The Bible, King James version, Book 45: Romans
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45:007:014 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold
under sin.
45:007:015 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I
not; but what I hate, that do I.
45:007:016 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law
that it is good.
45:007:017 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me.
45:007:018 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.
45:007:019 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would
not, that I do.
45:007:020 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but
sin that dwelleth in me.
45:007:021 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present
with me.
45:007:022 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
45:007:023 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.
45:007:024 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body
of this death?
45:007:025 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the
mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law
of sin.
45:008:001 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.
45:008:002 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me
free from the law of sin and death.
45:008:003 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the
flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
45:008:004 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
45:008:005 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit.
45:008:006 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
45:008:007 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
45:008:008 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
45:008:009 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that
the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
45:008:010 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but
the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
45:008:011 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in
you.
45:008:012 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
after the flesh.
45:008:013 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye
through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
live.
45:008:014 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons
of God.
45:008:015 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;
but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,
Abba, Father.
45:008:016 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are
the children of God:
45:008:017 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be
also glorified together.
45:008:018 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.
45:008:019 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
45:008:020 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly,
but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
45:008:021 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the
children of God.
45:008:022 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in
pain together until now.
45:008:023 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the
firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of
our body.
45:008:024 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?
45:008:025 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience
wait for it.
45:008:026 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself
maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
45:008:027 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of
the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God.
45:008:028 And we know that all things work together for good to them
that love God, to them who are the called according to his
purpose.
45:008:029 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brethren.
45:008:030 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.
45:008:031 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who
can be against us?
45:008:032 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us
all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
45:008:033 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is
God that justifieth.
45:008:034 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather,
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who
also maketh intercession for us.
45:008:035 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
45:008:036 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long;
we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
45:008:037 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through
him that loved us.
45:008:038 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come,
45:008:039 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able
to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
45:009:001 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
45:009:002 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
45:009:003 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
45:009:004 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the
glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the
service of God, and the promises;
45:009:005 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh
Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
45:009:006 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they
are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
45:009:007 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all
children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
45:009:008 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are
not the children of God: but the children of the promise are
counted for the seed.
45:009:009 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and
Sarah shall have a son.
45:009:010 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,
even by our father Isaac;
45:009:011 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any
good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election
might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
45:009:012 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
45:009:013 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
45:009:014 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God
forbid.
45:009:015 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.
45:009:016 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
45:009:017 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.
45:009:018 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom
he will he hardeneth.
45:009:019 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For
who hath resisted his will?
45:009:020 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall
the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made
me thus?
45:009:021 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to
make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
45:009:022 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power
known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath
fitted to destruction:
45:009:023 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
45:009:024 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also
of the Gentiles?
45:009:025 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which
were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
45:009:026 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said
unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called
the children of the living God.
45:009:027 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:
45:009:028 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in
righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon
the earth.
45:009:029 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left
us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto
Gomorrha.
45:009:030 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not
after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the
righteousness which is of faith.
45:009:031 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,
hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
45:009:032 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were
by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that
stumblingstone;
45:009:033 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and
rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.
45:010:001 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is,
that they might be saved.
45:010:002 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not
according to knowledge.
45:010:003 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going
about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted
themselves unto the righteousness of God.
45:010:004 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every
one that believeth.
45:010:005 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law,
That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
45:010:006 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 Christ down from above:)
45:010:007 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up
Christ again from the dead.)
45:010:008 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;
45:010:009 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved.
45:010:010 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
45:010:011 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not
be ashamed.
45:010:012 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for
the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
45:010:013 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved.
45:010:014 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have
not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
45:010:015 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!
45:010:016 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith,
Lord, who hath believed our report?
45:010:017 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.
45:010:018 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.
45:010:019 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.
45:010:020 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.
45:010:021 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my
hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
45:011:001 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.
45:011:002 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,
45:011:003 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
45:011:004 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.
45:011:005 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
according to the election of grace.
45:011:006 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace
is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more
grace: otherwise work is no more work.
45:011:007 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for;
but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
45:011:008 (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.
45:011:009 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
45:011:010 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow
down their back alway.
45:011:011 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.
45:011:012 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?
45:011:013 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of
the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
45:011:014 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my
flesh, and might save some of them.
45:011:015 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?
45:011:016 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if
the root be holy, so are the branches.
45:011:017 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;
45:011:018 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou
bearest not the root, but the root thee.
45:011:019 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might
be graffed in.
45:011:020 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
45:011:021 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he
also spare not thee.
45:011:022 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.
45:011:023 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be
graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
45:011:024 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?
45:011:025 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.
45:011:026 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:
45:011:027 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away
their sins.
45:011:028 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but
as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's
sakes.
45:011:029 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
45:011:030 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now
obtained mercy through their unbelief:
45:011:031 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your
mercy they also may obtain mercy.
45:011:032 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might
have mercy upon all.
45:011:033 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!
45:011:034 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his
counsellor?
45:011:035 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed
unto him again?
45:011:036 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to
whom be glory for ever. Amen.
45:012:001 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.
45:012:002 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.
45:012:003 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.
45:012:004 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have
not the same office:
45:012:005 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one
members one of another.
45:012:006 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to
the proportion of faith;
45:012:007 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that
teacheth, on teaching;
45:012:008 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.
45:012:009 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil;
cleave to that which is good.
45:012:010 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in
honour preferring one another;
45:012:011 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
45:012:012 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant
in prayer;
45:012:013 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
45:012:014 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
45:012:015 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
weep.
45:012:016 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.
45:012:017 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in
the sight of all men.
45:012:018 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably
with all men.
45:012:019 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place
unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord.
45:012:020 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.
45:012:021 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
45:013:001 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.
45:013:002 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the
ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation.
45:013:003 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:
45:013:004 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.
45:013:005 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but
also for conscience sake.
45:013:006 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
45:013:007 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom
honour.
45:013:008 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that
loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
45:013:009 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.
45:013:010 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the
fulfilling of the law.
45:013:011 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.
45:013:012 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.