
will
now
tell
you}}.
I
am
not
lying [DOU]!
My
conscience
confirms
what
I
{\ADD{
say}}
because
the
Holy
Spirit
{\ADD{
controls
it}}.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
tell
you
that}}
I
grieve
very
greatly
and
deeply [DOU]
{\ADD{
about
my
fellow
Israelites}}.
\VS{3}I
personally
would
be
willing
to
let
{\ADD{
God}}
curse
me
{\ADD{
and,
as
a
result,
be
separated}}
from
Christ,
{\ADD{
if
that
would}}
help
my
fellow
Israelites,
my
natural
kinsmen,
{\ADD{
to
believe
in
Christ}}.
\VS{4}We
{\ADD{
Jews}}
are
{\ADD{
Israelites,
God’s
chosen}}
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Jacob}}.
{\ADD{
God
has
always
considered}}
us
as
his
children [MET].
It
was
to
our
ancestors
{\ADD{
that
he
used
to
appear}}
gloriously
{\ADD{
while
they
were
in
the
desert}}.
It
was
with
them
that
{\ADD{
God
made}}
covenants
{\ADD{
several
times}}.
It
was
to
them
{\ADD{
that
God}}
gave
the
laws
{\ADD{
at
Sinai
Mountain}}.
They
were
the
ones
{\ADD{
to
whom
God
showed
how
they
should}}
worship
him.
They
were
the
ones
{\ADD{
to
whom
God}}
promised
many
things,
{\ADD{
especially
that
the
Messiah
would
come
from
their
race}}.
\VS{5}It
was
our
ancestors,
{\ADD{
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
whom
God
chose
to
found
our
nation}}.
And,
{\ADD{
most importantly}},
it
was
from
us
Israelites
that
the
Messiah
received
his
human nature.
{\ADD{
Nevertheless,
most
of
my
fellow
Israelites
have
rejected
Christ}},
who
is
the
one
who
controls
all
things!
He
is
God,
the
one
who
is
worthy
that
we
praise
him
forever!
This
is
true! (OR,
Amen!)
\par }{\SH This
does
not
prove
that
God
has
failed
to
do
for
Abraham
what
he
promised,
because,
as
Scripture illustrates,
it
is
not
all
who
are naturally
descended
from
Jacob
or
Abraham
whom
God
considers
to
be
his
children,
but
it
is
those
who
were
born
as
a
result
of
what
God
promised
whom
he
considers
his
children.
\par }{\SR Romans 9:6-13
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
God
promised
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
that
their
descendants
would
all
inherit
his
blessings}}.
But
{\ADD{
although
most
of
my
fellow
Israelites
have
rejected Christ}},
that
does
not
{\ADD{
prove}}
that
God
has
failed
{\ADD{
to
do}}
the
things
that
he
promised,
because
it
is
not
all
who
are
descended
from
Jacob
and
who
{\ADD{
call
themselves
the
people
of}}
Israel
whom
{\ADD{
God
considers}}
to
be
truly
his
people.
\VS{7}And
it
is
also
not
all
of
Abraham’s
natural
descendants
that
{\ADD{
God
considers}}
to
be
his
people.
Instead,
{\ADD{
God
considers
only
some
of
them
to
be
Abraham’s
children}}.
{\ADD{
This
agrees
with
what
God
told
Abraham}}: “It
is
Isaac,
{\ADD{
not
any
of
your(sg)
other
sons}},
whom
{\ADD{
I}}
will
consider
{\ADD{
to
be
the
true
father
of}}
your
descendants.”
\VS{8}That
means
that
it
is
not
all
the natural-born
descendants
{\ADD{
of
Abraham}}
whom
God
{\ADD{
considers
as}}
his
children.
Instead,
it
is
those
who
{\ADD{
believed
what
God}}
promised
whom
{\ADD{
he}}
considers
to
be
his
children.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
You
know
that
what
God}}
promised
{\ADD{
to
Abraham}}
was
this: “About
this
time
{\ADD{
next
year}}
Sarah
{\ADD{
your
wife}}
will
bear
a
son
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
my enabling}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
her
to
do
so}}.”
{\ADD{
So
Abraham
knew
that
it
was
not
through
Ishmael,
the
son
that
he
already
had,
that
God
would
fulfill
what
he
had
promised
him}} (OR,
{\ADD{
that
his
true
descendants
would
come}}).
\VS{10}And
not
only
then
did
God
show
{\ADD{
that
he
did
not
determine
who
would
be
his
true
children
according
to
who
their
ancestors
were.
He
showed
it
again}}
when
Rebecca
conceived
{\ADD{
twins}}
by
our
ancestor
Isaac.
\VS{11-12}Before
{\ADD{
the
twins,
Jacob
and
Esau}},
were
born,
when
neither
one
had
yet
done
anything
good
or
bad,
{\ADD{
God}}
said
to Rebecca
{\ADD{
about
the
twins
she
was
to
bear}}, “The
older
one
shall
later
serve
the
younger
one,
{\ADD{
contrary
to
normal
custom}}.”
{\ADD{
God
said
this}}
in
order
that
{\ADD{
we}}
might
{\ADD{
clearly}}
understand
that
what
he
purposed
{\ADD{
for
people}}
was
according
to
what
he
himself
determined.
That
is,
people’s
{\ADD{
eternal
destiny}}
does
not
depend
on
what
they
do.
Instead,
their
destiny
depends
on
{\ADD{
God}},
the
one
who
chooses
them.
\VS{13}And
{\ADD{
this
teaching
is}} ◄{\ADD{
supported/shown
to
be
true}}►
{\ADD{
by}}
what
is
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}} $\{$what
{\ADD{
a
prophet}}
recorded$\}$
{\ADD{
that
God
said}}: “I
favored
Jacob,
{\ADD{
the
younger
son}}.
I
did
not
favor [HYP]
Esau,
{\ADD{
the
older
son}}.”
\par }{\SH As
the Scriptures indicate,
God’s
choosing
people
depends
not
on
their
wishes
or
efforts.
He
helps
whomever
he
wants
to
help,
and
he
makes
stubborn
whomever
he
wants
to
make
stubborn.
We
cannot conclude
that
God
is
unjust
in
choosing
the
ones
he
wants
to
choose.
\par }{\SR Romans 9:14-18
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\ADD{
Someone}}
might
say, “◄Is
God
unjust
{\ADD{
by
choosing
the
ones
he
wants
to
choose?/I
think}}
that
God
is
unjust
{\ADD{
by
choosing
the
ones
he
wants
to
choose!}}►” [RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
would
reply}}, “{\ADD{
He
is}}
certainly
not
{\ADD{
unjust}}!”
\VS{15}God
told
Moses, “I
will
pity
and
help
anyone
whom
I
choose [DOU]!”
\VS{16}So
{\ADD{
God
chooses
people}},
not
because
they
want
{\ADD{
God
to
choose
them}}
or
because
they
try
hard
{\ADD{
to
do
things
so
that
he}}
will
{\ADD{
accept
them}}.
Instead
he
chooses
people
because
he
himself
has
mercy
{\ADD{
on undeserving
ones}}.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
Moses}}
recorded [PRS]
{\ADD{
that
God
had
told}}
Pharaoh, “This
is
why
I
gave
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
authority [MTY]:
It
was
in
order
that
I
might
show
{\ADD{
by
how
I
oppose}}
you
{\ADD{
how
exceedingly}}
powerful
I
am,
and
in
order
that
people
everywhere [HYP]
would
hear
about
me [MTY].”
\VS{18}So
{\ADD{
we conclude
that
God}}
kindly
helps
the
ones
he
wants
to
act
kindly towards.
But
he
makes
stubborn
the
ones
{\ADD{
such
as
Pharaoh}}
that
he
wants
{\ADD{
to
make
stubborn}}.
\par }{\SH My
reply
to
anyone’s objection
to
this
doctrine
is
that
God
has
a
right
to
carry
out
his
purposes;
he tolerated
the
people
who
caused
him
to
be
angry,
in
order
that
he
might
disclose
how
gloriously
he
acts
toward
those
on
whom
he
intends
to
have
mercy.
\par }{\SR Romans 9:19-29
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
One
of}}
you
may
{\ADD{
object
to
this
by}}
saying
to
me, “{\ADD{
Because
God determines
ahead
of
time
everything
that
people
do,
that
also implies
that
he
wants
us
to
do
everything
that
we
do}}. ◄No
one
has resisted
what
God
has willed!/Who
has resisted
what
God
has willed?► [RHQ]
Therefore, ◄it
would
not
be
right
that
God
would
still
condemn
{\ADD{
a
person
for
having
sinned}}!/why
does
God
still
condemn
{\ADD{
a
person
for
having
sinned}}?► [RHQ]”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
since}}
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
are
{\ADD{
just
a}}
human
being, ◄you
do
not
{\ADD{
have
any
right
at
all
to}}
criticize
God!/{\ADD{
who
are
you
to}}
say
that
what
God
does
is
wrong?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
As
a
potter
is
the
one
who
creates
a
clay
pot,
God
is
the
one
who
created
you}}. ◄A
clay
pot [MET]
certainly
would
not
{\ADD{
have
a
right
to
criticize}}
the
potter
by
asking [PRS], “Why
did
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
make
me
this
way?”/Would
a
clay
pot
{\ADD{
have
a
right
to
criticize}}
the
potter
by
asking [PRS], “Why
did
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
make
me
this
way?”► [RHQ]
\VS{21}Instead, ◄the
potter
certainly
has
the
right
to
{\ADD{
take}}
some
clay
and
from
one
lump
{\ADD{
of
clay}}
make
one
pot
that
people
will
honor
and
{\ADD{
make
another}}
one
for
ordinary
purposes [MET]./does
not
a
potter
have
the
right
to
{\ADD{
take}}
some
clay
and
from
one
lump
{\ADD{
of
clay}}
make
one
pot
that
people
will
honor
and
{\ADD{
make
another}}
pot
for
ordinary
purposes?► [MET, RHQ]
{\ADD{
Similarly,
God
has
the
right
to
carry
out
what
he
purposes
for
people}}.
\VS{22}Although
God
desires
to
show
that
he
is
angry
{\ADD{
about
sin}},
and
{\ADD{
although
he
desires
to}}
make
clear
that
he
can powerfully
{\ADD{
punish
people
who
have
sinned}},
he tolerated
very
patiently
the
people [MET]
who
caused
him
to
be
angry
and
who
deserved
to
be
destroyed (OR,
who
were
made
to
be
destroyed).
\VS{23}{\ADD{
God
has
been
patient}}
in
order
that
he
might
make
clear
how
very
wonderfully
{\ADD{
he
acts
toward
those}} [MET]
whom
he
intended
to
act mercifully towards
and
whom
he
prepared
ahead
of
time
in
order
that
they
might
{\ADD{
live}}
gloriously
{\ADD{
in
heaven}}.
\VS{24}That
means
us
whom
he
chose—not
only
{\ADD{
us}}
Jews
but
also non-Jews.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
These
words
that}}
Hosea
wrote [MTY]
that
{\ADD{
God}}
said
also ◄show
that
God
has
the
right/{\ADD{
support
God’s
right}}►
{\ADD{
to
choose
from
among
both
Jews
and non-Jews}} [MTY]:
\par }{\Q I
will
declare
that
many
people
who
were
not
my
people
are
now
my
people.
I
will
declare
that
many
people
whom
I
did
not
love [HYP]
before,
I
love
now.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}And
{\ADD{
another
prophet
wrote}}:
\par }{\QB What
will
happen
is
that
in
the
places
where
{\ADD{
God}}
told
them
before, “You
are
not
my
people,”
in
those
same
places
{\ADD{
people}}
will
declare
truthfully
that
they
are
children
of
God,
who
is
completely
powerful.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Isaiah
also
exclaimed
concerning
the
Israelites:
\par }{\QB Even
though
the
Israelites
are
{\ADD{
so
many
that
no
one
can
count
them,
like}}
sand
{\ADD{particles
on
the beach
beside}}
the
ocean,
{\ADD{
only}}
a
small
part
of
them
will
be
saved $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
save
{\ADD{
only}}
a
small
part
of
them$\}$,
\VS{28}because
the
Lord
will
punish
completely
and
speedily
the
{\ADD{
people
who
live
on
}}
this
earth,
as
he
said
that
he
would
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}{\ADD{
Also,
we
can
understand
from
what
the
prophet}}
Isaiah
said
{\ADD{
that
God
would
not
save}}
anyone
if
he
did
not
show
mercy:
\par }{\Q If
the
Lord,
who
controls
everything
in
heaven,
had
not mercifully
allowed
some
of
our
descendants
to
survive,
we
would
have
become
like
the
people
of
{\ADD{
the
cities
of}}
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
who
were [SIM, DOU]
completely
destroyed.
\par }{\SH The non-Jews
found
the
way
by
which
God
could
declare
them
righteous.
The
Jews
did
not
succeed
in
fulfilling
what
the
Mosaic
laws
require.
Instead,
they
tried
to
find
a
way
to
be
declared
righteous
by
doing
things
in
order
that
God
would
accept
them.
\par }{\SR Romans 9:30-33
\par }{\PP \VS{30}We
must conclude
this: [RHQ]
Although non-Jews
did
not
search
out
{\ADD{
a
way
by
which}}
God
would erase
the
record
of
their
sins,
they
actually
found
that
way
because
they
trusted
{\ADD{
in
what Christ
did
for
them}}.
\VS{31}But
although
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
sought
a
basis
{\ADD{
by
which
God
would}} erase
the
record
of
their
sins,
they
did
not
succeed
in
{\ADD{
fulfilling
the
true
purpose
of
the}}
laws
{\ADD{
that
God
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{32}The
reason [RHQ]
{\ADD{
that
they
did
not
succeed}}
is
that
they
did
not
trust
that
{\ADD{
God
would
provide
a
way
to
save
them}}.
Instead,
they
were
trying
to
do
certain
things
{\ADD{
in
order
that
God
would
accept
them.
Because
they
did
not
expect
the
Messiah
to
die,
the
Israelites}}
felt
disgusted
about
{\ADD{Jesus’
death,
which
is
like}}
the
stone [MET]
on
which
people
stumble.
\VS{33}This
is
what
{\ADD{
a
prophet}}
predicted
when
he
wrote
these
words
that
{\ADD{
God
said
about
the
Messiah}}:
\par }{\Q Listen!
I
am
placing
in
Israel [MTY]
{\ADD{
one
who
is
like}}
a
stone [MET]
on
which
people
will
stumble.
What
he
does
will
offend
people [DOU].
Nevertheless,
those
who
believe
in
him
will
not
be
disappointed.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH My deep desire and earnest prayer is that God will save the Jews, who do not understand how to seek him correctly.
\par }{\SR Romans 10:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
fellow believers,
what
I
deeply
desire
and
what
I
pray
to
God
earnestly
for
is
that
he
will
save
{\ADD{
my
own
people}},
{\ADD{
the
Jews}}.
\VS{2}I
declare
truthfully
about
them
that
although
they ◄zealously
seek/very
much
want
to
know►
God,
they
do
not
understand
{\ADD{
how
to
seek/know
him
correctly}}.
\VS{3}They
did
not ◄submit
themselves
to/accept►
the
way
that
God erases
the
record
of
people’s
sins.
They
did
not
{\ADD{
want
to}}
recognize
{\ADD{
that
way}}
because
they
wanted
him
to
do
it
their
own
way.
\VS{4}They
wanted
God
to erase
the
record
of
their
sins
{\ADD{
as
a
result
of
their
obeying
his
laws.
But}}
because
of
what
Christ
has
done,
it
is
no
longer
necessary
for
{\ADD{
people
to
obey}}
the
laws
{\ADD{
God
gave
Moses
in
order
for
the
record
of
their
sins
to
be erased}}.
Now
God
will erase
the
record
of
sins
of
everyone
who
trusts
{\ADD{
in
what
Christ
has
done}}.
\par }{\SH The
message
of
Scripture
is
that
those
who
confess
publicly
that Jesus
is
their
Lord
and
who
believe
inwardly
that
God
brought Jesus
back
to
life
will
be
saved,
because
God
accepts
people
only
because
of
their
faith,
Jews
and non-Jews
alike.
\par }{\SR Romans 10:5-13
\par }{\PP \VS{5}In
regard
to
{\ADD{
the
old}}
way,
Moses
wrote
{\ADD{
concerning
people
who
obey
God’s}}
laws, “It
is
the
people
who
have
done
{\ADD{
perfectly}}
the
things
{\ADD{
that
the
laws
require}}
who
will
gain
{\ADD{
eternal}}
life
by
{\ADD{
doing}}
them.”
\VS{6}But
those
whose
record
of
sins
God
has erased
as
a
result
of
their
believing
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}
can
say
{\ADD{
to
anyone}} [PRS]
{\ADD{
as
Moses
said}}, “You
should
not
{\ADD{critically}}
think
inwardly, ‘◄Someone
will
have
to
go
up
and
enter
heaven!/Who
will
go
up
and
enter
heaven?►’ [RHQ]”
That
is
to
say,
someone
will
have
to
{\ADD{
go
up
and}}
bring
Christ
down
{\ADD{
to
bring
the
message
of
salvation
to
us}}!
\VS{7}“Or
{\ADD{
you
should
not
think
inwardly}}, ‘◄Someone
will
have
to
go
down
and
enter
the
place
where
{\ADD{
the
spirits}}
of
dead
persons
are!/Who
will
go
down
and
enter
the
place
where
{\ADD{
the
spirits}}
of
dead
persons
are?►’ [RHQ]”
That
is
to
say,
someone
will
have
to
{\ADD{
go
down
and}}
bring
Christ
up
{\ADD{
from
there
to
bring
the
message
of
salvation
to
us.
You
should
not
say
that
because
Christ
has
already
come
down
to
save
us,
and
has
already
become
alive
after
he
died}}!
\VS{8}But
instead,
{\ADD{
those
who
believe
in Christ}} [PRS]
can
say
what [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Moses
also
said}}, “You
{\ADD{(sg)}}
can
find
out
about
{\ADD{
God’s}}
message
very
easily.
You
can
speak [MTY]
about
it;
you
can
think [MTY]
about
it.”
This
is
the
message
that
we
proclaim,
that
people
must
believe
{\ADD{
in Christ}}.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
This
message
is
that}}
if
anyone
of
you
confesses/says
publicly
that
Jesus
is
Lord,
and
if
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
believe
that
God ◄caused
him
to
become
alive
again
after
he
died/raised
him
from
the
dead►,
you
will
be
saved $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
save
you$\}$.
\VS{10}If
people
believe
{\ADD{
that Christ
died
and
that
God
caused
him
to
become
alive
again}} [CHI],
the
result
is
that
{\ADD{
God
will erase
the
record
of
their
sins}}.
And
{\ADD{
for}}
those
who
state/declare
publicly
{\ADD{
that Jesus
is
their
Lord}},
the
result
is
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
save
them.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
It
is
written}} $\{${\ADD{
Isaiah
wrote}}$\}$
in
the
Scriptures [PRS]
{\ADD{
about
the
Messiah}}, “Whoever
believes
in
him
will
not
be
disappointed.”
\VS{12}{\ADD{
God}}
treats
Jews
and non-Jews
similarly.
Because
he
is
the
same
Lord
for
all
people
{\ADD{
who
believe
in
him}},
he
abundantly
{\ADD{
blesses}}
all
who
ask
him
{\ADD{
to
save
them}}.
\VS{13}This
is
{\ADD{
just
like
what
the
prophet
Joel
wrote}}: “All
those
who
ask
the
Lord
{\ADD{
God}}
to
save
them
will
be
saved $\{$The
Lord
{\ADD{
God}}
will
save
all
those
who
ask
him
to
save
them$\}$.”
\par }{\SH There
may
be
those
who
object
by
saying, “If
God
does
not
send
someone
to
preach
to
the
Jews,
they
cannot
ask
Christ
to
save
them.”
My
reply
to
them
is
that
God
has
already
sent
people
to
preach
about
Christ
to
them,
but
most
of
the
Jews
have
not
accepted
the gospel.
However,
some
Jews
do
believe
in
Christ,
and
many
other
people
are
indeed
hearing
the
message.
\par }{\SR Romans 10:14-17
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\ADD{
In
regard
to
the
people
of
Israel rejecting
the gospel,
some
people
might
object
by
saying}}, (OR,
{\ADD{
This
raises
another
problem
about
the
Jews}}:) “◄They
certainly
cannot
ask
{\ADD{Christ
to
save
them}}
if
they
have
not
{\ADD{
first}}
believed
{\ADD{
in
him}}!/How
can
they
ask
{\ADD{Christ
to
help/save
them}}
if
they
have
not
{\ADD{
first}}
believed
{\ADD{
in
him}}?► [RHQ]
And ◄they
certainly
cannot
believe
{\ADD{
in
him}}
if
they
have
not
heard
about
him!/how
can
they
believe
{\ADD{
in
him}}
if
they
have
not
heard
about
him?► [RHQ]
And ◄they
certainly
cannot
hear
{\ADD{
about
him}}
if
someone
does
not
preach
to
them
{\ADD{
about
him}}!/how
can
they
hear
{\ADD{
about
him}}
if
someone
does
not
preach
to
them
{\ADD{
about
him}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{15}And
those
who
preach
to
them
{\ADD{
about
Christ}}, ◄certainly
cannot
preach
if
they
are
not
sent
{\ADD{
by
God}} $\{$if
{\ADD{
God}}
does
not
send
them$\}$
{\ADD{
to
preach!}}/how
can
they
preach
if
they
are
not
sent
{\ADD{
by
God}} $\{$if
{\ADD{
God}}
does
not
send
them$\}$
{\ADD{
to
preach}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
His
sending
messengers
to
them
would
be}}
just
like
it
is
written $\{$like
someone
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}, ‘The
arrival [MTY]
of
those
who
preach
the
good
message
is
wonderful!’ ”
\VS{16}{\ADD{
I
would
reply
in
this
way
to
people
who
say
such
things:
God
has
indeed
sent
people
to
preach
the
message
about
Christ}}.
But
not
all
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Israel}}
have
paid
attention
to
the
good
message!
{\ADD{
It
is
like
what}}
Isaiah
said
{\ADD{
when
he
felt
very
discouraged}}, “Lord,
it
seems
as
if
hardly
anyone
believed
what
they
heard
us
{\ADD{(exc)}}
preach! [RHQ]”
\VS{17}So
then,
{\ADD{
I
tell
you
that
people}}
are
believing
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}
as
a
result
of
hearing
{\ADD{
the
message
about
him}},
and
people
are
hearing
{\ADD{
the
message}}
as
a
result
of
{\ADD{
people}}
preaching
{\ADD{
about}}
Christ!
\par }{\SH In
reply
to
a
question
of
whether
the
Jews
have
heard
or
understood
about
Christ,
I
would
say
that,
as
is
supported
by
the Scriptures,
they
have
heard
it
and
should
have
understood
it,
because
even non-Jews,
who
were
not
searching
for
God,
understood
it.
\par }{\SR Romans 10:18-21
\par }{\PP \VS{18}But
{\ADD{
if
someone
were
to}}
ask, “Have
not
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Israel}}
heard
{\ADD{
the
message
about
God?}}”
{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
they}}
certainly
{\ADD{
have
heard
it}}!
It
is
like
{\ADD{
what
is
written
in
the
Psalms}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
People
living}}
all
over
the
world [PRS, MTY]
{\ADD{
have
seen
the
stars}},
and
what
they indicate
{\ADD{
about
God’s
character
has
reached
people
living
in}}
the
most
remote
places
in
the
world [DOU]!
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
{\ADD{
someone
might
ask}}, “{\ADD{
Is
it
true
that
the
people
of}} [MTY]
Israel
understood
{\ADD{
the
message
about Christ}}?”
{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that
certainly
they
understood
it,
but
they
rejected
it!
Remember
that}}
Moses
was
the
first
{\ADD{
one
who
warned
the
people
of
Israel
about disobeying
God.
He
told
them
that
God
said}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
You
consider
that}} non-Jewish
groups
are
not
nations
at
all [CHI].
But
some
of
them
{\ADD{
will
believe
in
me,
and
I
will
bless
them}}.
Then
you
will
envy
them.
I
will
cause
you
to
be
angry
with
those
people
whom
{\ADD{
you
Jews
think}}
do
not
understand
{\ADD{
my
ways}} [IRO].
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Remember
also
{\ADD{
what
God}}
said
{\ADD{
very}}
boldly
to
Isaiah:
\par }{\Q Non-Jews
who
did
not ◄try
to
know/seek►
me
will
surely
find
me [DOU]!
\par }{\Q I
will
surely
reveal
what
I
am
like
to
those
who
did
not
ask
for
me!
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
concerning
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel,
{\ADD{
Isaiah}}
tells
{\ADD{
us
that
God
said}}:
\par }{\Q For
a
long
time
I
have
held
out
my
arms
to
people
who
disobeyed
and
rebelled
against
me,
{\ADD{
in
order}}
to
invite
them
to
return
to
me.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH God has certainly not rejected all Jews. I am evidence of that. Just like in the past, there is also at the present time a small group of us Jews who have become believers.
\par }{\SR Romans 11:1-6
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Because
of
that,
{\ADD{
if
anyone
should
ask}}, “Has
God
rejected
his
people
{\ADD{
the
Jews?”
I
would
declare
that}}
he
certainly
has
not
{\ADD{
rejected
all
of
us!
You
can
realize
that
by
remembering
that}}
I
also
belong
to
the
{\ADD{
people
of}}
Israel.
I
am
a
descendant
of
Abraham,
and
I
belong
to
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
{\ADD{
but
God
has
not
rejected
me}}!
\VS{2}No,
God
has
not
rejected
his
people,
whom
he
chose
long
ago
{\ADD{
to
be
people
whom
he
would
bless
in
a
special
way}}.
Remember [RHQ]
what
is
written [PRS]
in
the
Scriptures
about
Elijah
when
he
{\ADD{mistakenly}}
complained
to
God
about
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel,
saying,
\VS{3}“Lord,
they
have
killed
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
your
{\ADD{(sg)}}
prophets,
they
have
destroyed
your
altars.
I
am
the
only
one
{\ADD{
who
believes
in
you}}
who
remains
{\ADD{
alive}},
and
now
they
are
trying
to
kill
me!”
\VS{4}God
answered
him
like
this: “{\ADD{
You(sg)
are
not
the
only
one
who
believes
in
me}}!
I
have
protected
for
myself
{\ADD{
not
just
you,
but}} 7,000
{\ADD{
other}}
men
who
have
not
worshipped
{\ADD{
the
false
god}}
Baal. ◄Remember
that!/Do
you
not
remember
that?► [RHQ]”
\VS{5}So,
similarly,
there
is
also
at
this
time
a
small
group
{\ADD{
of
us
Jews}}
who
have
become
{\ADD{believers.
God}}
has
chosen
us
{\ADD{
to
become believers}} (OR,
{\ADD{
his
people}})
only
because
he
acts
kindly
toward
us,
in
ways
that
we
do
not
deserve.
\VS{6}Since
it
is
because
he
acts
kindly
{\ADD{
toward
those
whom
he
chooses,
it
is}}
not
because
they
have
done
good
things
{\ADD{
that
he
has
chosen
them}}.
If
{\ADD{
God
chose
people
because
they
did
good
deeds}},
then
it
would
not
be
because
he
was
acting
toward
them
in
a
way
that
they
did
not
deserve.
\par }{\SH The Scriptures
confirm
that
the
people
of
Israel
as
a
whole
did
not
find
the
way
of
being
declared
righteous,
although
those
whom
God
had
chosen
did
find
it.
\par }{\SR Romans 11:7-10
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
Since
God
chose
only
some
people
of
Israel}},
{\ADD{
this
is
what
I conclude: [RHQ]
Most
of
the
people
of}}
Israel
did
not
find
{\ADD{
the
way
for
him
to erase
the
record
of
their
sins}},
even
though
some
of
them
were
earnestly
looking
for
it.
The
{\ADD{
people
of
Israel
whom
God
had}}
chosen
found
it,
but
the
rest
{\ADD{
of
them}}
were $\{${\ADD{
God}}$\}$
made spiritually
insensitive/unresponsive.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
Our}}
fellow
Jews
are
just
like
the
{\ADD{
ones}}
about
whom
Isaiah
wrote,
\par }{\Q God ◄caused
their
senses
to
be
dull/made
them
unable
to
think
clearly►.
Up
to
this
very
day,
{\ADD{
they
have}}
eyes
but
they
cannot
see
{\ADD{
spiritually}} [MET].
{\ADD{
They
have}}
ears,
but
they
cannot
understand
{\ADD{
spiritually}}
what
they
hear.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
{\ADD{
they
remind
me
of
what
King}}
David
said,
{\ADD{
when
he
asked
God
to
cause
his
enemies’
senses
to
be
dull}} [MET],
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Make
them
stupid}} [MTY],
{\ADD{
like
animals
that
are}}
caught
in
snares!
\par }{\Q May
they
{\ADD{
feel
secure
because
of
the
things
that
they
enjoy
but
which
will
catch
them
like
a}}
trap [DOU,
MET],
with
the
result
that
you
will
destroy
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}May
their
ability
to
perceive
{\ADD{
danger}}
be dulled $\{$Dull
their
ability
to
perceive
{\ADD{spiritually}}$\}$ [MET],
with
the
result
that
they
will
not
{\ADD{
become
alarmed}} [MET]
{\ADD{
when
there
is
danger}}.
\par }{\Q May
you
cause
them
to
carry
heavy
loads
on
their
backs
continually
{\ADD{
as
slaves
do}} [MTY].
\par }{\SH My
reply
to
a
question
as
to
whether
the
result
of
the
Jews’ unbelief
is
a
permanent
falling
away
from
God
is, “No!
God
is
saving
many non-Jews
to
make
many
Jews
envious
and
seek
to
be
saved.”
\par }{\SR Romans 11:11-12
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
Perhaps
someone
will
ask}}, “{\ADD{
When
the
Jews}}
sinned
{\ADD{
by
not believing
in Christ,
did}}
it
result
in
their
separating
themselves
from
God
{\ADD{
permanently?}}”
Then
I
{\ADD{
would
reply}},
{\ADD{
No}},
they
have
certainly
not
{\ADD{
separated
themselves
from
God
permanently}}!
What
is
happening
is
that
because
they
sinned,
{\ADD{
God}}
is
saving non-Jews
in
order
to
cause
{\ADD{
the
Jews}}
to
envy
{\ADD{
the
way
he
blesses non-Jews
and
so
ask Christ
to
save
them}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
When
the
Jews}}
sinned (OR,
rejected Christ),
{\ADD{
the
result
was
that
God}}
abundantly
{\ADD{
blessed
other
people
in}} [MTY]
the
world
by
{\ADD{
offering
them
the opportunity
to
believe}}.
And
{\ADD{
when
the
Jews}}
failed
{\ADD{spiritually,
the
result
was
that
God}}
abundantly
{\ADD{
blessed}}
the non-Jews.
Since
that
is
true,
think
how
wonderful
it
will
be
when
the
complete
number
{\ADD{
of
the
Jews
whom
God
has
chosen
will
believe
in Christ}} [RHQ]!
\par }{\SH I
highly
esteem
the
work
that
God
has
called
me
to
do
as
an apostle
among
you non-Jews.
I
hope
that
I
will
make
my
fellow
Jews
jealous,
and
as
a
result,
some
of
them
will
be
saved.
\par }{\SR Romans 11:13-16
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Now
it
is
to
you non-Jews
that
I
am
saying
{\ADD{
what
follows}}.
I
am
the
one
who
is
the apostle
to non-Jews,
and
I
highly
esteem
this
work
{\ADD{
that
God
appointed}}
me
to
do.
\VS{14}But
I
also
hope
that
{\ADD{
by
my
labors}}
I
will
make
my
fellow
Jews ◄jealous/want
what
you non-Jews
have►,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that}}
some
of
them
will
{\ADD{
believe
and}}
be
saved.
\VS{15}{\ADD{
God}}
has
rejected
{\ADD{
most
of
my
fellow
Jews
because
they
refused
to
believe,
with
the
result
that}}
he reconciled
{\ADD{
many
other
people
in}}
the
world [MTY]
{\ADD{
to
himself}}.
But
he
will
accept
{\ADD{
my
fellow
Jews
again
when
they
trust
in Christ}}!
And ◄this
is
what
the
result
will
be./do
you
know
what
the
result
will
be?► [RHQ]
It
will
be
{\ADD{
as
though
God
is
making
them}}
alive
again
after
they
have
been
dead!
\VS{16}{\ADD{
Just
like}}
the
whole
lump
{\ADD{
of
dough}}
will
belong
to
God
if
{\ADD{
people
offer}}
to
God [MET]
the
{\ADD{
bread
baked
from}}
the
first
part
{\ADD{
of
it}} [MET],
{\ADD{
so
the
Jews
will
belong
to
God
because
their
ancestors
belonged
to
God}}.
And
just
like
the
branches
{\ADD{
of
a
tree}}
will
be
good
if
the
roots aregood [MET],
{\ADD{
so
the
descendants
of
our
great
Jewish
ancestors
who
belonged
to
God
will
also
some
day
belong
to
God}}.
\par }{\SH You non-Jews
who
trust
in
Jesus
must
not
despise
the
Jews
whom
God
has
rejected.
You
must
not
become
proud,
but
instead
beware.
God
will
not
spare
you
if
you
fall
away
from
him,
and
he
will
certainly
act
kindly
toward
the
Jews
if
they
trust
in Christ.
\par }{\SR Romans 11:17-24
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
God
has
rejected}}
many
of
{\ADD{
the
Jews}} [MET],
{\ADD{
like}}
branches
{\ADD{
of
a
tree}}
are
broken
off $\{${\ADD{
like
people}}
break
off
{\ADD{
dead}}
branches
{\ADD{
of
a
tree}}$\}$.
And
each
of
you
{\ADD{non-Jews
whom
God
has
accepted
is
like}} [MET]
{\ADD{
a
branch
of}}
a
wild/uncultivated
olive
tree
{\ADD{
that}}
was $\{${\ADD{
that
someone}}$\}$
grafted
among
the
branches (OR,
onto
one
of
the
branches)
{\ADD{
that
were
left
on
a
cultivated
olive
tree}}.
{\ADD{
God
has
caused}}
you
{\ADD{
to
benefit
from
how
he
blessed
our(exc)
first
Jewish
ancestors,
as
branches}}
benefit
from
the nutritious
sap
from
the
roots
of
a
{\ADD{
cultivated}}
olive
tree [MET].
\VS{18}However,
you
{\ADD{non-Jews}}
must
not
despise
{\ADD{
the
Jews
whom
God
rejected}} [MET],
{\ADD{
who
are
like}}
the
branches
that
{\ADD{
were
broken
off
from
the
tree}}
If
any
of
you
{\ADD{
wants
to}}
boast
{\ADD{
about
having
received
blessings
from
God}},
{\ADD{
remember
this:
Branches}}
do
not
nourish
the
roots.
Instead
the
roots
nourish
{\ADD{
the
branches}} [MET].
{\ADD{
Similarly,
you
are
blessed
by
God
because
of
what}}
you
{\ADD{
have
received
from
the
Jews!
It
is
not
what
the
Jews
have
received
from}}
you
{\ADD{
that
blesses
them}} [MET]!
\VS{19}If
one
of
you
then
says, “{\ADD{
God
rejected
the
Jews}} [MET]
{\ADD{
like}}
branches [MET]
that
are
broken $\{$that
people
broke$\}$
off
{\ADD{
a
tree
and
rejected}},
in
order
that
{\ADD{
he
might
accept
us non-Jews,
as}}
branches [MET]
of
a
tree
are
grafted
in $\{${\ADD{
as
people}}
graft
in
branches
of
a
tree$\}$,”
\VS{20}{\ADD{
I
would
reply
that}}
this
is
true.
However,
it
is
because
the
Jews
did
not
believe
{\ADD{
in Christ}}
that
they
were
rejected [MET] $\{$that
{\ADD{
God}}
rejected [MET]
them$\}$.
As
for
you,
it
is
{\ADD{
only}}
because
you
believe
{\ADD{
in Christ}}
that
{\ADD{
God
has
accepted}}
you!
{\ADD{
So}}
do
not
{\ADD{
any
of
you}}
become
proud,
but
instead
beware
{\ADD{
of
what
could
happen
to
you}}
\VS{21}Since
God
did
not
spare
{\ADD{
the unbelieving
Jews}} [MET]
{\ADD{
who
were
like
a tree’s}}
natural
branches,
he
will
not
spare
any
of
you
{\ADD{
if
you
do}}
not
{\ADD{
keep
trusting
in
him}}!
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Note
then,
that
God
acts
kindly,
but
he
also
acts
severely.
He
has
acted
severely
toward
{\ADD{
the
Jews}}
who
have
stopped
trusting
in
him.
On
the
other
hand,
he
acts
kindly
toward
each
of
you
{\ADD{non-Jews
only}}
if
you
continue
{\ADD{
to appreciate
his
acting}}
kindly
{\ADD{
toward
you}}.
However,
you
will
be
rejected $\{${\ADD{
he}}
will
reject
you$\}$
if
you
do
not
{\ADD{
keep
trusting
in
him}}.
\VS{23}And
if
the
Jews
believe
{\ADD{
in Christ}} [LIT],
God
also
will
{\ADD{reunite
them
to
himself
as}}
branches
are
grafted $\{${\ADD{
as
people}}
graft
branches$\}$
into
{\ADD{
a
tree
again}},
because
God
is
able
to
do
that.
\VS{24}Each
of
you
{\ADD{non-Jews
who
were
previously
separated
from
God
has
benefited
from
the
ways
in
which
God
blessed
the
Jews}} [MET].
{\ADD{
That
is
like
taking
branches}}
that
have
been
cut $\{$that
someone
has
cut$\}$
from
a
wild
olive
tree
that
just
grew
{\ADD{
without
being
planted}} $\{${\ADD{
someone
planting
it}}$\}$
and,
contrary
to
what
people
usually
do, grafting
them
into
a
cultivated
olive
tree.
So
God
will
much
more readily
{\ADD{
receive
back
the
Jews
because
they
belonged
to
him
before}} [MET]!
{\ADD{
That
will
be
like}}
the original
branches
{\ADD{
that
had
been
cut
off}}
being
grafted $\{$like grafting
the original
branches
{\ADD{
that
someone
cut
off}},$\}$
back
into
the
olive
tree
to
which
they
{\ADD{originally
belonged}}!
\par }{\SH I
want
you
to
know
that
all
the
people
of
Israel
will
some
day
be
saved,
as
the Scriptures
say
will
happen.
God
still
loves
them
because
of
their
ancestors.
It
is
his
purpose
to
act mercifully towards
them
as
well
as
toward
all non-Jews.
\par }{\SR Romans 11:25-33
\par }{\PP \VS{25}My
{\ADD{non-Jewish}}
fellow believers,
I
certainly
want
you
to
understand [LIT]
this
truth
that
God
has
now
revealed
{\ADD{
about
my
fellow
Jews
who
are
refusing
to
believe}}.
You
should
not
proudly
think
{\ADD{
that}}
God
{\ADD{
now
favors
you}}
more
{\ADD{
than
the
Jews}} (OR,
{\ADD{
that
you
understand
God’s
further
plans
for
the
Jews}}).
Many
{\ADD{
people
of}}
Israel
will
continue
to
be
stubborn
until
all
the non-Jews
{\ADD{
whom
God
has
chosen
have
believed
in
Jesus}}.
\VS{26}And
then
all [HYP]
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel
will
be
saved $\{${\ADD{
God}}
will
save
all [HYP]
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel$\}$.
Then
these
words
that
are
written $\{$that
{\ADD{
a
prophet}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
will}} ◄{\ADD{
become
true/be
fulfilled}}►:
\par }{\Q The
one
who
sets
{\ADD{
his
people}}
free
will
originate
from
{\ADD{
the
place
where}}
God
dwells (OR,
from
the
Jews) [MTY].
Then
he
will
remove
the
guilt
of
the
Israelite
people (OR,
descendants
of
Jacob) [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{27}And
{\ADD{
as
God
says}},
\par }{\PI The contract
that
I
will
make
with
them
is
that
I
will
forgive
their
sins.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}With
regard
to
{\ADD{
the
Jews rejecting}}
the
good
message
{\ADD{
about Christ,
God
treats}}
them
as
enemies,
which
has
benefited
you
{\ADD{non-Jews}}.
But
in
regard
to
{\ADD{
their
being
the
people
whom
God}}
chose,
{\ADD{
God
still}}
loves
them
because
of
{\ADD{
what
he
promised}}
their
ancestors.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
He
still
loves
them}},
because
he
never
changed
his
mind
about
the privileges/blessings
he
{\ADD{
gave
to
them}}
and
about
his
choosing
{\ADD{
them
to
be
his
people}}.
\VS{30}You
{\ADD{non-Jews}}
once
disobeyed
God,
but
now
he
has
acted mercifully towards
you
because
the
{\ADD{
Jews}}
disobeyed
him.
\VS{31}Now
the
Jews
have
disobeyed
God.
The
result
is
that
by
the
very
same
way
in
which
he
acted mercifully towards
you,
he
will
act mercifully towards
them
{\ADD{
again}}.
\VS{32}God
has
declared
and
proved
that
all
people,
{\ADD{
both
Jews
and non-Jews}} [MET],
disobey ◄{\ADD{
him/his
laws}}►.
He
has
declared
that
because
he
wants
to
act mercifully towards
us
all.
\par }{\SH I
marvel
at
how
great
God’s
wisdom
and
knowledge
are,
and
his
decisions
and
actions
toward
us!
\par }{\SR Romans 11:33-36
\par }{\PP \VS{33}{\ADD{
I
marvel
how}}
vast
and
great
are
the
wise
things
that
God
{\ADD{
has
done}}
and
what
he
has
{\ADD{
always}}
known [DOU]!
We
are
completely
unable
to
understand
the
things
that
he
has
decided
and
the
ways
{\ADD{
in
which
he
acts
toward
us}} [DOU]!
\VS{34}{\ADD{
I
remember
the Scriptures
that
say}},
\par }{\Q ◄No
one
has
known
what
the
Lord
thinks./Who
has
known
what
the
Lord
thinks?► [RHQ] ◄Absolutely
no
one
has
given
him
advice
{\ADD{
about
what
he
should
do!}}/Who
has
advised
him
{\ADD{
about
what
he
should
do}}?► [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{35}And,
\par }{\PI ◄No
one
has
given
anything
to
God
that
{\ADD{
he
did
not
previously
receive
from
God!}}/Has
anyone
given
anything
to
God
that
{\ADD{
he
did
not
previously
receive
from
God}}?► [RHQ]
So
God ◄is
not obligated
to/does
not
have
to►
pay
back
anything
to
anyone!
\par }{\PP \VS{36}God
{\ADD{
is
the
one
who
created}}
all
things.
He
is
also
the
one
who
{\ADD{
sustains
all
things}}.
The
reason
that
he
created
them
was
that
{\ADD{
everything
he
created
might
praise}}
him.
May
{\ADD{
all
people}}
honor
him
forever! ◄May
it
be
so!/Amen!►

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH I appeal to you that you present yourselves to God by making yourselves like living sacrifices, which is the appropriate way to serve him. Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you act, but instead let God change your way of thinking.
\par }{\SR Romans 12:1-2
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
fellow believers,
since
God
has
acted mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
you}}
in
so
many
ways,
I
appeal
to
{\ADD{
all
of}}
you
that
you
present
yourselves [SYN]
{\ADD{
to
him
by
making
yourselves
like}}
holy
sacrifices [MET].
{\ADD{
Make
yourselves
sacrifices}}
that
he
is
pleased
with,
sacrifices
that
are
living/alive,
{\ADD{
not
ones
that
are
dead/killed.
Since
God
has
done
so
much
for
you/us}},
this
is
the
{\ADD{
only}}
appropriate
way
to
serve
him.
\VS{2}Do
not
let
anything non-Christian
determine
how
you
should
act.
Instead,
let
God
change
your
{\ADD{
way
of
life}}
by
making
your
way
of
thinking
new,
in
order
that
you
may
know
what
he
wants
you
to
do.
That
is,
you
will
know
what
is
good,
and
you
will
know
what
pleases
{\ADD{
God}},
and
you
will
know
how
to
be
all
that
he
wants
you
to
be.
\par }{\SH Do
not
think
about
yourselves
more
highly
than
you
should.
Instead,
think
about
yourselves sensibly,
in
a
way
that corresponds
to
the abilities
that
God
has
given
to
you
because
you
trust
in Christ.
May
we
do
diligently
and
cheerfully
what
God
has
given
us
the
ability
to
do.
\par }{\SR Romans 12:3-8
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Because
God
has
kindly
appointed
me
{\ADD{
to
be
his apostle}},
which
I
did
not
deserve,
I
say
this
to
every
one
of
you:
Do
not
think
about
yourselves
more
highly
than
what
is
right
for
you
to
think!
Instead,
think
{\ADD{
about
yourselves}}
in
a
sensible
way
that
{\ADD{corresponds
to
the abilities}}
that
God
has
given
you
{\ADD{
because}}
you
trust
{\ADD{
in
Christ}}.
\VS{4}Although
a
person
has
one
body,
it
consists
of
many
parts.
All
of
the
parts
are
needed
for
{\ADD{
the
body}},
but
they
do
not
all
function
the
same
way.
\VS{5}Similarly
we,
{\ADD{
although
we
are}}
many,
are
{\ADD{
united
into}}
one
group
because
of
our relationship
with
Christ,
and
we
belong
to
one
another.
{\ADD{
So
no
one
should
act
as
though
he}}
is
needed
by
God
more
{\ADD{
than
others
are!}}
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Instead}},
since
each
one
of
us
can
do
various
things
that
differ
according
to
the abilities
that
{\ADD{
God
has}}
given
to
us,
{\ADD{
we
should
do
them
diligently
and
cheerfully}}!
Those
whom
{\ADD{
God
has
enabled}}
to
speak
messages
from
him
{\ADD{
should
speak}}
what corresponds
to
what
they
believe
{\ADD{
God
told
them}}.
\VS{7}{\ADD{
Those
whom
God
has
enabled}}
to
serve
{\ADD{
others}}
should
do
that.
{\ADD{
Those
whom
God
has
enabled}}
to
teach
{\ADD{
his
truth}}
should
do
that.
\VS{8}Those
{\ADD{
whom
God
has
enabled
to}}
encourage/exhort
{\ADD{
his
people}}
should
do
that.
Those
who
share
{\ADD{
their
goods/money
with
others}}
should
do
it
sincerely/generously.
Those
who
lead
{\ADD{
the
congregation}}
should
do
it
wholeheartedly.
Those
who
help
the
needy
should
do
it
cheerfully.
\par }{\SH In
the
various
ways
in
which
you
act
toward
people,
love
them
sincerely.
\par }{\SR Romans 12:9-18
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Love
others
sincerely!
Hate
what
is
evil!
Continue
to
eagerly
do
what
{\ADD{
God
considers
to
be}}
good!
\VS{10}Love
one
another
as
members
of
the
same
family
do;
and,
you
should
be ◄the
first
ones/eager►
to
honor
each
other!
\VS{11}Do
not
be
lazy.
{\ADD{
Instead}},
be
eager
{\ADD{
to
serve
the
Lord}}
God!
\VS{12}Rejoice
because
you
are
confidently awaiting
{\ADD{
what
God
will
do
for
you}}!
When
you
suffer,
be
patient!
Keep
praying
and
never
give
up!
\VS{13}If
any
of
God’s
people
lacks
anything,
share
with
them
{\ADD{
what
you
have}}! Readily
take
care
of
{\ADD{
travelers
who
need
a
place
to
stay}}!
\VS{14}{\ADD{
Ask
God
to}}
be
kind
to
those
who ◄persecute
you/cause
you
to
suffer►
{\ADD{
because
you
believe
in
Jesus!
Ask
him
to}}
be
kind
to
them;
do
not
{\ADD{
ask
him
to}}
cause
bad
things
to
happen
to
them.
\VS{15}If
someone
is
joyful,
you
should
rejoice
also!
If
someone
is
sad,
you
should
also
be
sad!
\VS{16}Desire
for
others
what
you
desire
for
yourselves (OR,
Live harmoniously
with
each
other)!
Do
not
do
things
because
you
want
to
be
{\ADD{
famous}}!
Instead,
be
content
to
do
{\ADD{
tasks
that
others
consider
that
only}} unimportant
people
do (OR,
{\ADD{
to
associate
with unimportant}}
people).
Do
not
consider
yourselves
wise.
\VS{17}Do
not
do
something
evil
to
anyone
{\ADD{
who
has
done}}
something
evil
to
you.
Act
in
a
way
that
all
people
will
recognize
as
good!
\VS{18}Live
peacefully
with
other
people
whenever
it
is
possible,
to
the
extent
that
you
{\ADD{
can
influence
the
situation}}.
\par }{\SH Instead
of
avenging
yourselves,
allow
God
to
avenge
you;
and
instead
of
being
overcome
by
something
evil
done
to
you,
overcome
evil
deeds
by
doing
good
to
those
who
do
evil
to
you,
because
this
is
what
the Scriptures
command.
\par }{\SR Romans 12:19-21
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
My
fellow believers}}
whom
I
love,
do
not
do
something
evil
in
return
when
people
do
something
evil
to
you!
Instead,
allow
{\ADD{
God}}
to
punish
them [MTY],
because
it
is $\{$someone
has$\}$
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
that}}
the
Lord
{\ADD{
said}}, “ ‘It
is
my
responsibility
to
take
revenge;
I
am
the
one
who
will
punish
{\ADD{
people
who
do
something
something
evil
to
you}} [DOU],’
says
the
Lord.”
\VS{20}Instead
of
{\ADD{
doing
something
evil
to
those
who
have
done
something
evil
to
you}},
{\ADD{
do
as
the Scriptures
teach}}: “If
your
{\ADD{(sg)}}
enemies
are
hungry,
feed
them!
If
they
are
thirsty,
give
them
something
to
drink!
By
doing
that,
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
will
cause
them
to
feel
ashamed
{\ADD{
and
perhaps
they
will
change
their
attitude
toward
you}} [IDM].”
\VS{21}Do
not
let
evil
{\ADD{
things
that
others
have
done
to
you}}
overcome
you
{\ADD{(sg)
by
making
you
do
evil
things
to
them!}} [PRS]
Instead,
overcome
the
evil
{\ADD{
things
that
they
have
done}}
by
{\ADD{
doing}}
good
{\ADD{
deeds
to
them}}!

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Be subject to civil authorities, because those who oppose them oppose what God has established and will bring punishment on themselves. Do what is good and then they will commend you. Give to all the authorities what you are obligated to give to them.
\par }{\SR Romans 13:1-7
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Every
{\ADD{believer}}
must
be
subject
to
the
authorities.
{\ADD{
Remember
that}}
God
is
the
only
one
{\ADD{
who
gives
officials
their}}
authority.
Furthermore,
those
officials
that
exist
are
ones
who
have
been
appointed
by
God $\{$God
has
appointed$\}$.
\VS{2}So
whoever resists
the
officials
is resisting
what
God
has
established.
Furthermore,
those
who
resist
officials
will
bring
on
themselves
{\ADD{
from
the
officials}}
the
punishment
{\ADD{
that
God
considers
fitting}}.
\VS{3}What
rulers
{\ADD{
do}}
is
not
{\ADD{
to
cause
people
who}}
do
good
deeds
to
be
afraid.
Instead,
{\ADD{
what
they
do
is
to
cause
people
who
do}}
evil
to
be
afraid.
So,
if
any
of
you [RHQ]
wants
to
be unafraid
of
officials,
do
what
is
good!
{\ADD{
If
you(sg)
do
good}},
they
will commend
you
{\ADD{
instead
of
punishing
you!}}
\VS{4}It
is
in
order
to
serve
God
{\ADD{
by
doing
their
work
that
every
official
exists}},
in
order
that
they
may
benefit
each
of
you.
If
any
of
you
does
what
is
evil,
you
{\ADD{(sg)
will rightfully
have
reason
to}}
be
afraid,
because
the
authority
that
they
have
to
punish
people [MTY]
is
very real [LIT]!
The
officials
exist
to
serve
God.
That
is,
they
act
as
God’s agents
as
they
punish
those
who
do
evil.
\VS{5}So,
it
is
necessary
for
you
{\ADD{(pl)}}
to
be
subject
{\ADD{
to
officials}},
not
only
because
they
will
punish
you [MTY]
{\ADD{
if
you
disobey
them}},
but
also
because
you
know
{\ADD{
that
you
should
be
subject
to
them}}
\VS{6}It
is
for
this
reason
that
you
also
pay
taxes,
because
the
officials
are
ones
who
serve
God
as
they
continually
do
their
work.
\VS{7}Give
to
all
{\ADD{
the
officials}}
what
you
are supposed
to
give
to
them!
Pay
taxes
to
{\ADD{
those
who
require
that
you
pay
taxes}}.
Pay
duties
{\ADD{
on
goods
to
those
who
require
that
you
pay
those}}
duties.
Respect
{\ADD{
those
who
ought
to}}
be
respected.
Honor
{\ADD{
those
who
ought
to}}
be
honored.
\par }{\SH Do
not
leave
any
debt unpaid.
Your
only
continual
obligation
is
to
love
one
another,
because
doing
so
fulfills
all
that
God’s
law
requires.
\par }{\SR Romans 13:8-10
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Pay
all
of
your
debts
{\ADD{
when
you
are supposed
to
pay
them}}.
The
only
thing
{\ADD{
that
is
like}}
a
debt
that
{\ADD{
you}}
should
never
stop
paying
is
to
love
one
another.
Whoever
loves
others
has
fulfilled
all
that
{\ADD{
God
requires
in}}
his
laws.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
There
are
many
things
that
God}}
commanded
{\ADD{
in
his
laws,
such
as}}
do
not
commit
adultery,
do
not
murder
{\ADD{
anyone}},
do
not
steal,
and
do
not
desire
anything
that
belongs
to
someone
else.
But
the
command
by
which
they
are
all summed
up $\{$that includes
them
all$\}$
is
this:
Each
of
you
must
love
the
people
with
whom
you
come
in
contact,
just
like
you
{\ADD{(sg)}}
love
yourself.
\VS{10}If
you
love
people
with
whom
you
come
in
contact [PRS],
you
will
not
do
any
evil
to
them [LIT].
So,
whoever
loves
{\ADD{
others}}
fulfills
all
that
{\ADD{
God’s}}
laws
{\ADD{
require}}.
\par }{\SH Because
it
is
time
for
us
to
be
fully
alert
and active,
we
must
quit
doing
wicked
deeds.
We
must
do
those
things
that
will
help
us
resist
that
which
is
evil,
we
must
live
properly,
and
we
must
be
like Christ.
\par }{\SR Romans 13:11-14
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
Do}}
what
I
have
just
told
you,
especially
since
you
know
{\ADD{
the significance
of}}
the
time
{\ADD{
in
which
we
are
living.
You
know
that
it
is}}
time
for
you
to
be
{\ADD{
fully
alert
and active}} [MET],
{\ADD{
like
people
who
have}}
awakened
from
sleeping [MET],
because
{\ADD{
the
time
when Christ
will
finally}}
deliver
us
{\ADD{
from
this world’s
pain/sin
and
sorrow}}
is
near.
That
time ◄is
closer
than/was
not
so
close►
when
we
first
believed
{\ADD{
in Christ}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
Our
time
to
live
in
this
world}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
is
almost
ended}} [MET],
{\ADD{
like}}
a
night
that
is
nearly
ended.
The
time
{\ADD{
when Christ
will
return}} [MTY]
is
near.
So
we
must
quit
doing
wicked
deeds [MET]
{\ADD{
such
as
people
do}}
in
the
darkness,
and
{\ADD{
we
must
be
doing
the
things
that
will
help
us
resist
Satan/evil}} [MET],
{\ADD{
as
soldiers
who}}
put
on
their
armor
in
the
daytime
{\ADD{
get
ready
to
resist
their
enemies}}.
\VS{13}We
must
behave
properly,
as
though
the
time
{\ADD{
when
Christ
will
return}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
were
already
here}}.
We
must
not participate
in
drunken
carousing [HEN].
We
must
not
commit
any
kind
of
sexual
immorality [MTY, DOU].
We
must
not
quarrel.
We
must
not
be
jealous
{\ADD{
of
other
people}}.
\VS{14}On
the
contrary,
you/we
should
{\ADD{
be
like}}
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{
so
that
others
will
see
that
we
belong
to
him}},
just
as
{\ADD{
people}}
put
on
{\ADD{
special
clothes
so
that
others
will
see
what
group
they
belong
to}} [MET].
You/We
should
stop
thinking
about
{\ADD{
doing
the
things
that
your/our}} self-directed nature
desires.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Accept those who are not sure whether they are permitted to do certain things. Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who do not think that, and those who do not think that it is all right to eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, because God has accepted them.
\par }{\SR Romans 14:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Accept
those
who
are
not
sure
{\ADD{
whether
God
will
permit
them
to
do
certain
things
some
people
think
are
wrong}}.
But
{\ADD{
when
you
accept
them}},
do
not
argue
with
them
about
what
they
think/their
opinions.
\VS{2}Some
people
believe
that
they
may
eat
all
{\ADD{
kinds
of
food}}.
Others
believe
{\ADD{
that
God
does
not
want
them
to
eat
certain
things,
so
they}}
believe
that
they
may
not
eat
meat.
\VS{3}Anyone
who
{\ADD{
thinks
that
it
is
all
right
to}}
eat
{\ADD{
all
kinds
of
food}}
must
not
despise
those
who
{\ADD{
think
it
is}}
not
{\ADD{
all
right
to}}
eat
{\ADD{
all
kinds
of
food}}.
Anyone
who
{\ADD{
thinks
it
is}}
not
{\ADD{
all
right
to}}
eat
{\ADD{
all
kinds
of
food}}
must
not ◄condemn/say
that
{\ADD{
God}}
will
punish►
those
who
{\ADD{
think
that
it
is
all
right
to}}
eat
{\ADD{
all
kinds
of
food}},
because
God
himself
has
accepted
those
people.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
God
is
the
master
of
us
all,
so}} ◄{\ADD{
he
is
the
one
who
will
decide
whether
those
people
have
done
wrong!/who
are
you
to
decide
whether
they
have
done
wrong}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
Therefore}},
you
have
no
right [RHQ]
to
condemn
those
who
eat
everything,
because
they
are
{\ADD{
also
God’s
servants!
And
just
like}}
it
is
the
servants’
own
master
who
accepts
or
condemns [MTY]
his
servants,
{\ADD{
it
is
God
who
accepts
or
condemns
us}}.
And
{\ADD{believers}}
will
be
accepted
{\ADD{
by}}
the
Lord $\{${\ADD{
the
Lord}}
will
accept
{\ADD{believers}}$\}$
{\ADD{
regardless
of
whether
they
eat
meat
or
not}},
because
he
is
able
to
keep
them
{\ADD{
trusting
in
him}}.
\par }{\SH Each
person
should
be
fully
convinced
about
observing
special
days,
thinking
and deciding
for
himself
and
not
for
others.
We
should
try
to
please
God
by
everything
we
do.
\par }{\SR Romans 14:5-9
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Some
people
regard
certain
days
as
{\ADD{
holy}}
and
think
that
the
other
{\ADD{
days}}
are
not
{\ADD{
holy}}.
Other
people
regard
all
days
as
{\ADD{equally
suitable
for
worshipping
God}}.
Each
person
should
be
fully
convinced
{\ADD{
about
such
matters}},
thinking
and deciding
for
himself
{\ADD{
and
not
for
others}}.
\VS{6}As
for
those
who
believe
that
they
should
worship
on
{\ADD{
a
certain}}
day
{\ADD{
of
the
week}},
it
is
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
the
Lord
{\ADD{
that
they
worship
on
that
day}}.
And
as
for
those
who
{\ADD{
think
that
it
is
all
right
to}}
eat
{\ADD{
all
kinds
of
food}},
it
is
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
the
Lord
{\ADD{
that
they
eat
those
foods}},
as
is
clear
from
their
thanking
God
{\ADD{
for
the
food
that
they
eat}}.
As
for
those
who
abstain
from
{\ADD{
eating
certain
kinds
of}}
food,
it
is
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
the
Lord
that
they
do
not
eat
{\ADD{
those
foods}},
and
they
also
thank
God
{\ADD{
for
the
food
that
they
do
eat.
So
doing
either
of
those
things
is
not
wrong
in
itself}}.
\VS{7}None
of
us
should
live
{\ADD{
merely}}
to
{\ADD{
please}}
ourselves,
and
none
of
us
{\ADD{
should
choose
when
or
how
we
will}}
die,
{\ADD{
merely}}
to
{\ADD{
please}}
ourselves.
\VS{8}While
we
live,
it
is
the
Lord
whom
we
belong
to
{\ADD{
and
should
be
trying
to
please,
and
not
just
ourselves}}.
And
when
we
die,
it
is
the
Lord
whom
we
should
{\ADD{
be
trying
to
please}}.
So,
while
we
live
and
also
when
we
die,
we
should
be
trying
to
please
the
Lord
to
whom
we
belong,
{\ADD{
not
just
ourselves}},
\VS{9}because
the
very
purpose
for
which
Christ
died
and
became
alive
again
is
that
he
might
be
Lord
whom
all
people
should
try
to
please,
both
of
those
who
have
already
died
and
of
those
who
are
still
living.
\par }{\SH You
should
neither
condemn
nor
despise
your
fellow believers
who
believe differently
about religious
regulations
than
you
do,
because
it
is
God
who
will
say
whether
he
approves
of
what
we
have
done.
\par }{\SR Romans 14:10-12
\par }{\PP \VS{10}◄It
is
disgraceful
that
you
{\ADD{
who
practice
certain religious
regulations}}
say
that
God
will
punish
your
fellow believers
{\ADD{
who
do
not
practice
those
regulations}}!/Why
do
you
{\ADD{
who
practice
certain religious
regulations}}
say
God
will
punish
your
fellow believers
{\ADD{
who
do
not
practice
such
regulations}}?► [RHQ]
{\ADD{
I
say
this
because
the
time
will
come
when}}
all
of
us
will
stand
before
God
in
order
that
he
will
say
whether
or
not
he
approves [MTY]
{\ADD{
of
what
we
have
done}}.
So
you
{\ADD{
who
do
not
practice
such
regulations}}, ◄should
not
despise
your
fellow believers
{\ADD{
who
practice
them}}!/why
do
you
despise
your
fellow believers
{\ADD{
who
practice
them}}?► [RHQ]
\VS{11}{\ADD{
We
know
this}}
because
it
is
written $\{${\ADD{
a
prophet/Isaiah}}
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
what
God
has
said}}:
\par }{\Q Everyone
will
bow
down
before
me!
That
is
as
{\ADD{
certain
as
the
fact
that}}
I
live [IDM]!
Everyone [SYN]
will
acknowledge
{\ADD{
that
because
I
am}}
God,
I
have
the
{\ADD{
right
to
judge
and
punish
people.}}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
{\ADD{
it
is
clear
that}}
it
is
God
who
will
decide
{\ADD{
whether
or
not
he
approves
of}}
what
each
of
us
has
done.
\par }{\SH Instead
of
condemning
each
other,
decide
not
to
do
anything
that
might
lead
your
fellow believer
to
sin
by
following
your
example
and
which
would
then
cause
others
to
speak
evil
of
you.
\par }{\SR Romans 14:13-18
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Since
{\ADD{
it
is
God
who
will
judge
everyone}},
we
must
stop
saying
that
{\ADD{
God
should}}
punish
some
of
our
fellow believers!
Instead,
you/we
should
decide
that
you/we
will
not
do
anything
that
would
{\ADD{
be
an
example
that
might
cause}}
fellow believers
to
stop
trusting
in
God [DOU].
\VS{14}I
am
absolutely
certain [DOU]
because
of
{\ADD{
my
close relationship
with}} (OR,
{\ADD{
my
belonging
to}})
the
Lord
Jesus
that
there
is
nothing
that
by
itself
is
wrong
{\ADD{
to
eat}}.
But
if
people
think
it
is
wrong
to
eat
something,
then
to
them
it
is
wrong
to
eat
it.
{\ADD{
So
you
should
not
encourage
them
to
eat
it}}.
\VS{15}If
you
{\ADD{
eat}}
food [MET]
that
anyone
for
whom
Christ
died
{\ADD{
thinks
that
it
is
wrong
to
eat,
that
person
might
be
encouraged}} $\{${\ADD{
you
might
be encouraging
that
person}}$\}$
{\ADD{
to
do
something
that
he
believes
is
wrong.
As
a
result,
you
might
cause
that}}
fellow believer
{\ADD{
to
stop
trusting
in
God}}.
In
that
way
he
would
be
ruined
{\ADD{spiritually}}
just
because
you
have
stopped
behaving
as
one
who
loves
{\ADD{
others
should
behave}}!
\VS{16}Similarly,
do
not
{\ADD{
do
something
that
you
think
is}}
good
if,
{\ADD{
as
a
result,
your
fellow believer
would
sin
and
then}}
others
would
speak
evil
{\ADD{
of
you
who
say
that
you
are Christians}}.
\VS{17}Letting
God
rule
our
lives [MET]
does
not
mean
{\ADD{
that
we
must
obey
regulations
about}}
eating
or
drinking
{\ADD{
something}}!
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
means
we
must}}
live
righteously,
{\ADD{
act}}
peacefully
{\ADD{towards
others}},
and
be
joyful
by
{\ADD{
the
power
of}}
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{18}Those
who
serve
Christ
{\ADD{
by
acting}}
in
such
ways
please
God,
and
others
will
also
respect
them.
\par }{\SH Try
to
do
what
will
help
fellow believers
to
be
at
peace
with
each
other
and
to
grow spiritually.
Do
not
destroy
what
God
has
done
in others’
lives
as
a
result
of
your
eating
certain
things.
\par }{\SR Romans 14:19-23
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
we
should
always
eagerly
try
to
{\ADD{
live
in
a
way
that
will
cause}}
peace
{\ADD{
among
fellow Christians}},
and
we
should
try
to
do
what
will
help
each
other
to mature
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
\VS{20}Do
not
destroy
what
God
has
done
{\ADD{
in
the
life
of
any believer}}
just
because
of
{\ADD{
your
eating
certain
kinds
of}}
food [MET]
{\ADD{
which
that
person
considers
wrong
to
eat!
God}}
permits
us
to
eat
every
{\ADD{
kind
of
food}}.
But
if,
by
your
eating
{\ADD{
certain
kinds
of
food}},
you
encourage
another
person
to
sin
{\ADD{
by
doing
what
he
believes
is
wrong}},
you
are
doing
wrong.
\VS{21}It
is
good
neither
to
eat
meat
nor
to
drink
wine,
nor
{\ADD{
to
do
anything
else
at
any
time
if
it}}
will
cause
one
of
your
fellow believers
to
stop
trusting
in
God.
\VS{22}Let
God
tell
you
{\ADD{
what
things
are
right
for
you
to
do,
but
do
not
try
to
force
others
to
accept
what
you
believe.
God
is}}
pleased
with
those
who
do
what
they
know
is
right
and
as
a
result
do
not
feel
guilty
{\ADD{
concerning
what
they
have
done}},
{\ADD{
because
they
have
done
only}}
those
things
that
they
believe
are
right.
\VS{23}But
some believers
are
not
certain
{\ADD{
that
God
will
approve
of
their
eating
a
certain
kind
of
food}}.
So
if
they
eat
it,
{\ADD{
they
think
that
God
will
punish}}
them.
And
they
{\ADD{
truly}}
will
be
punished $\{${\ADD{
God
truly}}
will
punish
them$\}$,
because
{\ADD{
they
have
done
things
that
they}}
believe
{\ADD{
are
not
right}}.
Those
who
do
anything
without
being
certain
{\ADD{
that
God
considers
it
to
be
right}}
are
sinning.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH We should not be irritated by the practices of those who are uncertain whether God will condemn them for doing certain things that the Mosaic laws forbid. Instead, we should do things that please our fellow Christians, because Christ has set us an example.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:1-4
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Most
of
us
are
sure
{\ADD{
that
God
will
not
punish
us
for
doing
certain
things
that
the
laws
and rituals
God
gave
Moses
said
the
Jews
should
not
do.
But
we}}
should
be
patient
with
those
who
are uncertain
{\ADD{
about
such
things}},
and
we
should
not
let
them
irritate
us.
We
should
not
{\ADD{
simply}}
please
ourselves.
\VS{2}Each
of
us
should
{\ADD{
do
the
things
that}}
please
the
fellow
{\ADD{believers
with
whom
we
come
in
contact,
and
things
that
will}}
benefit
them.
{\ADD{
We
should
do
those
things}}
in
order
to
help
them mature
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
We
should
please
our
fellow believers}},
since
Christ
{\ADD{
has
set
us
an
example}}.
He
did
not
{\ADD{
do
things
to}}
please
himself.
On
the
contrary,
{\ADD{
he
tried
to
please
God
even
when
others
insulted
him.
That
was}}
as
it
is
written $\{$as ◄{\ADD{
someone/the
Psalmist}}►
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
Scripture
that
the
Messiah
said
to
God}}: “When
people
insulted
you
{\ADD{(sg)}},
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
they
were
also
insulting
me.”
\VS{4}And
{\ADD{
you
need
to
remember
that}}
what
was
written
previously $\{$what
{\ADD{
God’s
servants}}
previously
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the
Scriptures}},
was
written $\{${\ADD{
they}}
wrote$\}$
to
teach
us
in
order
that
we
would
be
patient
and
be
encouraged
by
{\ADD{
reading/believing
}}
what
they
wrote.
If
we
do
that,
we
can
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
God
to
do
for
us
all
he
has
promised}}.
\par }{\SH May
God
enable
you
all
to
live harmoniously
with
each
other.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:5-6
\par }{\PP \VS{5}God
is
the
one
who enables
us
to
be
patient
and
encourages
us. ◄{\ADD{
Ask/Pray
to}}►
{\ADD{
him
that
he
would}}
enable
you
{\ADD{
all}}
to
live harmoniously
with
each
other,
doing
as
Christ
Jesus
{\ADD{
did}}.
\VS{6}Then,
as
you
are
united
in
what
you
think
and
say [MTY],
you
will
praise
God,
{\ADD{
who
is
the
heavenly}}
father [MET]
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\SH Accept
each
other
as
Christ
has
accepted
you,
remembering
that
what
Christ
has
done
was
both
to
help
the
Jews
and
to
cause non-Jews
to
praise
God.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:7-12
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
{\ADD{
I
say
to
all
of
you believers
at Rome}},
accept
each
other.
{\ADD{
If
you
do
that}},
people
will
praise
God
{\ADD{
as
they
see
you
behaving
like
Christ.
Accept
each
other}}
just
like
Christ
accepted
you!
\VS{8}I
want
{\ADD{
you
to
remember}}
that
Christ
{\ADD{
helped
us}}
Jews [MTY]
by
what
he
did,
in
order
to
show
that
God ◄is
faithful/does
what
he
says
he
will
do►.
That
is,
{\ADD{
his
coming
as
our
Messiah}}
fulfilled
what
God
promised
to
{\ADD{
our
Jewish}}
ancestors.
\VS{9}And
{\ADD{
by
acting mercifully
to
them,
he
also
caused}} non-Jews
to
praise
him.
{\ADD{
What
he
has
done
for non-Jews}}
fulfills
what
is
written
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
that
David
said
to
God}}: “So
I
will
praise
you
{\ADD{(sg)
when
I
am}}
among
the non-Jews,
and
I
will
sing
to
you [MTY].”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
David}}
also
wrote, “You non-Jews,
rejoice
with
us
who
are
God’s
people.”
\VS{11}{\ADD{
And
Moses
wrote
in}}
the
{\ADD{Scriptures}}, “Praise
the
Lord,
all
{\ADD{
you}} non-Jews,
and
may
everyone
praise
him [DOU].”
\VS{12}And
Isaiah
wrote
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures}}, “There
will
be
a
descendant [MET]
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David
who
will
begin
to
rule
the non-Jews.
They
will
confidently
expect
him
{\ADD{
to
fulfill
what
he
has
promised}}.”
\par }{\SH May
God
make
you
completely
joyful
and
peaceful
in
order
that
you
may
confidently
expect
him
to
do
what
he
has
promised.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:13
\par }{\PP \VS{13}God
is
the
one
who
causes
you
to
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
him
to
do
what
he
has
promised.
I
pray/ask}}
that
he
will
cause
you
to
be
completely
joyful
and
peaceful
as
you
trust
{\ADD{
in
him}}.
As
you
do
that,
the
Holy
Spirit
will
enable
you
to
more
and
more
confidently
expect
{\ADD{
to
receive
what
God
has
promised
you}}.
\par }{\SH I
have
written frankly
to
you
in
this
letter
because
of
what
God
has
kindly
commissioned
me
to
do
among non-Jews.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:14-16
\par }{\PP \VS{14}My
fellow believers,
I
myself
am
{\ADD{
completely}}
sure
that
you
yourselves
{\ADD{
have
acted
toward
others}}
in
a
completely
good
way.
You
have
done
that
because
you
have
known
completely
{\ADD{
all
that
God
wants
you
to
know}} [HYP],
and
because
you
are
able
to
teach
each
other.
\VS{15}However,
I
have
written
to
you
quite frankly
{\ADD{
in
this
letter}}
about
some
things
in
order
to
remind
you
{\ADD{
about
those
things}}.
{\ADD{
I
have
written
this
letter}}
because
I
have
been
appointed
by
God $\{$God
has
{\ADD{
appointed}}
me$\}$,
which
I
did
not
deserve,
\VS{16}in
order
that
I
would
work
for
Jesus
Christ
among non-Jews.
{\ADD{
God
has
appointed
me}}
to
act
like
a
priest
as
I
{\ADD{
proclaim}}
his
good
message
in
order
that
he
will
accept
the non-Jews
{\ADD{
who
believe
in
Christ.
They
will
be}}
like
an
offering [MET]
{\ADD{
to
God}}
as
a
result
of
their
being
dedicated
{\ADD{
to
him}}
by
the
Holy
Spirit $\{$the
Holy
Spirit
dedicating
them
{\ADD{
to
God}}$\}$.
\par }{\SH I
am
happy
about
my
work
for
God
that
I
have
now
completed
in
this
region
by
proclaiming
the
gospel
in
places
where
people
have
not
heard
about
Christ.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:17-21
\par }{\PP \VS{17}It
follows
that,
because
{\ADD{
of
my relationship
with}} (OR,
because
{\ADD{
I
belong
to}})
Christ
Jesus,
I
am
happy
about
{\ADD{
my
work
for}}
God.
\VS{18}I
will
speak
boldly
only [LIT]
about
the
work
that
Christ
has
enabled
me
to
do.
{\ADD{
I
do
that
work}}
in
order
that non-Jews
might
pay
attention
to
{\ADD{
the
message
about
Christ}}
as
a
result
of
what
I
have
said
and
done,
\VS{19}specifically,
by
{\ADD{
my
performing}}
many
powerful
miracles [DOU].
{\ADD{
I
have
done
those
things}}
as
a
result
of
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit powerfully
{\ADD{enabling
me}}.
As
a
result
{\ADD{
of
doing
those
things,
while
traveling}}
all
the
way
around
from
Jerusalem
to
Illyricum
{\ADD{
province}},
I
have
completed
{\ADD{
my
work}}
of
proclaiming
the
message
about
Christ
{\ADD{
in
those
places}}.
\VS{20}As
{\ADD{
I
proclaim}}
that
message,
I
am
always
eagerly
trying
to
proclaim
it
{\ADD{
in
places}}
where
people
have
not
already
heard
about
Christ.
I
do
that
in
order
that
{\ADD{
as
I
work
for
God}}
I
might
not
{\ADD{
be
continuing
the
work
for
him
that
someone
else
already
started}} [MET].
{\ADD{
I
do
not
want
to
be
like
a
man
who}}
builds
{\ADD{
a
house}}
on
someone
else’s
foundation.
\VS{21}On
the
contrary,
{\ADD{
I
teach non-Jews,
so
that
what
happens
may
be
like}}
what
was
written $\{$the
prophet
Isaiah
wrote$\}$
{\ADD{
in
the Scriptures
about
the
Messiah}}: “Those
who
did
not
hear
about
him
previously
will
know
{\ADD{
the
truth
about
him}}.
Truly,
those
who
have
not
heard
{\ADD{
about
him
will
hear
and}}
understand
{\ADD{
his
message}} [DOU].”
\par }{\SH Because
of
this
work,
I
have
often
been
hindered
from
visiting
you,
but
I
hope
to
see
you
as
I
journey
through
your
area
and
I
hope
that
you
will
give
me
what
I
need
for
my
next
journey.
But
now
I
am
about
to
go
to
Jerusalem
to
take funds
to
God’s
people
there.
So
later
I
will
visit
you
in Rome,
and
I
know
that Christ
will
bless
us
there.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:22-29
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Because
{\ADD{
I
have
attempted
to
preach
the
message
about Christ
in
places
where
they
have
not
heard
about
him}},
I
have
been
hindered $\{$things
have
hindered
me$\}$
many
times
{\ADD{
from
being
able}}
to
visit
you.
\VS{23}But
now
there
are
no
more
places
in
these
regions
{\ADD{
where
people
have
not
heard
about Christ}}.
Furthermore,
for
several
years
I
have
wanted
to
visit
you.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
So
I
hope
to
go/come
to
see
you}}.
I
hope
to
do
that
as
soon
as
I
am
on
my
way
to
{\ADD{
the
provinces
in}}
Spain.
I
hope
to
see
you
as
I
journey
through
{\ADD{
your
area}},
and
I
hope
that
{\ADD{
by
whatever
you
give
me}} [EUP]
you
will
help
me
on
my
journey
to
Spain.
But
before
{\ADD{
I
go
there}},
I
want
to
enjoy
being
with
you
for
a
little
while,
although
{\ADD{
I
would
like
to
stay
with
you
longer}}.
\VS{25}But
{\ADD{
I
cannot
visit
you}}
now,
because
I
am
about
to
go
to
Jerusalem
in
order
to
take
money [EUP]
for
God’s
people
{\ADD{
there}}.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
The believers
in}}
Macedonia
and Achaia
{\ADD{
provinces}} [MTY]
decided
to
contribute
some
{\ADD{
money}} [EUP]
for
those
of
God’s
people
in
Jerusalem
who
are
poor.
\VS{27}They
themselves
decided
{\ADD{
to
do
this,
but}}
truly
they
owe
something
to
God’s
people
in
Jerusalem.
The non-Jewish
{\ADD{believers}}
benefited spiritually
from
Jewish
{\ADD{believers
as
a
result
of
hearing
the
message
about Christ
from
them}},
so
the non-Jews
should
also
help
the
Jewish believers
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem
by
giving
them}}
material
things (OR,
money) [EUP].
\VS{28}So
when
I
have
finished
this
{\ADD{
task}}
by
safely
delivering
all
this
money [MET, EUP]
{\ADD{
that
the believers
in Macedonia
and Achaia
have
given}},
I
will
leave
{\ADD{
Jerusalem
and
visit}}
you
{\ADD{
in Rome
while
I
am}}
on
my
way
to
Spain.
\VS{29}And
I
know
that
when
I
visit
you,
Christ
will
abundantly
bless
{\ADD{
us}} (OR,
enable
{\ADD{
me}}
to
bless
{\ADD{
you}}).
\par }{\SH I
urge
you
to
pray fervently
that
God
will
protect
me
from
the unbelieving
Jews
in
Judea
and
that
God’s
people
there
will
accept
the
money
that
I
take
to
them,
and
also
that
I
may
be
refreshed
by
visiting
you.
May
God
be
with
you
all.
\par }{\SR Romans 15:30-33
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Because
{\ADD{
we
belong
to}}
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
because
the
Spirit
{\ADD{
of
God
causes
us
to}}
love
{\ADD{
each
other}},
I
urge
you
{\ADD{
all}}
that
{\ADD{
you
help
me}}
by fervently/intensely
praying
to
God
for
me.
\VS{31}{\ADD{
Pray
that}}
I
will
be
protected $\{${\ADD{
that
God}}
will
protect
me$\}$
so
that
the
{\ADD{
Jews}}
in
Judea
who
do
not
believe
{\ADD{
the
message
about Christ
will
not
harm
me}}.
Also
pray
that
God’s
people
in
Jerusalem
will
accept
the
money [EUP]
that
I
{\ADD{
take}}
to
them.
\VS{32}Pray
these
things
in
order
that
I
may
go/come
to
you
if
God
wants
me
to
go/come,
and
that
I
may
go/come
joyfully,
and
that
then
God
will
refresh
my
{\ADD{
spirit
as
a
result
of
my
visiting/being}}
with
you.
\VS{33}{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
God,
who
{\ADD{
causes
us
to
have
inner}}
peace,
will
be
with
all
of
you
{\ADD{
and
will
help}}
you. ◄May
it
be
so!/Amen!►

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH I am introducing and commending Phoebe to you, and I ask that you receive her as a fellow believer and that you give her whatever she needs.
\par }{\SR Romans 16:1-2
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
By
means
of
this
letter}}
I
am introducing
and recommending
to
you
our
fellow believer
Phoebe,
{\ADD{
who
will
be
taking
this
letter
to
you}}.
She
is
a deacon
in
the
congregation
in
Cenchrea
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
I
request
that}}
you
receive
her
because
of
her relationship
with
the
Lord.
{\ADD{
You
should
do
that
because}}
those
who
are
God’s
people
ought
to
receive
{\ADD{
their
fellow believers}}.
{\ADD{
I
am
also requesting}}
that
you
help
her
{\ADD{
by
giving
her}} [EUP]
whatever
she
needs,
because
she
has
helped
many
people,
including
me.
\par }{\SH I
send
my greetings
to
many individuals
among
the believers
there.
All
the
congregations
in
this
area
also
send
their greetings
to
you.
\par }{\SR Romans 16:3-16
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Tell
Priscilla
and
{\ADD{
her
husband}} Aquila
that
I ◄send greetings
to/am
thinking fondly
of►
them.
They
worked
with
me
for
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{4}and
they
were
even
willing
to
die [IDM]
in
order
{\ADD{
to
save}}
my
life.
It
is
not
only
I
who
thank
them
{\ADD{
for
helping
me}},
but
the
people
in
all [HYP]
the non-Jewish
congregations
also
{\ADD{
thank
them
for
saving
my
life}}.
\VS{5}Also
tell
the
congregation
{\ADD{
that
meets}}
in
their
house
that
I ◄send
my greetings
to/am
thinking fondly
of►
them.
Tell
my
dear
friend
Epaenetus
the
same
thing.
He
is
the
first
man
in
Asia
{\ADD{
province}}
who
{\ADD{
believed}}
in
Christ.
\VS{6}Tell
Mary,
who
has
worked
hard
{\ADD{
for Christ}}
in
order
to
{\ADD{
help}}
you,
that
I ◄send
my greetings
to/am
thinking fondly
of►
her.
\VS{7}Tell
the
same
thing
to Andronicus
and
{\ADD{
his
wife}}
Junia (OR,
and
{\ADD{
his
sister}}
Junia)
who
are
my
fellow
Jews
and
who
were
also
{\ADD{
previously}}
in
prison
with
me.
They
are well-known/respected (OR,
respected
by
the) apostles,
and
they
became Christians
before
I
did.
\VS{8}I
also
send
my greetings
to Ampliatus,
who
is
a
dear
friend
because
of
his relationship
with
the
Lord.
\VS{9}I
also
send
my greetings
to
Urbanus,
who
works
for
Christ
with
us,
and
to
my
dear
friend
Stachys.
\VS{10}I
also
send
my greetings
to Apelles,
whom
Christ
has
approved
{\ADD{
because Apelles
successfully
endured
trials}}.
Tell
the
{\ADD{believers}}
who
{\ADD{
live
in
the
house}}
of Aristobulus
that
I
send
my greetings
to
them.
\VS{11}Also
tell
Herodion,
who
is
my
fellow
Jew,
that
I
send
my greetings
to
him.
Tell
the
same
thing
to
those
who
{\ADD{
live
in
the
house}}
of
Narcissus
who
belong
to
the
Lord.
\VS{12}Tell
the
same
thing
to
Tryphaena
and
{\ADD{
her
sister}}
Tryphosa,
who
work
hard
for
the
Lord.
I
also
send
my greetings
to
Persis.
{\ADD{
We
all}}
love
her
and
she
has
worked
very
hard
for
the
Lord.
\VS{13}Tell
Rufus,
who
is
an
outstanding Christian,
that
I
send
my greetings
to
him.
{\ADD{
Tell
the
same
thing
to}}
his
mother,
{\ADD{
who
has
treated
me
as
though}}
I
{\ADD{
were
her
son}} [MET].
\VS{14}Tell Asyncritus
and
Phlegon
and
Hermes
and
Patrobas
and
Hermas
and
the
fellow believers
who
{\ADD{
meet}}
with
them
that
I
am
sending
my greetings
to
them.
\VS{15}I
also
send
my greetings
to
Philologus,
to
{\ADD{
his
wife}}
Julia (OR,
{\ADD{
his
sister}}
Julia),
to
Nereus
and
his
sister,
and
to
Olympas,
and
to
all
God’s
people
who
{\ADD{
meet}}
with
them.
\VS{16}Greet
one
another affectionately,
but
in
a
pure
way,
{\ADD{
when
you
gather
together}}.
The
{\ADD{believers
in}}
all
the Christian
congregations [HYP]
{\ADD{
in
this
area ◄send
their}} greetings
to/say
they
are
thinking fondly
of►
you.
\par }{\SH Note
those
who
are
causing
quarrels
among
you
and
those
who
cause
people
to
turn
away
from
God.
Avoid
them,
because
they
only
want
to
satisfy
their
own
desires
and
deceive
those
who
do
not suspect
their
motives.
If
you
avoid
such
people,
God
will
soon
crush
Satan
under
your
feet.
\par }{\SR Romans 16:17-20
\par }{\PP \VS{17}My
fellow believers,
I
exhort
you
that
you
beware
of
those
people
who
are
causing
divisions
among
you
and
who
cause
people
to
turn
away
{\ADD{
from
God}} [MTY]
{\ADD{
because
they
teach
things
that}}
are
contrary
to
the
message
{\ADD{
about Christ}}
that
you
have
learned (OR,
that
others
taught
you).
Keep
away
from
such
people!
\VS{18}They
do
not
serve
our
Lord
Christ!
On
the
contrary,
they
only
want
to
satisfy
their
own
desires [MTY]!
Also,
by
all
the
eloquent
things
that
they
say [DOU]
they
deceive
those
people
who
do
not
realize
{\ADD{
that
their
teaching
is
false}}.
\VS{19}{\ADD{Believers}}
everywhere
know
that
you
have
paid
attention
to
{\ADD{
the
good
message
about Christ}},
with
the
result
that
I
rejoice
about
you.
But
I
also
want
you
to
be
wise,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that
you
do}}
what
is
good.
I
also
want
you
to
avoid
doing
what
is
evil.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
If
you
avoid
people
who
teach
what
is
false}},
what
will
{\ADD{
soon
happen}} [MET]
{\ADD{
will
be
as
though}}
God,
who
causes
us
to
be
peaceful,
will
be
crushing
Satan
under
your
feet!
{\ADD{
I
pray
that}}
our
Lord
Jesus
will
continue
to
act
kindly towards
you.
\par }{\SH Several
of
those
who
are
with
me
send
their greetings.
\par }{\SR Romans 16:21-23
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Timothy,
who
works
with
me,
and
Lucius
and
Jason
and
Sosipater,
who
are
my
fellow
Jews,
{\ADD{
want
you
to
know
that
they
are}} ◄sending
their greetings
to/thinking fondly
of►
you.
\VS{22}I,
Tertius,
{\ADD{
one
who
belongs
to}}
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
also
want
you
to
know}}
that
I
am ◄sending
my greetings
to/thinking fondly
of►
you.
{\ADD{
I
am
writing
this
letter
as
Paul
tells
me
what
to
write
for
him}}.
\VS{23-24}I,
{\ADD{Paul}},
am
staying
in
the
house
of Gaius,
and
the
whole
congregation
{\ADD{
here
meets}}
in
his
house.
He
{\ADD{
also
wants
you
to
know}}
that
he
is ◄sending
his greetings
to/thinking fondly
of►
you. Erastus,
the
treasurer
of
{\ADD{
this}}
city,
also
{\ADD{
wants
you
to
know
that}}
he
is ◄sending
his greetings
to/thinking fondly
of►
you.
Our
fellow believer Quartus
also ◄sends
his greetings
to
you./says
he
is
thinking fondly
of
you.►\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:23-24 }
Some Greek manuscripts add v. 24, “May the Lord Jesus Christ continue to act kindly toward you all. Amen!/May it be so!”}
\par }{\SH We
should
forever
praise
the
One
who
alone
is
God,
who
alone
is
truly
wise.
\par }{\SR Romans 16:25-27
\par }{\PP \VS{25}As
{\ADD{
I}}
proclaim
{\ADD{
the
good
message
about}}
Jesus
Christ,
{\ADD{
I
tell
about
God}},
the
one
who
is
able
to
strengthen
you
{\ADD{spiritually}}.
I
also
proclaim
the
{\ADD{
truth}}
that
was
not
revealed $\{$which
{\ADD{
God}}
did
not
reveal$\}$
in
all
previous
ages/times
\VS{26}but
which
has
now
been $\{$which
{\ADD{
he}}
has
now$\}$
revealed.
{\ADD{
I,
along
with
others,
have
proclaimed}}
what
the
prophets
wrote
{\ADD{
about Christ}}.
We
are
doing
what
the
eternal
God
commanded
{\ADD{
us(exc)/me
to
do}}.
We
want
{\ADD{
people
in}}
all ethnic
groups
to
know
{\ADD{Christ}}
so
that
they
can
believe
{\ADD{
in
him}}
and
obey
{\ADD{
him}}.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
I
desire
that
by}}
Jesus
Christ
{\ADD{enabling
us,
we}}
will
forever
praise
the
one
who
alone
is
God,
who
alone
is
{\ADD{
truly}}
wise. ◄May
it
be
so!/Amen!►
\par }