Paul heals many in Melita. CHAP. XXVIII.

He preaches at Rome. among themselves, No doubt this man is a 18 Who, when they had examined me, murderer, whom, though he hath escaped would have let me go, because there was the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. no cause of death in me.

5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; 6 Howbeit, they looked when he should not that I had aught to accuse my nation of. have swollen, or fallen down dead sudden- 20 For this cause therefore have I called ly: but after they had looked a great while, for you, to see you, and to speak with and saw no harm come to him, they chang-you: because that for the hope of Israel I ed their minds, and said that he was a god. am bound with this chain. 7 In the same quarters were possessions 21 And they said unto him, We neither of the chief man of the island, whose name received letters out of Judea concerning was Publius; who received us, and lodged thee, neither any of the brethren that came a us three days courteously. shewed or spake any harm of thee.

8 And it came to pass, that the father of 22 But we desire to hear of thee, what Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody- thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, we know that every where it is spoken and laid his hands on him, and healed him. against,

9 So when this was done, others also 23 And when they had appointed him which had diseases in the island, came, a day, there came many to him into his and were healed: lodging; to whom he expounded and tes 10 Who also honoured us with many tified the kingdom of God, persuading honours; and when we departed, they them concerning Jesus, both out of the laded us with such things as were neces-law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.

sary.

11 And after three months we departed 24 And some believed the things which in a ship of Alexandria, which had winter-were spoken, and some believed not.. ed in the isle, whose sign was Castor and 25 And when they agreed not among

Pollux.

12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.

13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:

14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii-forum, and The Three Taverns; whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself, with a soldier that kept him.

themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,

26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive.

27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.

29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reason. ing among themselves.

30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

17 And it came to pass, that after three days, Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethrea, though I have committed nothing 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and against the people, or customs of our fa- teaching those things which concern the thers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. man forbidding him.

1 The Epistle of PAUL, the Apostle, to the ROMANS.

CHAP. I.

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called

to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our

Lord, which was made of the seed of

David according to the flesh;

4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

ROMANS.

God's anger at sin. The sins of the Gentiles. 5 By whom we have received grace and] 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to apostleship, for obedience to the faith uncleanness, through the lusts of their owa among all nations, for his name: hearts, to dishonour their own bodies be

6 Among whom are ye also the called tween themselves: of Jesus Christ:

25. Who changed the truth of God into 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of a lie, and worshipped and served the creaGod, called to be saints: Grace to you, and ture more than the Creator, who is blessed peace from God our Father, and the Lord for ever. Amen. Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

9 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.

26 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:

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 10 Making request (if by any means now receiving in themselves that recompence at length I might have a prosperous jour-of their error which was meet. ney by the will of God) to come unto you. 28 And even as they did not like to re 11 For I long to see you, that I may tain God in their knowledge, God gave impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the them over to a reprobate mind, to do those end ye may be established; things which are not convenient:

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 Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, 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 God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death; not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. CHAP. II.

THE

THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art, that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, 17 For therein is the righteousness of thou condemnest thyself; for thou that God revealed from faith to faith: as it is judgest, doest the same things. written, The just shall live by faith.

2 But we are sure that the judgment of 18 For the wrath of God is revealed God is according to truth, against them from heaven against all ungodliness, and which commit such things. unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that in unrighteousness. judgest them which do such things, and 19 Because that which may be known doest the same, that thou shalt escape the of God, is manifest in them; for God hath judgment of God? shewed it unto them.

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his 20 For the invisible things of him from goodness, and forbearance, and long-sufthe creation of the world are clearly seen, fering; not knowing that the goodness of being understood by the things that are God leadeth thee to repentance? made, even his eternal power and God- 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent head; so that they are without excuse:

21 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. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became tools;

heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

6 Who will render to every man accord ing to his deeds:

7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality; eternal life:

23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unIrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Who are justified.

CHAP. II.

The prerogative of the Jews,

9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every outwardly; neither is that circumcision, soul of man that doeth evil; of the Jew which is outward in the flesh: first, and also of the Gentile;

29 But he is a Jew which is one inward

10 But glory, honour, and peace, to ly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in every man that worketh good; to the Jew the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. CHAP. III. first, and also to the Gentile ;

11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

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 God, 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.

WHAT advantage then hath the Jew?
circum-

cision?

or

1

2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

4 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 15 Which shew the work of the law writ- mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend ten in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the the righteousness of God, what shall we mean while accusing, or else excusing one say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man,) another;)

16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God hath more 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and abounded through my lie unto his glory; restest in the law, and makest thy boast of why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rather (as we be slanderously God, 18 And knowest his will, and approvest reported, and as some affirm that we say) the things that are more excellent, being Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 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 God?

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 God.

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

24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles, through you, as it is ways: written.

17 And the way of peace have they not

18 There is no fear of God before their

25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if known. thou keep the law; but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncir- eyes. cumcision.

19 Now we know that what things so

26 Therefore, if the uncircumcision keep ever the law saith, it saith to them who the righteousness of the law, shall not his un-are under the law that every mouth may circumcision be counted for circumcision? be stopped, and all the world 27 And shall not uncircumcision which guilty before God. is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee,

may

become 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, who by the letter and circumcision dost there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. transgress the law? 21 But now the righteousness of God

28 For he is not a Jew, which is onel

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Abraham's faith was imputed ROMANS.

to him for righteousness. without the law is manifested, being wit-cision, a seal of the righteousness of the nessed by the law and the prophets; faith which he had yet being uncircum22 Even the righteousness of God, cised: that he might be the father of all which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, them that believe, though they be not cirand upon all them that believe; for there cumcised, that righteousness might be imis no difference: puted unto them also;

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

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.

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a pro- 13 For the promise that he should be pitiation, through faith in his blood, to the heir of the world was not to Abraham, declare his righteousness for the remission or to his seed, through the law, but through of sins that are past, through the forbear- the righteousness of faith.

ance of God;

the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

14 For if they which are of the law be 26 To declare, I say, at this time his heirs, faith is made void, and the promise righteousness that he might be just, and made of none effect. 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for 27 Where is boasting then? It is ex- where no law is, there is no transgression. cluded. By what law? of works? Nay; 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might but by the law of faith. be by grace; to the end the promise might be 28 Therefore we conclude, that a man sure to all the seed: not to that only which is justified by faith without the deeds of is of the law, but to that also which is of the the law. faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 (As it is written, I have made thee father of many nations) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth 30 Seeing it is one God which shall the dead, and calleth those things which justify the circumcision by faith, and un- be not, as though they were; circumcision through faith.

29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gen- a tiles also:

18 Who against hope believed in hope, 31 Do we then make void the law that he might become the father of many through faith? God forbid: yea, we estab-nations; according to that which was lish the law. spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he con

CHAP. IV.

WHAT shall we then say that Abra-sidered not his own body now dead, when

ham our father, as pertaining to he was about a hundred years old, neither the flesh, hath found? yet the deadness of Sara's womb.

2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God.

3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, 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 God imputeth righteousness without works,

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

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 Jesus our Lord from the dead,

25 Who was delivered for our offences, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose ini- and was raised again for our justification. quities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.

verlessed is the man to whom the Lord To will not impute sin.

CHAP. V.

being justified, by faith,

our Lord Jesus Christ:

9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the 2 By whom also we have access by faith circumcision only, or upon the uncircum-into this grace wherein we stand, and recision also? For we say that faith was joice in hope of the glory of God. reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. 3 And not only so, but we glory in 10 How was it then reckoned? when he tribulations also; knowing that tribulation was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? worketh patience;

Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 4 And patience, experience; and ex11 And he received the sign of circum-perience, hope;

Reconciliation by Christ.

CHAP. VI.

We must not live in sin.

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; be-eousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ cause the love of God is shed abroad in our Lord. our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

WHAT

CHAP. VI.

THAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the abound? ungodly.

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

.

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

2 God 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 Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was. 9 Much more then, being now justified raised up from the dead by the glory of the by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath Father, even so we also should walk in through him. newness of life.

10 For if when we were enemies, we 5 For if we have been planted together were reconciled to God by the death of in the likeness of his death, we shall be his Son; much more, being reconciled, also in the likeness of his resurrection: we shall be saved by his life. 6 Knowing this, that our old man is

11 And not only so, but we also joy in crucified with him, that the body of sin God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by might be destroyed, that henceforth we whom we have now received the atone- should not serve sin. ment.

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 him that

was to come.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe, that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12 Let not sin therefore reign in your 15 But not as the offence, so also is the mortal body, that ye should obey it in the free gift. For if through the offence of one lusts thereof.

many be dead, much more the grace of 13 Neither yield ye your members as God, and the gift by grace, which is by one instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God:

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.

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but

17 For if by one man's offence death under grace. reigned by one; much more they which 15 What then? shall we sin, because receive abundance of grace, and of the we are not under the law, but under grace? gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by God forbid.

one, Jesus Christ.)

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield

18 Therefore, as by the offence of one yourselves servants to obey, his servants judgment came upon all men to condenina-ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin tion, even so by the righteousness of one unto death, or of obedience unto rightthe free gift came upon all men unto justifi-eousness?

cation of life.

17 But God be thanked, that ye were 19 For as by one man's disobedience the servants of sin; but ye have obeyed many were made sinners, so by the from the beart that form of doctrine which obedience of one shall many be made was delivered you. righteous.

18 Being then made free from sin, ye 20 Moreover the law entered, that the became the servants of righteousness. offence might abound. But where sin 19 I speak after the manner of men, beabounded, grace did much more abound cause of the infirmity of your flesh: for as 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, ye have yielded your members servants to even so might grace reign through right-uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity;