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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"> 1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; 2the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life#1:3 Or who according to the flesh was a descendant of David, 4and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power#1:4 Or was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from#1:5 Or that is faith for his name&#8217;s sake. 6And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"> 7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="p">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</div><div class="s1">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</div><div class="p"> 8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 9God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</div><div class="p"> 11I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; 12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. 13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,#1:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17. that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</div><div class="p"> 14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</div><div class="p"> 16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,#1:17 Or is from faith to faith just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;#1:17 Hab. 2:4</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity</div><div class="p"> 18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God&#8217;s invisible qualities&#8212;his eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.</div><div class="p"> 21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.</div><div class="p"> 24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator&#8212;who is forever praised. Amen.</div><div class="p"> 26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.</div><div class="p"> 28Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32Although they know God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</div>
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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Righteous Judgment</div><div class="p"> 1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God&#8217;s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God&#8217;s judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God&#8217;s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?</div><div class="p"> 5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God&#8217;s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6God &#8220;will repay each person according to what they have done.&#8221;#2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. 9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; 10but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.</div><div class="p"> 12All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God&#8217;s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) 16This will take place on the day when God judges people&#8217;s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.</div><div class="s1">The Jews and the Law</div><div class="p"> 17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; 18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; 19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth&#8212; 21you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? 22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24As it is written: &#8220;God&#8217;s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.&#8221;#2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22</div><div class="p"> 25Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. 26So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law&#8217;s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? 27The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the#2:27 Or who, by means of a written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.</div><div class="p"> 28A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. 29No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person&#8217;s praise is not from other people, but from God.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">God&#8217;s Faithfulness</div><div class="p"> 1What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.</div><div class="p"> 3What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God&#8217;s faithfulness? 4Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;So that you may be proved right when you speak</div><div class="q2">and prevail when you judge.&#8221;#3:4 Psalm 51:4</div><div class="p"> 5But if our unrighteousness brings out God&#8217;s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) 6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7Someone might argue, &#8220;If my falsehood enhances God&#8217;s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?&#8221; 8Why not say&#8212;as some slanderously claim that we say&#8212;&#8220;Let us do evil that good may result&#8221;? Their condemnation is just!</div><div class="s1">No One Is Righteous</div><div class="p"> 9What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10As it is written:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;There is no one righteous, not even one;</div><div class="q2"> 11there is no one who understands;</div><div class="q2">there is no one who seeks God.</div><div class="q1"> 12All have turned away,</div><div class="q2">they have together become worthless;</div><div class="q1">there is no one who does good,</div><div class="q2">not even one.&#8221;#3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20</div><div class="q1"> 13&#8220;Their throats are open graves;</div><div class="q2">their tongues practice deceit.&#8221;#3:13 Psalm 5:9</div><div class="q1">&#8220;The poison of vipers is on their lips.&#8221;#3:13 Psalm 140:3</div><div class="q2"> 14&#8220;Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.&#8221;#3:14 Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)</div><div class="q1"> 15&#8220;Their feet are swift to shed blood;</div><div class="q2"> 16ruin and misery mark their ways,</div><div class="q1"> 17and the way of peace they do not know.&#8221;#3:17 Isaiah 59:7,8</div><div class="q2"> 18&#8220;There is no fear of God before their eyes.&#8221;#3:18 Psalm 36:1</div><div class="p"> 19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God&#8217;s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.</div><div class="s1">Righteousness Through Faith</div><div class="p"> 21But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness is given through faith in#3:22 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,#3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16). through the shedding of his blood&#8212;to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished&#8212; 26he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.</div><div class="p"> 27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.</div>
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 <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms">BOOK V</div><div class="mr"> Psalms 107&#8211;150</div><div class="cl">Psalm 107</div><div class="q1"> 1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;</div><div class="q2">his love endures forever.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 2Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story&#8212;</div><div class="q2">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</div><div class="q1"> 3those he gathered from the lands,</div><div class="q2">from east and west, from north and south.#107:3 Hebrew north and the sea</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4Some wandered in desert wastelands,</div><div class="q2">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</div><div class="q1"> 5They were hungry and thirsty,</div><div class="q2">and their lives ebbed away.</div><div class="q1"> 6Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,</div><div class="q2">and he delivered them from their distress.</div><div class="q1"> 7He led them by a straight way</div><div class="q2">to a city where they could settle.</div><div class="q1"> 8Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love</div><div class="q2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</div><div class="q1"> 9for he satisfies the thirsty</div><div class="q2">and fills the hungry with good things.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</div><div class="q2">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</div><div class="q1"> 11because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</div><div class="q2">and despised the plans of the Most High.</div><div class="q1"> 12So he subjected them to bitter labor;</div><div class="q2">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</div><div class="q1"> 13Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,</div><div class="q2">and he saved them from their distress.</div><div class="q1"> 14He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</div><div class="q2">and broke away their chains.</div><div class="q1"> 15Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love</div><div class="q2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</div><div class="q1"> 16for he breaks down gates of bronze</div><div class="q2">and cuts through bars of iron.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 17Some became fools through their rebellious ways</div><div class="q2">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</div><div class="q1"> 18They loathed all food</div><div class="q2">and drew near the gates of death.</div><div class="q1"> 19Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,</div><div class="q2">and he saved them from their distress.</div><div class="q1"> 20He sent out his word and healed them;</div><div class="q2">he rescued them from the grave.</div><div class="q1"> 21Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love</div><div class="q2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</div><div class="q1"> 22Let them sacrifice thank offerings</div><div class="q2">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23Some went out on the sea in ships;</div><div class="q2">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</div><div class="q1"> 24They saw the works of the Lord,</div><div class="q2">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</div><div class="q1"> 25For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</div><div class="q2">that lifted high the waves.</div><div class="q1"> 26They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</div><div class="q2">in their peril their courage melted away.</div><div class="q1"> 27They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</div><div class="q2">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</div><div class="q1"> 28Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,</div><div class="q2">and he brought them out of their distress.</div><div class="q1"> 29He stilled the storm to a whisper;</div><div class="q2">the waves of the sea#107:29 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves were hushed.</div><div class="q1"> 30They were glad when it grew calm,</div><div class="q2">and he guided them to their desired haven.</div><div class="q1"> 31Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love</div><div class="q2">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</div><div class="q1"> 32Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</div><div class="q2">and praise him in the council of the elders.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 33He turned rivers into a desert,</div><div class="q2">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</div><div class="q1"> 34and fruitful land into a salt waste,</div><div class="q2">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</div><div class="q1"> 35He turned the desert into pools of water</div><div class="q2">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</div><div class="q1"> 36there he brought the hungry to live,</div><div class="q2">and they founded a city where they could settle.</div><div class="q1"> 37They sowed fields and planted vineyards</div><div class="q2">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</div><div class="q1"> 38he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</div><div class="q2">and he did not let their herds diminish.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 39Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</div><div class="q2">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</div><div class="q1"> 40he who pours contempt on nobles</div><div class="q2">made them wander in a trackless waste.</div><div class="q1"> 41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</div><div class="q2">and increased their families like flocks.</div><div class="q1"> 42The upright see and rejoice,</div><div class="q2">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 43Let the one who is wise heed these things</div><div class="q2">and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.</div>
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