Rom 1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, Rom 1:2 which he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, Rom 1:3 concerning his Son, who was born of the offspring of David according to the flesh, Rom 1:4 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, Rom 1:5 through whom we received grace and the office of apostle, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake; Rom 1:6 among whom you are also called to belong to Jesus Christ; Rom 1:7 to all who are in Rome, loved by God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I constantly mention you Rom 1:10 always in my prayers, requesting, if by any means now at last I may succeed by the will of God to come to you. Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you; Rom 1:12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine. Rom 1:13 Now I do not 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 among you also, even as among the other non-Jewish people. Rom 1:14 I have an obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. Rom 1:15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. Rom 1:17 For in it is revealed God's righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, "But the righteous will live by faith." Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people, who suppress the truth by unrighteousness, Rom 1:19 because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Rom 1:20 For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. So they are without excuse. Rom 1:21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but their thinking became nonsense, and their foolish heart was darkened. Rom 1:22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, Rom 1:23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for images resembling corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and crawling creatures. Rom 1:24 Therefore God also abandoned them in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, Rom 1:25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. Rom 1:26 For this reason, God abandoned them to their degrading passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for that which is contrary to nature. Rom 1:27 Likewise also the men, giving up natural relations with women, burned in their lust toward one another, men with men, committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. Rom 1:28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not right; Rom 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, Rom 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 foolish, promise-breakers, heartless, unforgiving, unmerciful; Rom 1:32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them. Rom 2:1 Therefore you are without excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. Rom 2:2 Now we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things. Rom 2:3 And do you think this, you who judge those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God? Rom 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? Rom 2:5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Rom 2:6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:" Rom 2:7 to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality -- everlasting life. Rom 2:8 But to those who are self-seeking, and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness -- wrath and anger, Rom 2:9 affliction and distress, on every human being who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom 2:10 But glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom 2:11 For there is no partiality with God. Rom 2:12 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. Rom 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified. Rom 2:14 For when the non-Jews who do not have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, Rom 2:15 since they show the work of the law written on their hearts, their conscience bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them, Rom 2:16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of people, according to my gospel, by Christ Jesus. Rom 2:17 But if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law, and boast in God, Rom 2:18 and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, Rom 2:19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, Rom 2:20 a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth. Rom 2:21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? Rom 2:22 You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob temples? Rom 2:23 You who boast in the law, do you, by disobeying the law, dishonor God? Rom 2:24 For because of you the name of God is blasphemed among the nations, just as it is written. Rom 2:25 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. Rom 2:26 If therefore the uncircumcised keep the requirements of the law, won't his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? Rom 2:27 Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law? Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh; Rom 2:29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from people, but from God. Rom 3:1 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? Rom 3:2 Much in every way. Because first of all, they were entrusted with the oracles of God. Rom 3:3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God? Rom 3:4 Absolutely not. Let God be found true, but every human being a liar. As it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you judge." Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? (I am speaking in human terms). Rom 3:6 Absolutely not. For then how will God judge the world? Rom 3:7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? Rom 3:8 And why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Their condemnation is just. Rom 3:9 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. Rom 3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one." Rom 3:11 "There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. Rom 3:12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, there is not even one." Rom 3:13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "Viper's poison is under their lips;" Rom 3:14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness." Rom 3:15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood. Rom 3:16 Destruction and calamity are in their paths. Rom 3:17 The way of peace, they have not known." Rom 3:18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes." Rom 3:19 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 judgment of God. Rom 3:20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin. Rom 3:21 But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the Law and the Prophets; Rom 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and upon all who believe. For there is no distinction, Rom 3:23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; Rom 3:24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; Rom 3:25 whom God displayed publicly as a mercy seat, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because in God's forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed; Rom 3:26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time, so that he would be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus. Rom 3:27 Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. Rom 3:28 For we maintain that one is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. Rom 3:29 Or is God for Jews only? Is he not the God of the non-Jews also? Yes, of the non-Jews also, Rom 3:30 since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith. Rom 3:31 Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not. No, we establish the law. Rom 4:1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh? Rom 4:2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. Rom 4:3 For what does the Scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Rom 4:4 Now to the one who works, the pay is not counted as a gift, but as an obligation. Rom 4:5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness. Rom 4:6 Even as David also pronounces blessing on the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works, Rom 4:7 "Happy are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Rom 4:8 Happy is the one whom the Lord will not charge with sin." Rom 4:9 Is this blessing then pronounced on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness. Rom 4:10 How then was it credited? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. Rom 4:11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, so that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be credited to them. Rom 4:12 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. Rom 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and to his descendants that he should be heir of the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Rom 4:14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect. Rom 4:15 For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience. Rom 4:16 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 descendants, 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. Rom 4:17 As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." 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. Rom 4:18 Who hoped in spite of hopeless circumstances, with the result that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "so will your descendants be." Rom 4:19 And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb. Rom 4:20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he did not waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God, Rom 4:21 and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform. Rom 4:22 And therefore "it was credited to him as righteousness." Rom 4:23 Now it was not written that it was credited to him for his sake alone, Rom 4:24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Rom 4:25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification. Rom 5:1 Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; Rom 5:2 through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Rom 5:3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; Rom 5:4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: Rom 5:5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Rom 5:6 For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom 5:7 For rarely does one die for the righteous. Yet perhaps for a good person someone might dare to die. Rom 5:8 But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God's wrath through him. Rom 5:10 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. Rom 5:11 Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Rom 5:12 Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all people, because all sinned. Rom 5:13 For until the law, sin was in the world; but sin is not charged when there is no law. Rom 5:14 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. Rom 5:15 But the free gift is not 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. Rom 5:16 The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification. Rom 5:17 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. Rom 5:18 So then as through one trespass, all people were condemned; even so through one act of righteousness, all people were justified to life. Rom 5:19 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. Rom 5:20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; Rom 5:21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom 6:1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin, that grace may abound? Rom 6:2 Absolutely not. We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer? Rom 6:3 Or do you not know that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Rom 6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. Rom 6:5 For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; Rom 6:6 knowing this, that our old self 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. Rom 6:7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. Rom 6:8 But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him; Rom 6:9 knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him. Rom 6:10 For the death that he died, he died to sin one time; but the life that he lives, he lives to God. Rom 6:11 In the same way, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Rom 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Rom 6:13 Neither 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. Rom 6:14 For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace. Rom 6:15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Absolutely not. Rom 6:16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? Rom 6:17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were entrusted. Rom 6:18 Being made free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Rom 6:19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as slaves to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as slaves to righteousness for sanctification. Rom 6:20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Rom 6:21 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. Rom 6:22 But now, being made free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of everlasting life. Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is everlasting life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 7:1 Or do you not know, brothers (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a person for as long as he lives? Rom 7:2 For the married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. Rom 7:3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she is called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is joined to another man. Rom 7:4 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 may bear fruit to God. Rom 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit for death. Rom 7:6 But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter. Rom 7:7 What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not. However, I would not have known sin, except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness, unless the law had said, "Do not covet." Rom 7:8 But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin is dead. Rom 7:9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died. Rom 7:10 The commandment, which was for life, this I found to be for death; Rom 7:11 for sin, taking the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me. Rom 7:12 Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. Rom 7:13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful. Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, sold under sin. Rom 7:15 For I do not know what I am doing. For I do not practice what I desire to do; but what I hate, that I do. Rom 7:16 But if I do what I do not want to do, I agree with the law that it is good. Rom 7:17 So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. Rom 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For the desire is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. Rom 7:19 For the good which I desire, I do not do; but the evil which I do not desire, that I practice. Rom 7:20 But if what I do not desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. Rom 7:21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present. Rom 7:22 For I delight in God's law in my inner being, Rom 7:23 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. Rom 7:24 What a wretched man I am. Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So then with the mind, I myself serve God's law, but with the flesh, the sin's law. Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Rom 8:3 For what the law could not 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; Rom 8:4 so that the requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Rom 8:5 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. Rom 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace; Rom 8:7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile towards God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Rom 8:8 And those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Rom 8:9 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 anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him. Rom 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. Rom 8:12 So then, brothers, we have no obligation to the flesh, to live after the flesh. Rom 8:13 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. Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. Rom 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba. Father." Rom 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God; Rom 8:17 and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. Rom 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed to us. Rom 8:19 For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. Rom 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope Rom 8:21 that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of the children of God. Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers with labor pains together until now. Rom 8:23 And not only this, 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. Rom 8:24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees? Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Rom 8:26 And in the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself makes intercession for us with inexpressible groanings. Rom 8:27 And he who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints in accordance with God. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. Rom 8:29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Rom 8:30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified. Rom 8:31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Rom 8:32 He who did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things? Rom 8:33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies. Rom 8:34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Rom 8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? Rom 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." Rom 8:37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, Rom 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 9:1 I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, Rom 9:2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. Rom 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my physical relatives according to the flesh, Rom 9:4 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service, and the promises; Rom 9:5 of whom are the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ, as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen. Rom 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel. Rom 9:7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your descendants be called." Rom 9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants. Rom 9:9 For this is what the promise said, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son." Rom 9:10 And not only that, but Rebekah also had conceived by one, our father Isaac. Rom 9:11 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, Rom 9:12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger." Rom 9:13 Even as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." Rom 9:14 What should we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Absolutely not. Rom 9:15 For he said to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." Rom 9:16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy. Rom 9:17 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." Rom 9:18 So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. Rom 9:19 You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?" Rom 9:20 But who indeed are you, a human being, to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" Rom 9:21 Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? Rom 9:22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, Rom 9:23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory, Rom 9:24 us, whom he also called, not from the Jews only, but also from the non-Jews? Rom 9:25 As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them which were not my people 'my people,' and her who was not loved, 'loved.'" Rom 9:26 "It will be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' There they will be called 'children of the living God.'" Rom 9:27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be kept safe. Rom 9:28 For he will fulfill the word and decisively in righteousness; because the Lord will carry out the word decisively on the earth." Rom 9:29 As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah." Rom 9:30 What should we say then? That the non-Jews, who did not follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; Rom 9:31 but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. Rom 9:32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone; Rom 9:33 even as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock to trip over; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Rom 10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for them, that they may be saved. Rom 10:2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. Rom 10:3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Rom 10:5 For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, "The one who does them will live by them." Rom 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will go up into heaven?' (that is, to bring Christ down); Rom 10:7 or, 'Who will go down into the deep?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)" Rom 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;" that is, the word of faith, which we proclaim: Rom 10:9 that if you acknowledge with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Rom 10:10 For with the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth acknowledgement is made, resulting in salvation. Rom 10:11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." Rom 10:12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call on him. Rom 10:13 For, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." Rom 10:14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone preaching? Rom 10:15 And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring good news of good things." Rom 10:16 But they did not all listen to the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" Rom 10:17 So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Rom 10:18 But I ask, isn't it rather that they did not hear? On the contrary, "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, their words to the farthest parts of the world." Rom 10:19 But I ask, did not Israel know? First Moses says, "I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is not a people. I will make you angry with a foolish nation." Rom 10:20 Isaiah is very bold, and says, "I was found by those who did not seek me. I was revealed to those who did not ask for me." Rom 10:21 But as to Israel he says, "All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people." Rom 11:1 I ask then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not. For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Rom 11:2 God did not reject his people, which he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel: Rom 11:3 "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life." Rom 11:4 But how does God answer him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people, who have not bowed the knee to Baal." Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. Rom 11:7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened. Rom 11:8 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. Rom 11:9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. Rom 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see, and their backs be bent continually." Rom 11:11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Absolutely not. But by their fall salvation has come to the non-Jews, to provoke them to jealousy. Rom 11:12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the non-Jews; how much more their fullness? Rom 11:13 For I speak to you who are the non-Jews. Since then as I am an apostle to the non-Jews, I glorify my ministry; Rom 11:14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them. Rom 11:15 For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead? Rom 11:16 If the first fruit is holy, so is the lump. If the root is holy, so are the branches. Rom 11:17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree; Rom 11:18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, it is not you who support the root, but the root supports you. Rom 11:19 You will say then, "Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in." Rom 11:20 True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; Rom 11:21 for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Rom 11:22 See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. Rom 11:23 They also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Rom 11:24 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? Rom 11:25 For I do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, 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 non-Jews has come in, Rom 11:26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Rom 11:27 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins." Rom 11:28 Concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are loved for the fathers' sake. Rom 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Rom 11:30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, Rom 11:31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may now also obtain mercy. Rom 11:32 For God has shut up all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all. Rom 11:33 Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out. Rom 11:34 For "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?" Rom 11:35 Or "Who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?" Rom 11:36 For from him and by him and in him are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen. Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Rom 12:2 And do not 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. Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace that was given me, to everyone among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. Rom 12:4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members do not have the same function, Rom 12:5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Rom 12:6 Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; Rom 12:7 or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching; Rom 12:8 or he who exhorts, to his exhorting: he who gives, let him do it with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Rom 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good. Rom 12:10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; outdo one another in showing honor; Rom 12:11 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Rom 12:12 rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer; Rom 12:13 contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality. Rom 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse. Rom 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep. Rom 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Do not be arrogant, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own conceits. Rom 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all people. Rom 12:18 If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all people. Rom 12:19 Do not seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for the wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord." Rom 12:20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for by doing this you will heap coals of fire on his head." Rom 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Rom 13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are appointed by God. Rom 13:2 Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. Rom 13:3 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 same, Rom 13:4 for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil. Rom 13:5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake. Rom 13:6 For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing. Rom 13:7 Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. Rom 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. Rom 13:9 For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not give false testimony," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You are to love your neighbor as yourself." Rom 13:10 Love does not harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. Rom 13:11 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. Rom 13:12 The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let us therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Rom 13:13 Let us walk decently, as in the daytime; not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and lustful acts, and not in dissension and jealousy. Rom 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts. Rom 14:1 Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. Rom 14:2 One person has faith to eat all things, but the one who is weak eats only vegetables. Rom 14:3 Do not let the one who eats despise the one who does not eat. Do not let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. Rom 14:4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for the Lord has power to make him stand. Rom 14:5 One esteems one day as more important; and another one esteems every day alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind. Rom 14:6 The one who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and the one who does not observe the day, he does not observe it to the Lord. The one who eats, he eats to the Lord; since he gives thanks to God. And the one who does not eat, he does not eat to the Lord, and gives thanks to God. Rom 14:7 For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself. Rom 14:8 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. Rom 14:9 For to this end Christ died, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living. Rom 14:10 But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. Rom 14:11 For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'" Rom 14:12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God. Rom 14:13 Therefore let us not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, not to put a stumbling block in a brother's way, or an occasion for falling. Rom 14:14 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. Rom 14:15 Yet if because of food your brother is grieved, you walk no longer in love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. Rom 14:16 Then do not let your good be slandered, Rom 14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Rom 14:18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by people. Rom 14:19 So then, let us follow after things which make for peace, and things by which we may build one another up. Rom 14:20 Do not overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for anyone who creates a stumbling block by eating. Rom 14:21 It is good to not eat meat, drink wine, or do anything by which your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak. Rom 14:22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not judge himself in that which he approves. Rom 14:23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin. Rom 15:1 Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Rom 15:2 Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up. Rom 15:3 For even Christ did not please himself. But, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you fell on me." Rom 15:4 For whatever things were written before were written for our instruction, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Rom 15:5 Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus, Rom 15:6 that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom 15:7 Therefore accept one another, even as Christ also accepted you, to the glory of God. Rom 15:8 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, Rom 15:9 and that the non-Jews might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "therefore I will give praise to you among the non-Jews, and sing to your name." Rom 15:10 Again he says, "Rejoice, you nations, with his people." Rom 15:11 Again, "Praise the Lord, all you nations. Let all the peoples praise him." Rom 15:12 Again, Isaiah says, "There will be the root of Jesse, he who arises to rule over the peoples; in him will the nations hope." Rom 15:13 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. Rom 15:14 I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others. Rom 15:15 But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God, Rom 15:16 that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the non-Jews, serving as a priest the gospel of God, that the offering up of the non-Jews might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. Rom 15:17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. Rom 15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the non-Jews, by word and deed, Rom 15:19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ; Rom 15:20 yes, making it my aim to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation. Rom 15:21 But, as it is written, "Those who were not told about him, they will see, and those who have not heard, they will understand." Rom 15:22 Therefore also I was hindered these many times from coming to you, Rom 15:23 but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you, Rom 15:24 whenever I journey 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. Rom 15:25 But now, I say, I am going to Jerusalem, serving the saints. Rom 15:26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem. Rom 15:27 Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the non-Jewish people have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things. Rom 15:28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by way of you to Spain. Rom 15:29 I know that, when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. Rom 15:30 Now I appeal to 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, Rom 15:31 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; Rom 15:32 that I may come to you in joy through the will of God, and together with you, find rest. Rom 15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. Rom 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae, Rom 16:2 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. Rom 16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, Rom 16:4 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the non-Jewish people. Rom 16:5 Greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Asia to Christ. Rom 16:6 Greet Mary, who labored much for you. Rom 16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. Rom 16:8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. Rom 16:9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys, my beloved. Rom 16:10 Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. Rom 16:11 Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. Rom 16:12 Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who labored much in the Lord. Rom 16:13 Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Rom 16:14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. Rom 16:15 Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. Rom 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. Rom 16:17 Now I appeal to you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. Rom 16:18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent. Rom 16:19 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. Rom 16:20 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Rom 16:21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives. Rom 16:22 I, Tertius, who write the letter, greet you in the Lord. Rom 16:23 Gaius, my host and host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother. Rom 16:24 Rom 16:25 Now to him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages, Rom 16:26 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; Rom 16:27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen. Table of Contents No comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
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