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              PAUL’S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS

      
       Ch.1                                                              Rom.



1:1  Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, 
       called to be an apostle,
       separated unto the gospel of God.  
           
     1:2   (Which he had promised afore, 
             by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 

     1:3   concerning his Son Jesus Christ ,
             our Lord, 
             which was made of the seed of David,
             according the flesh; 
    
     1:4  and declared to be the Son of God, 
             with power, 
             according to the spirit of holiness, 
             by the resurrection from the dead. 
     
     1:5   By whom we have received grace,
             and apostleship,
             for obedience to the faith among 
             all nations, for his name. 

     1:6   Among whom are ye, also, the 
             called of Jesus Christ.

     1:7   To all that be in Rome
             beloved of God,
             called to be saints. 
             Grace to you, and peace,
             from God our Father, 
             and the Lord Jesus Christ

     1:8   First, I thank my God 
             through Jesus Christ
             for you all, that your 
             faith is spoken of throughout the
             whole world. 

      1:9  For God is my witness,
             whom I serve with my spirit
             in the gospel of his Son, 
             that without ceasing, 
             I make mention of you always in 
             my prayers. 

      1:10 Making request, 
              if by any means now at length,
              I might have a prosperous journey,
              by the will of God, to come unto you. 

      1:11 For I long to see you, that I may
              impart unto you some spiritual 
              gift, to the end ye may be established. 

      1:12 That is, that I may be comforted
               together with you, by the mutual 
               faith, both of you, and me. 

      1:13  Now I would not have you
               ignorant brethren, that oftentimes I 
               purposed to come unto you, 
               (but was let hitherto,)
               that I might have some fruit
               among you also, 
               even as among other Gentiles. 

      1:14  I am debtor
               both to the Greeks, and to the 
               Barbarians; both to the 
               wise, and to the unwise. 

      1:15  So, as much as in me is, I am
               ready to preach the gospel to
               you that are at Rome also. 

      1:16 For I am not ashamed of the 
              gospel of Christ; 
              for it is the power of God 
              unto salvation,
              to everyone that believeth; 
              to the Jew first, and also to the 
              Greek. 

      1:17 For therein is the 
              righteousness of God revealed,
              from faith to faith, as it is written
              the just, shall live by faith. 

      1:18 For the wrath of God is 
              revealed from heaven against 
              all ungodliness, and unrighteousness 
              of men, who hold the truth in 
              unrighteousness; 

      1:19 because that which may be
              known of God, is manifest in them; 
              for God hath shewed it unto them. 

      1:20 For the invisible things of him,
              from the creation of the world are 
              clearly seen, being understood by the
              things that are made, even his 
              eternal power and Godhead; 
              so that they are without excuse.

      1:21 Because that,
              when they knew God,
              they glorified him not as God, 
              neither were thankful; 
              but became vain in their imaginations,
              and their foolish heart was darkened. 

      1:22  Professing themselves to be wise,
               they became fools, 

      1:23  and changed the glory of the 
        uncorruptible God, 
        into an image made,
        like to corruptible man, 
        and to birds, and four footed beasts,
        and creeping things. 

      1:24 Wherefore, God also gave them up to
              uncleanness through the lusts of 
              their own hearts, 
              to dishonor their own 
              bodies between themselves. 

      1:25 Who changed the truth of 
              God into a lie, and worshipped,
              and served the creature, 
              more than the Creator, 
              who is blessed for ever. Amen. 
   
      1:26 For this cause,
              God gave them up unto vile affections. 
              For even their women did change the 
              natural use into that which is 
              against nature. 

      1:27 And likewise also the men,
              leaving the natural use of the woman, 
              burned in their lust, one toward another; 
              men with men,
              working that which is unseemly, 
              and receiving in themselves,
              that recompence of their error, 
              which was meet. 

      1:28 And even as they did not like to 
              retain God in their knowledge, 
              God gave them over to a reprobate mind, 
              to do those things which are not convenient; 

      1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness,
              fornication, wickedness, 
              covetousness, maliciousness; 
              full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, 
              malignity; whisperers, 

      1:30 backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, 
              proud, boasters, inventors of 
              evil things, disobedient to parents, 

      1:31  without understanding, 
               covenant breakers, without natural
               affection, implacable, unmerciful.

      1:32 Who, knowing the judgment of 
              God, that they which commit such things 
              are worthy of death, not only do the
              same, but have pleasure in them that 
              do them.



       Ch. 2                                                    Rom.


      2:1 Therefore, thou art inexcusable 
             O man, whosoever thou art that
             judgest. 
             For wherein thou judgest another, 
             thou condemnest thyself. 
             For thou that judgest, doest the
             same things. 

      2:2 But we are sure, that the judgment of
            God is, according to truth, 
            against them which commit such things. 

      2:3  And thinkest thou this O man, that 
             judgest them which do such things,
             and doest the same, that thou shalt 
             escape the judgment of God? 

      2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his
            goodness, and forbearance, and 
            long suffering; 
            not knowing that the goodness of 
            God leadeth thee to repentance? 

      2:5 But after thy hardness, 
            and impenitent heart,
            treasurest up unto thyself 
            wrath, against the day of wrath, 
            and revelation of the righteous 
            judgment of God.
 
      2:6 Who will render to every man,
             according to his deeds. 

      2:7 To them, 
             who by patient continuance in
             well doing, 
             seek for glory and honor, 
             and immortality, eternal life. 

      2:8  But unto them that are contentious,
             and do not obey the truth,
             but  obey unrighteousness,
             indignation and wrath. 

      2:9  Tribulation and anguish, upon every
             soul of man that doeth evil,
             of the Jew first, and also, of the Gentile; 

      2:10 But glory, honor, and peace,
              to every man that worketh good,
              to the Jew first, and also to the 
              Gentile. 

      2:11 For there is no respect of 
              persons with God. 

      2:12 For as many as have sinned without law,
              shall also perish without law. 
              And as many as have sinned in the law,
              shall be judged by the law. 

      2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are
                just before God,
                but the doers of the law shall be 
                justified. 

      2:14 For when the Gentiles, 
              which have not the law, 
              do by nature the 
              things contained in the law, 
              these, having not the law,
              are a law unto themselves. 

      2:15 Which shew the work of the
              law written in their hearts,
              their conscience also bearing witness.
              And their thoughts
              the mean while, accusing, or else 
              excusing one another;) 
      
      2:16  in the day when God shall
               judge the secrets of men 
               by Jesus Christ 
               according to my gospel. 

      2:17  Behold, thou art called a Jew, and 
               restest in the law, and makest thy 
               boast of God, 

      2:18  and knowest his will, and
               approvest the things that are more 
               excellent, being instructed out of the law,

      2:19  and art confident,
               that thou thyself art a
               guide of the blind.
               A light of them which are
               in darkness,
 
      2:20  an instructor of the foolish,
               a teacher of babes, which hast the 
               form of knowledge, and of the 
               truth, in the law. 

      2:21 Thou therefore, which teachest another,
               teachest thou not thyself? 
               Thou that preachest a man should not
               steal, dost thou steal? 

      2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not 
               commit adultery, dost thou commit 
               adultery? 
               Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou
               commit sacrilege? 

      2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, 
               through breaking the law, 
               dishonourest thou God? 

      2:24 For the name of God is
              blasphemed among the Gentiles 
              through you, as it is written. 

      2:25 For circumcision verily
              profiteth, if thou keep the law.
              But if thou be a breaker of the law, 
              thy circumcision is made un-circumcision. 

      2:26 Therefore, if the un-circumcision, 
               keep the righteousness of the law, 
               shall not his un-circumcision be counted for
               circumcision? 

      2:27 And shall not un-circumcision, 
              which is by nature, if it fulfill the law,
              judge thee, who,
              by the letter and circumcision,
              dost transgress the law? 

      2:28 For he is not a Jew which is
              one outwardly; neither is that 
              circumcision, which is outward in the flesh. 

      2:29 But he is a Jew, 
              which is one inwardly. 
              And circumcision is that of the heart, 
              in the spirit, and not in the letter;
              whose praise is not of men, but of God. 



       Ch. 3                                                      Rom.



      3:1 What advantage then, hath the Jew?
             Or what profit is there of circumcision? 

      3:2 Much every way.
            Chiefly, because that unto them,
            were committed the oracles of God. 

      3:3 For what if some did not believe? 
            Shall their unbelief make the 
            faith of God without effect? 

      3:4  God forbid. 
             Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; 
             as it is written, 
             that thou mightest be justified in thy
             sayings, and mightest overcome, when
             thou art judged. 

      3:5 But if our unrighteousness, 
            commend the righteousness of God, 
            what shall we say? 
            Is God unrighteous, who taketh 
            vengeance?  (I speak as a man) 

      3:6 God forbid. 
            For then, how shall God judge the 
            world? 

      3:7 For if the truth of God, hath 
            more abounded through my lie 
            unto his glory; 
            why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 

      3:8  and, not rather, 
             (as we be slanderously 
             reported, and as some affirm 
             that we say,) 
             let us do evil, that good may come? 
             Whose damnation is just.

      3:9    What then? 
               Are we better than they? 
               No, in no wise. For we have 
               before proved both Jews and Gentiles, 
               that they are all under sin; 

      3:10  As it is written, 
               There is none righteous, no, not one. 

      3:11  There is none that understandeth, 
               there is none that seeketh after God. 
       
      3:12 They are all gone out of the way. 
              They are together become unprofitable; 
              There is none that doeth good, no,
              not one. 

      3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre;
               with their tongues they have 
               used deceit; 
               the poison of asps is under their lips.
 
      3:14 Whose mouth is full of 
              cursing and bitterness. 

      3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 

      3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways.
 
      3:17 And the way of peace have 
              they not known. 

      3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 

      3:19 Now, we know that what things so
              ever the law saith,
              it saith to them who are under the law. 
              That every mouth may be stopped, and 
              all the world may become guilty before God. 

      3:20 Therefore,
               by the deeds of the law,
               there shall no flesh be 
               justified in his sight. 
               For by the law, is the 
               knowledge of sin. 

      3:21 But now, the righteousness of
              God without the law is manifested, 
              being witnessed by the 
              law and the prophets. 

      3:22 Even the righteousness of God,
              which is by faith, of Jesus Christ, 
              unto all, and upon all them that believe. 
              For there is no difference. 

      3:23 For all have sinned, 
              and come short of the 
              glory of God; 

      3:24 being justified freely, by his grace,
              through the redemption, that is 
              in Christ Jesus. 

      3:25 Whom God hath set forth,
              to be a propitiation, 
              through faith, in his blood. 
              To declare his righteousness for the
              remission of sins, that are past, 
              through the forbearance of God; 

      3:26 To declare, 
              I say at this time,
              his righteousness. 
              That he might be just,
              and the justifier of him which
              believeth in Jesus. 

      3:27 Where is boasting then?
              It is excluded. By what law?
              Of works?  Nay; 
              but by the law of faith. 

      3:28 Therefore we conclude,
               that a man is justified, by faith,
               without the deeds of the law. 

      3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? 
              Is he not also of the Gentiles? 
              Yes, of the Gentiles also. 

      3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall
              justify. 
              The circumcision, by faith, 
              and un-circumcision, through faith.
 
      3:31 Do we, then, make void the
              law through faith? 
              God forbid.
              Yea, we establish the law.



       Ch. 4                                                           Rom.



      4:1 What shall we say then,
             that Abraham, our father, as 
             pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 

      4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works,
            he hath whereof to glory; 
            but not before God. 

      4:3 For what saith the scripture? 
            Abraham believed God, and it was 
            counted unto him for righteousness. 

      4:4 Now to him that worketh, is the 
            reward not reckoned of grace, but of 
            debt. 

      4:5 But to him that worketh not, 
            but believeth on him that justifieth 
            the ungodly, 
            his faith is counted for righteousness. 
  
      4:6  Even as David also describeth the
             blessedness of the man, unto whom 
             God imputeth righteousness
             without works, 
      4:7  saying, 
             Blessed are they whose iniquities are
             forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 

      4:8  Blessed is the man to whom the 
             Lord will not impute sin.
                  
      4:9 Cometh this blessedness, then,
            upon the circumcision only, or upon 
            the uncircumcision also? 
            For we say, that faith, was reckoned to 
            Abraham for righteousness. 

      4:10 How was it then reckoned?
              When he was in circumcision,
              or in uncircumcision? 
              Not in circumcision, 
              but in uncircumcision. 

      4:11 And he received the sign of 
              circumcision, a seal of the 
              righteousness,
              of the faith which he had, 
              yet, being uncircumcised.
              That he might be the 
              father of all them that believe,
              though they be not circumcised; 
              that righteousness might be 
              imputed unto them, also. 

      4:12 And the father of circumcision,
              to them who are not of the 
              circumcision only,
              but who also walk in the steps of 
              that faith of our father Abraham, 
              which he had being yet uncircumcised. 

      4:13 For the promise, that he should be the
              heir of the world, was not 
              to Abraham, or to his seed through the law,
              but through the righteousness 
              of faith. 

      4:14 For if they which are of the
              law be heirs, faith is made void, and 
              the promise made of none effect. 

      4:15 Because the law worketh wrath.
              For where no law is,
              there is no transgression. 

      4:16 Therefore, it is of faith,
               that it might be by grace; 
               to the end, the promise might be 
               sure to all the seed; 
               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, 

      4:17  (As it is written,
                I have made thee a father of 
                many nations,) 
                before him, whom he believed,
                even God, 
                who quickeneth the dead, and 
                calleth those things which be not,
                as though they were. 

      4:18 Who against hope,
               believed in hope, that he might 
               become the father of many nations, 
               according to that which was spoken, 
               so shall thy seed be.

      4:19 And being not weak in faith,
              he considered not his own body,
              now dead, when he was about an
              hundred years old, 
              neither yet the deadness of 
              Sarah's womb. 

      4:20 He staggered not at the
              promise of God through unbelief;
              but was strong in faith, 
              giving glory to God; 

      4:21 And being fully persuaded, that 
              what he had promised, he was able 
              also, to perform. 

      4:22 And therefore,
              it was imputed to him for 
              righteousness. 

      4:23 Now it was not written for his 
              sake alone, that it was imputed to 
              him; 

      4:24 but for us also, to whom it
              shall be imputed, if we believe on him, 
              that raised up Jesus, our Lord,
              from the dead; 

      4:25 Who was delivered for our 
               offences, and was raised again for 
               our  justification. 



      Ch. 5                                                           Rom.



      5:1 Therefore, being justified by faith,
             we have peace with God through 
              our Lord Jesus Christ.

      5:2 By whom also we have access,
            by faith,
            into this grace wherein we stand,
            and rejoice, in hope, of the 
            glory of God. 

      5:3 And not only so, but we glory in 
            tribulations also. 
            Knowing that tribulation worketh 
            patience; 

      5:4 and patience, experience;
            and experience, hope. 

      5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; 
            because the love of God is 
            shed abroad in our hearts, by the 
            Holy Ghost, which is given unto us. 
       
      5:6 For when we were yet without strength,
            in due time, Christ died for the ungodly. 

      5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man 
            will one die. 
            Yet peradventure, for a good man,
            some would even dare to die. 

      5:8 But God commendeth his 
            love toward us, in that,
            while we were yet sinners,
            Christ died for us. 

      5:9  Much more then, 
             being now justified by his blood,
             we shall be saved from wrath
             through him. 

      5:10 For if, when we were enemies,
              we were reconciled to God by the 
              death of his Son,
              much more, being reconciled, 
              we shall be saved by his life. 

      5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in
              God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
              by whom we have now received the
              atonement. 

      5:12  Wherefore, as by one man,
               sin entered into the world, 
               and death by sin; 
               and so death passed upon all men, 
               for that all have sinned,
 
      5:13 (For until the law sin was in
               the world. 
               But sin is not imputed, 
               when there is no law. 

      5:14  Nevertheless, death reigned from
               Adam to Moses, even over them that 
               had not sinned after the 
               similitude of Adam's transgression, 
               who is the figure of him that was
               to come. 

      5:15 But not as the offence, 
              so also is the free gift.
              For if through the offence of one, 
              many be dead, 
              much more the grace of God,
              and the gift by grace, which is by
              one man, Jesus Christ,
              hath abounded unto many. 

      5:16 And not as it was by one that 
              sinned, so is the gift. 
              For the judgment was by one,
              to condemnation. 
              But the free gift is of many offences, 
              unto justification. 

      5:17 For if by one man's offence,
              death reigned by one,
              much more they which receive 
              abundance of grace, and of the 
              gift of righteousness, shall 
              reign, in life, by one, Jesus Christ.) 

      5:18 Therefore, as by the offence of 
              one, judgment came upon all men,
              to condemnation; 
              even so, by the righteousness of one,
              the free gift came upon all men, 
              unto justification of life. 

      5:19 For as by one man's disobedience,
              many were made sinners,
              so by the obedience of one,
              shall many be made righteous. 

      5:20 Moreover, the law entered, 
              that the offence, might abound.
              But where sin abounded, 
              grace did much more abound; 

      5:21  that as sin hath reigned unto death, 
               even so, might grace reign through
               righteousness, unto eternal life,
               by Jesus Christ, our Lord. 



       Ch. 6                                                          Rom.


      6:1 What shall we say then? 
            Shall we continue in sin, 
            that grace may  abound? 

      6:2 God forbid. How shall we, 
            that are dead to sin, 
            live any longer therein? 

      6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us
            as were baptized into Jesus Christ, 
            were baptized into his death? 

      6:4 Therefore, we are buried with him
             by baptism into death. 
             That like, as Christ was raised up from
             the dead by the glory of the Father,
             even so, we also should walk,
             in newness of life. 

      6:5 For if we have been
            planted together in the
            likeness of his death, 
            we shall be also, in the 
            likeness of his resurrection. 
      
      6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is
            crucified with him, that the body 
            of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth,
            we should not serve sin. 

      6:7 For he that is dead,
            is freed from sin. 

      6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, 
            we believe that we shall also
            live with him. 

      6:9 Knowing, that Christ,
            being raised from the dead,
            dieth no more; death 
            hath no more dominion over him. 

      6:10 For in that he died, 
              he died unto sin once.
              But in that he liveth, 
              he liveth unto God. 

      6:11 Likewise reckon ye also
              yourselves, to  be dead, indeed,
              unto sin, but alive unto God,
              through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 

      6:12 Let not sin therefore, reign in
              your mortal body, that ye should 
              obey it in the lusts thereof. 

      6:13 Neither yield ye your members as 
              instruments of unrighteousness
              unto sin. 
              But yield yourselves unto God,
              as those that are alive from the 
              dead, and your members, as 
              instruments of righteousness,
              unto God. 

      6:14 For sin shall not have 
              dominion over you.
              For ye are not under the 
              law, but under grace. 

      6:15 What then? 
               Shall we sin, because we are not 
               under the law, but  under grace? 
               God forbid. 

      6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye
              yield yourselves servants to obey,
              his servants ye are to whom ye obey; 
              whether of sin, unto death,
              or of obedience, unto righteousness? 

      6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were 
              the servants of sin, but ye have 
              obeyed from the heart, 
              that form of doctrine which was 
              delivered you. 

      6:18 Being then made free from sin, 
              ye became the servants of
              righteousness. 

      6:19 I speak after the manner of men,
              because of the infirmity of your flesh. 
              For as ye have yielded your
              members, servants to uncleanness,
              and to iniquity unto iniquity; 
              even so now, yield your members,
              servants to righteousness, unto holiness. 

      6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, 
              ye were free from righteousness. 

      6:21 What fruit had ye then,
               in those things whereof ye are now 
               ashamed? 
               For the end of those things is death. 

      6:22 But now, being made free from sin,
              and become servants to God,
              ye have your fruit unto holiness, 
              and the end, everlasting life. 

      6:23 For the wages of sin is death; 
               but the gift of God, is eternal life, 
               through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 


       
       Ch. 7                                                     Rom.


      7:1 Know ye not, brethren, 
            (for I speak to them that
            know the law,) 
            how that the law hath 
            dominion over a man as
            long as he liveth? 

      7:2 For the woman, which hath an
            husband, is bound by the law
            to her husband, so long as
            he liveth. 
            But if the husband be dead, 
            she is loosed from the law of 
            her husband. 

      7:3 So then, if, while her husband liveth, 
            she be married to another man, 
            she shall be called an adulteress. 
            But if her husband be dead, 
            she is free from that law; 
            so that she is no adulteress, 
            though she be married to another man. 

      7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, 
             ye also are become dead to the law, 
             by the body of Christ;  
             that ye should be married to another, 
             even to him, who is raised from the
             dead. 
             That we should bring forth fruit,
             unto God. 

      7:5 For when we were in the flesh,
            the motions of sins, which were by 
            the law, did work in our members,
            to bring forth fruit, unto death. 

     7:6 But now, we are delivered from
           the law, that being dead,
           wherein we were held; 
           that we should serve in newness
           of spirit,
           and not in the oldness, of the
           letter. 

      7:7 What shall we say then? 
            Is the law sin? God forbid. 
            Nay, I had not known sin, 
            but, by the law. 
            For I had not known lust,
            except the law had said, 
            thou shalt not covet. 

      7:8 But sin,
            taking occasion by the commandment,
            wrought in me all manner of 
            concupiscence*. 
            For without the law, sin was dead. 

      7:9 For I was alive without the law once.
            But when the commandment 
            came, sin revived, and I died. 

      7:10 And the commandment, 
              which was ordained to life,
              I found, to be unto death. 

      7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the
              commandment, deceived me, 
              and by it, slew me. 

      7:12 Wherefore, the law is holy, and the 
               commandment holy, and just, and 
               good. 

      7:13  Was then that which is good, 
               made death unto me?  God forbid.
               But sin, that it might appear sin, 
               working death in me by that which is good; 
               that sin, by the commandment,
               might become exceeding sinful. 

      7:14  For we know that the law is 
               spiritual. 
               But I am carnal, sold under sin. 

      7:15 For that which I do, I allow not.
              For what I would, that do I not; 
              but what I hate, that do I. 

      7:16 If then, I do that which I 
              would not,
              I consent unto the law, that it 
              is good. 

      7:17 Now then, it is no more I that
              do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 

      7:18 For I know that in me,
              (that is, in my flesh,) 
              dwelleth no good thing. 
              For to will, is present with me. 
              But how to perform that which is 
              good, I find not. 

      7:19 For the good that I would,
              I do not.
              But the evil which I would not, 
              that, I do. 

      7:20 Now if I do that I would not, 
              it is no more I that do it, but
              sin that dwelleth in me. 

      7:21 I find then, a law, that, 
              when I would do good, 
              evil is present with me. 

      7:22 For I delight in the law of God,
              after the inward man.

      7:23 But I see another law in my members,
              warring against the law of my 
              mind,
              and bringing me into captivity,
              to the law of sin, which is in my 
              members. 

      7:24  O wretched man that I am!
               Who shall deliver me from the body of 
               this death? 

      7:25  I thank God through
               Jesus Christ our Lord. 
               So then, with the mind, I 
               myself, serve the law of God. 
               But with the flesh, the law of sin. 


     Ch.7:8  concupiscence*= fobidden desire or lust



       Ch. 8                                                            Rom.


      8:1 There is therefore, 
            now no condemnation,
            to them which are
            in Christ Jesus, 
            who walk, not after the flesh, 
            but after the Spirit. 

      8:2 For the law of the Spirit of 
            life in Christ Jesus,
            hath made me free from the law of 
            sin, and death. 

      8:3  For what the law could not do, 
             in that it was weak through the flesh, 
             God sending his own Son in the likeness of
             sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
             sin in the flesh. 
      
      8:4  that the righteousness of the 
             law might be fulfilled in us,
             who walk not after the flesh,
             but after the Spirit. 

      8:5 For they that are after the flesh,
            do mind the things of the flesh. 
            But they that are after the Spirit,
            the things of the Spirit. 

      8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; 
            but to be spiritually minded, is life,
            and peace. 

      8:7 Because the carnal mind is
            enmity* against God; 
            for it is not subject to the
            law of God, neither indeed, 
            can be;

      8:8 so then,
            they that are in the flesh,
            cannot please God. 

      8:9  But ye are not in the flesh,
             but in the Spirit, if so be that the 
             Spirit of God dwell in you. 
             Now if any man have not the
             Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 

      8:10 And if Christ be in you, 
              the body is dead because of sin;
              but the Spirit is life,
              because of righteousness. 

      8:11 But if the Spirit of him that 
              raised up Jesus from the dead dwell 
              in you,
              he that raised up Christ from the
              dead, shall also quicken your 
              mortal bodies, by his Spirit,
              that dwelleth in you. 

      8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,
              not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 

      8:13 For if ye live after the flesh,
              ye shall die. 
              But if ye, through the Spirit,
              do mortify the deeds of the body,
              ye shall live. 

      8:14 For as many as are led by the
              Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 

      8:15 For ye have not received the 
              spirit of bondage, again, to fear;
              but ye have received the Spirit of 
              adoption,
              whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 

      8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with
              our spirit, 
              that we are the children of God. 

      8:17 And if children, then heirs; 
              heirs of God, and joint-heirs with 
              Christ;
              if so be that we suffer with him,
              that we may be also glorified, together. 

      8:18 For I reckon, that the
              sufferings of this present time,
              are not worthy to be compared,
              with the glory, which shall be 
              revealed in us. 

      8:19 For the earnest expectation of the
              creature,
              waiteth for the manifestation,
              of the sons of God. 

      8:20 For the creature was
              made subject to vanity, 
              not willingly,
              but by reason of him who hath 
              subjected the same, in hope, 

      8:21 because the creature itself,
              also shall be delivered from the 
              bondage of corruption,
              into the glorious liberty of the
              children of God. 

      8:22 For we know that the 
              whole creation groaneth,
              and travaileth in pain together,
              until now. 

      8:23 And not only they,
              but ourselves also, which have the
              first fruits of the Spirit, 
              even we ourselves, groan within
              ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
              to wit, the redemption of our body. 

      8:24 For we are saved by hope.
              But hope that is seen is not hope.
              For what a man seeth, 
              why doth he yet hope for? 

      8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, 
              then do we, with patience, wait for it. 

      8:26 Likewise,
              the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities.
              For we know not, what we should
              pray for as we ought.
              But the Spirit itself maketh 
              intercession for us, 
              with groanings which cannot be uttered. 

      8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts,
              knoweth what is the mind of the 
              Spirit,
              because he maketh intercession for the
              saints, according to the will of God. 

      8:28  And we know, that all things
               work together for good,
               to them that love God, 
               to them, who are the called,
               according to his purpose. 
      
      8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did
              predestinate, to be conformed to the 
              image of his Son, that he might be the
              firstborn among many  brethren. 

      8:30 Moreover, 
              whom he did predestinate,
              them he also called. 
              And whom he called, them he also
              justified.
              And whom he justified, them he also 
              glorified. 

      8:31 What shall we then say to these things?
              If God be for us, who can 
              be against us? 

      8:32 He that spared not his own Son, 
              but delivered him up for us all, 
              how shall he not, with him also,
              freely give us all things? 

      8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the
              charge of God's elect? 
              It is God that justifieth. 

      8:34 Who is he that condemneth?
               It is Christ that died, yea, rather,
               that is risen again, 
               who is even at the right hand of God,
               who also maketh intercession for us. 

      8:35 Who shall separate us from the
               love of Christ? 
               Shall tribulation or distress,
               or persecution, or famine, 
               or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

      8:36 As it is written, 
              For thy sake, we are killed all the
              day long;  we are accounted as
              sheep, for the slaughter. 

      8:37 Nay, in all these things, we are
              more than conquerors, through him 
              that loved us. 

      8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither
              death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
              principalities, nor powers, 
              nor things present, nor things to come, 

      8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other
              creature, shall be able to 
              separate us from the love of God, 
              which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 



     Ch. 8:7 enmity*= at odds with, oppose, feud



       Ch. 9                                                           Rom.

      9:1 I say the truth in Christ, 
            I lie not, my conscience also bearing 
            me witness in the Holy Ghost, 

      9:2 that I have great heaviness and 
            continual sorrow in my heart. 

      9:3 For I could wish that myself were
            accursed from Christ for my
            brethren, my kinsmen, 
            according to the flesh; 

      9:4 who are Israelites;
            to whom pertaineth the adoption,
            and the glory, and the covenants,
            and the giving of the law,
            and the service of God, 
            and the promises; 

      9:5 Whose are the fathers,
             and of whom,
             as concerning the flesh, 
             Christ came, who is over all,
             God blessed for ever. Amen. 

      9:6 Not as though the word of God
            hath taken none effect; 
            for they are not all Israel,
            which are of Israel. 

      9:7 Neither, because they are the
            seed of Abraham, are they all 
            children.
            But, in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

      9:8   That is, they, which are the 
              children of the flesh, these are
              not the children of God. 
              But the children of the promise are 
              counted for the seed. 

      9:9   For this is the word of promise, 
               at this time will I come, and 
               Sarah shall have a son. 

      9:10   And not only this; but when 
                Rebecca also had conceived by one,
                even by our father Isaac; 

      9:11  (for the children being not yet born, 
                neither having done any 
                good or evil, that the purpose of God,
                according to election might stand, 
                not of works, but of him that calleth;) 

      9:12   it was said unto her, 
                The elder shall serve the younger. 
     
      9:13  As it is written, 
               Jacob, have I loved,
               but Esau, have I hated. 

      9:14  What shall we say then? 
               Is there unrighteousness 
               with God?
               God forbid. 

      9:15 For he saith to Moses, 
              I will have mercy, on whom
              I will have mercy, and, 
              I will have compassion, on
              whom I will have compassion. 

      9:16  So then, 
               it is not of him that willeth, 
               nor of him that runneth,
               but of God,
               that sheweth mercy. 

      9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh,
              even for this same purpose 
              have I raised thee up, 
              that I might shew my power in thee,
              and that my name might be 
              declared throughout all the earth. 

      9:18  Therefore hath he mercy,
               on whom he will have mercy, 
               and whom he will, he hardeneth. 

      9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, 
              why doth he yet find fault? 
              For who hath resisted his will? 

      9:20 Nay, but O man, who art thou,
              that repliest against God? 
              Shall the thing formed say to 
              him that formed it, 
              why hast thou made me thus? 

      9:21 Hath not the potter power over the
              clay, of the same lump to make 
              one vessel unto honor, 
              and another unto dishonor? 

      9:22 What if God, 
              willing to shew his wrath, 
              and to make his power known, 
              endured, with much longsuffering, 
              the vessels of wrath, fitted to destruction 

      9:23 and that he might make known
              the riches of his glory,
              on the vessels of mercy,
              which he had afore prepared, 
              unto glory. 

      9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, 
              not of the Jews only, but also of the 
              Gentiles? 

      9:25 As he saith also in *Osee*, 
              I will call them my people,
              which were not my people;
              and her beloved, which was not 
              beloved. 

      9:26 And it shall come to pass, 
              that in the place where it was 
              said unto them,
              ye are not my people;
              there, shall they be called the
              children of the living God. 

      9:27 *Esaias* also crieth concerning
               Israel, 
               though the number of the 
               children of Israel be as the 
               sand of the sea, a remnant 
               shall be saved.
 
      9:28 For he will finish the work,
              and cut it short in righteousness. 
              Because a short work will the Lord
              make, upon the earth. 

      9:29  And as *Esaias said before,
               except the Lord of *Sabaoth had
               left us a seed, we had been as 
               Sodom, and been made like,
               unto Gomorrha. 

      9:30  What shall we say then?
               That the Gentiles, which followed
               not after righteousness,
               have attained to righteousness, 
               even the righteousness, 
               which is of faith. 

      9:31 But Israel, which followed after the 
              law of righteousness, hath not 
              attained to the law of righteousness. 

      9:32 Wherefore? 
              Because they sought it not by faith,
              but as it were, by the works of the law. 
              For they stumbled, at that stumbling stone; 

      9:33 as it is written, 
              Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone,
              and rock of offence. 
              And whosoever believeth on him,
              shall not be ashamed. 


                     *Ch.9:25*: Hosea;2:23   *Ch.9:27
                      Isaiah;10:22-23  9 :29   Isaiah; 1:9
          9:29 * Sabaoth = Hosts, as in huge army
 

     
       Ch. 10                                                          Rom.


 
      10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire,
              and prayer to God for Israel is,
              that they might be saved. 

      10:2 For I bear them record,
              that they have a zeal of God,
              but not, according to knowledge. 

      10:3 For they, being ignorant of God's 
              righteousness, and going about to 
              establish their own righteousness, 
              have not submitted themselves,
              unto the righteousness of God. 

      10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, 
              for righteousness, to every one 
              that believeth. 

      10:5  For Moses describeth the
               righteousness which is of the law, 
               that the man which doeth those things,
               shall live by them. 

      10:6  But the righteousness, which is
               of faith, speaketh on this wise,
               say not in thine heart, 
               who shall ascend into heaven? 
               (that is to bring 
                Christ down from above.) 
      10:7   or,
                who shall descend into the deep? 
                (that is to bring up Christ, 
                  again from the dead.) 

      10:8 But what saith it? 
              The word is nigh thee, even in thy 
              mouth, and in thy heart. 
              That is, the word of faith, which we
              preach. 

      10:9  That if, thou shalt confess with thy
               mouth the Lord Jesus,
               and shalt believe in thine heart that
               God hath raised him from the dead, 
               thou shalt be saved. 

      10:10 For with the heart, man believeth
                unto righteousness; 
                and with the mouth, 
                confession is made unto salvation. 

      10:11 For the scripture saith, 
                whosoever believeth on him,
                shall not be ashamed. 

      10:12 For there is no difference between
                the Jew and the Greek. 
                For the same Lord over all,
                is rich unto all that call upon him. 

      10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the 
                name of the Lord, shall be saved. 

      10:14 How then shall they call on 
                him, in whom they have not believed?
                And how shall they believe in him,
                of whom they have not heard?
                And how shall they hear, without a 
                preacher? 

      10:15 And how shall they preach,
                except they be sent? 
                As it is written, 
                How beautiful are the feet of them,
                that preach the gospel of peace, 
                and bring glad tidings of good things!
 
      10:16 But they have not all obeyed the
                gospel. 
                For *Esaias saith, 
                Lord, who hath believed our report? 

      10:17 So then, faith cometh by hearing,
                and hearing, by the word of God. 

      10:18 But I say, 
                Have they not heard? 
                Yes, verily, 
                their sound went into all the earth. 
                And their words,
                unto the ends of the world. 

      10:19 But I say, did not Israel know? 
                First, Moses saith,
                I will provoke you to jealousy, 
                by them that are no people, 
                and by a foolish nation,
                I will anger you. 

      10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith,
                I was found of them that sought me not;
                I was made manifest unto them,
                that asked not after me. 

      10:21 But to Israel he saith, 
                all day long I have stretched forth my 
                hands, unto a disobedient,
                and gainsaying people. 

              10:16 *Esaias=Isaiah
              

       Ch. 11                                                         Rom.

      11:1 I say then, 
              hath God cast away his people? 
              God forbid.
              For I also am an Israelite, 
              of the seed of Abraham, 
              of the tribe of Benjamin. 

      11:2 God hath not cast away his 
              people which he foreknew. 
              Wot ye not what the scripture
              saith of *Elias? 
              How he maketh intercession to 
              God against Israel,
              saying, 

      11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, 
              and digged down thine altars; 
              and I am left alone,
              and they seek my life. 

      11:4 But what saith the answer of 
              God unto him? 
              I have reserved to myself,
              seven thousand men, who have not
              bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 

      11:5 Even so then, at this 
              present time also there is a
              remnant, according to the 
              election of grace. 

      11:6 And if by grace,
              then is it no more of works. 
              Otherwise grace is no more grace. 
              But if it be of works, 
              then it is no more grace. 
              Otherwise, work is no more work. 

      11:7 What then? 
              Israel hath not obtained that 
              which he seeketh for;
              but the election hath obtained it, 
              and the rest were blinded. 

      11:8 (According, as it is written,
              God hath given them the spirit of 
              slumber, 
              eyes that they should not see,
              and ears that they should not 
              hear;) unto this day. 

      11:9  And David saith,
               let their table be made a snare,
               and a trap, and a stumbling block,
               and a recompence unto them. 

      11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, 
                that they may not see, and bow
                down their back, alway. 

      11:11 I say then, 
                have they stumbled,
                that they should fall?  
                God forbid. 
                But rather, through their fall,
                salvation is come unto the Gentiles,
                for to provoke them to jealousy. 

      11:12  Now if the fall of them be the 
                 riches of the world,
                 and the diminishing of them,
                 the riches of the Gentiles;
                 how much more their fullness? 

      11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, 
                inasmuch as I am the
                apostle of the Gentiles, 
                I magnify mine office; 

      11:14 if by any means, I may provoke to 
                emulation, them, which are my flesh, 
                and might save some of them. 

      11:15 For if the casting away of them,
                be the reconciling of the world, 
                what shall the receiving of them be,
                but life, from the dead? 

      11:16 For if the first fruit be holy, 
                the lump is also holy. 
                And if the root be holy, 
                so are the branches. 

      11:17 And if some of the branches be
                broken off, 
                and thou, being a wild olive tree, 
                were grafted in among them, and
                with them, partakest of the root, 
                and fatness of the olive tree; 

      11:18 boast not against the branches.
                But if thou boast, thou bearest not 
                the root, but the root, thee. 

      11:19 Thou wilt say then, 
                 the branches were broken off 
                 that I might be grafted in. 

      11:20 Well; 
                because of unbelief they were 
                broken off,
                and thou standest by faith.
                Be not high minded, but fear. 

      11:21 For if God spared not the 
                natural branches, take heed,
                lest he also spare not thee. 

      11:22 Behold therefore,
                the goodness and severity of God; 
                On them which fell, severity; 
                but toward thee, goodness,
                if thou continue in his goodness.
                Otherwise, thou also, shalt be cut off. 
       
      11:23 And they also, if they 
                abide not still in unbelief,
                shall be grafted in. 
                For God is able to graft them in again. 

      11:24  For if thou were cut out of the 
                 olive tree, which is wild by nature, 
                 and were grafted contrary to nature,
                 into a good olive tree;
                 how much more shall these, 
                 which be the natural branches, 
                 be grafted into their own 
                 olive tree? 

      11:25 For I would not brethren, 
                that ye should be ignorant of this 
                mystery, lest ye should be wise in
                your own conceits. 
                That blindness, in part,
                is happened to Israel, 
                until the fullness of the
                Gentiles be come in. 

      11:26 And so, all Israel shall be saved;
                as it is written,
                There shall come out of Sion,
                the Deliverer, 
                and shall turn away ungodliness
                from Jacob. 

      11:27 For this is my covenant unto them,
                 when I shall take away their sins. 

      11:28 As concerning the gospel, 
                they are enemies for your sakes. 
                But as touching the election, 
                they are beloved for the father's sakes. 

      11:29 For the gifts, and calling of God,
                are without repentance. 

      11:30 For as ye in times past have not
                believed God, yet have now 
                obtained mercy through their unbelief; 

      11:31 even so, have these, also, now,
                not believed, that through your mercy, 
                they also may obtain mercy. 

      11:32 For God hath *concluded them
                all in unbelief, that he might have 
                mercy upon all. 

      11:33 O the depth of the riches,
                both of the wisdom, and 
                knowledge, of God! 
                How un-searchable are his judgments, 
                and his ways past finding out! 

      11:34  For who hath known the
                 mind of the Lord? 
                 Or who hath been his counselor? 

      11:35 Or who hath first given to him,
                and it shall be recompensed unto 
                him again? 

      11:36 For of him, and through him, and
                to him, are all things.
                to whom be glory, for ever.  Amen. 

             

     11:2  * Elias=Elijah  
     11:32 *concluded, inclosed; included


 
       Ch.12                                                      Rom.


      12:1 I beseech you therefore brethren,
              by the mercies of God, that ye 
              present your bodies a living sacrifice,
              holy, acceptable unto God, 
              which is your reasonable service. 

      12:2 And be not conformed to this world.
              But be ye transformed by the 
              renewing of your mind, 
              that ye may prove what is that good, 
              and acceptable, and perfect,
              will of God. 

      12:3 For I say, 
               through the grace given unto me, 
               to every man that is among you, 
               not to think of himself more 
               highly than he ought to think; 
               but to think soberly, according 
               as God hath dealt to every man 
               the measure of faith. 

      12:4 For as we have many 
              members in one body,
              and all members have not 
              the same office;
 
      12:5 so we, being many, 
              are one body in Christ. 
              And every one members, 
              one of another. 

      12:6 Having then gifts, differing,
              according to the grace that is 
              given to us, 
              whether prophecy, let us prophesy 
              according to the proportion
              of faith. 

      12:7 Or ministry, 
              let us wait on our ministering.
              Or he that teacheth, on teaching. 

      12:8  Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation. 
               He that giveth, let him do it with
               simplicity. 
               He that ruleth, with diligence;
               he that sheweth mercy, with
               cheerfulness. 

      12:9 Let love be without *dissimulation*. 
              Abhor that which is evil; 
              cleave to that which is good. 

      12:10 Be kindly affectioned, 
                one to another with brotherly
                love; in honor,
                preferring one another; 

      12:11 Not slothful in business; 
                fervent in spirit; serving the Lord. 

      12:12 Rejoicing in hope; 
                patient in tribulation; 
                continuing instant, in prayer. 

      12:13 Distributing to the necessity of
                saints; given to hospitality. 

      12:14 Bless them which persecute you. 
                Bless, and curse not. 

      12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, 
                and weep with them that weep. 

      12:16 Be of the same mind,
                one toward another. 
                Mind not high things, 
                but condescend to men of 
                low estate.
                Be not wise in your own conceits. 

      12:17 Recompense to no man,
                evil for evil. 
                Provide things honest in the 
                sight of all men. 

      12:18 If it be possible, 
                as much as lieth in you, 
                live peaceably with all men. 

      12:19 Dearly beloved, 
                 avenge not yourselves,
                 but rather,
                 give place unto wrath.
                 For it is written, 
                 vengeance is mine; 
                 I will repay saith the Lord.

      12:20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger,
                 feed him; 
                 if he thirst, give him drink.
                 For in so doing thou shalt 
                 heap coals of fire on his head. 

      12:21 Be not overcome of evil,
                but overcome evil, with good. 



   Ch.12:9 *dissimulation* = unfeigned, genuine, 
                                                  not fake, not phony



       Ch. 13                                                    Rom.


      13:1 Let every soul be subject unto
              the higher powers. 
              For there is no power but of God. 
              The powers that be,
              are ordained of God. 

      13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, 
               resisteth the ordinance of God. 
               And they that resist,
               shall receive to themselves damnation. 

      13:3 For rulers are not a terror to
              good works, but to the evil.
              Wilt thou then not be afraid of 
              the power? 
              Do that which is good, and thou 
              shalt have praise of the same.

      13:4 For he is the minister of God
              to thee, for good. 
              But if thou do that which is evil, 
              be afraid; 
              for he beareth not the sword in vain. 
              For he is the minister of God, 
              a revenger to execute wrath upon
              him that doeth evil.

      13:5 Wherefore, ye must needs be subject, 
               not only for wrath, but also for 
               conscience sake. 

      13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also. 
              For they are God's ministers, 
              attending continually upon this very thing. 

      13:7 Render therefore, to all their dues. 
              Tribute to whom tribute is due; 
               custom to whom custom;
               fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. 

      13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to 
               love one another. 
               For he that loveth another,
               hath fulfilled the law. 

      13:9   For this, 
                thou shalt not commit adultery,
                thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, 
                thou shalt not bear false witness,
                thou shalt not covet; 
                and if there be any other commandment, 
                it is briefly comprehended in this saying,
                namely,
                thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

      13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor. 
                Therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

      13:11 And that, knowing the time, 
                that now it is high time
                to awake out of sleep. 
                For now is our salvation nearer,
                than when we believed. 
       
      13:12 The night is far spent, 
                 the day is at hand.
                 Let us therefore cast off the
                 works of darkness, and
                 let us put on the armor of light. 

      13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; 
                not in rioting and drunkenness, 
                not in chambering and wantonness,
                not in strife and envying. 

      13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
                and make not provision for the flesh, 
                to fulfill the lusts thereof. 



       Ch. 14                                                      Rom.

      14:1 Him that is weak in the faith,
              receive ye, but not to doubtful
              disputations. 

      14:2 For one believeth that he may
              eat all things. 
              Another, who is weak, eateth herbs.  

      14:3 Let not him that eateth,
              despise him that eateth not;
              and let not him, which eateth not ,
              judge him that eateth. 
              For God hath received him. 

      14:4 Who art thou,
              that judgest another man's servant? 
              To his own master he standeth or falleth. 
              Yea, he shall be holden up.
              For God is able to make him stand. 

      14:5  One man esteemeth 
               one day above another. 
               Another esteemeth every day alike. 
               Let every man be fully persuaded in
               his own mind. 

      14:6 He that regardeth the day,
              regardeth it unto the Lord; 
              and he that regardeth not the day, 
              to the Lord he doth not regard it. 
              He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, 
              for he giveth God thanks; 
              and he that eateth not, 
              to the Lord he eateth not, 
              and giveth God thanks. 

      14:7 For none of us liveth to himself,
              and no man dieth to himself. 

      14:8 For whether we live, 
              we live unto the Lord; 
              and whether we die, 
              we die unto the Lord. 
              Whether we live therefore,or die,
              we are the Lord's. 

      14:9   For to this end, Christ both died, 
                and rose, and revived,
                that he might be Lord, 
                both of the dead, and living. 

      14:10 But why dost thou judge thy
                brother?
                Or why dost thou set at naught 
                thy brother? 
                For we shall all stand before the
                judgment seat of Christ. 

      14:11 For it is written, 
                as I live saith the Lord, 
                every knee shall bow to me, 
                and every tongue, shall confess
                to God. 

      14:12 So then, every one of us shall 
                give account of himself to God. 

      14:13 Let us not therefore,
                judge one another any more.
                But judge this rather,
                that no man put a stumbling block, 
                or an occasion to fall,  in his brother's way. 

      14:14 I know, and am persuaded by
                the Lord Jesus,
                that there is nothing 
                unclean of itself. 
                But to him that esteemeth
                anything to be unclean, 
                to him, it is unclean. 

      14:15 But if thy brother be
                grieved with thy meat, 
                now walkest thou not
                lovingly* (charitably)*. 
                Destroy not him with thy meat,
                for whom Christ died. 

      14:16 Let not then, your good
                 be evil spoken of. 

      14:17 For the kingdom of God is not
                meat and drink;
                but righteousness and peace,
                and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

      14:18  For he, that in these things,
                 serveth Christ, 
                 is acceptable to God, and 
                 approved of men. 

      14:19 Let us therefore, follow after the
                things which make for peace,
                and things wherewith one may
                edify another. 

      14:20 For meat,
                destroy not the work of God. 
                All things indeed are pure. 
                But it is evil for that man,
                who eateth with offence. 

      14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, 
                nor to drink wine,
                nor anything whereby thy
                brother stumbleth, 
                or is offended, 
                or is made weak. 

      14:22 Hast thou faith?
                Have it to thyself before God. 
                Happy is he that condemneth not 
                himself in that thing which he alloweth. 

      14:23 And he that doubteth,
                is damned if he eat,
                because he eateth not, of faith. 
                For whatsoever is not of faith,
                is sin. 

       
      14:15 *lovingly*,not charitably*from the Greek
                 word agape, Godly love.



       Ch.15                                                     Rom.



      15:1 We then, that are strong,
              ought to bear the infirmities of the
              weak, and not to please ourselves. 

      15:2 Let every one of us, please his
              neighbor, for his good, to edification. 

      15:3 For even Christ pleased not
              himself; but, 
              as it is written,
              the reproaches of them that 
              reproached thee, fell on me. 

      15:4 For whatsoever things were
              written aforetime, were written
              for our learning, 
              that we, through patience, and 
              comfort of the scriptures, might 
              have hope. 

      15:5  Now the God of patience, and
               consolation, grant you to be 
               like minded, one toward another,
               according to Christ Jesus; 

      15:6   that ye may with one mind,
                and one mouth, glorify God, 
                even the Father of our 
                Lord Jesus Christ. 

      15:7 Wherefore, receive ye one another,
               as Christ also received us,
               to the glory of God. 

      15:8 Now I say, that Jesus Christ was a 
              minister of the circumcision
              for the truth of God, 
              to confirm the promises made unto
              the fathers; 

      15:9 and that the Gentiles might 
              glorify God for his mercy; 
              As it is written, 
              for this cause, I will confess to
              thee, among the Gentiles,
              and sing, unto thy name. 

      15:10 And again he saith, 
                rejoice, ye Gentiles,
                with his people. 
   
   15:11    And again, 
                praise the Lord all ye Gentiles;
                and laud him, all ye people. 

      15:12 And again, *Esaias saith, 
                there shall be a root of Jesse,
                and he that shall rise,
                to reign over the Gentiles;
                in him, shall the Gentiles trust. 

      15:13 Now the God of hope,
                fill you with all joy,
                and peace in believing, 
                that ye may abound in hope, 
                through the power of the Holy Ghost. 

      15:14 And I myself also, am persuaded of
                you my brethren, that ye also are 
                full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, 
                able also to admonish one another. 

      15:15 Nevertheless brethren,
                I have written the more boldly unto
                you, in some sort, as putting you in
                mind, because of the grace that is
                given to me of God, 

      15:16 that I should be the 
                minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, 
                ministering the gospel of God,
                that the offering up of the Gentiles might 
                be acceptable, 
                being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

      15:17  I have therefore,
                 whereof I may glory 
                 through Jesus Christ,
                 in those things which
                 pertain to God. 

      15:18  For I will not dare to speak of 
                 any of those things, which Christ 
                 hath not wrought by me, 
                 to make the Gentiles obedient, 
                 by word and deed, 

      15:19  through mighty 
                 signs and wonders, 
                 by the power of the Spirit of God; 
                 so that from Jerusalem, 
                 and round about, unto Illyricum,
                 I have fully preached the 
                 gospel of Christ. 

      15:20 Yea, so have I strived to
                preach the gospel,
                not where Christ was named,
                lest I should build upon another
                man's foundation; 

      15:21 but as it is written,
                to whom he was not spoken of,
                they shall see. 
                And they that have not heard,
                shall understand. 

      15:22 For which cause also,
                I have been much hindered from 
                coming to you. 

      15:23 But now,
                having no more place in
                these parts,
                and having a great desire,
                these many years,
                to come unto you; 

      15:24 when so ever I take my
                 journey into Spain, 
                 I will come to you.
                 For I trust to see you in my journey,
                 and to be brought on my 
                 way thitherward by you, 
                 if first I be somewhat filled with
                 your company. 
       
      15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem,
                 to minister unto the saints. 

      15:26 For it hath pleased them of
                Macedonia and Achaia, to make a
                certain contribution, for the 
                poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 

      15:27 It hath pleased them verily; 
                and their debtors they are.
                For if the Gentiles have been
                made partakers of their spiritual things,
                their duty is also, to minister unto them,
                in carnal things. 

      15:28 When therefore,
                 I have performed this, and have 
                 sealed to them this fruit,
                 I will come by you, into Spain. 

      15:29 And I am sure that, 
                when I come unto you, 
                I shall come in the fullness,
                of the blessing, of the
                gospel of Christ. 

      15:30  Now I beseech you, brethren,
                 for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
                 and for the love of the Spirit, 
                 that ye strive together with me,
                 in your prayers to God, for me; 

      15:31  that I may be delivered from
                 them that do not believe, 
                 in  Judea; 
                 and that my service,
                 which I have for Jerusalem,
                 may be accepted of the saints; 

      15:32  that I may come unto you with joy,
                 by the will of God,
                 and may with you, be refreshed. 

      15:33  Now the God of peace, 
                 be with you all.  Amen. 
                  

                
                   15:12  *Esaias = Isaiah
      



       Ch.16                                                      Rom.


      16:1 I commend unto you Phebe, 
              our sister, which is a
              servant of the church which is
              at Cenchrea;
 
      16:2 that ye receive her in the Lord,
              as becometh saints, and that ye 
              assist her in whatsoever business 
              she hath need of you.
              For she hath been a *succourer,
              of many,  and of myself, also. 

      16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila,
              my helpers in Christ Jesus; 

      16:4 who have for my life,
              laid down their own necks. 
              Unto whom not only I give thanks,
              but also, all the churches of the Gentiles. 

      16:5 Likewise, greet the church that is in
              their house.
              Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, 
              who is the first fruits of Achaia, 
              unto Christ. 

      16:6 Greet Mary, 
              who bestowed much labor on us. 

      16:7 Salute Andronicus, and Junia,
              my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, 
              who are of note among the apostles.
              Who also were in Christ before me. 

      16:8 Greet Amplias,
              my beloved in the Lord. 

      16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ,
              and Stachys my beloved. 

      16:10 Salute Apelles, approved in Christ. 
                Salute them which are of 
                Aristobulus' household. 

      16:11 Salute Herodion, my kinsman.
                Greet them that be of the 
                household of  Narcissus, 
                which are in the Lord. 

      16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, 
                who labor in the Lord. 
                Salute the beloved Persis, 
                which labored much in the Lord. 

      16:13 Salute Rufus, chosen in the Lord,
                 and his mother, and mine. 

      16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas,
                Patrobas, Hermes, and the 
                brethren which are with them. 

      16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia,
                Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, 
                and all the saints which are with them. 

      16:16 Salute one another,
                with an holy kiss. 
                The churches of Christ salute you. 

      16:17 Now I beseech you brethren, 
                mark them which cause divisions 
                and offences,
                contrary to the doctrine which
                ye have learned; and avoid them. 
            
      16:18 For they, that are such,
                serve not our Lord Jesus Christ,
                but their own belly. 
                And by good words and fair speeches,
                deceive the hearts of the simple. 

      16:19 For your obedience is come abroad
                unto all men.
                I am glad therefore on your behalf. 
                But yet, I would have you wise unto
                that which is  good, and simple,
                concerning evil. 

      16:20 And the God of peace shall 
                bruise Satan, under your feet shortly. 
                The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
                be with you. Amen. 

      16:21 Timotheus, my workfellow, 
                 and Lucius and Jason,
                 and Sosipater, my kinsmen,
                 salute you. 

      16:22   I Tertius, who wrote this epistle,
                  salute you, in the Lord. 

      16:23  Gaius mine host, and of the
                 whole church, saluteth you. 
                 Erastus the chamberlain of the city 
                 saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 

      16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
                 be with you all.   Amen. 

      16:25 Now to him that is of power to
                establish you according to my gospel, 
                and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
                according to the revelation of the 
                mystery, which was kept secret,
                since the world began, 

      16:26 but now is made manifest,
                and by the scriptures of the prophets 
                according to the commandment,
                of the everlasting God,
                made known to all nations, 
                for the obedience of faith; 

      16:27 to God only wise, be glory, 
                through Jesus Christ for ever.  Amen. 


            16:2*succourer = comforter,helper