CHAPTER 1
<<THE EPISTLE OF PA᷍UL THE APOSTLE TO THE RŌ‑́MĂNS>> Pa᷍ul, a servant of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his Son Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst our Lord, which was made of the seed of Dā‑́vĭd according to the flesh;
4 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst:
7 To all that be in Rōme, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst.
8 First, I thank my God through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst for you all, that your faith is spoken of through­out the whole world.
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that with­out ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that often­times I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ.
14 I am debtor both to the Gre᷍eks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rōme also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of C͟hrīst: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Je̅w̅ first, and also to the Gre᷍ek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being under­stood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and God­head; so that they are with­out excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing them­selves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between them­selves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Ä‑́mĕn.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in them­selves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 With­out under­standing, covenantbreakers, with­out natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
CHAPTER 2
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, who­soever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thy­self; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long­suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thy­self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Je̅w̅ first, and also of the Ġĕn‑́tīle;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Je̅w̅ first, and also to the Ġĕn‑́tīle:
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned with­out law shall also perish with­out law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto them­selves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Je̅w̅, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thy­self art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thy­self? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Je̅w̅, which is one out­wardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is out­ward in the flesh:
29 But he [is] a Je̅w̅, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.
CHAPTER 3
What advantage then hath the Je̅w̅? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God with­out effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest over­come when thou art judged.
5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Je̅w̅ṡ and Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that under­standeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God with­out the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs:
25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jē‑́ṡŭs.
27 Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith with­out the deeds of the law.
29 [Is he] the God of the Je̅w̅ṡ only? [is he] not also of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ? Yes, of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ also:
30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
CHAPTER 4
What shall we say then that Ā‑́bră‑hăm our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
2 For if Ā‑́bră‑hăm were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Ā‑́bră‑hăm believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 Even as Dā‑́vĭd also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness with­out works,
7 [Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only], or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Ā‑́bră‑hăm for righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Ā‑́bră‑hăm, which [he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, [was] not to Ā‑́bră‑hăm, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
14 For if they which are of the law [be] heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.
16 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Ā‑́bră‑hăm; who is the father of us all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sâr‑́ă’s womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jē‑́ṡŭs our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
CHAPTER 5
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For when we were yet with­out strength, in due time C͟hrīst died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, C͟hrīst died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, by whom we have now received the atonement.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Ăd‑́ăm to Mō‑́ṡĕṡ, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Ăd‑́ăm’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst.)
18 Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20 More­over the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst our Lord.
CHAPTER 6
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as C͟hrīst was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that hence­forth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with C͟hrīst, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that C͟hrīst being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also your­selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield your­selves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield your­selves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.
22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end ever­lasting life.
23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst our Lord.
CHAPTER 7
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
3 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of C͟hrīst; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For with­out the law sin [was] dead.
9 For I was alive with­out the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].
12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
CHAPTER 8
[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually minded [is] life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of C͟hrīst, he is none of his.
10 And if C͟hrīst [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jē‑́ṡŭs from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up C͟hrīst from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Ăb‑́bă, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with C͟hrīst; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only [they], but our­selves also, which have the first­fruits of the Spirit, even we our­selves groan within our­selves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it].
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the first­born among many brethren.
30 More­over whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth.
34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] C͟hrīst that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of C͟hrīst? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs our Lord.
CHAPTER 9
I say the truth in C͟hrīst, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from C͟hrīst for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl‑ītes; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh C͟hrīst [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Ä‑́mĕn.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they [are] not all Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, which are of Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Ā‑́bră‑hăm, [are they] all children: but, In Ī‑́ṡa̅a̅c shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sâr‑́ă shall have a son.
10 And not only [this]; but when Rĕ‑bĕc‑́că also had conceived by one, [even] by our father Ī‑́ṡa̅a̅c;
11 (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jā‑́co̱b have I loved, but Ē‑́sa᷍u have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Mō‑́ṡĕṡ, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Phâr‑́a̅o̅h, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared through­out all the earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long­suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Je̅w̅ṡ only, but also of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ?
25 As he saith also in Ō‑́ṡe᷍e, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27 Ē‑ṡa᷍i‑́ăs also crieth concerning Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, Though the number of the children of Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And as Ē‑ṡa᷍i‑́ăs said before, Except the Lord of Să‑bā‑́ōth had left us a seed, we had been as Sŏd‑́ŏ‑mă, and been made like unto Gō‑mŏr‑́rhă.
30 What shall we say then? That the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling­stone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Ṡī‑́o̱n a stumbling­stone and rock of offence: and who­soever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
CHAPTER 10
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted them­selves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For C͟hrīst [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Mō‑́ṡĕṡ describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring C͟hrīst down [from above]:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up C͟hrīst again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Who­soever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Je̅w̅ and the Gre᷍ek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For who­soever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear with­out a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Ē‑ṡa᷍i‑́ăs saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl know? First Mō‑́ṡĕṡ saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you.
20 But Ē‑ṡa᷍i‑́ăs is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gain­saying people.
CHAPTER 11
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl‑īte, of the seed of Ā‑́bră‑hăm, [of] the tribe of Bĕn‑́jă‑mĭn.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Ē‑lī‑́ăs? how he maketh intercession to God against Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Bā‑́ăl.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: other­wise grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no more grace: other­wise work is no more work.
7 What then? Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
9 And Dā‑́vĭd saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
16 For if the first­fruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high­minded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in [his] goodness: other­wise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl, until the fulness of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ be come in.
26 And so all Ĭṡ‑́rā‑ĕl shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Ṡī‑́o̱n the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jā‑́co̱b:
27 For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God [are] with­out repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Ä‑́mĕn.
CHAPTER 12
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of him­self] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, [being] many, are one body in C͟hrīst, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 [Let] love be with­out dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not your­selves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not over­come of evil, but over­come evil with good.
CHAPTER 13
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Who­soever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to them­selves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy­self.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] the fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
CHAPTER 14
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to him­self, and no man dieth to him­self.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 For to this end C͟hrīst both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of C͟hrīst.
11 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
12 So then every one of us shall give account of him­self to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother’s way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom C͟hrīst died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth C͟hrīst [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things where­with one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have [it] to thy­self before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not him­self in that thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he eateth] not of faith: for what­soever [is] not of faith is sin.
CHAPTER 15
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please our­selves.
2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.
3 For even C͟hrīst pleased not him­self; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
4 For what­soever things were written afore­time were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like­minded one toward another according to C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs:
6 That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as C͟hrīst also received us to the glory of God.
8 Now I say that Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:
9 And that the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Ē‑ṡa᷍i‑́ăs saith, There shall be a root of Jĕs‑́sĕ, and he that shall rise to reign over the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ; in him shall the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ trust.
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
16 That I should be the minister of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst to the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst in those things which pertain to God.
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which C͟hrīst hath not wrought by me, to make the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ obedient, by word and deed,
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jĕ‑rû‑́să‑lĕm, and round about unto Ĭl‑ly̆r‑́ĭ‑cŭm, I have fully preached the gospel of C͟hrīst.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where C͟hrīst was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall under­stand.
22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
24 When­soever I take my journey into Spa͟in, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thither­ward by you, if first I be some­what filled with your [company].
25 But now I go unto Jĕ‑rû‑́să‑lĕm to minister unto the saints.
26 For it hath pleased them of Măc̣‑ē‑dō‑́nĭ‑ă and Ă‑c͟ha᷍i‑́ă to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jĕ‑rû‑́să‑lĕm.
27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spa͟in.
29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of C͟hrīst.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in [your] prayers to God for me;
31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Jû‑dǣ‑́ă; and that my service which [I have] for Jĕ‑rû‑́să‑lĕm may be accepted of the saints;
32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
33 Now the God of peace [be] with you all. Ä‑́mĕn.
CHAPTER 16
I commend unto you Phē‑́bē our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at C̣ĕn‑c͟hrē‑́ă:
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in what­soever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
3 Greet Prĭs‑c̣ĭl‑́lă and Ă‑quĭl‑́ă my helpers in C͟hrīst Jē‑́ṡŭs:
4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Ġĕn‑́tīleṡ.
5 Likewise [greet] the church that is in their house. Salute my well­beloved Ĕp‑ǣ‑́nĕ‑tŭs, who is the first­fruits of Ă‑c͟ha᷍i‑́ă unto C͟hrīst.
6 Greet Mâr‑́y̆, who bestowed much labour on us.
7 Salute Ăn‑drō‑nī‑́cŭs and Jû‑́nĭ‑ă, my kinsmen, and my fellow­prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in C͟hrīst before me.
8 Greet Ăm‑́plĭ‑ăs my beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute U̇r‑́bāne, our helper in C͟hrīst, and Stăc͟h‑́y̆s my beloved.
10 Salute Ă‑pĕl‑́lēṡ approved in C͟hrīst. Salute them which are of Ă‑rĭs‑tō‑būl‑́ŭs’ [house­hold].
11 Salute Hē‑rō‑́dĭ‑o̱n my kinsman. Greet them that be of the [house­hold] of När‑c̣ĭs‑́sŭs, which are in the Lord.
12 Salute Trȳ‑phē‑́nă and Trȳ‑phō‑́să, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Pĕr‑́sĭs, which laboured much in the Lord.
13 Salute Rûfŭs chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
14 Salute Ă‑sy̆n‑́crĭ‑tŭs, Phlĕg‑́ŏn, Hĕr‑́măs, Păt‑́rō‑băs, Hĕr‑́mēṡ, and the brethren which are with them.
15 Salute Phĭ‑lŏl‑́ŏ‑gŭs, and Jû‑́lĭ‑ă, Nē‑́re᷍us, and his sister, and Ō‑ly̆m‑́păs, and all the saints which are with them.
16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of C͟hrīst salute you.
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
20 And the God of peace shall bruise Sā‑́tăn under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst [be] with you. Ä‑́mĕn.
21 Tī‑mŏth‑́ĕ‑ŭs my work­fellow, and Lû‑́c̣ĭ‑ŭs, and Jā‑́so̱n, and Sō‑sĭp‑́ă‑tĕr, my kinsmen, salute you.
22 I Tĕr‑́ti̅ŭs, who wrote [this] epistle, salute you in the Lord.
23 Ga᷍i‑́ŭs mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Ē‑răs‑́tŭs the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quạr‑́tŭs a brother.
24 The grace of our Lord Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst [be] with you all. Ä‑́mĕn.
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the ever­lasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
27 To God only wise, [be] glory through Jē‑́ṡŭs C͟hrīst for ever. Ä‑́mĕn. <¶ Written to the Rō‑́măns from Cŏ‑rĭn‑́thŭs, [and sent] by Phē‑́bē servant of the church at C̣ĕn‑c͟hrē‑́ă.>