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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 .
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God 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 ,
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Lord ,
they have killed thy prophets ,
and digged down thine altars ;
and I am left alone ,
and they seek my life .
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But what saith the answer of God unto him ?
I have reserved to myself seven thousand men ,
who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal .
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Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace .
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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 .
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What then ?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for ;
but the election hath obtained it ,
and the rest were blinded
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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 .
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And David saith ,
Let their table be made a snare ,
and a trap ,
and a stumblingblock ,
and a recompence unto them :
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Let their eyes be darkened ,
that they may not see ,
and bow down their back alway .
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I 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 .
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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 ?
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For I speak to you Gentiles ,
inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles ,
I magnify mine office :
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If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh ,
and might save some of them .
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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 ?
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For if the firstfruit be holy ,
the lump is also holy :
and if the root be holy ,
so are the branches .
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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 ;
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Boast not against the branches .
But if thou boast ,
thou bearest not the root ,
but the root thee .
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Thou wilt say then ,
The branches were broken off ,
that I might be graffed in .
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Well ;
because of unbelief they were broken off ,
and thou standest by faith .
Be not highminded ,
but fear :
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For if God spared not the natural branches ,
take heed lest he also spare not thee .
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God :
on them which fell ,
severity ;
but toward thee ,
goodness ,
if thou continue in his goodness :
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off .
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And they also ,
if they abide not still in unbelief ,
shall be graffed in :
for God is able to graff them in again .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 :
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For this is my covenant unto them ,
when I shall take away their sins .
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As concerning the gospel ,
they are enemies for your sakes :
but as touching the election ,
they are beloved for the fathers '
sakes .
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For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance .
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For as ye in times past have not believed God ,
yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief :
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Even so have these also now not believed ,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy .
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For God hath concluded them all in unbelief ,
that he might have mercy upon all .
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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 !
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For who hath known the mind of the Lord ?
or who hath been his counsellor ?
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Or who hath first given to him ,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again ?
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For of him ,
and through him ,
and to him ,
are all things :
to whom be glory for ever .
Amen .
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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 .
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And be not conformed to this world :
but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind ,
that ye may prove what is that good ,
and acceptable ,
and perfect ,
will of God .
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For I say ,
through the grace given unto me ,
to every man that is among you ,
not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ;
but to think soberly ,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith .
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For as we have many members in one body ,
and all members have not the same office :
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So we ,
being many ,
are one body in Christ ,
and every one members one of another .
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Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us ,
whether prophecy ,
let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ;
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Or ministry ,
let us wait on our ministering :
or he that teacheth ,
on teaching ;
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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 .
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Let love be without dissimulation .
Abhor that which is evil ;
cleave to that which is good .
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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love ;
in honour preferring one another ;
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Not slothful in business ;
fervent in spirit ;
serving the Lord ;
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Rejoicing in hope ;
patient in tribulation ;
continuing instant in prayer ;
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Distributing to the necessity of saints ;
given to hospitality .
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Bless them which persecute you :
bless ,
and curse not .
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Rejoice with them that do rejoice ,
and weep with them that weep .
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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 .
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Recompense to no man evil for evil .
Provide things honest in the sight of all men .
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If it be possible ,
as much as lieth in you ,
live peaceably with all men .
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Dearly beloved ,
avenge not yourselves ,
but rather give place unto wrath :
for it is written ,
Vengeance is mine ;
I will repay ,
saith the Lord .
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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 .
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Be not overcome of evil ,
but overcome evil with good .
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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 .
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Whosoever therefore resisteth the power ,
resisteth the ordinance of God :
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation .
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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 :
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For he is the minister of God to thee for good .
But if thou do that which is evil ,
be afraid ;
for he beareth not the sword in vain :
for he is the minister of God ,
a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil .
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Wherefore ye must needs be subject ,
not only for wrath ,
but also for conscience sake .
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For for this cause pay ye tribute also :
for they are God '
s ministers ,
attending continually upon this very thing .
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Render therefore to all their dues :
tribute to whom tribute is due ;
custom to whom custom ;
fear to whom fear ;
honour to whom honour .
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Owe no man any thing ,
but to love one another :
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law .
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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 .
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Love worketh no ill to his neighbour :
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law .
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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 .
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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 .
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Let us walk honestly ,
as in the day ;
not in rioting and drunkenness ,
not in chambering and wantonness ,
not in strife and envying .
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But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ ,
and make not provision for the flesh ,
to fulfil the lusts thereof .
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Him that is weak in the faith receive ye ,
but not to doubtful disputations .
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For one believeth that he may eat all things :
another ,
who is weak ,
eateth herbs .
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Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ;
and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth :
for God hath received him .
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Who art thou that judgest another man '
s servant ?
to his own master he standeth or falleth .
Yea ,
he shall be holden up :
for God is able to make him stand .
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One man esteemeth one day above another :
another esteemeth every day alike .
Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind .
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He that regardeth the day ,
regardeth it unto the Lord ;
and he that regardeth not the day ,
to the Lord he doth not regard it .
He that eateth ,
eateth to the Lord ,
for he giveth God thanks ;
and he that eateth not ,
to the Lord he eateth not ,
and giveth God thanks .
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For none of us liveth to himself ,
and no man dieth to himself .
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For whether we live ,
we live unto the Lord ;
and whether we die ,
we die unto the Lord :
whether we live therefore ,
or die ,
we are the Lord '
s .
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For to this end Christ both died ,
and rose ,
and revived ,
that he might be Lord both of the dead and living .
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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 Christ .
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For it is written ,
As I live ,
saith the Lord ,
every knee shall bow to me ,
and every tongue shall confess to God .
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So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God .
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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 .
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I 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 .
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But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat ,
now walkest thou not charitably .
Destroy not him with thy meat ,
for whom Christ died .
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Let not then your good be evil spoken of :
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For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink ;
but righteousness ,
and peace ,
and joy in the Holy Ghost .
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For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God ,
and approved of men .
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Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace ,
and things wherewith one may edify another .
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For meat destroy not the work of God .
All things indeed are pure ;
but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence .
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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 .
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Hast thou faith ?
have it to thyself before God .
Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth .
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And he that doubteth is damned if he eat ,
because he eateth not of faith :
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin .
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We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak ,
and not to please ourselves .
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Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification .
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For even Christ pleased not himself ;
but ,
as it is written ,
The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me .
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For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning ,
that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope .
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Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus :
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That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God ,
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ .
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Wherefore receive ye one another ,
as Christ also received us to the glory of God .
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Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God ,
to confirm the promises made unto the fathers :
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And 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 .
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And again he saith ,
Rejoice ,
ye Gentiles ,
with his people .
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And again ,
Praise the Lord ,
all ye Gentiles ;
and laud him ,
all ye people .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Nevertheless ,
brethren ,
I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort ,
as putting you in mind ,
because of the grace that is given to me of God ,
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That 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 .
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I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God .
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For 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 ,
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Through 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 .
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Yea ,
so have I strived to preach the gospel ,
not where Christ was named ,
lest I should build upon another man '
s foundation :
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But as it is written ,
To whom he was not spoken of ,
they shall see :
and they that have not heard shall understand .
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For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you .
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But now having no more place in these parts ,
and having a great desire these many years to come unto you ;
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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 .
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But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints .
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For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem .
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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 .
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When therefore I have performed this ,
and have sealed to them this fruit ,
I will come by you into Spain .
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And I am sure that ,
when I come unto you ,
I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ .
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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 ;
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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 ;
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That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God ,
and may with you be refreshed .
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Now the God of peace be with you all .
Amen .
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I commend unto you Phebe our sister ,
which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea :
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That ye receive her in the Lord ,
as becometh saints ,
and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you :
for she hath been a succourer of many ,
and of myself also .
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Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus :
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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 .
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Likewise greet the church that is in their house .
Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus ,
who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ .
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Greet Mary ,
who bestowed much labour on us .
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Salute Andronicus and Junia ,
my kinsmen ,
and my fellowprisoners ,
who are of note among the apostles ,
who also were in Christ before me .
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Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord .
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Salute Urbane ,
our helper in Christ ,
and Stachys my beloved .
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Salute Apelles approved in Christ .
Salute them which are of Aristobulus '
household .
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Salute Herodion my kinsman .
Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus ,
which are in the Lord .
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Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa ,
who labour in the Lord .
Salute the beloved Persis ,
which laboured much in the Lord .
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Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord ,
and his mother and mine .
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Salute Asyncritus ,
Phlegon ,
Hermas ,
Patrobas ,
Hermes ,
and the brethren which are with them .
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Salute Philologus ,
and Julia ,
Nereus ,
and his sister ,
and Olympas ,
and all the saints which are with them .
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Salute one another with an holy kiss .
The churches of Christ salute you .
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Now I beseech you ,
brethren ,
mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned ;
and avoid them .
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For 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 .
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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 .
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And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly .
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you .
Amen .
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Timotheus my workfellow ,
and Lucius ,
and Jason ,
and Sosipater ,
my kinsmen ,
salute you .
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I Tertius ,
who wrote this epistle ,
salute you in the Lord .
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Gaius mine host ,
and of the whole church ,
saluteth you .
Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you ,
and Quartus a brother .
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The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all .
Amen .
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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 ,
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But now is made manifest ,
and by the scriptures of the prophets ,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God ,
made known to all nations for the obedience of faith :
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To God only wise ,
be glory through Jesus Christ for ever .
Amen .