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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Paul,
a
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.}
called
to
be
an
apostle,
set
apart
for
the
Good
News
of
God,
\VS{2}which
he
promised
before
through
his
prophets
in
the
holy
Scriptures,
\VS{3}concerning
his
Son,
who
was
born
of
the offspring\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:3 }
or, seed}
of
David
according
to
the
flesh,
\VS{4}who
was
declared
to
be
the
Son
of
God
with
power
according
to
the
Spirit
of
holiness,
by
the
resurrection
from
the
dead,
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord,
\VS{5}through
whom
we
received
grace
and
apostleship
for
obedience
of
faith amongst
all
the
nations
for
his
name’s
sake;
\VS{6}amongst
whom
you
are
also
called
to
belong
to
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{7}to
all
who
are
in
Rome,
beloved
of
God,
called
to
be
saints:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}First,
I
thank
my
God
through
Jesus
Christ
for
all
of
you,
that
your
faith
is
proclaimed
throughout
the
whole
world.
\VS{9}For
God
is
my
witness,
whom
I
serve
in
my
spirit
in
the
Good
News
of
his
Son,
how
unceasingly
I
make
mention
of
you always
in
my prayers,
\VS{10}requesting,
if
by
any
means
now
at
last
I
may
be prospered
by
the
will
of
God
to
come
to
you.
\VS{11}For
I
long
to
see
you,
that
I
may
impart
to
you
some
spiritual
gift,
to
the
end
that
you
may
be
established;
\VS{12}that
is,
that
I
with
you
may
be
encouraged
in
you,
each
of
us
by
the
other’s
faith,
both
yours
and
mine.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Now
I
don’t
desire
to
have
you
unaware,
brothers,
that
I
often
planned
to
come
to
you (and
was
hindered
so
far),
that
I
might
have
some
fruit amongst
you
also,
even
as amongst
the
rest
of
the
Gentiles.
\VS{14}I
am debtor
both
to
Greeks
and
to foreigners,
both
to
the
wise
and
to
the
foolish.
\VS{15}So
as much
as
is
in
me,
I
am
eager
to
preach
the
Good
News
to
you
also
who
are
in
Rome.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}For
I
am
not
ashamed
of
the
Good
News
of Christ,
because
it
is
the
power
of
God
for
salvation
for
everyone
who
believes,
for
the
Jew
first,
and
also
for
the
Greek.
\VS{17}For
in
it
is
revealed
God’s
righteousness
from
faith
to
faith.
As
it
is
written, “But
the
righteous
shall
live
by
faith.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 1:17 }
Habakkuk 2:4}
\par }{\PP \VS{18}For
the
wrath
of
God
is
revealed
from
heaven
against
all
ungodliness
and
unrighteousness
of
men
who
suppress
the
truth
in
unrighteousness,
\VS{19}because
that
which
is
known
of
God
is
revealed
in
them,
for
God
revealed
it
to
them.
\VS{20}For
the
invisible
things
of
him
since
the
creation
of
the
world
are
clearly
seen,
being perceived
through
the
things
that
are
made,
even
his everlasting
power
and divinity,
that
they
may
be
without
excuse.
\VS{21}Because
knowing
God,
they
didn’t
glorify
him
as
God,
and
didn’t
give
thanks,
but
became vain
in
their reasoning,
and
their
senseless
heart
was
darkened.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Professing
themselves
to
be
wise,
they
became
fools,
\VS{23}and traded
the
glory
of
the incorruptible
God
for
the
likeness
of
an
image
of
corruptible
man,
and
of
birds,
four-footed
animals,
and creeping
things.
\VS{24}Therefore
God
also
gave
them
up
in
the
lusts
of
their
hearts
to
uncleanness,
that
their
bodies
should
be dishonoured amongst
themselves;
\VS{25}who
exchanged
the
truth
of
God
for
a
lie,
and worshipped
and
served
the
creature
rather
than
the
Creator,
who
is
blessed
forever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}For
this
reason,
God
gave
them
up
to vile
passions.
For
their
women changed
the
natural
function
into
that
which
is
against
nature.
\VS{27}Likewise
also
the
men,
leaving
the
natural
function
of
the
woman, burnt
in
their lust towards
one
another,
men
doing
what
is inappropriate
with
men,
and
receiving
in
themselves
the
due
penalty
of
their
error.
\VS{28}Even
as
they
refused
to
have
God
in
their
knowledge,
God
gave
them
up
to
a reprobate
mind,
to
do
those
things
which
are
not fitting;
\VS{29}being
filled
with
all
unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
wickedness,
covetousness,
malice;
full
of
envy,
murder,
strife,
deceit,
evil habits, secret slanderers,
\VS{30}backbiters, hateful
to
God,
insolent,
arrogant,
boastful,
inventors
of
evil
things,
disobedient
to
parents,
\VS{31}without
understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
\VS{32}who, knowing
the
ordinance
of
God,
that
those
who practise
such
things
are
worthy
of
death,
not
only
do
the
same,
but
also
approve
of
those
who practise
them.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore
you
are
without
excuse,
O
man,
whoever
you
are
who
judge.
For
in
that
which
you
judge
another,
you
condemn
yourself.
For
you
who
judge practise
the
same
things.
\VS{2}We
know
that
the judgement
of
God
is
according
to
truth
against
those
who practise
such
things.
\VS{3}Do
you
think
this,
O
man
who
judges
those
who practise
such
things,
and
do
the
same,
that
you
will
escape
the judgement
of
God?
\VS{4}Or
do
you
despise
the
riches
of
his goodness,
forbearance,
and
patience,
not
knowing
that
the goodness
of
God
leads
you
to
repentance?
\VS{5}But
according
to
your hardness
and
unrepentant
heart
you
are treasuring
up
for
yourself
wrath
in
the
day
of
wrath,
revelation,
and
of
the
righteous judgement
of
God,
\VS{6}who “will
pay
back
to
everyone
according
to
their
works:”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:6 }
Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12}
\VS{7}to
those
who
by
perseverance
in well-doing
seek
for
glory, honour,
and incorruptibility,
eternal
life;
\VS{8}but
to
those
who
are self-seeking
and don’t
obey
the
truth,
but
obey
unrighteousness,
will
be
wrath,
indignation,
\VS{9}oppression,
and
anguish
on
every
soul
of
man
who
does
evil,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
also
to
the
Greek.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
glory, honour,
and
peace go
to
every
man
who
does
good,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
also
to
the
Greek.
\VS{11}For
there
is
no
partiality
with
God.
\VS{12}For
as
many
as
have
sinned
without
the
law
will
also
perish
without
the
law.
As
many
as
have
sinned
under
the
law
will
be
judged
by
the
law.
\VS{13}For
it
isn’t
the
hearers
of
the
law
who
are
righteous
before
God,
but
the
doers
of
the
law
will
be
justified
\VS{14}(for
when
Gentiles
who
don’t
have
the
law
do
by
nature
the
things
of
the
law,
these,
not
having
the
law,
are
a
law
to
themselves,
\VS{15}in
that
they
show
the
work
of
the
law
written
in
their
hearts,
their
conscience testifying
with
them,
and
their
thoughts amongst
themselves
accusing
or
else excusing
them)
\VS{16}in
the
day
when
God
will
judge
the
secrets
of
men,
according
to
my
Good
News,
by
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Indeed
you
bear
the
name
of
a
Jew,
rest
on
the
law,
glory
in
God,
\VS{18}know
his
will,
and
approve
the
things
that
are
excellent, being
instructed
out
of
the
law,
\VS{19}and
are
confident
that
you
yourself
are
a
guide
of
the
blind,
a
light
to
those
who
are
in
darkness,
\VS{20}a
corrector
of
the
foolish,
a
teacher
of babies,
having
in
the
law
the
form
of
knowledge
and
of
the
truth.
\VS{21}You
therefore
who
teach
another,
don’t
you
teach
yourself?
You
who
preach
that
a
man shouldn’t
steal,
do
you
steal?
\VS{22}You
who
say
a
man shouldn’t
commit
adultery,
do
you
commit
adultery?
You
who
abhor
idols,
do
you
rob
temples?
\VS{23}You
who
glory
in
the
law,
do
you dishonour
God
by disobeying
the
law?
\VS{24}For “the
name
of
God
is
blasphemed amongst
the
Gentiles
because
of
you,”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 2:24 }
Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22}
just
as
it
is
written.
\VS{25}For
circumcision
indeed
profits,
if
you
are
a doer
of
the
law,
but
if
you
are
a
transgressor
of
the
law,
your
circumcision
has
become
uncircumcision.
\VS{26}If
therefore
the
uncircumcised
keep
the
ordinances
of
the
law,
won’t
his
uncircumcision
be accounted
as
circumcision?
\VS{27}Won’t
those
who
are
physically
uncircumcised,
but fulfil
the
law,
judge
you,
who
with
the
letter
and
circumcision
are
a
transgressor
of
the
law?
\VS{28}For
he
is
not
a
Jew
who
is
one outwardly,
neither
is
that
circumcision
which
is
outward
in
the
flesh;
\VS{29}but
he
is
a
Jew
who
is
one
inwardly,
and
circumcision
is
that
of
the
heart,
in
the
spirit,
not
in
the
letter;
whose
praise
is
not
from
men,
but
from
God.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
what
advantage
does
the
Jew
have?
Or
what
is
the profit
of
circumcision?
\VS{2}Much
in
every
way!
Because
first
of
all,
they
were
entrusted
with
the revelations
of
God.
\VS{3}For
what
if
some
were
without
faith?
Will
their lack
of
faith
nullify
the
faithfulness
of
God?
\VS{4}May
it
never
be!
Yes,
let
God
be
found
true,
but
every
man
a
liar.
As
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “that
you
might
be
justified
in
your
words,
\par }{\QB and
might
prevail
when
you
come
into judgement.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:4 }
Psalm 51:4}
\par }{\PP \VS{5}But
if
our
unrighteousness
commends
the
righteousness
of
God,
what
will
we
say?
Is
God
unrighteous
who
inflicts
wrath?
I
speak
like
men
do.
\VS{6}May
it
never
be!
For then
how
will
God
judge
the
world?
\VS{7}For
if
the
truth
of
God
through
my
lie
abounded
to
his
glory,
why
am
I
also
still
judged
as
a
sinner?
\VS{8}Why
not (as
we
are
slanderously
reported,
and
as
some affirm
that
we
say), “Let’s
do
evil,
that
good
may
come?”
Those
who
say
so
are justly
condemned.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}What
then?
Are
we
better
than
they?
No,
in
no
way.
For
we previously warned
both
Jews
and
Greeks
that
they
are
all
under
sin.
\VS{10}As
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “There
is
no
one
righteous;
\par }{\QB no,
not
one.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}There
is
no
one
who
understands.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
one
who seeks after
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}They
have
all
turned
away.
\par }{\QB They
have
together
become unprofitable.
\par }{\Q There
is
no
one
who
does
good,
\par }{\QB no,
not so much
as
one.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:12 }
Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20}
\par }{\Q \VS{13}“Their
throat
is an
open tomb.
\par }{\QB With
their
tongues
they
have used deceit.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:13 }
Psalm 5:9}
\par }{\Q “The
poison
of vipers
is
under
their
lips.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:13 }
Psalm 140:3}
\par }{\QB \VS{14}“Their
mouth
is
full
of
cursing
and
bitterness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:14 }
Psalm 10:7}
\par }{\Q \VS{15}“Their
feet
are
swift
to
shed
blood.
\par }{\QB \VS{16}Destruction
and
misery
are
in
their
ways.
\par }{\QB \VS{17}The
way
of
peace,
they haven’t
known.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:17 }
Isaiah 59:7-8}
\par }{\Q \VS{18}“There
is
no
fear
of
God
before
their
eyes.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 3:18 }
Psalm 36:1}
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Now
we
know
that
whatever
things
the
law
says,
it
speaks
to
those
who
are
under
the
law,
that
every
mouth
may
be
closed,
and
all
the
world
may
be
brought
under
the judgement
of
God.
\VS{20}Because
by
the
works
of
the
law,
no
flesh
will
be
justified
in
his
sight;
for
through
the
law
comes
the
knowledge
of
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
now
apart
from
the
law,
a
righteousness
of
God
has
been
revealed, being
testified
by
the
law
and
the
prophets;
\VS{22}even
the
righteousness
of
God
through
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
to
all
and
on
all
those
who
believe.
For
there
is
no
distinction,
\VS{23}for
all
have
sinned,
and
fall
short
of
the
glory
of
God;
\VS{24}being
justified
freely
by
his
grace
through
the
redemption
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{25}whom
God sent
to
be
an atoning sacrifice\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:25 }
or, a propitiation}
through
faith
in
his
blood,
for
a
demonstration
of
his
righteousness
through
the passing
over
of prior
sins,
in
God’s forbearance;
\VS{26}to
demonstrate
his
righteousness
at
this
present
time,
that
he
might
himself
be
just
and
the
justifier
of
him
who
has
faith
in
Jesus.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Where
then
is
the
boasting?
It
is
excluded.
By
what
kind
of
law?
Of
works?
No,
but
by
a
law
of
faith.
\VS{28}We
maintain therefore
that
a
man
is
justified
by
faith
apart
from
the
works
of
the
law.
\VS{29}Or
is
God
the
God
of
Jews
only?
Isn’t
he
the
God
of
Gentiles
also?
Yes,
of
Gentiles
also,
\VS{30}since
indeed
there
is
one
God
who
will
justify
the
circumcised
by
faith
and
the
uncircumcised
through
faith.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Do
we
then
nullify
the
law
through
faith?
May
it
never
be!
No,
we
establish
the
law.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}What
then
will
we
say
that
Abraham,
our
forefather,
has
found
according
to
the
flesh?
\VS{2}For
if
Abraham
was
justified
by
works,
he
has
something
to
boast
about,
but
not towards
God.
\VS{3}For
what
does
the
Scripture
say? “Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was accounted
to
him
for
righteousness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:3 }
Genesis 15:6}
\VS{4}Now
to him
who works,
the
reward
is
not
counted
as
grace,
but
as something owed.
\VS{5}But
to
him
who
doesn’t
work,
but
believes
in
him
who
justifies
the
ungodly,
his
faith
is accounted
for
righteousness.
\VS{6}Even
as
David
also pronounces
blessing
on
the
man
to
whom
God counts
righteousness
apart
from
works:
\par }{\Q \VS{7}“Blessed
are
they
whose iniquities
are
forgiven,
\par }{\QB whose
sins
are
covered.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Blessed
is
the
man
whom
the
Lord
will
by
no means charge
with
sin.”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:8 }
Psalm 32:1-2}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Is
this
blessing
then pronounced
only
on
the
circumcised,
or
on
the
uncircumcised
also?
For
we
say
that
faith
was accounted
to
Abraham
for
righteousness.
\VS{10}How
then
was
it
counted?
When
he
was
in
circumcision,
or
in
uncircumcision?
Not
in
circumcision,
but
in
uncircumcision.
\VS{11}He
received
the
sign
of
circumcision,
a
seal
of
the
righteousness
of
the
faith
which
he
had
while
he
was
in
uncircumcision,
that
he
might
be
the
father
of
all
those
who
believe,
though
they
might
be
in
uncircumcision,
that
righteousness
might
also
be accounted
to
them.
\VS{12}He
is
the
father
of
circumcision
to
those
who
not
only
are
of
the
circumcision,
but
who
also
walk
in
the
steps
of
that
faith
of
our
father
Abraham,
which
he
had
in
uncircumcision.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}For
the
promise
to
Abraham
and
to
his offspring
that
he
would
be
heir
of
the
world
wasn’t
through
the
law,
but
through
the
righteousness
of
faith.
\VS{14}For
if
those
who
are
of
the
law
are
heirs,
faith
is
made
void,
and
the
promise
is
made
of
no effect.
\VS{15}For
the
law
produces
wrath;
for
where
there
is
no
law,
neither
is
there disobedience.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}For
this cause
it
is
of
faith,
that
it
may
be
according
to
grace,
to
the
end
that
the
promise
may
be
sure
to
all
the offspring,
not
to
that
only
which
is
of
the
law,
but
to
that
also
which
is
of
the
faith
of
Abraham,
who
is
the
father
of
us
all.
\VS{17}As
it
is
written, “I
have
made
you
a
father
of
many
nations.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:17 }
Genesis 17:5}
This
is
in
the
presence
of
him
whom
he
believed:
God,
who
gives
life
to
the
dead,
and
calls
the
things
that
are
not,
as
though
they
were.
\VS{18}Against
hope,
Abraham
in
hope
believed,
to
the
end
that
he
might
become
a
father
of
many
nations,
according
to
that
which
had
been
spoken, “So
will
your offspring
be.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:18 }
Genesis 15:5}
\VS{19}Without
being weakened
in
faith,
he
didn’t
consider
his
own
body, already having
been worn
out, (he
being
about
a
hundred
years
old),
and
the
deadness
of
Sarah’s
womb.
\VS{20}Yet, looking
to
the
promise
of
God,
he
didn’t
waver through
unbelief,
but
grew
strong through
faith,
giving
glory
to
God,
\VS{21}and
being
fully
assured
that
what
he
had
promised,
he
was
also
able
to
perform.
\VS{22}Therefore
it
also
was “credited
to
him
for
righteousness.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 4:22 }
Genesis 15:6}
\VS{23}Now
it
was
not
written
that
it
was accounted
to
him
for
his
sake
alone,
\VS{24}but
for
our
sake
also,
to
whom
it
will
be accounted,
who
believe
in
him
who
raised
Jesus
our
Lord
from
the
dead,
\VS{25}who
was
delivered
up
for
our
trespasses,
and
was
raised
for
our
justification.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Being
therefore
justified
by
faith,
we
have
peace
with
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
\VS{2}through
whom
we
also
have
our
access
by
faith
into
this
grace
in
which
we
stand.
We
rejoice
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{3}Not
only
this,
but
we
also
rejoice
in
our
sufferings,
knowing
that
suffering
produces
perseverance;
\VS{4}and
perseverance,
proven
character;
and
proven
character,
hope;
\VS{5}and
hope
doesn’t
disappoint
us,
because
God’s
love
has
been
poured
into
our
hearts
through
the
Holy
Spirit
who
was
given
to
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}For
while
we
were
yet
weak,
at
the
right
time
Christ
died
for
the
ungodly.
\VS{7}For
one
will
hardly
die
for
a
righteous
man.
Yet
perhaps
for
a
good
person
someone
would
even
dare
to
die.
\VS{8}But
God
commends
his
own
love towards
us,
in
that
while
we
were
yet
sinners,
Christ
died
for
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Much
more
then, being
now
justified
by
his
blood,
we
will
be
saved
from
God’s
wrath
through
him.
\VS{10}For
if
while
we
were
enemies,
we
were
reconciled
to
God
through
the
death
of
his
Son,
much
more,
being
reconciled,
we
will
be
saved
by
his
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Not
only
so,
but
we
also
rejoice
in
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
we
have
now
received
the
reconciliation.
\VS{12}Therefore,
as
sin
entered
into
the
world
through
one
man,
and
death
through
sin,
so
death
passed
to
all
men
because
all
sinned.
\VS{13}For
until
the
law,
sin
was
in
the
world;
but
sin
is
not charged
when
there
is
no
law.
\VS{14}Nevertheless
death
reigned
from
Adam
until
Moses,
even
over
those
whose
sins weren’t
like Adam’s disobedience,
who
is
a foreshadowing
of
him
who
was
to
come.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
the
free
gift
isn’t
like
the
trespass.
For
if
by
the
trespass
of
the
one
the
many
died,
much
more did
the
grace
of
God
and
the
gift
by
the
grace
of
the
one
man,
Jesus
Christ,
abound
to
the
many.
\VS{16}The
gift
is
not
as
through
one
who
sinned;
for
the judgement
came
by
one
to
condemnation,
but
the
free
gift followed
many
trespasses
to
justification.
\VS{17}For
if
by
the
trespass
of
the
one,
death
reigned
through
the
one;
so
much
more
will
those
who
receive
the
abundance
of
grace
and
of
the
gift
of
righteousness
reign
in
life
through
the
one,
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So
then
as
through
one
trespass,
all
men
were condemned;
even
so
through
one
act
of
righteousness,
all
men
were justified
to
life.
\VS{19}For
as
through
the
one
man’s
disobedience
many
were
made
sinners,
even
so
through
the
obedience
of
the
one,
many
will
be
made
righteous.
\VS{20}The
law
came
in
that
the
trespass might abound;
but
where
sin
abounded,
grace
abounded
more exceedingly,
\VS{21}that
as
sin
reigned
in
death,
even
so
grace
might
reign
through
righteousness
to
eternal
life
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}What shall
we
say
then? Shall
we
continue
in
sin,
that
grace
may abound?
\VS{2}May
it
never
be!
We
who
died
to
sin,
how
could
we
live
in
it
any
longer?
\VS{3}Or don’t
you
know
that
all
of
us
who
were baptised
into
Christ
Jesus
were baptised
into
his
death?
\VS{4}We
were
buried
therefore
with
him
through
baptism
into
death,
that
just
as
Christ
was
raised
from
the
dead
through
the
glory
of
the
Father,
so
we
also
might
walk
in
newness
of
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
if
we
have
become
united
with
him
in
the
likeness
of
his
death,
we
will
also
be
part
of
his
resurrection;
\VS{6}knowing
this,
that our
old
man
was
crucified
with
him,
that
the
body
of
sin
might
be
done
away
with,
so
that
we
would
no
longer
be
in
bondage
to
sin.
\VS{7}For
he
who has
died has been
freed
from
sin.
\VS{8}But
if
we
died
with
Christ,
we
believe
that
we
will
also
live
with
him,
\VS{9}knowing
that
Christ, being
raised
from
the
dead,
dies
no
more.
Death
no
longer
has dominion
over
him!
\VS{10}For
the
death
that
he
died,
he
died
to
sin
one
time;
but
the
life
that
he
lives,
he
lives
to
God.
\VS{11}Thus
consider
yourselves
also
to
be
dead
to
sin,
but
alive
to
God
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore
don’t
let
sin
reign
in
your
mortal
body,
that
you should
obey
it
in
its
lusts.
\VS{13}Also,
do
not
present
your
members
to
sin
as
instruments
of
unrighteousness,
but
present
yourselves
to
God
as
alive
from
the
dead,
and
your
members
as
instruments
of
righteousness
to
God.
\VS{14}For
sin
will
not
have dominion
over
you,
for
you
are
not
under
law,
but
under
grace.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}What
then? Shall
we
sin
because
we
are
not
under
law
but
under
grace?
May
it
never
be!
\VS{16}Don’t
you
know
that
when
you
present
yourselves
as
servants
and
obey
someone,
you
are
the
servants
of
whomever
you
obey,
whether
of
sin
to
death,
or
of
obedience
to
righteousness?
\VS{17}But
thanks
be
to
God
that,
whereas
you
were bondservants
of
sin,
you
became
obedient
from
the
heart
to
that form
of
teaching
to
which
you
were
delivered.
\VS{18}Being
made
free
from
sin,
you
became bondservants
of
righteousness.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}I
speak
in
human
terms
because
of
the
weakness
of
your
flesh;
for
as
you
presented
your
members
as
servants
to
uncleanness
and
to wickedness upon wickedness,
even
so
now
present
your
members
as
servants
to
righteousness
for
sanctification.
\VS{20}For
when
you
were
servants
of
sin,
you
were
free
from
righteousness.
\VS{21}What
fruit
then
did
you
have
at
that
time
in
the
things
of
which
you
are
now
ashamed?
For
the
end
of
those
things
is
death.
\VS{22}But
now,
being
made
free
from
sin
and
having
become servants
of
God,
you
have
your
fruit
of
sanctification
and
the
result
of
eternal
life.
\VS{23}For
the
wages
of
sin
is
death,
but
the
free
gift
of
God
is
eternal
life
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Or don’t
you
know,
brothers\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:1 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”} (for
I
speak
to
men
who
know
the
law),
that
the
law
has dominion
over
a
man
for
as
long
as
he
lives?
\VS{2}For
the
woman
that
has
a
husband
is
bound
by
law
to
the
husband
while
he
lives,
but
if
the
husband
dies,
she
is discharged
from
the
law
of
the
husband.
\VS{3}So
then
if,
while
the
husband
lives,
she
is
joined
to
another
man,
she
would
be
called
an
adulteress.
But
if
the
husband
dies,
she
is
free
from
the
law,
so
that
she
is
no
adulteress,
though
she
is
joined
to
another
man.
\VS{4}Therefore,
my
brothers,
you
also
were
made
dead
to
the
law
through
the
body
of
Christ,
that
you
would
be
joined
to
another,
to
him
who
was
raised
from
the
dead,
that
we
might produce
fruit
to
God.
\VS{5}For
when
we
were
in
the
flesh,
the
sinful
passions
which
were
through
the
law
worked
in
our
members
to
bring
out
fruit
to
death.
\VS{6}But
now
we
have
been discharged
from
the
law,
having
died
to
that
in
which
we
were held;
so
that
we
serve
in
newness
of
the
spirit,
and
not
in
oldness
of
the
letter.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}What shall
we
say
then?
Is
the
law
sin?
May
it
never
be!
However,
I wouldn’t
have
known
sin
except
through
the
law.
For
I wouldn’t
have
known
coveting
unless
the
law
had
said, “You shall
not
covet.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 7:7 }
Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21}
\VS{8}But
sin, finding
occasion
through
the
commandment,
produced
in
me
all
kinds
of
coveting.
For
apart
from
the
law,
sin
is
dead.
\VS{9}I
was
alive
apart
from
the
law
once,
but
when
the
commandment
came,
sin revived
and
I died.
\VS{10}The
commandment
which
was
for
life,
this
I
found
to
be
for
death;
\VS{11}for
sin, finding
occasion
through
the
commandment,
deceived
me,
and
through
it
killed
me.
\VS{12}Therefore
the
law
indeed
is
holy,
and
the
commandment
holy,
righteous,
and
good.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Did
then
that
which
is
good
become
death
to
me?
May
it
never
be!
But
sin,
that
it
might
be
shown
to
be
sin,
was
producing
death
in
me
through
that
which
is
good;
that
through
the
commandment
sin
might
become exceedingly
sinful.
\VS{14}For
we
know
that
the
law
is
spiritual,
but
I
am fleshly,
sold
under
sin.
\VS{15}For
I
don’t
understand
what
I
am
doing.
For
I
don’t practise
what
I
desire
to
do;
but
what
I
hate,
that
I
do.
\VS{16}But
if
what
I
don’t
desire,
that
I
do,
I consent
to
the
law
that
it
is
good.
\VS{17}So
now
it
is
no
more
I
that do
it,
but
sin
which
dwells
in
me.
\VS{18}For
I
know
that
in
me,
that
is,
in
my
flesh,
dwells
no
good
thing.
For
desire
is
present
with
me,
but
I
don’t find
it
doing
that
which
is
good.
\VS{19}For
the
good
which
I
desire,
I
don’t
do;
but
the
evil
which
I
don’t
desire,
that
I practise.
\VS{20}But
if
what
I
don’t
desire,
that
I
do,
it
is
no
more
I
that
do
it,
but
sin
which
dwells
in
me.
\VS{21}I
find
then
the
law
that,
while
I
desire
to
do
good,
evil
is
present.
\VS{22}For
I delight
in
God’s
law
after
the inward
person,
\VS{23}but
I
see
a
different
law
in
my
members, warring
against
the
law
of
my
mind,
and bringing
me
into captivity
under
the
law
of
sin
which
is
in
my
members.
\VS{24}What
a
wretched
man
I
am!
Who
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
body
of
this
death?
\VS{25}I
thank
God
through
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord!
So
then
with
the
mind,
I
myself
serve
God’s
law,
but
with
the
flesh,
sin’s
law.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
is
therefore
now
no
condemnation
to
those
who
are
in
Christ
Jesus,
who don’t walk according
to
the flesh,
but according
to
the Spirit.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:1 }
NU omits “who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit”}
\VS{2}For
the
law
of
the
Spirit
of
life
in
Christ
Jesus made me
free
from
the
law
of
sin
and
of
death.
\VS{3}For
what
the
law couldn’t
do,
in
that
it
was
weak
through
the
flesh,
God did,
sending
his
own
Son
in
the
likeness
of
sinful
flesh
and
for
sin,
he
condemned
sin
in
the
flesh,
\VS{4}that
the
ordinance
of
the
law
might
be
fulfilled
in
us
who
don’t
walk
according
to
the
flesh,
but
according
to
the
Spirit.
\VS{5}For
those
who
live
according
to
the
flesh
set
their
minds
on
the
things
of
the
flesh,
but
those
who
live
according
to
the
Spirit,
the
things
of
the
Spirit.
\VS{6}For
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is
death,
but
the
mind
of
the
Spirit
is
life
and
peace;
\VS{7}because
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is hostile towards
God,
for
it
is
not
subject
to
God’s
law,
neither
indeed
can
it
be.
\VS{8}Those
who
are
in
the
flesh
can’t
please
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
you
are
not
in
the
flesh
but
in
the
Spirit,
if
it
is
so
that
the
Spirit
of
God
dwells
in
you.
But
if
any
man
doesn’t
have
the
Spirit
of
Christ,
he
is
not
his.
\VS{10}If
Christ
is
in
you,
the
body
is
dead
because
of
sin,
but
the
spirit
is
alive
because
of
righteousness.
\VS{11}But
if
the
Spirit
of
him
who
raised
up
Jesus
from
the
dead
dwells
in
you,
he
who
raised
up
Christ
Jesus
from
the
dead
will
also
give
life
to
your
mortal
bodies
through
his
Spirit
who
dwells
in
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
then,
brothers,
we
are
debtors,
not
to
the
flesh,
to
live
after
the
flesh.
\VS{13}For
if
you
live
after
the
flesh,
you
must
die;
but
if
by
the
Spirit
you
put
to
death
the
deeds
of
the
body,
you
will
live.
\VS{14}For
as
many
as
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God,
these
are children
of
God.
\VS{15}For
you
didn’t
receive
the
spirit
of bondage
again
to
fear,
but
you
received
the
Spirit
of
adoption,
by
whom
we
cry, “Abba!\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:15 }
Abba is an Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy”, which can be used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.}
Father!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
Spirit
himself
testifies
with
our
spirit
that
we
are
children
of
God;
\VS{17}and
if
children,
then
heirs—heirs
of
God
and joint
heirs
with
Christ,
if
indeed
we
suffer
with
him,
that
we
may
also
be
glorified
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}For
I
consider
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
time
are
not
worthy
to
be compared
with
the
glory
which
will
be
revealed towards
us.
\VS{19}For
the
creation
waits
with eager
expectation
for
the children
of
God
to
be
revealed.
\VS{20}For
the
creation
was
subjected
to
vanity,
not
of
its own will,
but
because
of
him
who
subjected
it,
in
hope
\VS{21}that
the
creation
itself
also
will
be delivered
from
the bondage
of decay
into
the
liberty
of
the
glory
of
the
children
of
God.
\VS{22}For
we
know
that
the
whole
creation
groans
and travails
in pain
together
until
now.
\VS{23}Not
only
so,
but
ourselves
also,
who
have
the
first
fruits
of
the
Spirit,
even
we
ourselves
groan
within
ourselves,
waiting
for
adoption,
the
redemption
of
our
body.
\VS{24}For
we
were
saved
in
hope,
but
hope
that
is
seen
is
not
hope.
For
who
hopes
for
that
which
he
sees?
\VS{25}But
if
we
hope
for
that
which
we
don’t
see,
we
wait
for
it
with
patience.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}In
the
same
way,
the
Spirit
also
helps
our
weaknesses,
for
we
don’t
know
how
to
pray
as
we
ought.
But
the
Spirit
himself makes intercession
for us
with
groanings
which
can’t
be uttered.
\VS{27}He
who
searches
the
hearts
knows
what
is
on
the Spirit’s
mind,
because
he makes
intercession
for
the
saints
according
to
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}We
know
that
all
things
work
together
for
good
for
those
who
love
God,
for
those
who
are
called
according
to
his
purpose.
\VS{29}For
whom
he
foreknew,
he
also
predestined
to
be conformed
to
the
image
of
his
Son,
that
he
might
be
the
firstborn amongst
many
brothers.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 8:29 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
\VS{30}Whom
he
predestined,
those
he
also
called.
Whom
he
called,
those
he
also
justified.
Whom
he
justified,
those
he
also
glorified.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}What
then
shall
we
say
about
these
things?
If
God
is
for
us,
who
can
be
against
us?
\VS{32}He
who
didn’t
spare
his
own
Son,
but
delivered
him
up
for
us
all,
how
would
he
not
also
with
him
freely
give
us
all
things?
\VS{33}Who could
bring
a
charge
against
God’s
chosen ones? It
is
God
who
justifies.
\VS{34}Who
is
he
who
condemns?
It
is
Christ
who
died,
yes
rather,
who
was
raised
from
the
dead,
who
is
at
the
right
hand
of
God,
who
also makes
intercession
for
us.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Who
shall
separate us
from
the
love
of
Christ? Could oppression,
or
anguish,
or
persecution,
or
famine,
or
nakedness,
or
peril,
or
sword?
\VS{36}Even
as it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “For
your
sake
we
are killed
all
day
long.
\par }{\QB We
were accounted
as
sheep
for
the
slaughter.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 8:36 }
Psalm 44:22}
\par }{\MM \VS{37}No,
in
all
these
things
we
are
more than conquerors
through
him
who
loved
us.
\VS{38}For
I
am
persuaded
that
neither
death,
nor
life,
nor
angels,
nor
principalities,
nor
things
present,
nor
things
to
come,
nor
powers,
\VS{39}nor
height,
nor
depth,
nor
any
other
created
thing
will
be
able
to
separate
us
from
God’s
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
tell
the
truth
in
Christ.
I
am
not
lying,
my
conscience testifying
with
me
in
the
Holy
Spirit
\VS{2}that
I
have
great
sorrow
and
unceasing
pain
in
my
heart.
\VS{3}For
I could
wish
that
I
myself
were
accursed
from
Christ
for
my brothers’
sake,
my
relatives
according
to
the
flesh
\VS{4}who
are
Israelites;
whose
is
the
adoption,
the
glory,
the
covenants,
the
giving
of
the
law,
the
service,
and
the
promises;
\VS{5}of
whom
are
the
fathers,
and
from
whom
is
Christ
as
concerning
the
flesh,
who
is
over
all,
God,
blessed
forever.
Amen.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
it
is
not
as
though
the
word
of
God
has
come
to
nothing.
For
they
are
not
all
Israel
that
are
of
Israel.
\VS{7}Neither,
because
they
are
Abraham’s offspring,
are
they
all
children.
But, “your offspring
will
be accounted
as
from
Isaac.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:7 }
Genesis 21:12}
\VS{8}That
is,
it
is
not
the
children
of
the
flesh
who
are
children
of
God,
but
the
children
of
the
promise
are
counted
as heirs.
\VS{9}For
this
is
a
word
of
promise: “At
the appointed
time
I
will
come,
and
Sarah
will
have
a
son.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:9 }
Genesis 18:10,14}
\VS{10}Not
only
so,
but
Rebekah
also
conceived
by
one,
by
our
father
Isaac.
\VS{11}For being
not
yet
born,
neither
having
done
anything
good
or
bad,
that
the
purpose
of
God
according
to
election
might
stand,
not
of
works,
but
of
him
who
calls,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:11 }
NU puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.}
\VS{12}it
was
said
to
her, “The elder
will
serve
the
younger.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:12 }
Genesis 25:23}
\VS{13}Even
as
it
is
written, “Jacob
I
loved,
but
Esau
I
hated.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:13 }
Malachi 1:2-3}
\par }{\PP \VS{14}What
shall
we
say
then?
Is
there
unrighteousness
with
God?
May
it
never
be!
\VS{15}For
he
said
to
Moses, “I
will
have
mercy
on
whom
I
have
mercy,
and
I
will
have
compassion
on
whom
I
have
compassion.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:15 }
Exodus 33:19}
\VS{16}So
then
it
is
not
of
him
who
wills,
nor
of
him
who
runs,
but
of
God
who
has
mercy.
\VS{17}For
the
Scripture
says
to
Pharaoh, “For
this
very
purpose
I caused
you
to
be
raised
up,
that
I
might
show
in
you
my
power,
and
that
my
name
might
be
proclaimed
in
all
the
earth.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:17 }
Exodus 9:16}
\VS{18}So
then,
he
has
mercy
on
whom
he
desires,
and
he
hardens
whom
he
desires.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}You
will
say
then
to
me, “Why
does
he
still
find
fault?
For
who withstands
his
will?”
\VS{20}But
indeed,
O
man,
who
are
you
to
reply
against
God?
Will
the
thing
formed
ask
him
who
formed
it, “Why
did
you
make
me
like
this?”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:20 }
Isaiah 29:16; 45:9}
\VS{21}Or
hasn’t
the
potter
a
right
over
the
clay,
from
the
same
lump
to
make
one
part
a
vessel
for honour,
and another
for dishonour?
\VS{22}What
if
God,
willing
to
show
his
wrath
and
to
make
his
power
known,
endured
with
much
patience
vessels
of
wrath
prepared
for
destruction,
\VS{23}and
that
he
might
make
known
the
riches
of
his
glory
on
vessels
of
mercy,
which
he
prepared
beforehand
for
glory—
\VS{24}us,
whom
he
also
called,
not
from
the
Jews
only,
but
also
from
the
Gentiles?
\VS{25}As
he
says
also
in
Hosea,
\par }{\Q “I
will
call
them ‘my
people,’
which
were
not
my
people;
\par }{\QB and her ‘beloved,’
who
was
not
beloved.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:25 }
Hosea 2:23}
\par }{\Q \VS{26}“It
will
be
that
in
the
place
where
it
was
said
to
them, ‘You
are
not
my
people,’
\par }{\QB there
they
will
be
called ‘children
of
the
living
God.’ ”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:26 }
Hosea 1:10
}
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Isaiah
cries
concerning
Israel,
\par }{\Q “If
the
number
of
the children
of
Israel
are
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
\par }{\QB it
is
the
remnant
who
will
be
saved;
\par }{\Q \VS{28}for
he
will finish
the work
and cut
it short
in righteousness,
\par }{\QB because
the
Lord
will
make
a short work
upon
the
earth.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:28 }
Isaiah 10:22-23}
\par }{\PP \VS{29}As
Isaiah
has
said before,
\par }{\Q “Unless
the
Lord
of Armies\FTNT{†}{{\FR 9:29 }
Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)
}
had
left us
a
seed,
\par }{\QB we
would
have
become
like
Sodom,
\par }{\QB and
would
have
been
made
like
Gomorrah.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:29 }
Isaiah 1:9}
\par }{\PP \VS{30}What shall
we
say
then?
That
the
Gentiles,
who
didn’t follow
after
righteousness,
attained
to
righteousness,
even
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith;
\VS{31}but
Israel, following
after
a
law
of
righteousness,
didn’t
arrive
at
the
law
of
righteousness.
\VS{32}Why?
Because
they
didn’t seek
it
by
faith,
but
as
it
were
by
works
of
the law.
They
stumbled
over
the
stumbling
stone,
\VS{33}even
as
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “Behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 9:33 }
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
I
lay
in
Zion
a
stumbling
stone
and
a
rock
of offence;
\par }{\QB and
no
one
who
believes
in
him
will
be disappointed.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 9:33 }
Isaiah 8:14; 28:16}

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Brothers,
my
heart’s
desire
and
my
prayer
to
God
is
for
Israel,
that
they
may
be saved.
\VS{2}For
I
testify
about
them
that
they
have
a
zeal
for
God,
but
not
according
to
knowledge.
\VS{3}For being
ignorant
of
God’s
righteousness,
and
seeking
to
establish
their
own
righteousness,
they
didn’t
subject
themselves
to
the
righteousness
of
God.
\VS{4}For
Christ
is
the fulfilment\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:4 }
or, completion, or end}
of
the
law
for
righteousness
to
everyone
who
believes.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}For
Moses
writes
about
the
righteousness
of
the
law, “The
one
who
does
them
will
live
by
them.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:5 }
Leviticus 18:5}
\VS{6}But
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith
says
this, “Don’t
say
in
your
heart, ‘Who
will
ascend
into
heaven?’\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:6 }
Deuteronomy 30:12} (that
is,
to
bring
Christ
down);
\VS{7}or, ‘Who
will
descend
into
the
abyss?’\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:7 }
Deuteronomy 30:13} (that
is,
to
bring
Christ
up
from
the
dead.)”
\VS{8}But
what
does
it
say? “The
word
is
near
you,
in
your
mouth
and
in
your
heart;”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:8 }
Deuteronomy 30:14}
that
is,
the
word
of
faith
which
we
preach:
\VS{9}that
if
you
will
confess
with
your
mouth
that
Jesus
is
Lord
and
believe
in
your
heart
that
God
raised
him
from
the
dead,
you
will
be
saved.
\VS{10}For
with
the
heart one
believes
resulting
in
righteousness;
and
with
the
mouth confession
is
made
resulting
in
salvation.
\VS{11}For
the
Scripture
says, “Whoever
believes
in
him
will
not
be disappointed.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:11 }
Isaiah 28:16}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
there
is
no
distinction
between
Jew
and
Greek;
for
the
same
Lord
is
Lord
of
all,
and
is
rich
to
all
who
call
on
him.
\VS{13}For, “Whoever
will
call
on
the
name
of
the
Lord
will
be
saved.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:13 }
Joel 2:32}
\VS{14}How
then
will
they
call
on
him
in
whom
they
have
not
believed?
How
will
they
believe
in
him
whom
they
have
not
heard?
How
will
they
hear
without
a
preacher?
\VS{15}And
how
will
they
preach
unless
they
are
sent?
As
it
is
written:
\par }{\Q “How
beautiful
are
the
feet
of
those
who
preach
the
Good
News
of peace,
\par }{\QB who
bring glad tidings
of
good
things!”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:15 }
Isaiah 52:7}
\par }{\PP \VS{16}But
they
didn’t
all listen
to
the glad
news.
For
Isaiah
says, “Lord,
who
has
believed
our
report?”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:16 }
Isaiah 53:1}
\VS{17}So
faith comes
by
hearing,
and
hearing
by
the
word
of God.
\VS{18}But
I
say,
didn’t
they
hear?
Yes, most
certainly,
\par }{\Q “Their sound
went
out
into
all
the
earth,
\par }{\QB their
words
to
the
ends
of
the
world.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:18 }
Psalm 19:4}
\par }{\PP \VS{19}But
I
ask,
didn’t
Israel
know?
First
Moses
says,
\par }{\Q “I
will
provoke
you
to
jealousy
with
that which
is
no
nation.
\par }{\QB I
will
make
you angry
with
a
nation void
of
understanding.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:19 }
Deuteronomy 32:21}
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Isaiah
is
very
bold
and
says,
\par }{\Q “I
was
found
by
those
who
didn’t
seek
me.
\par }{\QB I
was revealed
to
those
who
didn’t
ask
for
me.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:20 }
Isaiah 65:1}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
about
Israel
he
says, “All
day
long
I stretched out
my
hands
to
a
disobedient
and contrary
people.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 10:21 }
Isaiah 65:2}

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
ask
then,
did
God reject
his
people?
May
it
never
be!
For
I
also
am
an
Israelite,
a
descendant
of
Abraham,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\VS{2}God
didn’t reject
his
people,
whom
he
foreknew.
Or
don’t
you
know
what
the
Scripture
says
about
Elijah?
How
he
pleads
with
God
against
Israel:
\VS{3}“Lord,
they
have
killed
your
prophets.
They
have broken
down
your
altars.
I
am left
alone,
and
they
seek
my
life.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:3 }
1 Kings 19:10,14}
\VS{4}But
how
does
God answer
him? “I
have reserved
for
myself
seven
thousand
men
who
have
not
bowed
the
knee
to
Baal.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:4 }
1 Kings 19:18}
\VS{5}Even
so
too
at
this
present
time
also
there
is
a
remnant
according
to
the
election
of
grace.
\VS{6}And
if
by
grace,
then
it
is
no
longer
of
works;
otherwise
grace
is
no
longer
grace.
But
if
it
is
of
works,
it
is
no
longer
grace;
otherwise
work
is
no
longer
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}What
then?
That
which
Israel
seeks
for,
that
he
didn’t
obtain,
but
the
chosen ones
obtained
it,
and
the
rest
were
hardened.
\VS{8}According
as
it
is
written, “God
gave
them
a
spirit
of
stupor,
eyes
that
they
should
not
see,
and
ears
that
they
should
not
hear,
to
this
very
day.”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:8 }
Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10}
\par }{\PP \VS{9}David
says,
\par }{\Q “Let
their
table
be
made
a
snare,
a
trap,
\par }{\QB a
stumbling
block,
and
a
retribution
to
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Let
their
eyes
be
darkened,
that
they
may
not
see.
\par }{\QB Always
keep
their
backs bent.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:10 }
Psalm 69:22,23}
\par }{\PP \VS{11}I
ask
then,
did
they
stumble
that
they
might
fall?
May
it
never
be!
But
by
their
fall
salvation
has
come
to
the
Gentiles,
to
provoke
them
to
jealousy.
\VS{12}Now
if
their fall
is
the
riches
of
the
world,
and
their loss
the
riches
of
the
Gentiles,
how
much
more
their
fullness!
\par }{\PP \VS{13}For
I
speak
to
you
who
are
Gentiles.
Since
then
as
I
am
an
apostle
to
Gentiles,
I
glorify
my
ministry,
\VS{14}if
by
any
means
I
may
provoke
to
jealousy
those
who
are
my
flesh,
and
may
save
some
of
them.
\VS{15}For
if
the
rejection
of
them
is
the reconciling
of
the
world,
what
would
their
acceptance
be,
but
life
from
the
dead?
\par }{\PP \VS{16}If
the
first fruit
is
holy,
so
is
the
lump.
If
the
root
is
holy,
so
are
the
branches.
\VS{17}But
if
some
of
the
branches
were
broken
off,
and
you,
being
a
wild
olive,
were
grafted
in amongst
them
and
became
partaker
with
them
of
the
root
and
of
the richness
of
the
olive
tree,
\VS{18}don’t
boast
over
the
branches.
But
if
you
boast, remember
that
it
is
not
you
who
support
the
root,
but
the
root
supports
you.
\VS{19}You
will
say
then, “Branches
were
broken
off,
that
I
might
be
grafted
in.”
\VS{20}True;
by
their
unbelief
they
were
broken
off,
and
you
stand
by
your
faith.
Don’t
be conceited,
but
fear;
\VS{21}for
if
God
didn’t
spare
the
natural
branches,
neither
will
he
spare
you.
\VS{22}See
then
the goodness
and
severity
of
God. Towards
those
who
fell,
severity;
but towards
you, goodness,
if
you
continue
in
his goodness;
otherwise
you
also
will
be
cut
off.
\VS{23}They
also,
if
they
don’t
continue
in
their
unbelief,
will
be
grafted
in,
for
God
is
able
to graft
them
in
again.
\VS{24}For
if
you
were
cut
out
of
that
which
is
by
nature
a
wild
olive
tree,
and
were
grafted
contrary
to
nature
into
a good
olive
tree,
how
much
more
will
these,
which
are
the
natural branches,
be
grafted
into
their
own
olive
tree?
\par }{\PP \VS{25}For
I
don’t
desire
you
to
be
ignorant,
brothers,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:25 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
of
this
mystery,
so
that
you
won’t
be
wise
in
your
own conceits,
that
a
partial
hardening
has
happened
to
Israel,
until
the
fullness
of
the
Gentiles
has
come
in,
\VS{26}and
so
all
Israel
will
be
saved.
Even
as
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “There
will
come
out
of
Zion
the
Deliverer,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
turn
away
ungodliness
from
Jacob.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}This
is
my
covenant
with
them,
\par }{\QB when
I
will
take
away
their
sins.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:27 }
Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34}
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Concerning
the
Good
News,
they
are
enemies
for
your
sake.
But concerning
the
election,
they
are
beloved
for
the fathers’
sake.
\VS{29}For
the
gifts
and
the
calling
of
God
are
irrevocable.
\VS{30}For
as
you
in
time past
were
disobedient
to
God,
but
now
have obtained
mercy
by their
disobedience,
\VS{31}even
so
these
also
have
now
been
disobedient,
that
by
the
mercy
shown
to
you
they
may
also obtain
mercy.
\VS{32}For
God
has bound
all
to
disobedience,
that
he
might
have
mercy
on
all.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Oh
the
depth
of
the
riches
both
of
the
wisdom
and
the
knowledge
of
God!
How
unsearchable
are
his judgements,
and
his
ways past tracing out!
\par }{\Q \VS{34}“For
who
has
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord?
\par }{\QB Or
who
has
been
his counsellor?”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:34 }
Isaiah 40:13}
\par }{\Q \VS{35}“Or
who
has
first
given
to
him,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
be
repaid
to
him
again?”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 11:35 }
Job 41:11}
\par }{\PP \VS{36}For
of
him
and
through
him
and
to
him
are
all
things.
To
him
be
the
glory
for
ever!
Amen.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Therefore
I
urge
you,
brothers,
by
the
mercies
of
God,
to
present
your
bodies
a
living
sacrifice,
holy,
acceptable
to
God,
which
is
your
spiritual
service.
\VS{2}Don’t
be
conformed
to
this
world,
but
be
transformed
by
the
renewing
of
your
mind,
so
that
you
may prove
what
is
the
good,
well-pleasing,
and
perfect
will
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}For
I
say
through
the
grace
that
was
given
me,
to
everyone
who
is amongst
you,
not
to
think
of
yourself
more
highly
than
you
ought
to
think;
but
to
think reasonably,
as
God
has
apportioned
to
each
person
a
measure
of
faith.
\VS{4}For
even
as
we
have
many
members
in
one
body,
and
all
the
members
don’t
have
the
same
function,
\VS{5}so
we,
who
are
many,
are
one
body
in
Christ,
and individually
members
of
one
another,
\VS{6}having
gifts differing
according
to
the
grace
that
was
given
to
us:
if
prophecy, let’s prophesy
according
to
the
proportion
of
our
faith;
\VS{7}or
service, let’s give ourselves
to
service;
or
he
who
teaches,
to
his
teaching;
\VS{8}or
he
who
exhorts,
to
his
exhorting;
he
who
gives, let
him do it
with
generosity;
he
who rules,
with
diligence;
he
who
shows
mercy,
with
cheerfulness.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Let
love
be
without
hypocrisy.
Abhor that
which
is
evil.
Cling
to that
which
is
good.
\VS{10}In
love
of
the brothers be tenderly affectionate
to
one
another;
in honour prefer
one
another,
\VS{11}not
lagging
in
diligence,
fervent
in
spirit,
serving
the
Lord,
\VS{12}rejoicing
in
hope, enduring
in
troubles,
continuing steadfastly
in
prayer,
\VS{13}contributing
to
the
needs
of
the
saints,
and given
to
hospitality.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Bless
those
who
persecute
you;
bless,
and
don’t
curse.
\VS{15}Rejoice
with those who
rejoice.
Weep
with those who
weep.
\VS{16}Be
of
the
same
mind
one towards
another.
Don’t
set
your
mind
on
high
things,
but
associate
with
the
humble.
Don’t
be
wise
in
your
own conceits.
\VS{17}Repay
no
one
evil
for
evil.
Respect
what
is honourable
in
the
sight
of
all
men.
\VS{18}If
it
is
possible,
as much
as
it
is up
to
you,
be
at
peace
with
all
men.
\VS{19}Don’t seek
revenge
yourselves,
beloved,
but
give
place
to God’s
wrath.
For
it
is
written, “Vengeance belongs
to
me;
I
will
repay,
says
the
Lord.”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 12:19 }
Deuteronomy 32:35}
\VS{20}Therefore
\par }{\Q “If
your
enemy
is
hungry,
feed
him.
\par }{\QB If
he
is
thirsty,
give
him
a
drink;
\par }{\QB for
in
doing
so,
you
will
heap
coals
of
fire
on
his
head.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 12:20 }
Proverbs 25:21-22}
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Don’t
be
overcome
by
evil,
but
overcome
evil
with
good.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Let
every
soul
be
in
subjection
to
the higher
authorities,
for
there
is
no
authority
except
from
God,
and
those
who
exist
are ordained
by
God.
\VS{2}Therefore
he
who
resists
the
authority withstands
the
ordinance
of
God;
and
those
who withstand
will
receive
to
themselves judgement.
\VS{3}For
rulers
are
not
a terror
to
the
good
work,
but
to
the
evil.
Do
you
desire
to
have
no
fear
of
the
authority?
Do
that
which
is
good,
and
you
will
have
praise
from
the
authority,
\VS{4}for
he
is
a
servant
of
God
to
you
for
good.
But
if
you
do
that
which
is
evil,
be
afraid,
for
he
doesn’t
bear
the
sword
in
vain;
for
he
is
a
servant
of
God,
an
avenger
for
wrath
to
him
who
does
evil.
\VS{5}Therefore
you
need
to
be
in
subjection,
not
only
because
of
the
wrath,
but
also
for
conscience’
sake.
\VS{6}For
this
reason
you
also
pay
taxes,
for
they
are
servants
of
God’s service,
continually doing
this
very
thing.
\VS{7}Therefore
give
everyone
what
you owe: if
you owe
taxes,
pay
taxes; if
customs,
then
customs; if
respect,
then
respect; if honour,
then honour.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Owe
no
one
anything,
except
to
love
one
another;
for
he
who
loves
his neighbour
has
fulfilled
the
law.
\VS{9}For
the
commandments, “You
shall
not
commit
adultery,” “You
shall
not
murder,” “You
shall
not
steal,”\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:9 }
TR adds “You shall not give false testimony,”} “You
shall
not
covet,”
\XREF{✡}{{\XO 13:9 }
Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21}
and
whatever
other
commandments
there
are,
are
all
summed up
in
this
saying,
namely, “You
shall
love
your neighbour
as
yourself.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 13:9 }
Leviticus 19:18}
\VS{10}Love
doesn’t
harm
a neighbour.
Love
therefore
is
the fulfilment
of
the
law.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Do
this,
knowing
the
time,
that
it
is
already
time
for
you
to
awaken
out
of
sleep,
for
salvation
is
now
nearer
to
us
than
when
we first
believed.
\VS{12}The
night
is
far
gone,
and
the
day
is
near. Let’s
therefore
throw off
the
deeds
of
darkness,
and let’s
put
on
the armour
of
light.
\VS{13}Let’s
walk
properly,
as
in
the
day;
not
in revelling
and
drunkenness,
not
in
sexual
promiscuity
and lustful acts,
and
not
in
strife
and
jealousy.
\VS{14}But
put
on
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
make
no
provision
for
the
flesh,
for its
lusts.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
accept
one
who
is
weak
in
faith,
but
not
for disputes
over
opinions.
\VS{2}One
man
has
faith
to
eat
all
things,
but
he
who
is
weak
eats only
vegetables.
\VS{3}Don’t
let
him
who
eats
despise
him
who
doesn’t
eat.
Don’t
let
him
who
doesn’t
eat
judge
him
who
eats,
for
God
has
accepted
him.
\VS{4}Who
are
you
who
judge
another’s
servant?
To
his
own
lord
he
stands
or
falls.
Yes,
he
will
be made
to
stand,
for
God
has power
to
make
him
stand.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}One
man esteems
one
day
as
more important.
Another esteems
every
day alike.
Let
each
man
be
fully
assured
in
his
own
mind.
\VS{6}He
who
observes
the
day,
observes
it
to
the
Lord;
and
he
who
does
not observe
the
day,
to
the
Lord
he
does
not observe
it.
He
who
eats,
eats
to
the
Lord,
for
he
gives
God
thanks.
He
who
doesn’t
eat,
to
the
Lord
he
doesn’t
eat,
and
gives
God
thanks.
\VS{7}For
none
of us
lives
to
himself,
and
none
dies
to
himself.
\VS{8}For
if
we
live,
we
live
to
the
Lord.
Or
if
we
die,
we
die
to
the
Lord.
If
therefore
we
live
or
die,
we
are
the
Lord’s.
\VS{9}For
to
this
end
Christ
died, rose,
and
lived
again,
that
he
might
be
Lord
of
both
the
dead
and
the
living.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
you,
why
do
you
judge
your
brother?
Or
you
again,
why
do
you
despise
your
brother?
For
we
will
all
stand
before
the judgement
seat
of Christ.
\VS{11}For
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “ ‘As
I
live,’
says
the
Lord, ‘to
me
every
knee
will
bow.
\par }{\QB Every
tongue
will
confess
to
God.’ ”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 14:11 }
Isaiah 45:23}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}So
then
each
one
of
us
will
give
account
of
himself
to
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Therefore let’s
not
judge
one
another
any
more,
but
judge
this
rather,
that
no
man
put
a
stumbling
block
in
his
brother’s
way,
or
an occasion
for
falling.
\VS{14}I
know
and
am
persuaded
in
the
Lord
Jesus
that
nothing
is
unclean
of
itself;
except
that
to
him
who considers
anything
to
be
unclean,
to
him
it
is
unclean.
\VS{15}Yet
if
because
of
food
your
brother
is
grieved,
you
walk
no
longer
in
love.
Don’t
destroy
with
your
food
him
for
whom
Christ
died.
\VS{16}Then
don’t
let
your
good
be
slandered,
\VS{17}for
God’s
Kingdom
is
not
eating
and
drinking,
but
righteousness,
peace,
and
joy
in
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{18}For
he
who
serves
Christ
in
these
things
is
acceptable
to
God
and
approved
by
men.
\VS{19}So
then, let’s follow
after
things
which make
for
peace,
and
things
by
which
we
may
build
one
another
up.
\VS{20}Don’t
overthrow
God’s
work
for food’s
sake.
All
things
indeed
are
clean,
however
it
is
evil
for
that
man
who creates
a
stumbling
block
by
eating.
\VS{21}It
is
good
to
not
eat
meat,
drink
wine,
nor
do
anything
by
which
your
brother
stumbles,
is
offended,
or
is made
weak.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Do
you
have
faith?
Have
it
to
yourself
before
God.
Happy
is
he
who
doesn’t
judge
himself
in
that
which
he approves.
\VS{23}But
he
who
doubts
is
condemned
if
he
eats,
because
it
isn’t
of
faith;
and
whatever
is
not
of
faith
is
sin.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,
\VS{25}but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations;
\VS{26}to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:26 }
TR places verses 24-26 after Romans 16:24 as verses 25-27.
}

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
we
who
are
strong
ought
to
bear
the
weaknesses
of
the weak,
and
not
to
please
ourselves.
\VS{2}Let
each
one
of
us
please
his neighbour
for that
which
is
good,
to
be
building
him
up.
\VS{3}For
even
Christ
didn’t
please
himself.
But,
as
it
is
written, “The
reproaches
of
those
who
reproached
you
fell
on
me.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:3 }
Psalm 69:9}
\VS{4}For
whatever
things
were
written
before
were
written
for
our learning,
that
through
perseverance
and
through
encouragement
of
the
Scriptures
we
might
have
hope.
\VS{5}Now
the
God
of
perseverance
and
of
encouragement
grant
you
to
be
of
the
same
mind
with
one
another
according
to
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{6}that
with
one
accord
you
may
with
one
mouth
glorify
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore
accept
one
another,
even
as
Christ
also
accepted
you,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:7 }
TR reads “us” instead of “you”}
to
the
glory
of
God.
\VS{8}Now
I
say
that
Christ
has
been
made
a
servant
of
the
circumcision
for
the
truth
of
God,
that
he
might
confirm
the
promises given
to
the
fathers,
\VS{9}and
that
the
Gentiles
might
glorify
God
for
his
mercy.
As
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “Therefore
I
will
give
praise
to
you amongst
the
Gentiles
\par }{\QB and
sing
to
your
name.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:9 }
2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49}
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Again
he
says,
\par }{\Q “Rejoice,
you
Gentiles,
with
his
people.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:10 }
Deuteronomy 32:43}
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Again,
\par }{\Q “Praise
the
Lord,
all
you
Gentiles!
\par }{\QB Let
all
the
peoples
praise
him.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:11 }
Psalm 117:1}
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Again,
Isaiah
says,
\par }{\Q “There
will
be
the
root
of
Jesse,
\par }{\QB he
who
arises
to
rule
over
the
Gentiles;
\par }{\QB in
him
the
Gentiles
will
hope.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:12 }
Isaiah 11:10}
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Now
may
the
God
of
hope
fill
you
with
all
joy
and
peace
in
believing,
that
you
may
abound
in
hope
in
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}I
myself
am
also
persuaded
about
you,
my
brothers,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 15:14 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
that
you
yourselves
are
full
of
goodness,
filled
with
all
knowledge,
able
also
to
admonish
others.
\VS{15}But
I
write
the more
boldly
to
you
in
part
as reminding
you,
because
of
the
grace
that
was
given
to
me
by
God,
\VS{16}that
I
should
be
a servant
of
Christ
Jesus
to
the
Gentiles, serving
as
a
priest
of
the
Good
News
of
God,
that
the
offering
up
of
the
Gentiles
might
be
made
acceptable,
sanctified
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
\VS{17}I
have
therefore
my
boasting
in
Christ
Jesus
in
things
pertaining
to
God.
\VS{18}For
I
will
not
dare
to
speak
of
any
things
except
those
which
Christ worked
through
me
for
the
obedience
of
the
Gentiles,
by
word
and
deed,
\VS{19}in
the
power
of
signs
and
wonders,
in
the
power
of
God’s
Spirit;
so
that
from
Jerusalem
and
around
as
far
as
to
Illyricum,
I
have
fully
preached
the
Good
News
of
Christ;
\VS{20}yes, making
it
my aim
to
preach
the
Good
News,
not
where
Christ
was already
named,
that
I
might
not
build
on
another’s
foundation.
\VS{21}But,
as
it
is
written,
\par }{\Q “They
will
see,
to
whom
no
news
of
him
came.
\par }{\QB They
who haven’t
heard
will
understand.”\XREF{✡}{{\XO 15:21 }
Isaiah 52:15}
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Therefore
also
I
was
hindered
these
many times
from
coming
to
you,
\VS{23}but
now,
no
longer
having
any
place
in
these
regions,
and
having
these
many
years
a
longing
to
come
to
you,
\VS{24}whenever
I travel
to
Spain,
I
will come
to
you.
For
I
hope
to
see
you
on
my
journey,
and
to
be
helped
on
my
way
there
by
you,
if
first
I
may enjoy
your company
for
a
while.
\VS{25}But
now,
I say,
I
am
going
to
Jerusalem,
serving
the
saints.
\VS{26}For
it
has
been
the
good
pleasure
of
Macedonia
and
Achaia
to
make
a
certain
contribution
for
the
poor amongst
the
saints
who
are
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{27}Yes,
it
has
been
their
good
pleasure,
and
they
are
their
debtors.
For
if
the
Gentiles
have
been made partakers
of
their
spiritual
things,
they
owe
it
to
them
also
to serve
them
in
material
things.
\VS{28}When
therefore
I
have
accomplished
this,
and
have
sealed
to
them
this
fruit,
I
will
go
on
by
way
of
you
to
Spain.
\VS{29}I
know
that
when
I
come
to
you,
I
will
come
in
the
fullness
of
the
blessing
of
the Good News
of
Christ.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
by
the
love
of
the
Spirit,
that
you
strive
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God
for
me,
\VS{31}that
I
may
be
delivered
from
those
who
are
disobedient
in
Judea,
and
that
my
service
which
I
have
for
Jerusalem
may
be
acceptable
to
the
saints,
\VS{32}that
I
may
come
to
you
in
joy
through
the
will
of
God,
and
together
with
you,
find
rest.
\VS{33}Now
the
God
of
peace
be
with
you
all.
Amen.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}I
commend
to
you
Phoebe,
our
sister,
who
is
a
servant\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:1 }
or, deacon
}
of
the
assembly
that
is
at Cenchreae,
\VS{2}that
you
receive
her
in
the
Lord
in
a
way
worthy
of
the
saints,
and
that
you assist
her
in
whatever
matter
she
may
need
from
you,
for
she
herself
also
has
been
a
helper
of
many,
and
of
my
own self.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Greet
Prisca
and
Aquila,
my
fellow
workers
in
Christ
Jesus,
\VS{4}who
risked
their
own
necks
for
my
life,
to
whom
not
only
I
give
thanks,
but
also
all
the
assemblies
of
the
Gentiles.
\VS{5}Greet
the
assembly
that
is
in
their
house.
Greet
Epaenetus,
my
beloved,
who
is
the
first
fruits
of Achaia
to
Christ.
\VS{6}Greet
Mary,
who laboured
much
for
us.
\VS{7}Greet
Andronicus
and
Junia,
my
relatives
and
my
fellow
prisoners,
who
are notable amongst
the
apostles,
who
were
also
in
Christ
before
me.
\VS{8}Greet Amplias,
my
beloved
in
the
Lord.
\VS{9}Greet
Urbanus,
our
fellow
worker
in
Christ,
and
Stachys,
my
beloved.
\VS{10}Greet
Apelles,
the
approved
in
Christ.
Greet
those
who
are
of
the household
of
Aristobulus.
\VS{11}Greet
Herodion,
my kinsman.
Greet
them
of
the household
of
Narcissus,
who
are
in
the
Lord.
\VS{12}Greet
Tryphaena
and
Tryphosa,
who labour
in
the
Lord.
Greet
Persis,
the
beloved,
who laboured
much
in
the
Lord.
\VS{13}Greet
Rufus,
the
chosen
in
the
Lord,
and
his
mother
and
mine.
\VS{14}Greet
Asyncritus,
Phlegon,
Hermes,
Patrobas,
Hermas,
and
the
brothers\FTNT{†}{{\FR 16:14 }
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”}
who
are
with
them.
\VS{15}Greet
Philologus
and
Julia,
Nereus
and
his
sister,
and
Olympas,
and
all
the
saints
who
are
with
them.
\VS{16}Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
The
assemblies
of
Christ
greet
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,
look
out
for
those
who
are
causing
the divisions
and occasions
of
stumbling,
contrary
to
the doctrine
which
you learnt,
and
turn
away
from
them.
\VS{18}For
those
who
are
such
don’t
serve
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
but
their
own
belly;
and
by
their
smooth
and
flattering
speech
they
deceive
the
hearts
of
the
innocent.
\VS{19}For
your
obedience
has become known
to
all.
I
rejoice
therefore
over
you.
But
I
desire
to
have
you
wise
in
that
which
is
good,
but
innocent
in
that
which
is
evil.
\VS{20}And
the
God
of
peace
will
quickly
crush
Satan
under
your
feet.
\par }{\PP The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Timothy,
my
fellow
worker,
greets
you,
as
do
Lucius,
Jason,
and
Sosipater,
my
relatives.
\VS{22}I,
Tertius,
who
write
the
letter,
greet
you
in
the
Lord.
\VS{23}Gaius,
my
host
and
host
of
the
whole
assembly,
greets
you.
Erastus,
the
treasurer
of
the
city,
greets
you,
as does
Quartus,
the
brother.
\VS{24}The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all!
Amen.
\VS{25}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 16:25 }
TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses 16:25-27.}
\par }