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Paul ,
a servant of Jesus Christ ,
called to be an apostle ,
separated unto the gospel of God ,
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Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures ,)
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Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord ,
which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh ;
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And declared to be the Son of God with power ,
according to the spirit of holiness ,
by the resurrection from the dead :
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By whom we have received grace and apostleship ,
for obedience to the faith among all nations ,
for his name :
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Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ :
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To 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 .
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First ,
I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all ,
that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world .
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For God is my witness ,
whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son ,
that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers ;
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Making request ,
if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you .
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For I long to see you ,
that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift ,
to the end ye may be established ;
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That is ,
that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me .
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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 .
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I am debtor both to the Greeks ,
and to the Barbarians ;
both to the wise ,
and to the unwise .
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So ,
as much as in me is ,
I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also .
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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 .
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For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith :
as it is written ,
The just shall live by faith .
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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men ,
who hold the truth in unrighteousness ;
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Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them ;
for God hath shewed it unto them .
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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen ,
being understood by the things that are made ,
even his eternal power and Godhead ;
so that they are without excuse :
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Because that ,
when they knew God ,
they glorified him not as God ,
neither were thankful ;
but became vain in their imaginations ,
and their foolish heart was darkened .
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Professing themselves to be wise ,
they became fools ,
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And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man ,
and to birds ,
and fourfooted beasts ,
and creeping things .
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Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts ,
to dishonour their own bodies between themselves :
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Who changed the truth of God into a lie ,
and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator ,
who is blessed for ever .
Amen .
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For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections :
for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature :
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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 .
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And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge ,
God gave them over to a reprobate mind ,
to do those things which are not convenient ;
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Being filled with all unrighteousness ,
fornication ,
wickedness ,
covetousness ,
maliciousness ;
full of envy ,
murder ,
debate ,
deceit ,
malignity ;
whisperers ,
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Backbiters ,
haters of God ,
despiteful ,
proud ,
boasters ,
inventors of evil things ,
disobedient to parents ,
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Without understanding ,
covenantbreakers ,
without natural affection ,
implacable ,
unmerciful :
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Who knowing the judgment of God ,
that they which commit such things are worthy of death ,
not only do the same ,
but have pleasure in them that do them .
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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 .
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But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things .
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And thinkest thou this ,
O man ,
that judgest them which do such things ,
and doest the same ,
that thou shalt escape the judgment of God ?
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Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering ;
not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ?
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But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God ;
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Who will render to every man according to his deeds :
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality ,
eternal life :
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But unto them that are contentious ,
and do not obey the truth ,
but obey unrighteousness ,
indignation and wrath ,
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Tribulation and anguish ,
upon every soul of man that doeth evil ,
of the Jew first ,
and also of the Gentile ;
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But glory ,
honour ,
and peace ,
to every man that worketh good ,
to the Jew first ,
and also to the Gentile :
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For there is no respect of persons with God .
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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 ;
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For not the hearers of the law are just before God ,
but the doers of the law shall be justified .
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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 :
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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 ;)
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In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel .
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Behold ,
thou art called a Jew ,
and restest in the law ,
and makest thy boast of God ,
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And knowest his will ,
and approvest the things that are more excellent ,
being instructed out of the law ;
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And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind ,
a light of them which are in darkness ,
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An instructor of the foolish ,
a teacher of babes ,
which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law .
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Thou therefore which teachest another ,
teachest thou not thyself ?
thou that preachest a man should not steal ,
dost thou steal ?
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Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery ,
dost thou commit adultery ?
thou that abhorrest idols ,
dost thou commit sacrilege ?
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Thou that makest thy boast of the law ,
through breaking the law dishonourest thou God ?
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For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you ,
as it is written .
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For circumcision verily profiteth ,
if thou keep the law :
but if thou be a breaker of the law ,
thy circumcision is made uncircumcision .
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Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law ,
shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision ?
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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 ?
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For he is not a Jew ,
which is one outwardly ;
neither is that circumcision ,
which is outward in the flesh :
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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 God .
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What advantage then hath the Jew ?
or what profit is there of circumcision ?
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Much every way :
chiefly ,
because that unto them were committed the oracles of God .
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For what if some did not believe ?
shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect ?
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God forbid :
yea ,
let God be true ,
but every man a liar ;
as it is written ,
That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings ,
and mightest overcome when thou art judged .
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But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God ,
what shall we say ?
Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance ? (
I speak as a man )
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God forbid :
for then how shall God judge the world ?
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For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory ;
why yet am I also judged as a sinner ?
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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 .
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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 ;
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As it is written ,
There is none righteous ,
no ,
not one :
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There is none that understandeth ,
there is none that seeketh after God .
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They are all gone out of the way ,
they are together become unprofitable ;
there is none that doeth good ,
no ,
not one .
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Their throat is an open sepulchre ;
with their tongues they have used deceit ;
the poison of asps is under their lips :
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Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness :
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Their feet are swift to shed blood :
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Destruction and misery are in their ways :
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And the way of peace have they not known :
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There is no fear of God before their eyes .
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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 .
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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 .
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But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested ,
being witnessed by the law and the prophets ;
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Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe :
for there is no difference :
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For all have sinned ,
and come short of the glory of God ;
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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus :
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Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood ,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past ,
through the forbearance of God ;
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To declare ,
I say ,
at this time his righteousness :
that he might be just ,
and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus .
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Where is boasting then ?
It is excluded .
By what law ?
of works ?
Nay :
but by the law of faith .
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Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law .
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Is he the God of the Jews only ?
is he not also of the Gentiles ?
Yes ,
of the Gentiles also :
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Seeing it is one God ,
which shall justify the circumcision by faith ,
and uncircumcision through faith .
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Do we then make void the law through faith ?
God forbid :
yea ,
we establish the law .
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What shall we say then that Abraham our father ,
as pertaining to the flesh ,
hath found ?