Romans 8–9

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who ^awalk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ²For the law of ^bthe Spirit of life in Christ Jesus ^chath made me free from ^dthe law of sin and death. ³For ^ewhat the law could not do, in that ^fit was weak through the flesh, ^gGod sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: ⁴that ^hthe righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^awho walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. ⁵For ⁱthey that are after the flesh do ^jmind ^kthe things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit ^lthe things of the Spirit. ⁶For to be carnally minded is ^mdeath; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷Because the carnal mind is ⁿenmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, ^oneither indeed can be. ⁸So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. ⁹But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, ^pif so be that ^qthe Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not ^qthe Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. ¹⁰And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but ^rthe Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹But if the Spirit of ^shim that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, ^the that raised up Christ from the dead ^ushall also quicken your mortal bodies ^xby his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

¹²Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, ^ynot to the flesh, to live after the flesh. ¹³For ^zif ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do ^amortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. ¹⁴For as many as ^bare led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. ¹⁵For ^cye have not received ^dthe spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of ^eadoption, whereby we cry, ^fAbba, Father. ^16gThe Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are ^hthe children of God: ¹⁷and if children, then ⁱheirs; ⁱheirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; ^kif so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. ¹⁸For I ^lreckon that ^mthe sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with ⁿthe glory which shall be revealed in us. ¹⁹For the ^oearnest expectation of the creature ^pwaiteth for ^ppthe manifestation of the sons of God. ²⁰For ^qthe creature was made subject to ^rvanity, not willingly, but ^sby reason of him who hath subjected the same, in hope, ²¹because the creature itself also shall be ^tdelivered from the bondage of ^ucorruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. ²²For we know that the ^vwhole creation ^wgroaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. ²³And ^xnot only they, but ourselves also, ^gwhich have ^ythe firstfruits of the Spirit, ^zeven we ourselves groan within ourselves, ^awaiting for ^bthe adoption, to wit, the ^credemption of our body. ²⁴For we are saved by hope: but ^dhope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? ²⁵But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience ^await for it. ²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for ^ewe know not what we should pray for as we ought: but ^fthe Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. ²⁷And ^ghe that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is ^hthe mind of the Spirit, because ⁱhe maketh intercession for the saints ^jaccording to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that ^kall things work together ^lfor good to them that love God, to them ^mwho are the called according to his ⁿpurpose. ²⁹For whom he did ^oforeknow, he also did ^ppredestinate to be ^qconformed to ^rthe image of his Son, that he might be ^sthe firstborn amongst many ^tbrethren. ³⁰Moreover whom he did ^ppredestinate, them he also ^ucalled: and whom he called, them he also ^xjustified: and whom he justified, them he also ^yglorified. ³¹What shall we then say to these things? ^zIf God be for us, who can be against us? ³²He that ^aspared not his own Son, but ^bdelivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also ^cfreely give us ^dall things? ³³Who shall ^elay any thing to the charge of ^fGod’s elect? ^gIt is God that justifieth: ^34ghwho is he that condemneth? It is Christ that ^bidied, yea rather, that is risen again, ^jwho is even at the right hand of God, who also ^kmaketh intercession for us. ^35lWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall ^mtribulation, or ^mdistress, or ^mmpersecution, or famine, or ⁿnakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶As it is written, ⁿⁿFor thy sake ^owe are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. ³⁷Nay, in all these things ^pwe are more than conquerors through ^qhim that loved us. ³⁸For I am persuaded, that neither ^ldeath, nor life, nor ^rangels, nor ^sprincipalities, nor ^stpowers, nor things ^uwpresent, nor things ^uto come, ³⁹nor ^xheight, nor ^xdepth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from ^ythe love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

IX.^aI say the truth in Christ, I lie not, ^bmy conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, ^2cthat I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. ³For ^dI could wish that myself were ^eaccursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen ^faccording to the flesh: ^4gwho are Israelites; to whom pertaineth ^hthe adoption, and ⁱthe glory, and ^jthe covenants, and ^kthe giving of the law, and ^lthe service of God, and ^mthe promises; ⁵ⁿwhose are the fathers, and ^oof whom ^fas concerning the flesh Christ came, ^pwho is over all, ^qGod ^rblessed for ever. Amen. ^6sNot as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For ^tthey are not all Israel, which are of Israel: ^7uneither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, ^wIn Isaac shall thy seed be called. ⁸That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but ^xthe children of the promise are counted for the seed. ⁹For this is the word of promise, ^yAt this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son. ^10zAnd not only this; but ^awhen 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 ^bthe purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of ^chim that calleth;) ¹²it was said unto her, ^dThe elder shall serve the younger. ¹³As it is written, ^eJacob have I loved, but Esau have I ^fhated.

¹⁴What shall we say then? ^gIs there unrighteousness with God? ^hGod forbid. ¹⁵For he saith to Moses, ⁱI will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. ¹⁷For ^kthe scripture saith unto Pharaoh, ^lEven for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. ¹⁸Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. ¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For ^mwho hath resisted his will? ²⁰ⁿNay but, ^oO man, who art thou that repliest against God? ^pShall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ^21qHath not the potter power ^rover the clay, of the same lump to make ^sone vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? ²²What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, ^tendured with much ^ulong-suffering ^wthe vessels of wrath ^xfitted to destruction: ²³and ^ythat he might make known ^zthe riches of his glory on ^wthe vessels of mercy, which ^ahe had afore prepared unto glory, ²⁴even us, whom ^bhe hath called, ^cnot of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? ²⁵As he saith also in Osee, ^dI will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. ^26eAnd 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 ^fthe living God. ²⁷Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, ^gThough the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, ^ha remnant shall be saved: ²⁸for he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: ⁱbecause a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. ²⁹And as Esaias said before, ^kExcept the Lord of sabaoth had left us a seed, ^lwe had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. ³⁰What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, ^mwhich ⁿfollowed not after righteousness, have ⁿattained to righteousness, ^oeven the righteousness which is of faith. ³¹But Israel, ^pwhich followed after the law of righteousness, ^qhath not ^rattained to the law of righteousness. ³²Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For ^sthey stumbled at that ^ustumblingstone; ³³as it is written, ^tBehold, I lay in Sion a ^ustumblingstone and rock of ^woffence: and ^txwhosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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