1 Paul, a servant of , called to be an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of ,
2 (Which had promised afore by prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning SON our LORD, which was made of the seed
of David according to the flesh;
4 And declared to be the SON OF with power, according to the 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 name:
6 Among whom are ye also the called of :
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of , called to be saints: Grace to you
and peace from our FATHER, and .
8 First, I thank my through for you all, that your
faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
9 For is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of
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 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 Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, 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
Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of the MESSIAH: for it is the power of
unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to
the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of revealed from faith to faith: as
it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of 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 is manifest in them; for
hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even eternal power and
GODHEAD; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew , they glorified not as ,
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 into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore 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 into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the CREATOR, WHO is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause 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 in their knowledge,
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 , 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 , that they which commit such things are
worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
~ Romans 2 ~
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for
wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest
doest the same things.
2 But we are sure that the judgment of 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 ?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of 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 ;
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 Jew
first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with .
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 , but the doers of
the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things
contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
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 shall judge the secrets of men
according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast
of ,
18 And knowest 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 ?
24 For the name of is blasphemed among the Gentiles 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 Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision,
which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but
of .
~ Romans 3 ~
1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of
.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of
without effect?
4 forbid: yea, let 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 , what shall we
say? Is unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 forbid: for then how shall judge the world?
7 For if the truth of 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 Jews and Gentiles, 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 .
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 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 .
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 without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of which is by faith of
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 ;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
:
25 Whom hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in
blood, to declare righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of ;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just,
and the justifier of him which believeth in .
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 the of the Jews only? is not also of the Gentiles? Yes,
of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing it is ONE , which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? forbid: yea, we establish
the law.
~ Romans 4 ~
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh,
hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not
before .
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed , 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 David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom
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 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.
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 Abraham, which he
had being yet uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of
faith.
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 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 believed, even , 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 Sara's womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to ;
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 our LORD from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our
justification.
~ Romans 5 ~
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with through our LORD
:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of .
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 is shed abroad in our
hearts by the which is given unto us.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time the MESSIAH 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 commendeth love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
the MESSIAH died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through .
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to by the death of
SON, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by life.
11 And not only so, but we also joy in through our LORD HA
MASHIACH, 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 Adam to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of
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 , and the gift by
grace, which is by one man, , 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, .)
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 our LORD.
~ Romans 6 ~
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 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
were baptized into death?
4 Therefore we are buried with by baptism into death: that like as the
MESSIAH 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 death, we shall be
also in the likeness of resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with , 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 the MESSIAH, we believe that we shall also live with
:
9 Knowing that the MESSIAH being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath
no more dominion over .
10 For in that died, died unto sin once: but in that liveth, liveth
unto .
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto
through 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 , as those that are alive from the dead, and
your members as instruments of righteousness unto .
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?
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 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 , ye have your
fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of is eternal life
through our LORD.
~ Romans 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?
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
; that ye should be married to another, even to who is
raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto .
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? 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? 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 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 through our LORD. So then with the mind
I myself serve the law of ; but with the flesh the law of sin.
~ Romans 8 ~
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in ha
MASHIACH, who walk not after the flesh, but after the .
2 For the law of the of life in 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,
sending 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 .
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the the things of the .
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 : for it is not subject to
the law of , neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please .
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the , if so be that the of
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the of the MESSIAH, he is
none of his.
10 And if the MESSIAH be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the
is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the of that raised up from the dead
dwell in you, that raised up the MESSIAH from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by 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 do
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the of , they are the sons of .
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the of adoption, whereby we cry, ABBA, FATHER.
16 The itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children
of :
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of , and joint-heirs with the
MESSIAH; if so be that we suffer with , 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 .
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 .
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
, 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 also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the 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 ,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of .
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love ,
to them who are the called according to purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the
image of 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 be for us, who can be
against us?
32 that spared not his own SON, but delivered up for us all, how shall
not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of 's elect? It is that
justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is the MESSIAH that died, yea rather, that
is risen again, who is even at the right hand of , who also maketh
intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of the MESSIAH? 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 , which is in our LORD.
~ Romans 9 ~
1 I say the truth in the MESSIAH, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me
witness in the ,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from the MESSIAH for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the
covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of , and the
promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh the MESSIAH
came, who is over all, blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the word of hath taken none effect. For they are not
all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the
children of : 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 Sara shall
have a son.
10 And 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 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, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with ?
forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of
that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I
raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be
declared throughout all the earth.
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 ? 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 , 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 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.
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
.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of
Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a
short work will make upon the earth.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except 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.
31 But Israel, 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 Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence:
and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
~ Romans 10 ~
1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to for Israel is, that they
might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of , but not according to
knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of 's righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of .
4 For the MESSIAH is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.
5 For Moses 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 the MESSIAH down
from above:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up the MESSIAH 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 , and shalt
believe in thine heart that hath raised 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 Jew and the Greek: for the same LORD
over all is rich unto all that call upon .
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of shall be
saved.
14 How then shall they call on in whom they have not believed? and how shall
they believe in 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 Esaias saith, Lord, who hath
believed our report?
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of .
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 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.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I
was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a
disobedient and gainsaying people.
~ Romans 11 ~
1 I say then, Hath cast away his people? forbid. For I also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the
scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to against Israel,
saying,
3 , they have killed prophets, and digged down altars; and I am
left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of unto him? I have reserved to myself seven
thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
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? 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, 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 David 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? forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, 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 Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, 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 spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare
not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of : on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for
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
Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
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 are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed , 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 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 ! how
unsearchable are judgments, and ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of ? or who hath been counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to , and it shall be recompensed unto again?
36 For of , and through , and to , are all things: to whom be glory
for ever. Amen.
~ Romans 12 ~
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of , that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto , 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 .
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 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 , 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 ;
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 .
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.
~ Romans 13 ~
1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of
: the powers that be are ordained of .
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of :
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 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 , 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 '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 , and make not provision for the flesh, to
fulfil the lusts thereof.
~ Romans 14 ~
1 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 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 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 ; and he that regardeth
not the day, to he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to
, for he giveth thanks; and he that eateth not, to he eateth
not, and giveth thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto ADONAI; and whether we die, we die unto
ADONAI: whether we live therefore, or die, we are ADONAI's.
9 For to this end the MESSIAH both died, and rose, and revived, that 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 the MESSIAH.
11 For it is written, As I live, saith , every knee shall bow to ,
and every tongue shall confess to .
12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to .
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 , 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 the MESSIAH died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the KINGDOM of is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the .
18 For he that in these things serveth the MESSIAH is acceptable to ,
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 . 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 . 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.
~ Romans 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.
3 For even the MESSIAH 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 of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one
toward another according to :
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify , even the FATHER of
our LORD .
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as the MESSIAH also received us to the glory
of .
8 Now I say that was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of
, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify for mercy; as it is written,
For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto
name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise , all ye Gentiles; and laud , all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall
rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power of the .
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 ,
16 That I should be the minister of to the Gentiles, ministering the
gospel of , that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable,
being sanctified by the .
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through in those things which
pertain to .
18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which the MESSIAH hath
not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the of ; so
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the
gospel of the MESSIAH.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where the MESSIAH was named,
lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
21 But as it is written, To whom 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 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.
25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles
have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to
minister unto them in carnal things.
28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I
will come by you into Spain.
29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the
blessing of the gospel of the MESSIAH.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for 's sake, and for the
love of the , that ye strive together with me in your prayers to
for me;
31 That 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;
32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of , and may with you be
refreshed.
33 Now the of peace be with you all. Amen.
~ Romans 16 ~
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is
at Cenchrea:
2 That ye receive her in , 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 Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in :
4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give
thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto the MESSIAH.
6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of
note among the apostles, who also were in the MESSIAH before me.
8 Greet Amplias my beloved in .
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in the MESSIAH, and Stachys my beloved.
10 Salute Apelles approved in the MESSIAH. Salute them which are of Aristobulus'
household.
11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of
Narcissus, which are in .
12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in . Salute the
beloved Persis, which laboured much in .
13 Salute Rufus chosen in , and his mother and mine.
14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which
are with them.
15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all
the saints which are with them.
16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of the MESSIAH 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 , 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 of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace
of our LORD be with you. Amen.
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen,
salute you.
22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in .
23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the
chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
24 The grace of our LORD be with you all. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the
preaching of , 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 , made known to all nations for the
obedience of faith:
27 To only wise, be glory through for ever. Amen.