Romans
Chapter 1
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to
be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2(Which
he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3Concerning
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David
according to the flesh; 4And declared to be the Son
of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection from the dead: 5By whom we have received grace
and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his
name: 6Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 7To
all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace
to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for
you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9For
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; 10Making
request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous
journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11For I long
to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end
ye may be established; 12That is, that I may be comforted
together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 13Now
I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to
come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit
among you also, even as among other Gentiles. 14I am debtor
both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to
the unwise. 15So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach
the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17For therein is
the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, The just shall live by faith. 18For 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. 20For
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: 21Because
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. 22Professing themselves
to be wise, they became fools, 23And changed the glory of
the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and
to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24Wherefore
God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who
changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26For
this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women
did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And
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. 28And 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; 29Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31Without
understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful: 32Who 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
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man,
whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2But
we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things. 3And thinkest thou this, O
man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that
thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4Or despisest thou
the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not
knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5But
after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous
judgment of God; 6Who will render to every man according to
his deeds: 7To them who by patient continuance in well
doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8But
unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9Tribulation and
anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and
also of the Gentile; 10But glory, honour, and peace, to
every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the
Gentile: 11For there is no respect of persons with God. 12For
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. 14For when the Gentiles,
which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law,
these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15Which
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;) 16In the day when
God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my
gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in
the law, and makest thy boast of God, 18And knowest his
will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being
instructed out of the law; 19And art confident that thou
thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in
darkness, 20An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of
babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21Thou
therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that
preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22Thou
that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23Thou
that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God? 24For the name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25For
circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a
breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. 26Therefore
if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his
uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 27And shall not
uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee,
who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? 28For
he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that
circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29But he is
a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is
not of men, but of God.
Chapter 3
1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what
profit is there of circumcision? 2Much every way:
chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3For
what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of
God without effect? 4God 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. 5But
if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we
say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a
man) 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7For
if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory;
why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8And 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. 9What
then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have
before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10As
it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11There
is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12They
are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13Their throat is
an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the
poison of asps is under their lips: 14Whose mouth is
full of cursing and bitterness: 15Their feet are
swift to shed blood: 16Destruction and misery are in
their ways: 17And the way of peace have they not known: 18There
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. 20Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his
sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But
now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For
all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus: 25Whom 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; 26To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which
believeth in Jesus. 27Where is boasting then? It is
excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28Therefore
we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the
law. 29Is he the God of the Jews only? is he
not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30Seeing
it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith,
and uncircumcision through faith. 31Do we then make void
the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Chapter 4
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father,
as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2For if Abraham
were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not
before God. 3For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed
God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4Now to
him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5But
to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6Even as
David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works, 7Saying,
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins
are covered. 8Blessed 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 Abraham for righteousness. 10How
was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 11And
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: 12And
the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father
Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. 13For
the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not
to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith. 14For if they which are of the law be
heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15Because
the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression. 16Therefore it is of faith, that it
might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the
seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is
of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
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. 18Who 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. 19And 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 Sara’s womb: 20
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was
strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21And being fully
persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22And
therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone,
that it was imputed to him; 24But for us also, to whom it
shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord
from the dead; 25Who was delivered for our offences, and
was raised again for our justification.
Chapter 5
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2By whom also
we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice
in hope of the glory of God. 3And not only so, but
we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh
patience; 4And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And
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 Christ
died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man
will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to
die. 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then,
being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
him. 10For 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. 11And not only so, but we also
joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received
the atonement. 12Wherefore, 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. 14Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned
after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of
him that was to come. 15But not as the offence, so also is
the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much
more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16And 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. 17For if by one man’s offence death
reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of
the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18Therefore
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. 19For as
by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 20Moreover
the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound: 21That as sin hath
reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness
unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
Chapter 6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in
sin, that grace may abound? 2God 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 Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death? 4Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life. 5For if we have been planted together in the likeness
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection: 6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified
with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin. 7For he that is dead is
freed from sin. 8Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him: 9Knowing that Christ
being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion
over him. 10For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but
in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11Likewise reckon ye
also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. 12Let not sin therefore reign in
your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 13Neither
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. 14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are
not under the law, but under grace. 15What then? shall we
sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 16Know
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? 17But 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. 18Being then made free
from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19I
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. 20For when ye were the
servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21What
fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the
end of those things is death. 22But now being made
free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto
holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23For the wages of
sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Chapter 7
1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them
that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long
as he liveth? 2For 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. 3So
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. 4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also
are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be
married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,
that we should bring forth fruit unto God. 5For 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. 6But
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. 8But
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of
concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. 9For
I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin
revived, and I died. 10And the commandment, which was
ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11For
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.
12Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment
holy, and just, and good. 13Was 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. 15For that which I do I allow
not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16If
then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is
good. 17Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me. 18For 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. 19For the good
that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me. 21I find then a law, that, when I would do
good, evil is present with me. 22For I delight in the law
of God after the inward man: 23But 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. 24O
wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this
death? 25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then
with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the
law of sin.
Chapter 8
1 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but
after the Spirit. 2For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3For
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: 4That the righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit. 5For 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. 6For to be carnally minded is death; but
to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8So then they that
are in the flesh cannot please God. 9But ye are not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in
you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is
dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of
righteousness. 11But if the Spirit of him that raised up
Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the
dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth
in you. 12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the
flesh, to live after the flesh. 13For 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. 14For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15For ye have not
received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16The
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 Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that
we may be also glorified together. 18For I reckon that the
sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be
compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the
same in hope, 21Because the creature itself also shall
be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty
of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole
creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23And
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. 24For
we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a
man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25But 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. 27And 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. 28And
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. 30Moreover 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? 32He 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? 33Who shall
lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that
justifieth. 34Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
sword? 36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37Nay,
in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved
us. 38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Chapter 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my
conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2That
I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3For
I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my
kinsmen according to the flesh: 4Who are Israelites; to
whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants,
and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the
promises; 5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as
concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed
for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none
effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7Neither,
because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children:
but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 8That 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. 9For
this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara
shall have a son. 10And not only this; but when
Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; 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. 13As it is written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there
unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15For he saith to
Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will have compassion. 16So then it
is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God
that sheweth mercy. 17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh,
Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my
power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
earth. 18Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19Thou wilt say
then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his
will? 20Nay 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? 22What if God, willing to shew his
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23And that he
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy,
which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24Even us, whom he
hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my
people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not
beloved. 26And 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. 27Esaias
also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of
Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: 28For
he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness:
because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 29And
as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles,
which followed not after righteousness, have attained to
righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. 31But
Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness. 32Wherefore? Because they
sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; 33As it is
written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence:
and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Chapter 10
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2For I bear them
record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3For
they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto
the righteousness of God. 4For Christ is the end of
the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5For
Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man
which doeth those things shall live by them. 6But the
righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in
thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ
down from above:) 7Or, Who shall descend into the
deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8But
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; 9That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11For
the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and
the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
him. 13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. 14How 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? 15And
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! 16But they have not all
obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our
report? 17So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God. 18But I say, Have they not
heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their
words unto the ends of the world. 19But I say, Did not
Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them
that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger
you. 20But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of
them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not
after me. 21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have
stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Chapter 11
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God
forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of
the tribe of Benjamin. 2God hath not cast away his people
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how
he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3Lord,
they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am
left alone, and they seek my life. 4But what saith the
answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men,
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5Even
so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace. 6And 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. 7What
then? Israel 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. 9And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and
a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10Let
their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back
alway. 11I say then, Have they stumbled that they should
fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is
come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. 12Now
if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the
diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their
fulness? 13For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14If by
any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh,
and might save some of them. 15For if the casting away of
them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the
receiving of them be, but life from the dead? 16For
if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches. 17And
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; 18Boast not against the
branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root
thee. 19Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off,
that I might be graffed in. 20Well; because of unbelief
they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded,
but fear: 21For if God spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also spare not thee. 22Behold 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. 23And they also, if
they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able
to graff them in again. 24For 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? 25For
I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26And
so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out
of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27For
this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their
sins. 28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies
for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved
for the fathers’ sakes. 29For the gifts and calling of
God are without repentance. 30For as ye in times
past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their
unbelief: 31Even so have these also now not believed, that
through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32For 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! 34For who hath known the mind of
the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35Or who hath
first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36For
of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be
glory for ever. Amen.
Chapter 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And
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. 3For 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. 4For
as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same
office: 5So we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another. 6Having then gifts
differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether
prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering:
or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8Or 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.
9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which
is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10Be kindly
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring
one another; 11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord; 12Rejoicing in hope; patient in
tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13Distributing
to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14Bless
them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16Be
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. 17Recompense
to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all
men. 18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men. 19Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is
written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20Therefore
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. 21Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Chapter 13
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher
powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are
ordained of God. 2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation. 3For 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: 4For
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. 5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not
only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6For 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. 8Owe no man any thing, but to love
one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9For
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. 10Love 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. 12The 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. 13Let us walk honestly,
as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil
the lusts thereof.
Chapter 14
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but
not to doubtful disputations. 2For one believeth that he
may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 3Let
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. 4Who
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. 5One man esteemeth one day above another:
another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind. 6He 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. 7For none of us
liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8For
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.
9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. 10But
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 Christ. 11For
it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow
to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12So then
every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13Let
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. 14I know, and am persuaded by the Lord
Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that
esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. 15But
if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. 16Let
not then your good be evil spoken of: 17For the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in
the Holy Ghost. 18For he that in these things serveth
Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19Let
us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things
wherewith one may edify another. 20For meat destroy not the
work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil
for that man who eateth with offence. 21It is good
neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. 22Hast
thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he
that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23And
he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of
faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Chapter 15
1 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. 3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as
it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
4For 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 Christ Jesus: 6That
ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ
also received us to the glory of God. 8Now I say that Jesus
Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to
confirm the promises made unto the fathers: 9And
that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is
written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and
sing unto thy name. 10And again he saith, Rejoice, ye
Gentiles, with his people. 11And again, Praise the Lord,
all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. 12And again,
Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise
to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
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. 15Nevertheless,
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, 16That
I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering
the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be
acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through
Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 18For I
will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, 19Through
mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that
from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ. 20Yea, so have I strived to preach
the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon
another man’s foundation: 21But 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. 23But now having no more place in these
parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; 24Whensoever
I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see
you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if
first I be somewhat filled with your company. 25But
now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 26For
it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 27It
hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their
duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28When
therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I
will come by you into Spain. 29And I am sure that, when I
come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the
gospel of Christ.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord
Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in your prayers to God for me; 31That
I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that
my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the
saints; 32That I may come unto you with joy by the will of
God, and may with you be refreshed. 33Now the God of peace be
with you all. Amen.
Chapter 16
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is
a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: 2That 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. 3Greet Priscilla and
Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4Who have for my life
laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also
all the churches of the Gentiles. 5Likewise greet
the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus,
who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 6Greet Mary,
who bestowed much labour on us. 7Salute Andronicus and
Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the
apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 8Greet Amplias
my beloved in the Lord. 9Salute Urbane, our helper in
Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10Salute Apelles approved
in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household. 11Salute
Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of
Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 12Salute Tryphena and
Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which
laboured much in the Lord. 13Salute Rufus chosen in the
Lord, and his mother and mine. 14Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon,
Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. 15Salute
Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all
the saints which are with them. 16Salute one another with
an holy kiss. The churches of Christ 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. 18For they that are such serve not
our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. 19For 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. 20And the God of peace shall
bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen.
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and
Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. 22I Tertius,
who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23Gaius
mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the
chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. 24The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you
according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according
to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the
world began, 26But 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:
27To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ
for ever. Amen.
[Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe
servant of the church at Cenchrea.
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