\id ROM  
\h Romans 
\toc1 Romans 
\toc2 Romans 
\mt1 Romans  
\c 1  
\s1 Salutation  
\p
\v 1  \w From|strong="G2424"\w* \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w slave|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w called|strong="G2822"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* apostle, set apart \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2  \w This|strong="G3588"\w* gospel \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G4279"\w* \w beforehand|strong="G4279"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy \w scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*,  
\v 3  \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w reference|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*,  
\v 4  \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Son-of-God-in-power \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* resurrection \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* apostleship \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w obedience|strong="G5218"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.  
\v 6  \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*, \w called|strong="G2822"\w* \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*.  
\v 7  \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* loved \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*, \w called|strong="G2822"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* saints: \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="G1515"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*!   
\s1 Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome  
\p
\v 8  \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\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="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2605"\w* \w throughout|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 9  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* preaching \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w witness|strong="G3144"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* continually \w remember|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*  
\v 10  \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w prayers|strong="G4335"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* perhaps \w now|strong="G2235"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G4218"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2316"\w* \w succeed|strong="G2137"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* visiting \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w according|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w long|strong="G1971"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w impart|strong="G3330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \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* \w strengthen|strong="G4741"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,  
\v 12  \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* mutually comforted \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w yours|strong="G4771"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mine|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 13  \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w unaware|strong="G3756"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w often|strong="G4178"\w* \w intended|strong="G4388"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* (\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*), \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* already \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*.  
\v 14  \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w debtor|strong="G3781"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* barbarians, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Thus|strong="G3779"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w eager|strong="G4289"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w*.   
\s1 The Power of the Gospel  
\p
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* revealed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* gospel \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  The righteous by faith will live\qt*.”   
\s1 The Condemnation of the Unrighteous  
\p
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* revealed \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ungodliness \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unrighteousness \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w suppress|strong="G2722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* unrighteousness,  
\v 19  \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w known|strong="G1110"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w plain|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G5319"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w plain|strong="G5318"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* invisible attributes – \w his|strong="G1438"\w* eternal \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w divine|strong="G2305"\w* \w nature|strong="G2305"\w* – \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w clearly|strong="G2529"\w* \w seen|strong="G2529"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w understood|strong="G3539"\w* \w through|strong="G3539"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G4161"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* excuse.  
\v 21  \w For|strong="G1722"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w glorify|strong="G1392"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w give|strong="G2168"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3154"\w* \w futile|strong="G3154"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G1261"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* senseless \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w darkened|strong="G4654"\w*.  
\v 22  Although \w they|strong="G1510"\w* claimed \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w*, \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w became|strong="G3471"\w* \w fools|strong="G3471"\w*  
\v 23  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* exchanged \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* immortal \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w image|strong="G1504"\w* \w resembling|strong="G3667"\w* \w mortal|strong="G5349"\w* human beings \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*.   
\p
\v 24  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desires|strong="G1939"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* impurity, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* dishonor \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 25  \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w exchanged|strong="G3337"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w lie|strong="G5579"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiped|strong="G4573"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w rather|strong="G3844"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Creator|strong="G2936"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2128"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! Amen.   
\p
\v 26  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* dishonorable \w passions|strong="G3806"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w women|strong="G2338"\w* \w exchanged|strong="G3337"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="G5540"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w unnatural|strong="G3844"\w* ones,  
\v 27  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w likewise|strong="G3668"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* abandoned \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* \w relations|strong="G5540"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w women|strong="G2338"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* inflamed \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w passions|strong="G3715"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Men|strong="G3588"\w* \w committed|strong="G2716"\w* shameless acts \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* received \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w due|strong="G1163"\w* penalty \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w error|strong="G4106"\w*.   
\p
\v 28  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G1381"\w* \w fit|strong="G2520"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* depraved \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|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* unrighteousness, \w wickedness|strong="G4189"\w*, \w covetousness|strong="G4124"\w*, \w malice|strong="G2549"\w*. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* rife \w with|strong="G4137"\w* \w envy|strong="G5355"\w*, \w murder|strong="G5408"\w*, \w strife|strong="G2054"\w*, \w deceit|strong="G1388"\w*, \w hostility|strong="G2550"\w*. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w gossips|strong="G5588"\w*,  
\v 30  \w slanderers|strong="G2637"\w*, \w haters|strong="G2319"\w* \w of|strong="G2319"\w* \w God|strong="G2319"\w*, \w insolent|strong="G5197"\w*, \w arrogant|strong="G5244"\w*, boastful, \w contrivers|strong="G2182"\w* \w of|strong="G2319"\w* all sorts \w of|strong="G2319"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*, disobedient \w to|strong="G2556"\w* \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*,  
\v 31  senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.  
\v 32  \w Although|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w fully|strong="G1921"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w righteous|strong="G1345"\w* decree \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* deserve \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w approve|strong="G4909"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w without|strong="G3588"\w* excuse, \w whoever|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* grounds \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w accordance|strong="G2596"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* truth \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w*, \w whoever|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*?  
\v 4  \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* contempt \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wealth|strong="G4149"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w*, forbearance, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w patience|strong="G3115"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w* \w leads|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*?  
\v 5  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w stubbornness|strong="G4643"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* unrepentant \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w storing|strong="G2343"\w* \w up|strong="G2343"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w righteous|strong="G1341"\w* \w judgment|strong="G1341"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* revealed!  
\v 6  \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \qt  will reward each one according to his works\qt*:  
\v 7  eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w perseverance|strong="G5281"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w seek|strong="G2212"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* immortality,  
\v 8  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w anger|strong="G3709"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w selfish|strong="G2052"\w* \w ambition|strong="G2052"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truth \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w follow|strong="G1161"\w* unrighteousness.  
\v 9  \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w affliction|strong="G2347"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w distress|strong="G4730"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2716"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*, \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*,  
\v 10  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*, \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w partiality|strong="G4382"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 12  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned apart \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* perish apart \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 13  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* hear \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w before|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* declared \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w by|strong="G1438"\w* \w nature|strong="G5449"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* required \w by|strong="G1438"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 15  \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1123"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* bears \w witness|strong="G4828"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* conflicting \w thoughts|strong="G3053"\w* \w accuse|strong="G2723"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w else|strong="G2228"\w* defend \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 16  \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\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* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w secrets|strong="G2927"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* human hearts, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\s1 The Condemnation of the Jew  
\p
\v 17  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w rely|strong="G1879"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* relationship \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*  
\v 18  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approve|strong="G1381"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* superior \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* receive \w instruction|strong="G2727"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*,  
\v 19  \w and|strong="G5037"\w* if \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w guide|strong="G3595"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w*, \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*,  
\v 20  \w an|strong="G2192"\w* educator \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* senseless, \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w teacher|strong="G1320"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* little \w children|strong="G3516"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* essential features \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth –  
\v 21  \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G1321"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G1321"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*? \w You|strong="G1321"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w against|strong="G3361"\w* \w stealing|strong="G2813"\w*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G1321"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*?  
\v 22  \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*? \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* abhor \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w rob|strong="G2416"\w* \w temples|strong="G2416"\w*?  
\v 23  \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* dishonor \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w transgressing|strong="G3847"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*!  
\v 24  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you\qt*.”   
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\v 25  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* its \w value|strong="G5623"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w practice|strong="G4238"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w break|strong="G3848"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* uncircumcision.  
\v 26  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* uncircumcised \w man|strong="G3756"\w* \w obeys|strong="G5442"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1345"\w* \w requirements|strong="G1345"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w will|strong="G3767"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* uncircumcision \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w regarded|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*?  
\v 27  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w physically|strong="G5449"\w* uncircumcised man \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w keeps|strong="G5055"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, despite \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1121"\w* code \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*, \w transgress|strong="G3848"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*?  
\v 28  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* person \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w outwardly|strong="G1722"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w outward|strong="G5318"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*,  
\v 29  \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w inwardly|strong="G2927"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w written|strong="G1121"\w* code. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w*’s \w praise|strong="G1868"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w advantage|strong="G4053"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* value \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w*?  
\v 2  \w Actually|strong="G1063"\w*, \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w advantages|strong="G5158"\w*. \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Jews \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w entrusted|strong="G4100"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w oracles|strong="G3051"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 3  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G1063"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w*, \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* unbelief \w nullify|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faithfulness|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?  
\v 4  \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w Let|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* proven \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* human \w being|strong="G1096"\w* shown \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w liar|strong="G5583"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*: “\bd  \+it  so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged\+it*\bd*.”   
\p
\v 5  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* unrighteousness \w demonstrates|strong="G4921"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w inflicts|strong="G2018"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* unrighteous, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w*? (\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* human \w terms|strong="G2596"\w*.)  
\v 6  \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w For|strong="G2316"\w* \w otherwise|strong="G1893"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*?  
\v 7  \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w lie|strong="G5582"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w enhances|strong="G4052"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w am|strong="G2504"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* actually \w being|strong="G1722"\w* \w judged|strong="G2919"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* sinner?  
\v 8  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w why|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Let|strong="G1510"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*”? – \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* slander \w us|strong="G3004"\w* allege \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*. (\w Their|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemnation|strong="G2917"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* deserved!)   
\s1 The Condemnation of the World  
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\v 9  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w better|strong="G4284"\w* off? \w Certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G4256"\w* \w charged|strong="G4256"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greeks|strong="G1672"\w* \w alike|strong="G5037"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* sin,  
\v 10  \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*:  
\q1 “\bd  \+it  There is no one righteous, not even one\+it*\bd*,   
\q1
\v 11  \bd  \+it  there is no one who understands,\+it*\bd*  
\q1 \bd  \+it  there is no one who seeks God\+it*\bd*.   
\q1
\v 12  \bd  \+it  All have turned away,\+it*\bd*  
\q1 \bd  \+it  together they have become worthless;\+it*\bd*  
\q1 \bd  \+it  there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.\+it*\bd*”   
\q1
\v 13 “\bd  \+it  Their throats are open graves,\+it*\bd*  
\q1 \bd  \+it  they deceive with their tongues,\+it*\bd*  
\q1 \bd  \+it  the poison of asps is under their lips\+it*\bd*.”   
\q1
\v 14 “\bd  \+it  Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness\+it*\bd*.”   
\q1
\v 15 “\it  \+bd Their\+bd* feet are swift to shed blood,\it*   
\q1
\v 16  \it  \+bd  ruin and misery are in their paths\+bd*,\it*   
\q1
\v 17  \it  \+bd  and the way of peace they have not known\+bd*.\it*”   
\q1
\v 18 “\it  \+bd There is\+bd* no fear of God before their eyes.\it*”   
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\v 19  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* silenced \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* held \w accountable|strong="G5267"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \it  no one is declared righteous before him\it* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w comes|strong="G1922"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sin.  
\v 21  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w apart|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* (\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w attested|strong="G3140"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*) \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w disclosed|strong="G5319"\w* –  
\v 22  namely, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w faithfulness|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w distinction|strong="G1293"\w*,  
\v 23  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w fall|strong="G5302"\w* \w short|strong="G5302"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 24  \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w justified|strong="G1344"\w* \w freely|strong="G1432"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* redemption \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 25  \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w publicly|strong="G4388"\w* \w displayed|strong="G4388"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* death \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w mercy|strong="G2435"\w* \w seat|strong="G2435"\w* accessible \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w demonstrate|strong="G1732"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* forbearance \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sins \w previously|strong="G4266"\w* \w committed|strong="G4266"\w*.  
\v 26  \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w demonstrate|strong="G1732"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w justifier|strong="G1344"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*’ \w faithfulness|strong="G4102"\w*.   
\p
\v 27  \w Where|strong="G4226"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w boasting|strong="G2746"\w*? \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w excluded|strong="G1576"\w*! \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G4169"\w* \w principle|strong="G3551"\w*? \w Of|strong="G1223"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*? \w No|strong="G3780"\w*, \w but|strong="G3767"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w principle|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*!  
\v 28  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2041"\w* person \w is|strong="G4102"\w* declared \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w* \w by|strong="G1344"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w apart|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G5565"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 29  \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*? \w Yes|strong="G3483"\w*, \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 30  \w Since|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w justify|strong="G1344"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* uncircumcised \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w nullify|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! Instead \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w uphold|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* Abraham, \w our|strong="G2596"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w has|strong="G3962"\w* discovered regarding \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w matter|strong="G2596"\w*?  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G2316"\w* declared \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* law, \w he|strong="G1063"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G2745"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w boast|strong="G2745"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* – \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? “\qt  Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness\qt**.”  
\v 4  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w works|strong="G2038"\w*, \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w pay|strong="G3408"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w* \w due|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w due|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* obligation.  
\v 5  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* declares \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ungodly \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w*, \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.   
\p
\v 6  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* himself \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* regarding \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessedness|strong="G3108"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w credits|strong="G3049"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w apart|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*:   
\q1
\v 7 “\bd  \+qt  \+it Blessed\+it*\+qt*\bd* \qt are those whose\qt* lawless \w deeds|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* forgiven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* sins \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w covered|strong="G1943"\w*;   
\q1
\v 8  \qt  blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin\qt**.”   
\p
\v 9  \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w blessedness|strong="G3108"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* uncircumcision? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\it  faith \+bd  was credited to\+bd* Abraham \+bd  as righteousness\+bd*\it*.”  
\v 10  \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*? \w Was|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*? \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w but|strong="G3767"\w* uncircumcised!  
\v 11  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sign|strong="G4592"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w circumcision|strong="G4061"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w seal|strong="G4973"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still uncircumcised, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\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 have|strong="G2532"\w* never \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w walk|strong="G4748"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* footsteps \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham possessed \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* still uncircumcised.   
\p
\v 13  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* Abraham \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* inherit \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* fulfilled \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G2673"\w* \w heirs|strong="G2818"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w empty|strong="G2758"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w nullified|strong="G2673"\w*.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w brings|strong="G2716"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3847"\w* \w either|strong="G3761"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w certain|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* – \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\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 it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  I have made you the father of many nations\qt*”). \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w presence|strong="G2713"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* – \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w makes|strong="G2227"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w alive|strong="G2227"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w summons|strong="G2564"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* already \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Against|strong="G2596"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \qt  the father of many nations\qt* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* pronouncement, “\qt  so will your descendants be\qt*.”  
\v 19  \w Without|strong="G3361"\w* \w being|strong="G5225"\w* weak \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w considered|strong="G2657"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3499"\w* (\w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4225"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w hundred|strong="G1541"\w* \w years|strong="G1541"\w* \w old|strong="G1541"\w*) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w deadness|strong="G3500"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w*’s \w womb|strong="G3388"\w*.  
\v 20  \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w waver|strong="G1252"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* unbelief \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w strengthened|strong="G1743"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w giving|strong="G1325"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 21  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w fully|strong="G4135"\w* \w convinced|strong="G4135"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 22  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.   
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\v 23  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* statement \qt  it was credited to him\qt* \w was|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* Abraham’s \w sake|strong="G1223"\w*,  
\v 24  \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w credited|strong="G3049"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\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 the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 25  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G3860"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w transgressions|strong="G3900"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w justification|strong="G1347"\w*.   
\c 5  
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\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* declared \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\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 whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w obtained|strong="G2192"\w* \w access|strong="G4318"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w sufferings|strong="G2347"\w*, \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w* \w produces|strong="G2716"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w*,  
\v 4  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w*, \w character|strong="G1382"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w character|strong="G1382"\w*, \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*.  
\v 5  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w disappoint|strong="G2617"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* love \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G1325"\w* \w poured|strong="G1632"\w* \w out|strong="G1632"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.   
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\v 6  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* helpless, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w right|strong="G2540"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* died \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* ungodly.  
\v 7  (\w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w rarely|strong="G3433"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* die \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*, \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w perhaps|strong="G5029"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* possibly \w dare|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die.)  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w demonstrates|strong="G4921"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* love \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* sinners, \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3568"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* declared \w righteous|strong="G1344"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* blood, \w we|strong="G3568"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w reconciled|strong="G2644"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w reconciled|strong="G2644"\w*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*?  
\v 11  \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\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*, \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w reconciliation|strong="G2643"\w*.   
\s1 The Amplification of Justification  
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\v 12  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* sin \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* sin, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w spread|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* sinned –  
\v 13  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w given|strong="G3361"\w*, sin \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w accounting|strong="G1677"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sin \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* reigned \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Adam \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* sin \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Adam (\w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w type|strong="G5179"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G3195"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w*) transgressed.  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gracious|strong="G5485"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w multiply|strong="G4052"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w*!  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sinned. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*, \w resulting|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w*, led \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w condemnation|strong="G2917"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* gracious \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w failures|strong="G3900"\w* led \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w justification|strong="G1345"\w*.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w death|strong="G2288"\w* reigned \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w how|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w abundance|strong="G4050"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w reign|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*!   
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\v 18  \w Consequently|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w condemnation|strong="G2631"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1345"\w* \w act|strong="G1345"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1345"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 19  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w disobedience|strong="G3876"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* sinners, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w obedience|strong="G5218"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*.  
\v 20  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w increase|strong="G4121"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w sin|strong="G3900"\w* \w increased|strong="G5248"\w*, \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* multiplied \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w*,  
\v 21  \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* sin reigned \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w reign|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* eternal \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  
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\v 1  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w remain|strong="G1961"\w* \w in|strong="G1961"\w* sin \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w increase|strong="G4121"\w*?  
\v 2  \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* sin \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1096"\w*?  
\v 3  \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G2228"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* not know \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w many|strong="G3745"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*?  
\v 4  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w buried|strong="G4916"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* baptism \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w united|strong="G4854"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w likeness|strong="G3667"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w united|strong="G4854"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w likeness|strong="G3667"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* resurrection.  
\v 6  \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* our \w old|strong="G3820"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w crucified|strong="G4957"\w* \w with|strong="G4957"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G4983"\w* sin would \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* dominate \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* would \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* \w enslaved|strong="G1398"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sin.  
\v 7  (\w For|strong="G1063"\w* someone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* has \w died|strong="G3588"\w* has been \w freed|strong="G1344"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* sin.)   
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\v 8  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* died \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4800"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9  \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G5547"\w* \w never|strong="G3765"\w* going \w to|strong="G5547"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*; \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w mastery|strong="G2961"\w* \w over|strong="G2961"\w* \w him|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* death \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* sin \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 11  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sin, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* sin reign \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w mortal|strong="G2349"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w its|strong="G5219"\w* \w desires|strong="G1939"\w*,  
\v 13  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3366"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w instruments|strong="G3696"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* used \w for|strong="G2532"\w* unrighteousness, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w instruments|strong="G3696"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* used \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* sin \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w mastery|strong="G2961"\w* \w over|strong="G2961"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\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 but|strong="G1063"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*.   
\s1 The Believer’s Enslavement to God’s Righteousness  
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\v 15  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* sin \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*!  
\v 16  \w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w obedient|strong="G5219"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w*, \w either|strong="G2228"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* sin \w resulting|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w obedience|strong="G5218"\w* \w resulting|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*?  
\v 17  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w thanks|strong="G5485"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sin, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w pattern|strong="G5179"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w entrusted|strong="G3860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*,  
\v 18  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* having been \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* sin, \w you|strong="G1659"\w* \w became|strong="G1402"\w* \w enslaved|strong="G1402"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.  
\v 19  (\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* terms \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* weakness \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*.) \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* once \w presented|strong="G3936"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* impurity \w and|strong="G2532"\w* lawlessness \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* lawlessness, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sanctification.  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* sin, \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* regard \w to|strong="G1401"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.   
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\v 21  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w benefit|strong="G2590"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w reap|strong="G2192"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w*? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* sin \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w enslaved|strong="G1402"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w benefit|strong="G2590"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sanctification, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* eternal \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 23  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* payoff \w of|strong="G2316"\w* sin \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* eternal \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  
\p
\v 1  \w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \w do|strong="G2228"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G2198"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2198"\w* sisters (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G3551"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*), \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* person \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w*?  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w married|strong="G1135"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w bound|strong="G1210"\w* \w by|strong="G2198"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G5220"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* long \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G5220"\w* dies, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w released|strong="G2673"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1135"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* husband \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w adulteress|strong="G3428"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* husband dies, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w free|strong="G1658"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w adulteress|strong="G3428"\w*.  
\v 4  \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2289"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w joined|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bear|strong="G2592"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2592"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sinful desires, \w aroused|strong="G3804"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w were|strong="G1510"\w* active \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bear|strong="G2592"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2592"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w released|strong="G2673"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w controlled|strong="G2722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* new \w life|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1121"\w* code.   
\p
\v 7  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* sin? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*! \w Certainly|strong="G1063"\w*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* sin \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w indeed|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w means|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w desire|strong="G1939"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w* belonging \w to|strong="G3004"\w* someone \w else|strong="G3361"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Do not covet\qt*.”  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* sin, \w seizing|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* opportunity \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w*, \w produced|strong="G2716"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w kinds|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* wrong \w desires|strong="G1939"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w apart|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, sin \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.  
\v 9  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w once|strong="G4218"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w apart|strong="G5565"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* sin \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*  
\v 10  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* intended \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*!  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* sin, \w seizing|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* opportunity \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w*, \w deceived|strong="G1818"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 12  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* holy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* holy, \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 13  \w Did|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w*, \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w But|strong="G3361"\w* sin, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w shown|strong="G5316"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* sin, \w produced|strong="G2716"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* sin \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w utterly|strong="G5236"\w* sinful.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\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 unspiritual|strong="G4560"\w*, \w sold|strong="G4097"\w* \w into|strong="G5259"\w* slavery \w to|strong="G1161"\w* sin.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’t \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G2309"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* – instead, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w*.  
\v 16  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w agree|strong="G4852"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*.  
\v 17  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G2716"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* sin \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|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="G2570"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 19  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*!  
\v 20  \w Now|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 do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* sin \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 21  \w So|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \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 present|strong="G3873"\w* \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 22  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w delight|strong="G4913"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w inner|strong="G2080"\w* \w being|strong="G2596"\w*.  
\v 23  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* see \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* waging war \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* captive \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w*.  
\v 24  \w Wretched|strong="G5005"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*! \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w rescue|strong="G4506"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*?  
\v 25  \w Thanks|strong="G5485"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \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*! \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sin.   
\c 8  
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\v 1  \w There|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* therefore \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w condemnation|strong="G2631"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* life-giving \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w set|strong="G1659"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* sin \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* achieved \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* weakened \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w sending|strong="G3992"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w likeness|strong="G3667"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* sinful \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* sin, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2632"\w* sin \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*,  
\v 4  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1345"\w* \w requirement|strong="G1345"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w walk|strong="G4043"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G5426"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* outlook shaped \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G5426"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* outlook shaped \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 6  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* outlook \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* outlook \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*,  
\v 7  \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* outlook \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w hostile|strong="G2189"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w does|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w submit|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* please \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9  \w You|strong="G5210"\w*, \w however|strong="G1161"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w indeed|strong="G1512"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 10  \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 your|strong="G1223"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* sin, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Moreover|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\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 the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w mortal|strong="G2349"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w alive|strong="G2227"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 12  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G4561"\w* sisters, \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w under|strong="G3781"\w* \w obligation|strong="G3781"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*  
\v 13  (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w die|strong="G2289"\w*), \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w put|strong="G2289"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w death|strong="G2289"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w deeds|strong="G4234"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* led \w by|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w slavery|strong="G1397"\w* \w leading|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w adoption|strong="G5206"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w cry|strong="G2896"\w*, “Abba, \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.”  
\v 16  \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* himself bears \w witness|strong="G4828"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 17  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w heirs|strong="G2818"\w* (namely, \w heirs|strong="G2818"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4789"\w* \w heirs|strong="G2818"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*) – \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G4841"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorified|strong="G4888"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.   
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\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G4314"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w sufferings|strong="G3804"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* compared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* revealed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 19  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* eagerly waits \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* revelation \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w subjected|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w futility|strong="G3153"\w* – \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w willingly|strong="G1635"\w* \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w subjected|strong="G5293"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* – \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*  
\v 21  \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* itself \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G1659"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w bondage|strong="G1397"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* decay \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w freedom|strong="G1657"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 22  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w groans|strong="G4959"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffers|strong="G4944"\w* \w together|strong="G4944"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w*.  
\v 23  \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* firstfruits \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w groan|strong="G4727"\w* \w inwardly|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* eagerly await \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w adoption|strong="G5206"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* redemption \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w*.  
\v 24  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* seen \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w hopes|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sees?  
\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* see, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* eagerly \w wait|strong="G5281"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w*.   
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\v 26  \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G5615"\w* \w way|strong="G5615"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w helps|strong="G4878"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* weakness, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G1163"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* himself \w intercedes|strong="G5241"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* inexpressible \w groanings|strong="G4726"\w*.  
\v 27  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w searches|strong="G2045"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mind|strong="G5427"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w intercedes|strong="G1793"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* saints \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w will|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 28  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G4903"\w* \w together|strong="G4903"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2822"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w purpose|strong="G4286"\w*,  
\v 29  \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreknew|strong="G4267"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w predestined|strong="G4309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w conformed|strong="G4832"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w image|strong="G1504"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters.  
\v 30  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w predestined|strong="G4309"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w justified|strong="G1344"\w*; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w justified|strong="G1344"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w*.   
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\v 31  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*? \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*?  
\v 32  \w Indeed|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3860"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* – \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w along|strong="G4862"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w freely|strong="G5483"\w* \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="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bring|strong="G1458"\w* \w any|strong="G5101"\w* \w charge|strong="G1458"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w elect|strong="G1588"\w*? \w It|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w justifies|strong="G1344"\w*.  
\v 34  \w Who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w*? \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* (\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w*), \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* \w hand|strong="G1188"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* interceding \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.  
\v 35  \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* love \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*? \w Will|strong="G5101"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w distress|strong="G4730"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w persecution|strong="G1375"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w famine|strong="G3042"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w nakedness|strong="G1132"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w danger|strong="G2794"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*?  
\v 36  \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered\qt*.”  
\v 37  \w No|strong="G3956"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* victory \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* loved \w us|strong="G2249"\w*!  
\v 38  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* angels, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* heavenly rulers, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w things|strong="G3195"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3748"\w* \w present|strong="G1764"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w things|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w powers|strong="G1411"\w*,  
\v 39  \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w height|strong="G5313"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* depth, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1410"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* love \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\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 9  
\p
\v 1  \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w telling|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* (\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lying|strong="G5574"\w*!), \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w assures|strong="G4828"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* –  
\v 2  \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w sorrow|strong="G3077"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unceasing \w anguish|strong="G3601"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w wish|strong="G2172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* accursed – cut \w off|strong="G2596"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* – \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w sake|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4561"\w* \w countrymen|strong="G4561"\w*,  
\v 4  \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w Israelites|strong="G2475"\w*. \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w adoption|strong="G5206"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5206"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w covenants|strong="G1242"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w giving|strong="G3548"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3548"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* temple \w worship|strong="G2999"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 5  \w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* patriarchs, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* descent, \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|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 blessed|strong="G2128"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! Amen.   
\p
\v 6  \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*,  
\v 7  \w nor|strong="G3761"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* Abraham’s true \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*; rather “\qt  through Isaac will your descendants be counted\qt*.”  
\v 8  \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*; \w rather|strong="G3756"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w counted|strong="G3049"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.  
\v 9  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w declared|strong="G3056"\w*: “\qt  About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son\qt*.”  
\v 10  \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Rebekah|strong="G4479"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w conceived|strong="G2845"\w* children \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* –  
\v 11  \w even|strong="G3366"\w* \w before|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G4238"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w bad|strong="G5337"\w* (\w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w purpose|strong="G4286"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w election|strong="G1589"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w stand|strong="G3306"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w calling|strong="G2564"\w*) –  
\v 12  \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2046"\w* \w to|strong="G1398"\w* \w her|strong="G3754"\w*, “\qt  The older will serve the younger\qt*,”  
\v 13  \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*: “\qt  Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated\qt*.”   
\p
\v 14  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1096"\w* injustice \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*!  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*: “\qt  I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion\qt*.”  
\v 16  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1653"\w* human \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w exertion|strong="G5143"\w*, \w but|strong="G3767"\w* \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w shows|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w*.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*: “\qt  For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth\qt*.”  
\v 18  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w God|strong="G1653"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w on|strong="G1653"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* chooses \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w hardens|strong="G4645"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* chooses \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w harden|strong="G4645"\w*.   
\p
\v 19  \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w find|strong="G3201"\w* \w fault|strong="G3201"\w*? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* ever resisted \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w*?”  
\v 20  \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w indeed|strong="G3304"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* – \w a|strong="G1510"\w* mere human \w being|strong="G1510"\w* – \w to|strong="G3004"\w* talk back \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*? \qt  Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?\qt*”  
\v 21  \w Has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w potter|strong="G2763"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w lump|strong="G5445"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w clay|strong="G4081"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w vessel|strong="G4632"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* special \w use|strong="G2192"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* ordinary \w use|strong="G2192"\w*?  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w willing|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w demonstrate|strong="G1731"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w power|strong="G1415"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w endured|strong="G5342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w patience|strong="G3115"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* objects \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2675"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* destruction?  
\v 23  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* willing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1107"\w* \w known|strong="G1107"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wealth|strong="G4149"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* objects \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w prepared|strong="G4282"\w* \w beforehand|strong="G4282"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* –  
\v 24  \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w*, \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="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*?  
\v 25  \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Hosea|strong="G5617"\w*:  
\q1 “\qt  I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved, ‘My beloved.\qt**’”   
\q1
\v 26 “\qt  And in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,\qt**’  
\q1 \qt  there they will be called ‘sons of the living God\qt*.’”   
\p
\v 27  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w cries|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \it  “Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved\it*,  
\v 28  \it  for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly\it*.”  
\v 29  \w Just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* predicted,  
\q1 “\qt  If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants,\qt**  
\q1 \qt  we would have become like Sodom,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  and we would have resembled Gomorrah.”\qt*   
\s1 Israel’s Rejection Culpable  
\p
\v 30  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? – \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w pursue|strong="G1377"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* obtained \w it|strong="G3754"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*,  
\v 31  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w pursuing|strong="G1377"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w did|strong="G1377"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w attain|strong="G5348"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 32  \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*? \w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* pursued \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w but|strong="G3588"\w* (\w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* possible) \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w stumbled|strong="G4350"\w* \w over|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w stumbling|strong="G4348"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w*,  
\v 33  \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 “\qt  Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble\qt*  
\q1 \qt  and a rock that will make them fall,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.\qt*”   
\c 10  
\p
\v 1  Brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*’s \w desire|strong="G2107"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w prayer|strong="G1162"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* fellow Israelites \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3748"\w* \w zealous|strong="G2205"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w zeal|strong="G2205"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* line \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* truth.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* ignoring \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* instead \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w establish|strong="G2476"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w submit|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*.  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*.   
\p
\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w writes|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*: “\qt  The one who does these things will live by them\qt*.”  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: “\qt  Do not say in your heart\qt*, ‘\it  Who will ascend into heaven\it*?’” (\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w*)  
\v 7  \w or|strong="G2228"\w* “\qt  Who will descend into the abyss?\qt*” (\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*).  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? “\qt  The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart\qt*” (\w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w word|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w*),  
\v 9  \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w confess|strong="G3670"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\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="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|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 For|strong="G1063"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w one|strong="G1519"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w thus|strong="G1519"\w* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w mouth|strong="G4750"\w* \w one|strong="G1519"\w* \w confesses|strong="G3670"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w thus|strong="G1519"\w* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame\qt*.”  
\v 12  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w distinction|strong="G1293"\w* \w between|strong="G5037"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* richly blesses \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w call|strong="G1941"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 13  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \qt  everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved\qt*.   
\p
\v 14  \w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w call|strong="G1941"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w*? \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* heard \w of|strong="G1519"\w*? \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* hear \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w preaching|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* ?  
\v 15  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w unless|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w sent|strong="G1125"\w*? \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news\qt**.”  
\v 16  \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w news|strong="G2098"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Lord, who has believed our report\qt*?”  
\v 17  Consequently \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* comes \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* heard, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* heard comes \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* preached \w word|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\p
\v 18  \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* heard? Yes, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*: \qt  Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world\qt*.  
\v 19  \w But|strong="G3361"\w* again \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, didn’t \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w*? \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger\qt*.”  
\v 20  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* bold enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me\qt*.”  
\v 21  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!\qt*”   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* rejected \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w Israelite|strong="G2475"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Benjamin.  
\v 2  \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* rejected \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w foreknew|strong="G4267"\w*! \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w scripture|strong="G1124"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w*, \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w pleads|strong="G1793"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*?  
\v 3 “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \qt  they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!\qt*”  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w divine|strong="G5538"\w* \w response|strong="G5538"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*? “\qt  I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal\qt**.”   
\p
\v 5  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w remnant|strong="G3005"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*.  
\v 6  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*, \w otherwise|strong="G1893"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*.  
\v 7  \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w obtain|strong="G2013"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* diligently \w seeking|strong="G1934"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* elect \w obtained|strong="G2013"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w hardened|strong="G4456"\w*,  
\v 8  \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 \qt  “God gave them a spirit of stupor,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  to this very day.”\qt*   
\p
\v 9  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 \qt  “Let their table become a snare and trap,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  a stumbling block and a retribution for them\qt*;   
\q1
\v 10  \qt  let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  and make their backs bend continually.”\qt*   
\p
\v 11  \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stumble|strong="G4417"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* irrevocable \w fall|strong="G4098"\w*, \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w*? \w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G3863"\w* Israel \w jealous|strong="G3863"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w transgression|strong="G3900"\w* means \w riches|strong="G4149"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w defeat|strong="G2275"\w* means \w riches|strong="G4149"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w full|strong="G4138"\w* restoration \w bring|strong="G2532"\w*?   
\p
\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="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*. Seeing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* apostle \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w magnify|strong="G1392"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w*,  
\v 14  \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w somehow|strong="G1513"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w provoke|strong="G3863"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G3863"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* rejection \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w reconciliation|strong="G2643"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w acceptance|strong="G4356"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*?  
\v 16  \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* portion \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* dough offered \w is|strong="G3588"\w* holy, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole batch \w is|strong="G3588"\w* holy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* holy, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*.   
\p
\v 17  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* shoot, \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w participated|strong="G4791"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* richness \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w*,  
\v 18  \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w boast|strong="G2620"\w* \w over|strong="G2620"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w boast|strong="G2620"\w*, remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* support \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w* supports \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|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="G2443"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w*.”  
\v 20  \w Granted|strong="G2573"\w*! \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G4102"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* unbelief, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w by|strong="G2476"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w Do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* arrogant, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w*!  
\v 21  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w natural|strong="G5449"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*, perhaps \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 22  Notice \w therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* harshness \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* – harshness \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w fallen|strong="G4098"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w* \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, provided \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w kindness|strong="G5544"\w*; \w otherwise|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w off|strong="G1581"\w*.  
\v 23  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* – \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* unbelief – \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w graft|strong="G1461"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*.  
\v 24  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* \w off|strong="G1581"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w nature|strong="G5449"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w*, \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w nature|strong="G5449"\w*, \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cultivated|strong="G2565"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*, \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w natural|strong="G5449"\w* branches \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*?   
\p
\v 25  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w ignorant|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w mystery|strong="G3466"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G1484"\w* sisters, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w conceited|strong="G5429"\w*: \w A|strong="G1096"\w* \w partial|strong="G3313"\w* \w hardening|strong="G4457"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* until \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w full|strong="G4138"\w* \w number|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1525"\w*.  
\v 26  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*:  
\q1 \qt  “The Deliverer will come out of Zion;\qt*  
\q1 \qt  he will remove ungodliness from Jacob\qt*.   
\q1
\v 27  \qt  And this is my covenant with them\qt*,  
\q1 \qt  when I take away their sins.”\qt*   
\p
\v 28  \w In|strong="G2596"\w* regard \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* regard \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w election|strong="G1589"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* dearly loved \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 29  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G5486"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* irrevocable.  
\v 30  \w Just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w formerly|strong="G4218"\w* disobedient \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1653"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w received|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* due \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* disobedience,  
\v 31  \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* disobedient \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w shown|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w receive|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w*.  
\v 32  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* consigned \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* disobedience \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w show|strong="G1653"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\p
\v 33  \w Oh|strong="G5599"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* depth \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w riches|strong="G4149"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wisdom|strong="G4678"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \w How|strong="G5613"\w* unsearchable \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgments|strong="G2917"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G5613"\w* fathomless \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w*!   
\q1
\v 34  \qt  For who has known the mind of the Lord,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  or who has been his counselor?\qt*   
\q1
\v 35  \qt  Or who has first given to God,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  that God needs to repay him?\qt*   
\p
\v 36  \w For|strong="G3754"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w To|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! Amen.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2316"\w* sisters, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w mercies|strong="G3628"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w as|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1223"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* – \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, holy, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* – \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w reasonable|strong="G3050"\w* \w service|strong="G2999"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w conformed|strong="G4964"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w present|strong="G3778"\w* world, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w transformed|strong="G3339"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* renewing \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w test|strong="G1381"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approve|strong="G1381"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* – \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G5101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w well-pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w*.   
\s1 Conduct in Humility  
\p
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w more|strong="G1325"\w* \w highly|strong="G5252"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w ought|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w sober|strong="G4993"\w* discernment, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w distributed|strong="G3307"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w measure|strong="G3358"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w just|strong="G2509"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w serve|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* same \w function|strong="G4234"\w*,  
\v 5  \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w individually|strong="G2596"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w members|strong="G3196"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w*.  
\v 6  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w different|strong="G1313"\w* \w gifts|strong="G5486"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. \w If|strong="G1535"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophecy|strong="G4394"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* individual \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w use|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* proportion \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 7  \w If|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w service|strong="G1248"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w*; \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*;  
\v 8  \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w exhortation|strong="G3874"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w*; \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* contributing, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* sincerity; \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w leadership|strong="G4291"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w diligence|strong="G4710"\w*; \w if|strong="G1535"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* showing \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w cheerfulness|strong="G2432"\w*.   
\s1 Conduct in Love  
\p
\v 9  Love \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w without|strong="G3588"\w* hypocrisy. Abhor \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, \w cling|strong="G2853"\w* \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10  \w Be|strong="G1519"\w* \w devoted|strong="G5387"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* mutual \w love|strong="G5360"\w*, showing eagerness \w in|strong="G1519"\w* honoring \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w lag|strong="G4710"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* zeal, \w be|strong="G3361"\w* enthusiastic \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w in|strong="G5463"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*, \w endure|strong="G5278"\w* \w in|strong="G5463"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w*, \w persist|strong="G4342"\w* \w in|strong="G5463"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Contribute|strong="G2841"\w* \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w needs|strong="G5532"\w* \w of|strong="G5532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* saints, \w pursue|strong="G1377"\w* \w hospitality|strong="G5381"\w*.  
\v 14  \w Bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w curse|strong="G2672"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* those who \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w*, \w weep|strong="G2799"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* those who \w weep|strong="G2799"\w*.  
\v 16  \w Live|strong="G5426"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w harmony|strong="G5426"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w*; \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w haughty|strong="G5308"\w* \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w associate|strong="G4879"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w lowly|strong="G5011"\w*. \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w conceited|strong="G5429"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Do|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* repay \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w for|strong="G2570"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*; \w consider|strong="G4306"\w* \w what|strong="G2556"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 18  \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w so|strong="G1537"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w depends|strong="G1537"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w live|strong="G1514"\w* \w peaceably|strong="G1514"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 19  \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w avenge|strong="G1556"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, dear friends, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  Vengeance is mine, I will repay\qt*,” \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 20  Rather, \qt  if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head\qt*.  
\v 21  \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w overcome|strong="G3528"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w overcome|strong="G3528"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 13  
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\v 1  \w Let|strong="G1161"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w subject|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1849"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w governing|strong="G5242"\w* \w authorities|strong="G1849"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s appointment, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w authorities|strong="G1849"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* instituted \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2  \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* person \w who|strong="G3588"\w* resists \w such|strong="G5620"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w* resists \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w ordinance|strong="G1296"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* resist \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w incur|strong="G2983"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*  
\v 3  (\w for|strong="G1063"\w* rulers \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w conduct|strong="G2041"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w bad|strong="G2556"\w*). \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*? \w Do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w receive|strong="G2192"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* \w commendation|strong="G1868"\w*,  
\v 4  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\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 be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w fear|strong="G5399"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bear|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w vain|strong="G1500"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w administer|strong="G1558"\w* \w retribution|strong="G3709"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* wrongdoer.  
\v 5  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* necessary \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w subjection|strong="G5293"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrath|strong="G3709"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w*.  
\v 6  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G5055"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* authorities \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w servants|strong="G3011"\w* \w devoted|strong="G4342"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* governing.  
\v 7  Pay \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* owed: \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w due|strong="G3782"\w*, \w revenue|strong="G5056"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w revenue|strong="G5056"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w due|strong="G3782"\w*, \w respect|strong="G5092"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w respect|strong="G5092"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w due|strong="G3782"\w*, \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w due|strong="G3782"\w*.   
\s1 Exhortation to Love Neighbors  
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\v 8  \w Owe|strong="G3784"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w anything|strong="G3367"\w*, \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* love \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* loves \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G2087"\w* \w has|strong="G4137"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 9  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w commandments|strong="G1785"\w*, “\qt  Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,\qt*” (\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w*) \w are|strong="G3588"\w* summed \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, “\qt  Love your neighbor as yourself\qt*.”  
\v 10  Love \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* love \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w fulfillment|strong="G4138"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.   
\s1 Motivation to Godly Conduct  
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\v 11  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w already|strong="G2235"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hour|strong="G5610"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w awake|strong="G1453"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w sleep|strong="G5258"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w nearer|strong="G1452"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w believers|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 12  \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w has|strong="G2250"\w* advanced toward dawn; \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* lay aside \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1746"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w weapons|strong="G3696"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w decently|strong="G2156"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w daytime|strong="G2250"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w carousing|strong="G2970"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drunkenness|strong="G3178"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w sexual|strong="G2845"\w* immorality \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sensuality, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* discord \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w jealousy|strong="G2205"\w*.  
\v 14  Instead, \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w provision|strong="G4307"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* arouse its \w desires|strong="G1939"\w*.   
\c 14  
\p
\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w receive|strong="G4355"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* weak \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* disputes \w over|strong="G1519"\w* differing \w opinions|strong="G1261"\w*.  
\v 2  \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* weak \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w only|strong="G3303"\w* \w vegetables|strong="G3001"\w*.  
\v 3  \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* everything \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w despise|strong="G1848"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* abstains \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* everything, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4355"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w pass|strong="G2919"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w servant|strong="G3610"\w*? \w Before|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w stands|strong="G2476"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w falls|strong="G4098"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1414"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w make|strong="G2476"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w*.   
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\v 5  \w One|strong="G1538"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w regards|strong="G2919"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* holier \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \w regards|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* alike. \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w must|strong="G1538"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w fully|strong="G4135"\w* \w convinced|strong="G4135"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w*.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w observes|strong="G5426"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w*, \w eats|strong="G2068"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G2168"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w abstains|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \w abstains|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gives|strong="G2168"\w* \w thanks|strong="G2168"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 7  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* dies \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w himself|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 live|strong="G2198"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*; \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* die, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* die \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w whether|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w or|strong="G1437"\w* die, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 9  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* reason \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* died \w and|strong="G2532"\w* returned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2961"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w*.   
\p
\v 10  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* eat vegetables \w only|strong="G2532"\w* – \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* brother \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* eat \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* – \w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w despise|strong="G1848"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* brother \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* seat \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God\qt*.”  
\v 12  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w an|strong="G1325"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak  
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\v 13  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w pass|strong="G2919"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2919"\w* \w on|strong="G2919"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w determine|strong="G2919"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w place|strong="G5087"\w* \w an|strong="G2228"\w* \w obstacle|strong="G4348"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* trap \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* brother \w or|strong="G2228"\w* sister.  
\v 14  \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w itself|strong="G1438"\w*; still, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* considers \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w unclean|strong="G2839"\w*.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* brother \w or|strong="G3361"\w* sister \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w distressed|strong="G3076"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* eat, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w walking|strong="G4043"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* love. \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* destroy \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* consider \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* spoken \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G3767"\w* evil.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* kingdom \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w consist|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w food|strong="G1035"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4213"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serves|strong="G1398"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w approved|strong="G1384"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 19  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w pursue|strong="G1377"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* makes \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w building|strong="G3619"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20  \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\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 for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sake|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w*. \w For|strong="G1223"\w* although \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w*, \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* stumble \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 21  \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|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 to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w anything|strong="G5315"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w causes|strong="G4624"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* brother \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stumble|strong="G4624"\w*.  
\v 22  \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*, \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Blessed|strong="G3107"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w approves|strong="G1381"\w*.  
\v 23  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w doubts|strong="G1252"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2632"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w eats|strong="G2068"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G2068"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* sin.   
\c 15  
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\v 1  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w strong|strong="G1415"\w* \w ought|strong="G3784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* failings \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* weak, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* please \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 2  Let \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* please \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w neighbor|strong="G4139"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w build|strong="G3619"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* please \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me\qt*.”  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \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 former|strong="G3588"\w* \w times|strong="G4270"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2251"\w* \w instruction|strong="G1319"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w comfort|strong="G3874"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w unity|strong="G5426"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w accordance|strong="G2596"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 6  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w together|strong="G3661"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w voice|strong="G4750"\w* \w glorify|strong="G1392"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\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*.   
\s1 Exhortation to Mutual Acceptance  
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\v 7  \w Receive|strong="G4355"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G4355"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*.  
\v 8  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s truth \w to|strong="G1519"\w* confirm \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\v 9  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thus|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w glorify|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*, “\qt  Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name\qt*.”  
\v 10  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: “\qt  Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people\qt*.”  
\v 11  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\qt  Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him\qt*.”  
\v 12  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope\qt*.”  
\v 13  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w fill|strong="G4137"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \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* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w abound|strong="G4052"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
\s1 Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter  
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\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w fully|strong="G4137"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w my|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w full|strong="G3324"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* goodness, \w filled|strong="G4137"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* instruct \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w more|strong="G1161"\w* \w boldly|strong="G5112"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w points|strong="G3313"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w remind|strong="G1878"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*  
\v 16  \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w minister|strong="G3011"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* serve \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w priest|strong="G2418"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w acceptable|strong="G2144"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w*, sanctified \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.   
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\v 17  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* boast \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w pertain|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w dare|strong="G5111"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w except|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w accomplished|strong="G2716"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w obedience|strong="G5218"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w deed|strong="G2041"\w*,  
\v 19  \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w Illyricum|strong="G2437"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w fully|strong="G4137"\w* \w preached|strong="G4137"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 20  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* desire \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w preach|strong="G2097"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* \w named|strong="G3687"\w*, \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w build|strong="G3618"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w another|strong="G1909"\w* person’s \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w*,  
\v 21  \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*: “\qt  Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand\qt*.”   
\s1 Paul’s Intention of Visiting the Romans  
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\v 22  \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1352"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w often|strong="G4183"\w* \w hindered|strong="G1465"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 23  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* nothing \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w keep|strong="G2192"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w regions|strong="G2824"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w desired|strong="G1974"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*  
\v 24  \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* pass \w through|strong="G1279"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G4311"\w* \w me|strong="G4311"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w journey|strong="G4311"\w* \w there|strong="G1563"\w*, \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w enjoyed|strong="G1705"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* company \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w while|strong="G5613"\w*.   
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\v 25  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w minister|strong="G1247"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* saints.  
\v 26  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w contribution|strong="G2842"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* saints \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.  
\v 27  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w indebted|strong="G3784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem saints. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w shared|strong="G2841"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4152"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w obligated|strong="G3784"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w minister|strong="G3008"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w material|strong="G4559"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 28  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* completed \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* safely \w delivered|strong="G5210"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w bounty|strong="G2590"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G4972"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,  
\v 29  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w fullness|strong="G4138"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*’s \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*.   
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\v 30  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \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 and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* love \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* fervently \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prayer|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w*.  
\v 31  \w Pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w rescued|strong="G4506"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* disobedient \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w ministry|strong="G1248"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w acceptable|strong="G2144"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* saints,  
\v 32  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w refreshed|strong="G4875"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* company.  
\v 33  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. Amen.   
\c 16  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w commend|strong="G4921"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* sister \w Phoebe|strong="G5402"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w servant|strong="G1249"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w*,  
\v 2  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w welcome|strong="G4327"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* saints \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w provide|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w help|strong="G3936"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G5535"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w great|strong="G4183"\w* \w help|strong="G3936"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w*, \w including|strong="G4368"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
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\v 3  Greet \w Prisca|strong="G4251"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Aquila, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4904"\w* \w workers|strong="G4904"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 4  \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w risked|strong="G5294"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w necks|strong="G5137"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*. \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gentiles|strong="G1484"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* grateful \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* greet \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w church|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. Greet \w my|strong="G1473"\w* dear friend \w Epenetus|strong="G1866"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* convert \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* province \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 6  Greet \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w very|strong="G4183"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 7  Greet Andronicus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Junia|strong="G2458"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w compatriots|strong="G4773"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4869"\w* \w prisoners|strong="G4869"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* known \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* apostles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 8  Greet Ampliatus, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* dear friend \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 9  Greet \w Urbanus|strong="G3773"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4904"\w* \w worker|strong="G4904"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* friend \w Stachys|strong="G4720"\w*.  
\v 10  Greet Apelles, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w approved|strong="G1384"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. Greet \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* household \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Aristobulus.  
\v 11  Greet \w Herodion|strong="G2267"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w compatriot|strong="G4773"\w*. Greet \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* household \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Narcissus|strong="G3488"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 12  Greet \w Tryphena|strong="G5170"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tryphosa|strong="G5173"\w*, \w laborers|strong="G2872"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. Greet \w my|strong="G1722"\w* dear friend \w Persis|strong="G4069"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 13  Greet \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*, \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 14  Greet Asyncritus, \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 the|strong="G2532"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15  Greet \w Philologus|strong="G5378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Julia|strong="G2456"\w*, \w Nereus|strong="G3517"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* sister, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Olympas|strong="G3652"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16  Greet \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* holy \w kiss|strong="G5370"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w churches|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G1577"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* greet \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
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\v 17  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w watch|strong="G4648"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* create \w dissensions|strong="G1370"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w obstacles|strong="G4625"\w* \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w*. \w Avoid|strong="G1578"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5108"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w appetites|strong="G2836"\w*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w smooth|strong="G5542"\w* talk \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w flattery|strong="G2129"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceive|strong="G1818"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w minds|strong="G2588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* naive.  
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\v 21  \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4904"\w* \w worker|strong="G4904"\w*, greets \w you|strong="G5210"\w*; \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w*, \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sosipater|strong="G4989"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w compatriots|strong="G4773"\w*.  
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\p \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w strengthen|strong="G4741"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclamation|strong="G2782"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* revelation \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mystery|strong="G3466"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4601"\w* \w secret|strong="G4601"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w ages|strong="G5550"\w*,  
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\v 27  \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\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 be|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! Amen.   