\id ROM - Copyright World Bible Translation Center 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008 
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\v 1 Greetings \w from|strong="G2424"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\p \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose \w me|strong="G0873"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w an|strong="G2316"\w* \w apostle|strong="G0652"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* gave \w me|strong="G0873"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* work \w of|strong="G2316"\w* telling \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*. 
\v 2 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G4279"\w* long ago \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* give \w this|strong="G3588"\w* Good News \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 3-4 The Good News is about God’s Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a human, he was born from the family of David, but through the Holy Spirit\f + \fr 1:3-4  \fk Holy Spirit \ft Literally, “spirit of holiness.”\f* he was shown to be God’s powerful Son when he was raised from death. 
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\v 5 \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w*, \w God|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w me|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* special \w work|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle—\w to|strong="G1519"\w* lead \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2983"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* honor \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 6 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* chosen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* letter \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loves \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* chosen \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\p \w Grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\s1 \w A|strong="G1510"\w* Prayer \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Thanks|strong="G5485"\w* 
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\v 8 \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w him|strong="G4012"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* talking \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 9-10 Every time I pray, I always remember you. God knows this is true. He is the one I serve with all my heart by telling people the Good News about his Son. I pray that I will be allowed to come to you. It will happen if God wants it. 
\v 11 \w I|strong="G2443"\w* want very much \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G3708"\w* give \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4152"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* make \w your|strong="G3708"\w* faith stronger. 
\v 12 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w*. \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G0050"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w planned|strong="G4388"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* always happens \w to|strong="G4314"\w* change \w my|strong="G1722"\w* plans. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* good \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* serve all \w people|strong="G1510"\w*—\w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* share \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* culture \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* less civilized,\f + \fr 1:14  \fk those who share … civilized \ft Literally, “Greeks and barbarians.” See “Greek” in the Word List.\f* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* educated \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ignorant. 
\v 15 \w That|strong="G2596"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* why \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \w to|strong="G2596"\w* tell \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* proud \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Good|strong="G1510"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* uses \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*—\w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Good News shows \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w*. \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* making \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* begins \w and|strong="G1161"\w* ends \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.”\x + \xo 1:17  \xt Quote from Habakkuk 2:4.\x* 
\s1 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w Have|strong="G3588"\w* Done Wrong 
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\v 18 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* shows \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w* lives hide \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 19 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w God|strong="G2316"\w* angry \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w shown|strong="G5319"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G5319"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w clear|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* cannot \w see|strong="G3539"\w*—\w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0126"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* makes \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* beginning \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* easy \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G4161"\w* clear \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w made|strong="G4161"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G0379"\w* \w excuse|strong="G0379"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* \w ideas|strong="G1261"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* useless. \w There|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* good thought left \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w foolish|strong="G0801"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w*. 
\v 22 \w They|strong="G1510"\w* said \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w*, but \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w became|strong="G3471"\w* \w fools|strong="G3471"\w*. 
\v 23 Instead \w of|strong="G2316"\w* honoring \w the|strong="G3588"\w* divine greatness \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives forever, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* traded \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* worship \w of|strong="G2316"\w* idols—\w things|strong="G3588"\w* made \w to|strong="G2532"\w* look \w like|strong="G5349"\w* humans, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* get sick \w and|strong="G2532"\w* die, \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5349"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w*, \w animals|strong="G5074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* snakes. 
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\v 24 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* wanted \w only|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* do evil. \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* left \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* let \w them|strong="G0846"\w* go \w their|strong="G0846"\w* sinful \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* became \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* immoral \w and|strong="G2316"\w* used \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* shameful ways \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 25 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* traded \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w lie|strong="G5579"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* bowed down \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiped|strong="G4573"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made instead \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w worshiping|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* made \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* praised \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*. \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* did \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* left \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* let \w them|strong="G0846"\w* do \w the|strong="G3588"\w* shameful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* do. \w Women|strong="G0846"\w* stopped having \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* sex \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* started having sex \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w women|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 27 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w way|strong="G3668"\w*, \w men|strong="G0730"\w* stopped having \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* sex \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w women|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* began wanting \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time. \w Men|strong="G0730"\w* \w did|strong="G0863"\w* shameful \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G0730"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* bodies \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w received|strong="G0618"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* punishment \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* wrongs. 
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\v 28 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* think \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* important \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w true|strong="G1922"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* left \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2520"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* worthless \w thinking|strong="G3563"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2520"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 29 \w They|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with|strong="G4137"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* sin, \w evil|strong="G2549"\w*, \w greed|strong="G4124"\w*, \w and|strong="G3956"\w* hatred. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w full|strong="G3324"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* jealousy, \w murder|strong="G5408"\w*, fighting, lying, \w and|strong="G3956"\w* thinking \w the|strong="G3956"\w* worst \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G3956"\w* each other. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* gossip 
\v 30 \w and|strong="G1118"\w* say \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G2556"\w* about each other. They hate \w God|strong="G2319"\w*. They are rude, proud, \w and|strong="G1118"\w* brag about themselves. They invent ways \w of|strong="G2319"\w* doing \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*. They don’t obey their \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*, 
\v 31 they are \w foolish|strong="G0801"\w*, they don’t keep their promises, and they show no kindness or mercy to others. 
\v 32 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* law says \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w things|strong="G5108"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* encourage \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\c 2  
\s1 Let God Be the Judge 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G1352"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*? \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* wrong. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* too \w are|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G3956"\w* sin. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w*. \w So|strong="G1352"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* really \w condemning|strong="G2919"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*. 
\v 2 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* judges \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G5108"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right. 
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G3049"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w*, surely \w you|strong="G4771"\w* understand \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w How|strong="G3754"\w* could \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*? 
\v 4 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5543"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* patient, waiting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* change. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G2706"\w* nothing \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w*. Maybe \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’t \w understand|strong="G0050"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w kind|strong="G5543"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* decide \w to|strong="G1519"\w* change \w your|strong="G2532"\w* lives. 
\p
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* stubborn! \w You|strong="G4771"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2596"\w* change. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* making \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G4572"\w* punishment greater \w and|strong="G2532"\w* greater. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w*. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* everyone \w will|strong="G2316"\w* see how right \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* judge \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 6 \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w reward|strong="G0591"\w* \w or|strong="G3739"\w* punish \w everyone|strong="G1538"\w* \w for|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G0846"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* live \w for|strong="G2212"\w* God’s \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G2596"\w* cannot \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* live \w for|strong="G2212"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0018"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* always continuing \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. God \w will|strong="G2532"\w* give \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G2596"\w*. 
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w selfish|strong="G2052"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G3982"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w follow|strong="G3982"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w*. God \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3982"\w*. 
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* give \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2716"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*—\w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* give \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*—\w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 11 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* judges everyone \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same. \w It|strong="G1510"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* matter \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\p
\v 12 \w People|strong="G2919"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* never heard \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w sin|strong="G0264"\w*. \w People|strong="G2919"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* don’t \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* sinners \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w lost|strong="G0622"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w those|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* sinners \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 13 Hearing \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. They \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* him \w only|strong="G3756"\w* if they always \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says. 
\p
\v 14 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* Jews \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w they|strong="G3752"\w* naturally \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* commands \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w even|strong="G1063"\w* knowing \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3752"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* true \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w though|strong="G3551"\w* \w they|strong="G3752"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* written \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 15 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* know \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* right \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wrong, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* commands, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w consciences|strong="G4893"\w* agree. Sometimes \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G3053"\w* tell \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* wrong, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w them|strong="G0846"\w* guilty. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G3053"\w* tell \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* right, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* guilty. 
\p
\v 16 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* happen \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* people’s \w secret|strong="G2927"\w* thoughts \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell everyone. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Law|strong="G2919"\w* 
\p
\v 17 \w What|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*? \w You|strong="G4771"\w* say \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* trust \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* proudly claim \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* close \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 18 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* God \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* important, \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 19 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* think \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w guide|strong="G3595"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* don’t know \w the|strong="G3588"\w* right \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* dark. 
\v 20 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* think \w you|strong="G1722"\w* can \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \w foolish|strong="G0878"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* right. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* think \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* beginning \w to|strong="G2532"\w* learn. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* think \w you|strong="G1722"\w* know everything \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*. 
\v 21 \w You|strong="G3767"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* why \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*? \w You|strong="G3767"\w* tell \w them|strong="G1321"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*. 
\v 22 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G3004"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* yourself \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* sin. \w You|strong="G3004"\w* hate \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* steal \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* their \w temples|strong="G2416"\w*. 
\v 23 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w so|strong="G1223"\w* proud \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* bring \w shame|strong="G0818"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w breaking|strong="G3847"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 24 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G1223"\w*, “\w People|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1125"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w insult|strong="G0987"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.”\x + \xo 2:24  \xt Quote from Isaiah 52:5. See also Ezekiel 36:20-23.\x* 
\p
\v 25 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* meaning. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w break|strong="G3848"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G1096"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* never \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. 
\v 26 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* Jews \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. 
\v 27 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* written \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w break|strong="G3848"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* bodies, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* still obey \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* show \w that|strong="G3551"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* guilty. 
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\v 28 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* true \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* if \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w physical|strong="G4561"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*. True \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* outside \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*. 
\v 29 \w A|strong="G3739"\w* true \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w*. True \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* done \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* done \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* written law. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* gets \w praise|strong="G1868"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. 
\c 3  
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\v 1 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G2228"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3767"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* don’t \w have|strong="G2228"\w*? \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* get any \w benefit|strong="G5622"\w* \w from|strong="G2228"\w* being \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*? 
\v 2 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jews \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* benefits. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w most|strong="G4183"\w* important \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* trusted \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jews \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* teachings. 
\v 3 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* true \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* faithful \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* doing \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* promised? 
\v 4 \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G0302"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3056"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w proved|strong="G1096"\w* right \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* win \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* accuse \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \rq Psalm 51:4\rq* 
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\v 5 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w*, \w that|strong="G3004"\w* shows \w more|strong="G2596"\w* clearly \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* punishes \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? (That’s \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* think.) 
\v 6 \w Of|strong="G2316"\w* course \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. If \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* punish us, \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G4459"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*? 
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\v 7 Someone \w might|strong="G2316"\w* say, “\w When|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w lie|strong="G5582"\w*, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* really gives \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w lie|strong="G5582"\w* makes \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w* easier \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w am|strong="G2919"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sinner|strong="G0268"\w*?” 
\v 8 \w It|strong="G4160"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w*.” Many \w people|strong="G1510"\w* criticize \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* that’s \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* teach. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2917"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. 
\s1 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* Guilty 
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\v 9 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w better|strong="G4284"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* other \w people|strong="G3956"\w*? \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w already|strong="G4256"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w*. \w They|strong="G3767"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 10 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G1510"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* doing \w what|strong="G1342"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w*, 
\q2 \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*. 
\q1
\v 11 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w understands|strong="G4920"\w*. 
\q2 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\q1
\v 12 \w They|strong="G2193"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w turned|strong="G1578"\w* \w away|strong="G1578"\w* \w from|strong="G1510"\w* \w him|strong="G4160"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2193"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* use \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\q1 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G1510"\w*, 
\q2 \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2193"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*.” \rq Psalm 14:1-3\rq* 
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\q1
\v 13 “\w Their|strong="G0846"\w* words come \w from|strong="G5259"\w* mouths \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w open|strong="G0455"\w* \w graves|strong="G5028"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* use \w their|strong="G0846"\w* lying \w tongues|strong="G1100"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* deceive \w others|strong="G3588"\w*.” \rq Psalm 5:9\rq* 
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\q1 “\w Their|strong="G0846"\w* words \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w poison|strong="G2447"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* snakes.” \rq Psalm 140:3\rq* 
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\q1
\v 14 “\w Their|strong="G2532"\w* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w full|strong="G1073"\w* \w of|strong="G4750"\w* \w cursing|strong="G0685"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w words|strong="G4750"\w*.” \rq Psalm 10:7\rq* 
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\q1
\v 15 “\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* always ready \w to|strong="G0846"\w* kill someone. 
\q2
\v 16 Everywhere \w they|strong="G0846"\w* go \w they|strong="G0846"\w* cause trouble \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruin|strong="G4938"\w*. 
\q1
\v 17 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* live \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 59:7-8\rq* 
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\q1
\v 18 “\w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w or|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G5401"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \rq Psalm 36:1\rq* 
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\v 19 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* stops \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G2980"\w* making excuses. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* brings \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* judgment, 
\v 20 \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* can \w be|strong="G3956"\w* made right \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* following \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* shows \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\s1 How \w God|strong="G0846"\w* Makes \w People|strong="G3956"\w* Right 
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\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G5259"\w* way \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5319"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* nothing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w shown|strong="G5319"\w* us \w that|strong="G3140"\w* new way, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* told us \w about|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 22 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*\f + \fr 3:22  \fk their faith in \ft Or “the faithfulness of.”\f* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* same. 
\v 23 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* good enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* share \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* divine greatness. 
\v 24 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* made right \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* free \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* made right \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* being made free \w from|strong="G1722"\w* sin \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 25-26 God gave Jesus as a way to forgive people’s sins through their faith in him. God can forgive them because the blood sacrifice of Jesus pays for their sins. God gave Jesus to show that he always does what is right and fair. He was right in the past when he was patient and did not punish people for their sins. And in our own time he still does what is right. God worked all this out in a way that allows him to judge people fairly and still make right any person who has faith in Jesus. 
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\v 27 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G2041"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G4169"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G3551"\w* boast \w about|strong="G3588"\w* ourselves? \w No|strong="G3780"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G4102"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w*? \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* depending \w on|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w on|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w in|strong="G4102"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 28 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* mean \w we|strong="G4102"\w* \w are|strong="G0444"\w* made right \w with|strong="G3049"\w* God through \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w not|strong="G5565"\w* through \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G4102"\w* \w have|strong="G0444"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G0444"\w* follow \w the|strong="G1344"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. This \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w what|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G4102"\w* believe. 
\v 29 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 30 \w There|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* make Jews\f + \fr 3:30  \fk Jews \ft Literally, “circumcision.”\f* right \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* make non-Jews\f + \fr 3:30  \fk non-Jews \ft Literally, “uncircumcision.”\f* right \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*? \w Not|strong="G3361"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*! \w In|strong="G4102"\w* \w fact|strong="G0235"\w*, \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* causes us \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* actually wants. 
\c 4  
\s1 The Example of Abraham 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w our|strong="G0011"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w*? \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* learn \w about|strong="G2596"\w* faith? 
\v 2 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w was|strong="G2316"\w* made right \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* \w things|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1487"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w*, \w he|strong="G1487"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w reason|strong="G2745"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w boast|strong="G2745"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* himself. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* knew different. 
\v 3 That’s \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accepted \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:3  \xt Quote from Genesis 15:6.\x* 
\p
\v 4 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w*, \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* given \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* earn \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* get. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w any|strong="G1909"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G0846"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* accepts \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* makes \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w even|strong="G1161"\w* evil \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 6 \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w talking|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessing|strong="G3108"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* accepts \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* good \w without|strong="G5565"\w* looking \w at|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w*: 
\b
\q1
\v 7 “\w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* great blessing 
\q2 \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w forgiven|strong="G0863"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrongs \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done, 
\q2 \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* erased! 
\q1
\v 8 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* blessing \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* accepts \w people|strong="G0435"\w* 
\q2 \w as|strong="G3049"\w* if \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*!” \rq Psalm 32:1-2\rq* 
\b
\p
\v 9 \w Is|strong="G3778"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w blessing|strong="G3108"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*? \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*? \w We|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* already \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Abraham’s|strong="G0011"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* accepted \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 10 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* this \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*? \w Did|strong="G1510"\w* God accept Abraham \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w after|strong="G3767"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*? God accepted \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G2228"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* later \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w His|strong="G0846"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w proof|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* makes \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* live \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. 
\s1 God’s Promise Received \w Through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Faith|strong="G4102"\w* 
\p
\v 13 \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* received \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* get \w the|strong="G3588"\w* whole \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* receive \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* followed \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* received \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 14 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* could get God’s \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* following \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* worthless. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* God’s \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w is|strong="G3588"\w* worthless, 
\v 15 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* can \w only|strong="G3756"\w* bring God’s \w anger|strong="G3709"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobey \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* if \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* disobey. 
\p
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* get \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3962"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* having \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* happens \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* can \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* free \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* free \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Abraham’s|strong="G0011"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* get \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G3440"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* live \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Moses. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* live \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 17 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G5087"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:17  \xt Quote from Genesis 17:5.\x* \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* true \w before|strong="G2713"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w gives|strong="G2227"\w* \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* speaks \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* real. 
\p
\v 18 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* no \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*, \w but|strong="G3962"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* continued \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. \w And|strong="G3962"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:18  \xt Quote from Genesis 15:5.\x* 
\v 19 Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1541"\w* \w years|strong="G1541"\w* \w old|strong="G1541"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* past \w the|strong="G3588"\w* age \w for|strong="G2532"\w* having children. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* children. Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* aware \w of|strong="G4983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* God \w never|strong="G3361"\w* became \w weak|strong="G0770"\w*. 
\v 20 \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* doubted \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* would \w do|strong="G1252"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* stopped \w believing|strong="G4102"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w fact|strong="G0235"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w grew|strong="G1743"\w* stronger \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1325"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* just praised \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 21 Abraham \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*. 
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* that’s \w why|strong="G1352"\w* “\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* accepted \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G0846"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:22  \xt Quote from Genesis 15:6.\x* 
\v 23 \w These|strong="G3748"\w* words (“\w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* accepted”) \w were|strong="G3748"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 24 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* written \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*. \w God|strong="G1453"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* accept \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w handed|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* death \w to|strong="G2532"\w* make \w us|strong="G1453"\w* right \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G1453"\w*. 
\c 5  
\s1 Right With God 
\p
\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* made right \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, Christ \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w blessing|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* enjoy. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* happy \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sharing \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. 
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*. Why \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w*? \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \w patient|strong="G5281"\w*. 
\v 4 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w patience|strong="G5281"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w proof|strong="G1382"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* strong. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w proof|strong="G1382"\w* gives us \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. 
\v 5 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w disappoint|strong="G2617"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* know \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w poured|strong="G1325"\w* \w out|strong="G1325"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* fill \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. 
\p
\v 6 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* us \w when|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* unable \w to|strong="G2596"\w* help \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* living \w against|strong="G2596"\w* God, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* us. 
\v 7 \w Very|strong="G2532"\w* \w few|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w the|strong="G3588"\w* life \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* especially \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. 
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1438"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* showed \w how|strong="G3754"\w* much \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w loves|strong="G0026"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 \w We|strong="G3568"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* right \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* sacrifice \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3568"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* surely \w be|strong="G3123"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w*. 
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w made|strong="G4982"\w* friends \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* Son’s \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* fact \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* friends makes \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* certain \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* Son’s \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* saved, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* right \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* friends. 
\s1 Adam \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* 
\p
\v 12 \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*—\w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* Moses. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* God \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* consider \w people|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* if \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 14 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Adam|strong="G0076"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w Adam|strong="G0076"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* obeying God’s command. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sin|strong="G0264"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\p \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w Adam|strong="G0076"\w*, can \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w compared|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Christ, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* coming \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w*. 
\v 15 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w free|strong="G5486"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* Adam’s \w sin|strong="G3900"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G3900"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* received \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w*. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* received \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* life \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* other \w man|strong="G0444"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 16 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* Adam \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w* once, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* judged guilty. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* different. \w His|strong="G1223"\w* \w free|strong="G5486"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w sins|strong="G0264"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* makes \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 17 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* sinned, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* ruled \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* God’s \w full|strong="G4183"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* being made \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. Surely \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* true \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\p
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sin|strong="G3900"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Adam \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* punishment \w of|strong="G1223"\w* death \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w Christ|strong="G1520"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* something \w so|strong="G3767"\w* good \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* makes \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* God. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w brings|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w* \w true|strong="G3779"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\v 19 \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* disobeyed \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* became \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w* obeyed \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w*. 
\v 20 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* brought \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w more|strong="G5248"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G3900"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* way Adam \w did|strong="G4121"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w increased|strong="G4121"\w*, \w there|strong="G3757"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G5248"\w* \w of|strong="G5485"\w* God’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\v 21 \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* once used \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* rule \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* God gave \w us|strong="G1519"\w* more \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* could rule \w by|strong="G1722"\w* making \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w brings|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\c 6  
\s1 Dead to Sin but Alive in Christ 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* think \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* sinning \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* more \w and|strong="G5485"\w* more \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*? 
\v 2 \w Of|strong="G1722"\w* course \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w Our|strong="G1722"\w* old \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* ended. It’s \w dead|strong="G0599"\w*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* can \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*? 
\v 3 \w Did|strong="G0907"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* forget \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* became \w part|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w when|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w baptized|strong="G0907"\w*? \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* baptism \w we|strong="G3754"\w* shared \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w buried|strong="G4916"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* took \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wonderful power \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* can \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w a|strong="G3779"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* dying \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w rising|strong="G0386"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w as|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 6 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* our \w old|strong="G3820"\w* life \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w put|strong="G1097"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* death on \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cross \w with|strong="G4957"\w* Christ. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* our \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* selves \w would|strong="G0266"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* power over us. \w Then|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G0266"\w* \w not|strong="G3371"\w* \w be|strong="G0444"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 7 Anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* has \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* made free \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w sin’s|strong="G0266"\w* control. 
\p
\v 8 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w we|strong="G1487"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4800"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G0846"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w And|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* cannot \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w again|strong="G3765"\w*. \w Death|strong="G2288"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* power \w over|strong="G2961"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w now|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* Christ \w died|strong="G0599"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* defeat \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*—enough \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* new \w life|strong="G2198"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* new \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 11 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* see \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\p
\v 12 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* control \w your|strong="G1722"\w* life \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* earth. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G0846"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* self makes \w you|strong="G5210"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*. 
\v 13 Don’t offer \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* body \w to|strong="G2532"\w* serve \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. Don’t use \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G0093"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* offer \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w as|strong="G1438"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* died \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*. Offer \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* body \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* used \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w doing|strong="G0093"\w* good. 
\v 14 \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2961"\w* \w master|strong="G2961"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w now|strong="G1510"\w* live \w under|strong="G5259"\w* God’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\s1 Slaves \w of|strong="G5485"\w* Goodness 
\p
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* should \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*? Should \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w sin|strong="G0264"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*? \w Certainly|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*! 
\v 16 Surely \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* become \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* give \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*. Anything \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* follow \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G3936"\w* master. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* can follow \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* God. Following \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w brings|strong="G1510"\w* spiritual \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w but|strong="G1438"\w* \w obeying|strong="G5218"\w* God makes \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 17 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*—\w sin|strong="G0266"\w* controlled \w you|strong="G3739"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* fully \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* taught. 
\v 18 \w You|strong="G1659"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1402"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G1659"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1402"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* use \w this|strong="G3779"\w* example \w from|strong="G2532"\w* everyday \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need \w help|strong="G3936"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* understanding spiritual truths. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w you|strong="G5210"\w* offered \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* immoral \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sinful thoughts. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* lived \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sin. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* offer \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* live \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\p
\v 20 \w In|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1401"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G1343"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G3753"\w* think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\v 21 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w* evil \w things|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G2192"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2192"\w*. \w Did|strong="G2192"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* help \w you|strong="G3739"\w*? No, \w they|strong="G3767"\w* only brought \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1402"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* only \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*. 
\v 23 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* earn \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* pays—\w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* gives \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w free|strong="G5486"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w*—\w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\c 7  
\s1 An Example From Marriage 
\p
\v 1 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* Moses. \w So|strong="G3745"\w* surely \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* rules \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* only \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. 
\v 2 It’s like \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1135"\w*: \w A|strong="G1437"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w must|strong="G1135"\w* stay \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w to|strong="G1135"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* long \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w dies|strong="G0599"\w*, \w she|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* made free \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1135"\w*. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* marries \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3428"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w dies|strong="G0599"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* marriage. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* marries \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G0435"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w husband|strong="G0435"\w* \w dies|strong="G0599"\w*, \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* guilty \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3428"\w*. 
\p
\v 4 \w In|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*, \w my|strong="G1096"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* old selves \w died|strong="G2289"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* free \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G2289"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can \w be|strong="G1096"\w* used \w in|strong="G1519"\w* service \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 5 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* selves. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* made \w us|strong="G1519"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G4561"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* desires controlled \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w bodies|strong="G3196"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3551"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* only \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* spiritual \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 6 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* held \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* prisoners, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* old selves \w died|strong="G0599"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* made free \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* God \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* new \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* old \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* written rules. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* God \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
\s1 \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* Fight \w Against|strong="G0575"\w* Sin 
\p
\v 7 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* might think \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w am|strong="G1096"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same. \w That|strong="G1097"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* true. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w learn|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1487"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G3004"\w* want \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* mine. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w what|strong="G5101"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G3004"\w* someone else.”\x + \xo 7:7  \xt Quote from Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21.\x* 
\v 8 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* found \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* use \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* make \w me|strong="G1473"\w* want \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* weren’t \w mine|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w has|strong="G1473"\w* no power. 
\v 9 \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* knew \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* heard \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law’s \w command|strong="G1785"\w*, \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* began \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*, 
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* spiritually. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* meant \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w* \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* found \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fool \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* using \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* make \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\p
\v 12 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Does|strong="G1096"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* mean \w that|strong="G2443"\w* something \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w brought|strong="G1096"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* used \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* bring \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* shows how terrible \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* really \w is|strong="G0018"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* can use \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* produce \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* shows \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w its|strong="G1223"\w* very worst. 
\s1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* War Inside Us 
\p
\v 14 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4152"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w human|strong="G4560"\w*. \w Sin|strong="G0266"\w* rules \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w its|strong="G5259"\w* slave. 
\v 15 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G4160"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G4160"\w* good \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w and|strong="G4160"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G4160"\w* evil \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w*. 
\v 16 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* means \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w agree|strong="G4852"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. 
\v 17 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* really \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G2716"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w does|strong="G2716"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*—\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* spiritual. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. 
\v 19 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 20 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 21 \w So|strong="G0686"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* learned \w this|strong="G3588"\w* rule: \w When|strong="G2147"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*, \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G0686"\w* \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\v 22 \w In|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G2596"\w* mind \w I|strong="G2316"\w* am happy \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* working \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* body. \w That|strong="G0991"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* makes \w war|strong="G0497"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G0991"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w* accepts. \w That|strong="G0991"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* working \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* body \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G0991"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* makes \w me|strong="G1473"\w* its \w prisoner|strong="G0163"\w*. 
\v 24 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w a|strong="G0444"\w* miserable \w person|strong="G0444"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* save \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* brings \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*? 
\v 25 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* salvation \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*! 
\p \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G2316"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* slave \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G2316"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* self \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* slave \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\c 8  
\s1 Life in the Spirit 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G0686"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* judged guilty. 
\v 2 \w That|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3551"\w* brings \w life|strong="G2222"\w* made \w you|strong="G4771"\w*\f + \fr 8:2  \fk you \ft Some Greek copies have “me.” Also in the next sentence.\f* \w free|strong="G1659"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* made \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3551"\w* brings \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* power \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* made \w weak|strong="G0770"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0266"\w* selves. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* did \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w could|strong="G0102"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*: \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G4561"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2532"\w* uses \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* offering \w to|strong="G2532"\w* pay \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* used \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w life|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 4 \w He|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G4043"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* right \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* said \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* sinful selves. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G5426"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* sinful selves \w think|strong="G5426"\w* only \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* want. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G5426"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* wants \w them|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 6 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* thinking \w is|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful self, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4151"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* thinking \w is|strong="G3588"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Why|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* true? \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* anyone whose thinking \w is|strong="G2316"\w* controlled \w by|strong="G4561"\w* their sinful self \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G1410"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* obey \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* really \w they|strong="G1410"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* obey \w it|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* sinful selves \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w please|strong="G0700"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* sinful \w selves|strong="G0846"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* really \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w whoever|strong="G1487"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2192"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Your|strong="G1487"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w will|strong="G4151"\w* \w always|strong="G1223"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gives|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* made \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* God. 
\v 11 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2227"\w* \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1161"\w*, \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w raise|strong="G1453"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G2227"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* ruled \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* sinful selves. \w We|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* sinful selves want. 
\v 13 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* use \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* do \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* sinful selves want, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w spiritually|strong="G4151"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* use \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Spirit’s help \w to|strong="G3195"\w* stop doing \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w things|strong="G3195"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* do \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G2289"\w* true \w life|strong="G2198"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w The|strong="G1510"\w* true children \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w lead|strong="G0071"\w* \w them|strong="G0071"\w*. 
\v 15 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1397"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G3962"\w* causes \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* makes \w us|strong="G1519"\w* God’s chosen children. \w And|strong="G3962"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w cry|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w*, “\tl \+w Abba|strong="G0005"\+w*\tl*,\f + \fr 8:15  \fk Abba \ft An Aramaic word that was used by Jewish children as a name for their fathers.\f* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.” 
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* speaks \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* makes us sure \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. 
\v 17 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* get \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blessings \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G2443"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* people. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* give us \w all|strong="G1512"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* given \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* must \w suffer|strong="G4841"\w* like \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* suffered. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* share \w his|strong="G2532"\w* glory. 
\s1 \w We|strong="G1487"\w* \w Will|strong="G2316"\w* \w Have|strong="G2532"\w* Glory \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Future 
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\v 18 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w sufferings|strong="G3804"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* compared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* given \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 19 Everything \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* excitement \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time when \w he|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* show \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2316"\w* children \w are|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* whole world wants very much \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* happen. 
\v 20 Everything \w God|strong="G5293"\w* made \w was|strong="G3588"\w* allowed \w to|strong="G1909"\w* become like something \w that|strong="G1223"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* fulfill \w its|strong="G1223"\w* purpose. \w That|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w its|strong="G1223"\w* choice, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w God|strong="G5293"\w* made \w it|strong="G1223"\w* happen \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w view|strong="G1223"\w*: 
\v 21 \w That|strong="G3748"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* made \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* ruin—\w that|strong="G3748"\w* everything \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* God made \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* waiting \w until|strong="G0891"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* pain like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* woman ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* give birth \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* child. 
\v 23 \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* pain \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G0536"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* promise. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* finish making \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* children. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* mean \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* made free. 
\v 24 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* already \w have|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w hoping|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* something \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* have \w yet|strong="G1161"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* patiently. 
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\v 26 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w helps|strong="G4878"\w* us. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w weak|strong="G0769"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w helps|strong="G4878"\w* us \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w weakness|strong="G0769"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* speaks \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* us. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* begs \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* us, speaking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* feelings \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w deep|strong="G0215"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w words|strong="G0215"\w*. 
\v 27 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* already \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* deepest thoughts. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* understands \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w saying|strong="G3754"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* speaks \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* agrees \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants. 
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\v 28 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* works \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w him|strong="G0025"\w*. \w These|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* plan. 
\v 29 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* knew \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters. 
\v 30 God planned \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w his|strong="G3739"\w* Son. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* chose \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* made \w them|strong="G3739"\w* right \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w them|strong="G3739"\w* right, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* gave \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w glory|strong="G1392"\w*. 
\s1 God’s Love \w in|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* 
\p
\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w no|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* stand \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 32 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* let \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* suffer \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* surely \w give|strong="G5483"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 33 \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* can accuse \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*? No \w one|strong="G3588"\w*! \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w them|strong="G2596"\w* right. 
\v 34 \w Who|strong="G3739"\w* can \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* guilty? No \w one|strong="G3739"\w*! \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w death|strong="G0599"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side, speaking \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 35 Can \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* us \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Christ’s|strong="G5547"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*? Can \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* problems \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* us \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his|strong="G2228"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*? If \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* no food \w or|strong="G2228"\w* clothes \w or|strong="G2228"\w* face \w danger|strong="G2794"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* even death, \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G2228"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* us \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w his|strong="G2228"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*? 
\v 36 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, 
\b
\q1 “\w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1125"\w* danger \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w death|strong="G2289"\w* \w all|strong="G3650"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*. 
\q2 \w People|strong="G3588"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* worth no more than \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w to|strong="G2289"\w* be killed.” \rq Psalm 44:22\rq* 
\b
\p
\v 37 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* troubles \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* victory \w through|strong="G1223"\w* God, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* shown \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 38-39 Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God’s love—not death, life, angels, or ruling spirits. I am sure that nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us or nothing below us—nothing in the whole created world—will ever be able to separate us from the love God has shown us in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
\c 9  
\s1 God and the Jewish People 
\p
\v 1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G4151"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lying|strong="G5574"\w*. \w And|strong="G4151"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w*, ruled \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, agrees \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G0225"\w*. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w sorrow|strong="G3077"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* always feel \w much|strong="G3173"\w* \w sadness|strong="G3077"\w* 
\v 3 \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters, \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w earthly|strong="G4561"\w* family. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w wish|strong="G2172"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could help \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* curse \w on|strong="G0575"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* cut \w myself|strong="G0846"\w* \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* if \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* help \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 4 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* Israel, God’s chosen children. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* God \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreements \w he|strong="G2532"\w* made \w between|strong="G2532"\w* himself \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. God gave \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Law|strong="G3548"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* Moses, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Temple \w worship|strong="G2999"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*. 
\v 5 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* descendants \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w earthly|strong="G4561"\w* family \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. Praise \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*!\f + \fr 9:5  \fk Messiah, who is … forever! \ft Or “Messiah. May God, who rules over all things, be praised forever!”\f* \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 
\p
\v 6 \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w mean|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* keep \w his|strong="G3956"\w* promise \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jewish \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w some|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* really \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.\f + \fr 9:6  \fk God’s people \ft Literally, “Israel,” the people God chose to bring his blessings to the world.\f* 
\v 7 \w And|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G0235"\w* some \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w Abraham’s|strong="G0011"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* true \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G5043"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. \w This|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G0235"\w* God said \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*: “\w Your|strong="G3956"\w* true \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:7  \xt Quote from Genesis 21:12.\x* 
\v 8 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* Abraham’s \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* true \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. Abraham’s true \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* become \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w because|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* made \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham. 
\v 9 \w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* God \w said|strong="G3056"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*: “\w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w next|strong="G2064"\w* year \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* back, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:9  \xt Quote from Genesis 18:10, 14.\x* 
\p
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w*. Rebecca \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* sons, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*. 
\v 11-12 But before the two sons were born, God told Rebecca, “The older son will serve the younger.”\x + \xo 9:11-12  \xt Quote from Genesis 25:23.\x* This was before the boys had done anything good or bad. God said this before they were born so that the boy he wanted would be chosen because of God’s own plan. He was chosen because he was the one God wanted to call, not because of anything the boys did. 
\v 13 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w loved|strong="G0025"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:13  \xt Quote from Malachi 1:2-3.\x* 
\p
\v 14 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*? \w That|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* fair? \w We|strong="G3767"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 15 \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* pity \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* choose.”\x + \xo 9:15  \xt Quote from Exodus 33:19.\x* 
\v 16 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* choose anyone \w he|strong="G3767"\w* decides \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G3761"\w* choice \w does|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* try \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2309"\w*. 
\v 17 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*: “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* king \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* could \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* announced \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G1093"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:17  \xt Quote from Exodus 9:16.\x* 
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w God|strong="G1653"\w* \w shows|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* makes stubborn \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* make stubborn. 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*, “If \w God|strong="G0846"\w* controls \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* blame \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G0436"\w* sins?” 
\v 20 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G3779"\w* \w human|strong="G0444"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* question \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w A|strong="G1510"\w* clay jar \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* question \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w*. \w It|strong="G4160"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w*?” 
\v 21 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w jar|strong="G4632"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* anything \w he|strong="G0846"\w* wants. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* uses \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w clay|strong="G4081"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* different \w things|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* might \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* special purposes \w and|strong="G1161"\w* another \w for|strong="G1519"\w* daily \w use|strong="G2192"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* let \w people|strong="G0846"\w* see \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w power|strong="G1415"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3115"\w* \w endured|strong="G5342"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w*—\w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed. 
\v 23 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* waited \w with|strong="G1909"\w* patience \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w make|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w riches|strong="G4149"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* chosen \w to|strong="G1519"\w* receive \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* already \w prepared|strong="G4282"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* share \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. 
\v 24 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones God chose \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*. 
\v 25 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* book \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Hosea|strong="G5617"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w*— 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. 
\q1 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2564"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w*— 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w*.” \rq Hosea 2:23\rq* 
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\m
\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w Where|strong="G3757"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G2046"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past, 
\q2 ‘\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* people’— 
\q2 \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* children \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \rq Hosea 1:10\rq* 
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\v 27 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w cries|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* many \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, 
\q2 \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* grains \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w sand|strong="G0285"\w* \w by|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* only \w a|strong="G5613"\w* few \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. 
\q2
\v 28 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w quickly|strong="G4932"\w* finish judging \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 10:22-23\rq* 
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\v 29 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* All-Powerful 
\q2 allowed \w some|strong="G5613"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* live. 
\q1 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w*, 
\q2 \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 1:9\rq* 
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\v 30 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w*? \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G3754"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* trying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G3361"\w* themselves \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\v 31 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* people \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w who|strong="G3756"\w* tried \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* God \w by|strong="G1519"\w* following \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w did|strong="G5348"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* succeed. 
\v 32 \w They|strong="G3754"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* tried \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w themselves|strong="G5613"\w* right \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w*. \w They|strong="G3754"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trust \w in|strong="G4102"\w* God \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w make|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w* right. \w They|strong="G3754"\w* fell \w over|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* makes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* fall. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures talk \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w Look|strong="G2400"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* stumble. 
\q2 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G5087"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* fall. 
\q1 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* 
\q2 \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* disappointed.” \rq Isaiah 8:14; 28:16\rq* 
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\c  10  
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\v 1 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w most|strong="G5228"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* saved. \w That|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w prayer|strong="G1162"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="G3754"\w* can say \w this|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*: \w They|strong="G0846"\w* really try hard \w to|strong="G2596"\w* follow \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* know \w the|strong="G2192"\w* right \w way|strong="G2596"\w*. 
\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G0050"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* way \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* makes \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G2476"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tried|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w make|strong="G2476"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2398"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* way. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* accept \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* way \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w making|strong="G2476"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* ended \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* made \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* God. 
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\v 5 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w writes|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G0444"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* says, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w obeys|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:5  \xt Quote from Leviticus 18:5.\x* 
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w right|strong="G3779"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*: “\w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?’” (\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G0305"\w* \w up|strong="G0305"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w him|strong="G2609"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* earth?”) 
\v 7 “\w And|strong="G2597"\w* don’t say, ‘\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* world below?’” (\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G2597"\w* \w bring|strong="G0321"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*?”) 
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\v 8 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: “God’s \w teaching|strong="G4487"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w near|strong="G1451"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*; \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:8  \xt Quotes from Deuteronomy 30:12-14.\x* \w It|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 9 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* openly say, “\w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* Jesus deep \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G4100"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G2588"\w* \w made|strong="G3670"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* God. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* openly say \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3670"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G2588"\w* saved. 
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\v 11 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* disappointed.”\x + \xo 10:11  \xt Quote from Isaiah 28:16.\x* 
\v 12 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* says \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* difference \w between|strong="G0846"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* richly blesses \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* looks \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* help. 
\v 13 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, “\w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* trusts \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*\f + \fr 10:13  \fk who trusts in the Lord \ft Literally, “who calls on the name of the Lord,” meaning to show faith in him by worshiping him or praying to him for help.\f* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:13  \xt Quote from Joel 2:32.\x* 
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\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G0191"\w* can pray \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* Lord \w for|strong="G1519"\w* help, \w they|strong="G3767"\w* must \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* can \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* Lord, \w they|strong="G3767"\w* must \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* Lord, \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* must tell \w them|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 15 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w anyone|strong="G1437"\w* can go \w and|strong="G1161"\w* tell \w them|strong="G0649"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G0018"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, “\w How|strong="G4459"\w* wonderful \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w to|strong="G0018"\w* see someone coming \w to|strong="G0018"\w* tell \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w*!”\x + \xo 10:15  \xt Quote from Isaiah 52:7.\x* 
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\v 16 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* accepted \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w good|strong="G2098"\w* \w news|strong="G0189"\w*. \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*?”\x + \xo 10:16  \xt Quote from Isaiah 53:1.\x* 
\v 17 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* comes \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w hearing|strong="G0189"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Good \w News|strong="G0189"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Good \w News|strong="G0189"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* someone tells \w them|strong="G1223"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G0191"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Good News?” \w Yes|strong="G0235"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*—\w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w Their|strong="G0846"\w* voices \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* around \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*. 
\q2 \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* everywhere \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*.” \rq Psalm 19:4\rq* 
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\m
\v 19 Again \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w*?” \w Yes|strong="G0235"\w*, \w they|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G1097"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1484"\w* use \w those|strong="G1097"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w are|strong="G1484"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* really \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G3863"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w jealous|strong="G3863"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1484"\w* use \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w nation|strong="G1484"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w does|strong="G1097"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w make|strong="G3863"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* angry.” \rq Deuteronomy 32:21\rq* 
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\m
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w bold|strong="G0662"\w* enough \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w looking|strong="G2212"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*— 
\q2 \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* known \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2147"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 65:1\rq* 
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\m
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w All|strong="G3650"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* stood ready \w to|strong="G4314"\w* accept \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w stubborn|strong="G0483"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 65:2\rq* 
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\c  11  
\s1 God Has Not Forgotten His People 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Did|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* force \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* leave \w him|strong="G0846"\w*?” \w Of|strong="G1537"\w* course \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G0846"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w Israelite|strong="G2475"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* family \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="G0958"\w*. 
\v 2 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Israelites \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G2992"\w* born. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* force \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* leave. Surely \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* praying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\v 3 “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w killed|strong="G0615"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w altars|strong="G2379"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G2212"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w prophet|strong="G4396"\w* still living, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2212"\w* \w kill|strong="G0615"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.”\x + \xo 11:3  \xt Quote from 1 Kings 19:10, 14.\x* 
\v 4 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* answer \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* Elijah? \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w kept|strong="G2641"\w* \w for|strong="G3004"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \w seven|strong="G2035"\w* \w thousand|strong="G2035"\w* \w men|strong="G0435"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* given worship \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w Baal|strong="G0896"\w*.”\x + \xo 11:4  \xt Quote from 1 Kings 19:18.\x* 
\p
\v 5 \w It|strong="G3779"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*. God \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* few \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\v 6 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* chose them \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* them \w his|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G1096"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w*, \w his|strong="G1096"\w* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* really \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*: \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* wanted God’s blessing, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G3767"\w* \w did|strong="G3767"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* get \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* chose \w did|strong="G3767"\w* get \w his|strong="G3739"\w* blessing, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3062"\w* became hard \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G5101"\w* listen \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 8 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* fall asleep.” \rq Isaiah 29:10\rq* 
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\q1 “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* closed \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* closed \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w*. 
\q1 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* continues \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.” \rq Deuteronomy 29:4\rq* 
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\m
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* caught \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trapped \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* feasts. 
\q2 \w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* fall \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* punished. 
\q1
\v 10 \w Let|strong="G4654"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* closed \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*. 
\q2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G4654"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* troubled forever.” \rq Psalm 69:22-23\rq* 
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\v 11 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*: \w When|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w fell|strong="G4098"\w*, \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* destroy \w them|strong="G0846"\w*? \w No|strong="G3361"\w*! \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* mistake \w brought|strong="G1519"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* Jews. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w purpose|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G3863"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w jealous|strong="G3863"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* mistake brought rich blessings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* lost brought rich blessings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w will|strong="G1484"\w* get \w much|strong="G4214"\w* richer blessings \w when|strong="G2532"\w* enough Jews become \w the|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* wants. 
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\v 13 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w apostle|strong="G0652"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* work, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* best \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* hope \w I|strong="G1473"\w* can \w make|strong="G3863"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w jealous|strong="G3863"\w*. \w That|strong="G0846"\w* \w way|strong="G0846"\w*, maybe \w I|strong="G1473"\w* can help \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. 
\v 15 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* turned away \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews. \w When|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* became friends \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w when|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* accepts \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* bringing \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
\v 16 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G0536"\w* \w piece|strong="G0536"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* bread \w is|strong="G3588"\w* offered \w to|strong="G2532"\w* God, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* whole loaf \w is|strong="G3588"\w* made \w holy|strong="G0040"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* tree \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tree’s \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w branch|strong="G2798"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w wild|strong="G0065"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* first \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Jew, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w wild|strong="G0065"\w* \w branch|strong="G2798"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* share \w the|strong="G3588"\w* strength \w and|strong="G2532"\w* life \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* first \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. 
\v 18 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* act \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* better \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* broken off. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* reason \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* proud \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* give life \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w* gives life \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. 
\v 19 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w might|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w were|strong="G2798"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* could \w be|strong="G3767"\w* joined \w to|strong="G2443"\w* their tree.” 
\v 20 \w That|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* true. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* branches \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2573"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* believe. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* continue \w to|strong="G2573"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* part \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tree \w only|strong="G0235"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* believe. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* proud, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. 
\v 21 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G5339"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* let \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w natural|strong="G5449"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* tree stay, \w he|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* let \w you|strong="G4771"\w* stay \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* stop believing. 
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\v 22 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* kind, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* strict. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* punishes \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* stop following \w him|strong="G3708"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* kind \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* don’t \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* depending \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3708"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w off|strong="G1581"\w* \w from|strong="G4098"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tree. 
\v 23 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w will|strong="G2316"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* accept \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G3825"\w* put \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w back|strong="G3825"\w* where \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\v 24 \w It|strong="G1581"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w natural|strong="G5449"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w wild|strong="G0065"\w* branch \w to|strong="G1519"\w* become part \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* good \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* branch \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* \w wild|strong="G0065"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* good \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* branch \w that|strong="G3778"\w* grew \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* good \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w they|strong="G2532"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w understand|strong="G0050"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* secret truth, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* truth \w will|strong="G1510"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w understand|strong="G0050"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G0050"\w* everything. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* truth \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: \w Part|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* stubborn, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* change \w when|strong="G1096"\w* enough non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* God. 
\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w how|strong="G3779"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G3956"\w* Savior \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w*; 
\q2 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* take \w away|strong="G0654"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* evil \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* family \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* make \w this|strong="G3778"\w* agreement \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* 
\q2 \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w take|strong="G0851"\w* \w away|strong="G0851"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9\rq* 
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\v 28 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Jews refuse \w to|strong="G2596"\w* accept \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*, \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* God’s \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3962"\w* Jews. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* still God’s \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* loves \w them|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* promises \w he|strong="G1161"\w* made \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*. 
\v 29 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* never changes \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* calls. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* never decides \w to|strong="G2532"\w* take back \w the|strong="G3588"\w* blessings \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* given them. 
\v 30 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G4218"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* refused \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G1653"\w* \w received|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews refused \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w*. 
\v 31 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w*, \w because|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w showed|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* can \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 32 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G1653"\w* refused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3956"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* put \w them|strong="G2443"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* together \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* don’t obey \w him|strong="G2443"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3956"\w* can \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\s1 Praise \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* 
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\v 33 Yes, \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w riches|strong="G4149"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* great! \w His|strong="G0846"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* no end! No \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can explain \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* decides. No \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can understand \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w*. 
\v 34 \w As|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1097"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* can \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w on|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G1097"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*? 
\q2 \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* able \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w give|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* advice?” \rq Isaiah 40:13\rq* 
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\v 35 “\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* ever \w given|strong="G4272"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w*? 
\q2 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* owes nothing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G0846"\w*.” \rq Job 41:11\rq* 
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\v 36 Yes, \w God|strong="G0846"\w* made \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* continues \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*! \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 
\c 12  
\s1 Give Your Lives to God 
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\v 1 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* sisters, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* great \w mercy|strong="G3628"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* shown us, offer \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w*\f + \fr 12:1  \fk lives \ft Literally, “bodies.” Paul is using the language of Old Testament animal sacrifice to express the idea of a complete giving of oneself to God.\f* \w as|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w*—\w an|strong="G3870"\w* offering \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* only \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w*. Considering \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3767"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* only right \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G0080"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* \w him|strong="G3870"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* change \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w world|strong="G0165"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w let|strong="G1381"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* change \w you|strong="G5210"\w* inside \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w thinking|strong="G3563"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \w and|strong="G2532"\w* accept \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* special \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* better \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* really \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* see \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*. Decide \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. 
\v 4 Each \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w*. \w These|strong="G3588"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w thing|strong="G1520"\w*. 
\v 5 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w part|strong="G3196"\w* \w belongs|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w different|strong="G1313"\w* \w gifts|strong="G5486"\w*. \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* came \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G1325"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w prophecy|strong="G4394"\w* should \w use|strong="G2192"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* fits \w the|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* has \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w serving|strong="G1248"\w* should \w serve|strong="G1248"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* has \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* should \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1653"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* comforting \w others|strong="G3588"\w* should do \w that|strong="G3870"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1653"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* giving \w to|strong="G1722"\w* help \w others|strong="G3588"\w* should give generously. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1653"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* leading should work hard \w at|strong="G1722"\w* it. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1653"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* gift \w of|strong="G1722"\w* showing kindness \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* should do it gladly. 
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\v 9 \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G0018"\w* real. Hate \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*. Do only \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Love|strong="G5360"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* a way \w that|strong="G0240"\w* makes \w you|strong="G1519"\w* feel close like brothers \w and|strong="G5092"\w* sisters. \w And|strong="G5092"\w* \w give|strong="G4285"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* more \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* than \w you|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G4285"\w* yourself. 
\v 11 As \w you|strong="G3361"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, work hard \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2962"\w* \w lazy|strong="G3636"\w*. \w Be|strong="G2962"\w* excited \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w serving|strong="G1398"\w* him! 
\v 12 Be happy because \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w you|strong="G5463"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w*. Be patient \w when|strong="G5463"\w* \w you|strong="G5463"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w troubles|strong="G2347"\w*. Pray \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time. 
\v 13 \w Share|strong="G2841"\w* \w with|strong="G0040"\w* God’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* help. Look \w for|strong="G5532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* help \w and|strong="G0040"\w* welcome \w them|strong="G1377"\w* into \w your|strong="G3588"\w* homes. 
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\v 14 Wish \w only|strong="G2532"\w* good \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* treat \w you|strong="G5210"\w* badly. Ask God \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w them|strong="G1377"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w curse|strong="G2672"\w* \w them|strong="G1377"\w*. 
\v 15 \w When|strong="G5463"\w* others are happy, \w you|strong="G5463"\w* should \w be|strong="G3326"\w* happy \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3326"\w*. \w And|strong="G2799"\w* \w when|strong="G5463"\w* others are sad, \w you|strong="G5463"\w* should \w be|strong="G3326"\w* sad too. 
\v 16 \w Live|strong="G5426"\w* \w together|strong="G3844"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* peace \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* proud, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* friends \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* important \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* smarter \w than|strong="G3844"\w* everyone else. 
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\v 17 If \w someone|strong="G0444"\w* \w does|strong="G4306"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*, \w don’t|strong="G3367"\w* try \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w pay|strong="G0591"\w* \w them|strong="G1799"\w* \w back|strong="G0591"\w* \w by|strong="G0444"\w* hurting \w them|strong="G1799"\w*. Try \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w do|strong="G0591"\w* \w what|strong="G2556"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* thinks \w is|strong="G0444"\w* \w right|strong="G2570"\w*. 
\v 18 Do \w the|strong="G3956"\w* best \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w live|strong="G1514"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w peace|strong="G1514"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 19 \w My|strong="G1325"\w* friends, \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* try \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w punish|strong="G1556"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G3004"\w* \w wrong|strong="G1557"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w*. Wait \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w punish|strong="G1556"\w* \w them|strong="G1325"\w* \w with|strong="G1438"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w*. \w In|strong="G1125"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* punishes; 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w pay|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G1325"\w*.” \rq Deuteronomy 32:35\rq* 
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\v 20 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*, 
\q2 \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* something \w to|strong="G1909"\w* eat. 
\q1 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*, 
\q2 \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* something \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w*. 
\q1 \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* feel ashamed.\f + \fr 12:20  \fk you will make them feel ashamed \ft Literally, “you will pour burning coals on their head.” People in Old Testament times often put ashes on their heads to show that they were sad or sorry.\f*” \rq Proverbs 25:21-22\rq* 
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\v 21 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* let \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* defeat \w you|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* defeat \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. 
\c 13  
\s1 Obey Your Government Rulers 
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\v 1 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* obey \w the|strong="G3956"\w* government rulers. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w was|strong="G1510"\w* given \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1849"\w* rule \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rule \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* given \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1849"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* against \w the|strong="G3588"\w* government \w is|strong="G2316"\w* really against something \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* commanded. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* against \w the|strong="G3588"\w* government \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w punishment|strong="G2917"\w* \w on|strong="G1849"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 3 \w People|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rulers|strong="G0758"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* free \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*? \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w praise|strong="G1868"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w*. 
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\v 4 Rulers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* reason \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* power \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* use \w it|strong="G4160"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w servants|strong="G1249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*. 
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* obey \w the|strong="G3588"\w* government, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w just|strong="G3440"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* know \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* right \w thing|strong="G3441"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w why|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w pay|strong="G5055"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3778"\w* rulers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* working \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* give \w all|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* time \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* work \w of|strong="G1223"\w* ruling. 
\v 7 \w Give|strong="G0591"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* owe them. If \w you|strong="G3956"\w* owe them \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w tax|strong="G5411"\w*, \w then|strong="G3956"\w* \w pay|strong="G0591"\w* \w it|strong="G0591"\w*. Show \w respect|strong="G5092"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* should \w respect|strong="G5092"\w*. \w And|strong="G5092"\w* show \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* should \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*. 
\s1 Loving \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Only Law 
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\v 8 \w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w owe|strong="G3784"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3367"\w* \w to|strong="G3784"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w*, \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3551"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3367"\w* always \w owe|strong="G3784"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w to|strong="G3784"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G2087"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w loves|strong="G0025"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w has|strong="G4137"\w* done \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* commands. 
\v 9 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* law \w says|strong="G3056"\w*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w what|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*.”\x + \xo 13:9  \xt Quote from Exodus 20:13-15, 17.\x* \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w commands|strong="G1785"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* really \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* rule: “\w Love|strong="G0025"\w* \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w*\f + \fr 13:9  \fk your neighbor \ft Or “others.” Jesus’ teaching in Luke 10:25-37 makes clear that this includes anyone in need.\f* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.”\x + \xo 13:9  \xt Quote from Leviticus 19:18.\x* 
\v 10 \w Love|strong="G0026"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* hurt \w others|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* loving \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same \w as|strong="G4139"\w* obeying \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* live \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2228"\w* important \w time|strong="G2540"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* wake \w up|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w*. \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w nearer|strong="G1452"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* first \w believed|strong="G4100"\w*. 
\v 12 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w almost|strong="G4298"\w* finished. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w almost|strong="G4298"\w* here. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* should stop \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* whatever belongs \w to|strong="G3571"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* should prepare ourselves \w to|strong="G3571"\w* fight evil \w with|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w weapons|strong="G3696"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* belong \w to|strong="G3571"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*. 
\v 13 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* right \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* wild parties \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* drunk. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* involved \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w sexual|strong="G2845"\w* sin \w or|strong="G2532"\w* any kind \w of|strong="G2250"\w* immoral behavior. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* cause arguments \w and|strong="G2532"\w* trouble \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* jealous. 
\v 14 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2424"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* see \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* see \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* think \w about|strong="G1519"\w* how \w to|strong="G1519"\w* satisfy \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desires|strong="G1939"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* sinful self. 
\c 14  
\s1 Don’t Criticize Others 
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\v 1 \w Be|strong="G3361"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w accept|strong="G4355"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* still \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w doubts|strong="G1261"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* believers can \w do|strong="G3361"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* argue \w with|strong="G1519"\w* them \w about|strong="G1519"\w* their different \w ideas|strong="G1261"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* can \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w food|strong="G5315"\w*,\f + \fr 14:2  \fk any kind of food \ft The Jewish law said there were some foods that Jews could not eat. When they became followers of Christ, some of them did not understand that they could now eat all foods.\f* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* doubts \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* only \w vegetables|strong="G3001"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* know \w they|strong="G0846"\w* can \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* any kind \w of|strong="G2316"\w* food \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* feel \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* better \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* only vegetables. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* only vegetables \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* decide \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* foods \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4355"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 4 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* cannot \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* servants \w of|strong="G2962"\w* someone \w else|strong="G2228"\w*. \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* decides if \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* doing right \w or|strong="G2228"\w* wrong. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* servants \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* right, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1414"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w make|strong="G2476"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* right. 
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\v 5 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w might|strong="G3956"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* important \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w another|strong="G2250"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w might|strong="G3956"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* should \w be|strong="G3956"\w* sure \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* beliefs \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* important \w than|strong="G2532"\w* other \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G2250"\w* food \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2168"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* food. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* foods \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2168"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* don’t \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 8 \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w*, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w dying|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w or|strong="G5037"\w* \w dying|strong="G0599"\w*, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\v 9 \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rose \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*—\w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2961"\w* \w over|strong="G2961"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister \w in|strong="G2316"\w* Christ? \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* better \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w*? \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* us \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “‘\w As|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*,’ \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, 
\q2 ‘\w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bow|strong="G2578"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*; 
\q2 \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.’” \rq Isaiah 45:23\rq* 
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\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* explain \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G3056"\w*. 
\s1 Don’t \w Cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* Sin 
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G0080"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w judging|strong="G2919"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w*. Let’s decide \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w anything|strong="G0235"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w cause|strong="G4625"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* problem \w for|strong="G2228"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister \w or|strong="G2228"\w* hurt their faith. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* food \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* believes \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w*. 
\p
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w hurt|strong="G3076"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w or|strong="G3361"\w* sister \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* something \w you|strong="G4771"\w* eat, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* really \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w destroy|strong="G0622"\w* anyone’s \w faith|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* eating something \w they|strong="G3739"\w* think \w is|strong="G3739"\w* wrong. \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* allow \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w for|strong="G0018"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G0018"\w* become something \w they|strong="G3767"\w* say \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w evil|strong="G0987"\w*. 
\v 17 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4213"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* important. \w Here|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* important: \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w life|strong="G4151"\w*, \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*—\w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w serves|strong="G1398"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* living \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w others|strong="G0444"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* let’s try \w as|strong="G1519"\w* hard \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*. Let’s \w do|strong="G2532"\w* whatever \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* grow stronger \w in|strong="G1519"\w* faith. 
\v 20 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* let \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* right \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G0444"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* something \w that|strong="G3956"\w* hurts \w the|strong="G3956"\w* faith \w of|strong="G1223"\w* another \w person|strong="G0444"\w*. 
\v 21 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w better|strong="G2570"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w meat|strong="G2907"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* hurts \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G4350"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister. 
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\v 22 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* beliefs \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* secret between \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* blessing \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* right \w without|strong="G3361"\w* feeling guilty. 
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* right \w is|strong="G1510"\w* doing wrong. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* right. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* believe \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* right, \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\c 15  
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\v 1 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* us \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* problem \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* patient \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w strong|strong="G1415"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* doubts. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases us 
\v 2 \w but|strong="G1473"\w* do \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases them \w and|strong="G0018"\w* \w is|strong="G0018"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* their \w good|strong="G0018"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* should do whatever helps \w everyone|strong="G1538"\w* grow stronger \w in|strong="G1519"\w* faith. 
\v 3 \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G0700"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* live trying \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w please|strong="G0700"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* insulted \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* insulted \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”\x + \xo 15:3  \xt Quote from Psalm 69:9.\x* 
\v 4 \w Everything|strong="G3745"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* teach \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3745"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w patience|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* give \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 5 \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w patience|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* come \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w agree|strong="G5426"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* wants. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w together|strong="G3661"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* give \w glory|strong="G1392"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4355"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w accept|strong="G4355"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w*\f + \fr 15:7  \fk honor \ft Or “glory.” See “glory” in the Word List.\f* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* their great \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*. 
\v 9 Christ \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1392"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* could \w praise|strong="G1843"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G1223"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1843"\w* thanks \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*; 
\q2 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w sing|strong="G5567"\w* \w praise|strong="G1843"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1392"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.” \rq Psalm 18:49\rq* 
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\m
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w together|strong="G3326"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.” \rq Deuteronomy 32:43\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 11 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w also|strong="G2532"\w* say, 
\b
\q1 “\w Praise|strong="G1867"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w other|strong="G3825"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*; 
\q2 \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w praise|strong="G1867"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.” \rq Psalm 117:1\rq* 
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\m
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “Someone \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G0757"\w* Jesse’s family.\f + \fr 15:12  \fk Jesse’s family \ft Jesse was the father of David, king of Israel. Jesus was from their family.\f* 
\q2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w rule|strong="G0757"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w*, 
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* put \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 11:10\rq* 
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\v 13 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* pray \w that|strong="G4100"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* gives \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w fill|strong="G4137"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* much \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* trust \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w have|strong="G4052"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* flow out \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
\s1 Paul Talks \w About|strong="G1722"\w* \w His|strong="G3956"\w* Work 
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\v 14 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* know \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* doubt \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w full|strong="G3324"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w goodness|strong="G0019"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* need. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* counsel \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*. 
\v 15 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G5112"\w* openly \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* wanted \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* remember. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* special \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*: 
\v 16 \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* servant \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* Jews. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* serve like \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w priest|strong="G2418"\w* whose duty \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* tell \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w Good|strong="G1510"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w*. \w He|strong="G1510"\w* gave \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* work \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* accept—\w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w That|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* why \w I|strong="G3767"\w* feel \w so|strong="G3767"\w* good \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* done \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* service \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G5111"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w talk|strong="G3056"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G2716"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* non-Jewish \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2716"\w*. 
\v 19 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* obeyed \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w miraculous|strong="G1411"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w*—\w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* told \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* every \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Illyricum|strong="G2437"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G4137"\w* \w that|strong="G5620"\w* \w part|strong="G1473"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work. 
\v 20 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* always want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Good|strong="G2097"\w* \w News|strong="G2097"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* places \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* heard \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* want \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* work \w that|strong="G2443"\w* someone else \w has|strong="G5547"\w* already started. 
\v 21 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures say, 
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\q1 “\w Those|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w told|strong="G0312"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 52:15\rq* 
\s1 \w Paul’s|strong="G0846"\w* Plan \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Visit Rome 
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\v 22 That’s \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* kept me \w so|strong="G2532"\w* busy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prevented|strong="G1465"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* times. 
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\v 23 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* finished \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w areas|strong="G5117"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\v 24 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*. \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w am|strong="G4198"\w* \w traveling|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stay \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enjoy \w being|strong="G4771"\w* \w with|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can \w help|strong="G4311"\w* \w me|strong="G4311"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* trip. 
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\v 25 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G4198"\w* \w going|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help God’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w*. 
\v 26 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w them|strong="G4160"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* believers \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Achaia|strong="G0882"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G4160"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w some|strong="G5100"\w* money \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w them|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 27 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* paying \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w owed|strong="G3784"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* blessed spiritually \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* use \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w material|strong="G4559"\w* blessings \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Jews. 
\v 28 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G0565"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Jerusalem \w to|strong="G1519"\w* make sure \w the|strong="G3588"\w* poor get \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w money|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* given \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G2005"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w leave|strong="G0565"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* stop \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 29 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w I|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* bring \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Christ’s|strong="G5547"\w* \w full|strong="G4138"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* help \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* work \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w gives|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* saved \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G1519"\w* accept \w our|strong="G2532"\w* message. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* help \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1096"\w* bringing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* please God’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 32 \w Then|strong="G2443"\w*, \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w*, \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w have|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2064"\w* time \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w rest|strong="G4875"\w*. 
\v 33 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* gives \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 
\c 16  
\s1 Paul Has Some Final Things to Say 
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\v 1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* can trust \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w sister|strong="G0079"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Christ, \w Phoebe|strong="G5402"\w*. \w She|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* special \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w*. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* ask \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w accept|strong="G4327"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w Accept|strong="G4327"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2443"\w*. \w Help|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* anything \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w needs|strong="G5535"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w She|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* helped \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* helped \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. 
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\li1
\v 3 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Priscilla|strong="G4251"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Aquila|strong="G0207"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 4 \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w risked|strong="G5294"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w lives|strong="G5590"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save \w mine|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* thankful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* non-Jewish \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* thankful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\li1
\v 5 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w give|strong="G0782"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* meets \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. 
\li1 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G3739"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* friend \w Epaenetus|strong="G1866"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G0536"\w* \w person|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* follow \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G0773"\w*. 
\li1
\v 6 \w Greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w also|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*. \w She|strong="G3137"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\li1
\v 7 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w greet|strong="G0782"\w* \w Andronicus|strong="G0408"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Junia|strong="G2458"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* prison \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* followers \w of|strong="G0652"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G0652"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* most important \w of|strong="G0652"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ones|strong="G3748"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w sent|strong="G0652"\w* \w out|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* work.\f + \fr 16:7  \fk most important … work \ft Literally, “important among (or to) the apostles.”\f* 
\li1
\v 8 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ampliatus|strong="G0291"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* friend \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, 
\v 9 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Urbanus|strong="G3773"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* worked \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\li1 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* friend \w Stachys|strong="G4720"\w* 
\v 10 \w and|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Apelles|strong="G0559"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* proved himself \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G5547"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* true follower \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. 
\li1 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* everyone \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* family \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Aristobulus|strong="G0711"\w* 
\v 11 \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Herodion|strong="G2267"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w relative|strong="G4773"\w*. 
\li1 \w Greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* family \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Narcissus|strong="G3488"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* 
\v 12 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tryphaena|strong="G5170"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tryphosa|strong="G5173"\w*, women \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\li1 \w Greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w dear|strong="G0027"\w* friend \w Persis|strong="G4069"\w*. She \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w hard|strong="G2872"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\li1
\v 13 \w Greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\li1
\v 14 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asyncritus|strong="G0799"\w*, \w Phlegon|strong="G5393"\w*, \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w*, \w Patrobas|strong="G3969"\w*, \w Hermas|strong="G2057"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\li1
\v 15 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philologus|strong="G5378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Julia|strong="G2456"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nereus|strong="G3517"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w sister|strong="G0079"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Olympas|strong="G3652"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\li1
\v 16 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* special \w greeting|strong="G0782"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* God’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.\f + \fr 16:16  \fk the special greeting of God’s people \ft Literally, “a holy kiss.”\f* 
\li1 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w send|strong="G0782"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w Brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* careful \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* arguments \w and|strong="G2532"\w* hurt \w people’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w faith|strong="G3739"\w* \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w against|strong="G0575"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w*. Stay \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 18 \w People|strong="G5108"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G1438"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w serving|strong="G1398"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* pleasing \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* use fancy talk \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* nice \w things|strong="G5108"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* fool \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* know \w about|strong="G3588"\w* evil. 
\v 19 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* heard \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* taught, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* very happy \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* know \w nothing|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* brings \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w soon|strong="G5034"\w* defeat \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* give \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w power|strong="G5259"\w* \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w worker|strong="G4904"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w sends|strong="G0782"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w*, \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sosipater|strong="G4989"\w* (\w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w relatives|strong="G4773"\w*) \w send|strong="G0782"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w Tertius|strong="G5060"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w writing|strong="G1125"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1992"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Paul|strong="G0782"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w send|strong="G0782"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* own \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w Gaius|strong="G1050"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* letting \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* here use \w his|strong="G2532"\w* home. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sends|strong="G0782"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Quartus|strong="G2890"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w send|strong="G0782"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w*. \w Erastus|strong="G2037"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w treasurer|strong="G3623"\w* here. 
\v 24  \f + \fr 16:24  \ft Some Greek copies add verse 24: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.”\f* 
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\v 25 Praise God! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* make \w you|strong="G5210"\w* strong \w in|strong="G2596"\w* faith. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* use \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* teach \w to|strong="G1410"\w* make \w you|strong="G5210"\w* strong. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G2782"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w That|strong="G1161"\w* \w message|strong="G2782"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w secret|strong="G4601"\w* truth \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* hidden \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w ages|strong="G5550"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ages|strong="G5550"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* made known. 
\v 26 \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w shown|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4397"\w* wrote, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* commanded. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* can believe \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 27 \w Glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w Amen|strong="G0281"\w*. 