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\mt2 This book is a letter that the Apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Rome. We call this book  
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\s1 Romans 1:1-7  
\s1 I, Paul, an apostle whom God appointed to proclaim the good message about Jesus Christ, am writing this letter to all you believers who are in Rome. I pray that God will continue to act kindly toward you and grant you peace.  
\p
\v 1  \add I\add*, \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w who|strong="G2316"\w* serve \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add am writing this letter\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose me \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* apostle, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w I|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* appointed \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2424"\w* {\w he|strong="G2424"\w* appointed me} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \add I should proclaim\add* ◄\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G2098"\w* message/\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w*► \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \add comes from him\add*.  
\v 2 Long \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jesus came to earth, God\add* \w promised|strong="G4279"\w* \add that he would reveal\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* message \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add wrote\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sacred \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*.  
\v 3 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add about the one whom we know as\add* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w As|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*’s \w physical|strong="G4561"\w*/\w human|strong="G4561"\w* nature, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w*.  
\v 4 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* divine nature, \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* shown {\add God\add* showed} powerfully \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* own \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3498"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \add God\add* showed \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* causing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 5 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* appointed \w me|strong="G2983"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* deserve \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \add to be\add* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* apostle. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add many\add* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \w would|strong="G2532"\w* honor \add him\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \add my message about him\add*.  
\v 6 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add believers\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Rome \add city\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* included \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* chosen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 7  \add I am writing this letter\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add you in Rome\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loves \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* chosen \add to become his\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \add I pray that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add continue to\add* act kindly \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add will continue to\add* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.   
\s1 I thank God that people everywhere are talking about how you believers in Rome are trusting Jesus Christ. I pray that God will permit me to visit you soon. I want you to know that I have longed to visit you, but things have always prevented me from doing that. I am eager to proclaim the gospel to you who are living at Rome also.  
\sr Romans 1:8-15  
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\v 8 \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* begin \add this letter\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add believers in Rome\add*. \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \add what\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done for us that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add am able to do that\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* trusting \add in Jesus Christ\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* something \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \add the Roman Empire\add* [HYP] \w are|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w about|strong="G4012"\w*.  
\v 9 \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* devotedly \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add proclaim to people\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w concerning|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, knows \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* truth \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* always \w mention|strong="G3417"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whenever|strong="G5613"\w* [DOU] \w I|strong="G1473"\w* pray \add to God\add* [HYP].  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* especially \w ask|strong="G1189"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w desires|strong="G2307"\w* \add me to visit you\add*, \w somehow|strong="G1513"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w last|strong="G4218"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* able \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G4314"\w*.  
\v 11  \add I pray this\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w long|strong="G1971"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* spiritually, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* become stronger \add spiritually\add*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* long \w to|strong="G2532"\w* visit \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* encourage \w each|strong="G1223"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add by means of our sharing with each other\add* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w each|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* trusts \add in Jesus\add*.  
\v 13 \w My|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers, \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w planned|strong="G4388"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* [LIT] \w that|strong="G3754"\w*. \add But I have not been able to come to you because\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w hindered|strong="G2967"\w* {\add things\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* always \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w me|strong="G2192"\w*} \w until|strong="G2064"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* present \w time|strong="G4178"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* mature spiritually [IDM], \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \add I have helped people to mature spiritually\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w other|strong="G3062"\w* non-Jewish groups [HYP].  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* feel obliged \add to proclaim the gospel to all non-Jewish people\add*, specifically \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who know\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Greek|strong="G1672"\w* \add language and culture\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* know \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* educated \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* uneducated.  
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* eagerly desired \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2097"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* living \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Rome|strong="G4516"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 I very confidently proclaim the good message about what Christ has done, both to Jews and non-Jews, because by that message God reveals his way of declaring all people righteous.  
\sr Romans 1:16-17  
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\v 16  \add That leads me to say that\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* confidently proclaim [LIT] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \add about what Christ has done\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \add means\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add uses\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \add from the guilt of their sins\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \add in what Christ has done for them\add*. Specifically, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add who believe the good message\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w* non-Jews.  
\v 17 \w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w God|strong="G2316"\w* reveals \w how|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* erases \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s sins (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, declares \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G1063"\w* longer guilty \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w having|strong="G2316"\w* sinned); \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* doing \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* entirely \w because|strong="G1063"\w* [IDM] \w they|strong="G1161"\w* trust \add in Christ. This is confirmed\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add a prophet long ago\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add that God said\add*, “\w Those|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w whose|strong="G3588"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sin \add I\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* erased/\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* declared \w no|strong="G1063"\w* longer guilty \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sin► \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* trust \add in me\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add forever\add*.”   
\s1 God is making it clear to all non-Jewish people who are godless and wicked that he is angry with them.  
\sr Romans 1:18  
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\v 18 \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \add where God rules in\add* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* clear \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* show \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add and that they deserve to be punished\add* {\add that he would punish them\add*} [MTY]. \w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add their behaving\add* wickedly, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G2722"\w* \w other|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add from believing what they know\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \add about God\add*.   
\s1 Everyone can clearly know what God is like; so no one has a basis for saying, “We never knew about God.”  
\sr Romans 1:19-23  
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\v 19  \add Everyone\add* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* clearly \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is like\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w himself|strong="G5319"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w revealed|strong="G5319"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* everyone \add what he is like\add*.  
\v 20  \add People\add* cannot \w see|strong="G3539"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G1519"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w clearly|strong="G2529"\w* revealed \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w made|strong="G4161"\w* clear \w to|strong="G1519"\w* everyone \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* always \w been|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Therefore, we should recognize that\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w*, \add completely different from all that he created\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* basis \w for|strong="G1063"\w* saying, \add “We never knew about God\add*.”  
\v 21 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \add the non-Jews\add* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is like\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w nor|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \add him for what he had done\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* began \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \add things about him\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3154"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* [MET] \add what he wanted them to know\add*.  
\v 22 Although \w they|strong="G1510"\w* claimed \w that|strong="G5335"\w* \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w*, \w they|strong="G1510"\w* \w became|strong="G3471"\w* \w foolish|strong="G3471"\w*,  
\v 23 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* refused \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add admit that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* never die. Instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* worshipped idols \add that resembled people who\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G3588"\w* die, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add then they made other idols that resembled\add* \w birds|strong="G4071"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w four-footed|strong="G5074"\w* \w animals|strong="G5074"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add finally\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* idols \w that|strong="G3588"\w* resembled \w reptiles|strong="G2062"\w*.   
\s1 So God let the non-Jewish people feel compelled to do disgraceful things, which resulted in their dishonoring their bodies sexually. He did this because they worshipped idols and things that were created instead of worshipping God. As a result of both men and women having unnatural sexual relations, they have been punished as they deserve.  
\sr Romans 1:24-27  
\p
\v 24 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* allowed \add the non-Jews\add* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* immoral sexual \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN] strongly desired, \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that their desires were compelling them to do\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add began to\add* dishonor \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*’s \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add by their sexual actions\add*.  
\v 25 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add chose to worship\add* \w false|strong="G5579"\w* \add gods\add* instead ◄\w of|strong="G2316"\w* admitting/\w of|strong="G2316"\w* choosing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe► \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \add about\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4573"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G3000"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God\add* \w created|strong="G2936"\w* instead \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add worshipping and serving God himself\add*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w created|strong="G2936"\w* \add everything. They did this even though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add deserves that those he created\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* praise \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Amen!/\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*!   
\p
\v 26 \w So|strong="G1519"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* allowed \add the non-Jews to do\add* shameful \add sexual\add* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \add strongly\add* desired. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, many \w women|strong="G2338"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="G5540"\w* \add with their husbands\add* [EUP]. Instead, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G3844"\w* sexual actions \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* \w women|strong="G2338"\w* [EUP].  
\v 27 \w Similarly|strong="G3668"\w*, \add many\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* stopped \w having|strong="G2532"\w*/\w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w natural|strong="G5446"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="G5540"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w women|strong="G2338"\w* [EUP]. Instead, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* strongly desired \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="G5540"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w committed|strong="G2716"\w* \add homosexual\add* acts \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w*, acts \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* shameful. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \add God has\add* punished \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add by sicknesses\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* bodies, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* deserve \add because\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add thought\add* wrongly \add that God would not punish them for doing that\add*.   
\s1 The result of God’s letting people become obsessed by their own depraved thoughts was that they themselves began to do all manner of evil things that God says are improper. They even approve of others doing such things.  
\sr Romans 1:28-32  
\p
\v 28 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add worthwhile\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w allowed|strong="G2520"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* worthless thoughts \add to completely control them\add*. \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w began|strong="G2192"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God says that people\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 29 \w They|strong="G3956"\w* strongly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* do \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add kinds of\add* unrighteous \add things\add*. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* strongly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* do \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add kinds of\add* \w evil|strong="G2549"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add to others\add*. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* strongly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* possess \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \add belong to others\add*. \w They|strong="G3956"\w* strongly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* harm \add others\add* \w in|strong="G3956"\w* various \w ways|strong="G4189"\w*. \add Many non-Jews\add* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* constantly \w envying|strong="G5355"\w* \add other people. Many\add* constantly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w murder|strong="G5408"\w* \add people. Many\add* constantly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* cause \w strife|strong="G2054"\w* \add between people. Many\add* constantly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* deceive \add others. Many\add* constantly desire \w to|strong="G3956"\w* speak hatefully \add about others\add* (OR, \add to speak harmful things about others, things that are not true\add*). \add Many\add* gossip \add about others\add*.  
\v 30  \add Many\add* slander \add others. Many\add* act especially hatefully toward \w God|strong="G2319"\w*. \add Many\add* speak or act \w in|strong="G1118"\w* an insulting way \add toward others. Many\add* treat others contemptuously. \add Many\add* boast \add about themselves to others. Many\add* invent new ways \w to|strong="G2556"\w* do \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G2556"\w*. \add Many non-Jewish children\add* disobey their \w parents|strong="G1118"\w*.  
\v 31  \add Many non-Jews\add* act in other morally foolish ways. \add Many\add* do not do what they promised \add others that they would do. Many\add* do not \add even\add* love \add their own family members. And many\add* do not act mercifully \add toward other people\add*.  
\v 32 \w Although|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1921"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* deserve \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* killed, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* habitually \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w these|strong="G4160"\w* \add kinds of evil\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w approve|strong="G4909"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* habitually \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 2  
\s1 Any one of you Jews who condemns non-Jews for doing evil will be condemned by God, because you also do the same evil things.  
\sr Romans 2:1-5  
\p
\v 1  \add God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them\add*. \w So|strong="G1352"\w*, \add when God judges people\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* excuse \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* Jews \add to whom I am writing\add*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w say|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God should\add* punish \add non-Jews for doing evil things\add*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* says \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* punish, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \add some of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add that the non-Jews do\add*.  
\v 2 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* judge \w and|strong="G1161"\w* punish fairly \add non-Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4238"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add say God should punish\add* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G4160"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* punished \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!/\w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* punished \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* acting \w very|strong="G2532"\w* tolerantly \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3115"\w* \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* me, \add so I do not need to stop sinning\add* [DOU].” ◄\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* realize \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* acting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5543"\w* \w manner|strong="G2316"\w* \add toward you\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* encourage \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior!/\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* realize \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* acting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5543"\w* \w manner|strong="G2316"\w* \add toward you\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* encourage \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior?► [RHQ]  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* stubbornly refusing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior [DOU], \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* causing [MET] \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* severely. \add He will do that\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* judges \w people|strong="G3588"\w* fairly.   
\s1 Because God is not influenced by a person’s status, he will pay back each person according to what that person has done.  
\sr Romans 2:6-11  
\p
\v 6 \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* pay back \w everyone|strong="G1538"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add what they deserve for\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 7  \add Specifically\add*, \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w by|strong="G2596"\w* continuing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, strive \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* highly \w honored|strong="G1391"\w* \add by God\add* [DOU] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* receive \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* end. \add God will reward them by enabling them\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* forever.  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* act \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w selfish|strong="G2052"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* refuse \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add what God says is\add* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God says\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* wrong. \add God will\add* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* severely [DOU, MTY].  
\v 9 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* habitually \w does|strong="G2716"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* deeds \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* greatly, \add with the result that they will become severely\add* distressed [DOU]. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God will\add* greatly reward spiritually [MET, DOU] \w every|strong="G3956"\w* person \w who|strong="G3588"\w* habitually \w does|strong="G2038"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* deeds. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add certainly\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add because God chose them as his special people\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews.  
\v 11 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will do this fairly\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*’s status \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* influence \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 All non-Jews and all non-Jews will be eternally separated from God for their sin, since it is only those who have continually obeyed his laws whom God will justify.  
\sr Romans 2:12-16  
\p
\v 12 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \add non-Jews do not have\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add God gave to Moses\add*, \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \add non-Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* sin \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* eternally separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add not consider whether or not they knew\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave to Moses\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w in|strong="G1722"\w* spite \w of|strong="G1223"\w* knowing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add God gave to Moses will also be punished\add* {\add God will also punish them\add*}. \add They will be punished for disobeying\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 13  \add It is right for them to be punished\add* {\add God to punish them\add*} \add because\add* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add merely\add* know \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* considers \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*. \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w have|strong="G3588"\w* obeyed \add all\add* ◄\w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*/\w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God gave to Moses\add*► ◄\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* consider \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*/\w whose|strong="G3588"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* sins \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* erase►.  
\v 14 \w Whenever|strong="G3752"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jews, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave to Moses\add*, naturally \w obey|strong="G4160"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \add they prove that\add* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* within \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* minds, \w even|strong="G1063"\w* \w though|strong="G4160"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave to Moses\add*.  
\v 15 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* own \w minds|strong="G2588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add commands in his\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [MET], \w as|strong="G1722"\w* each person \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* own \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w either|strong="G2228"\w* \w accuses|strong="G2723"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* excuses/defends \w himself|strong="G2588"\w* \add concerning his own behavior\add*.  
\v 16 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will punish people\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w thought|strong="G2919"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* done. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add even\add* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* done secretly. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add authorizing\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add to judge them\add*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add what I tell people when\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* preach \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w gospel|strong="G2098"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 It is disgusting that any one of you who has all the advantages of being a Jew would disobey God’s law and, by doing so, insult God.  
\sr Romans 2:17-24  
\p
\v 17  \add Now I have something to say to any one of\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add Jews to whom I am writing\add*: \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4771"\w* saying, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w*.” \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* trust \add that God will save you because you possess\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that he gave to Moses\add*. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add you belong to\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 18 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w desires|strong="G2307"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G2727"\w* {\add people\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w taught|strong="G2727"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*} \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* right \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* choose \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 19 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add are able to\add* show \add God’s truth to non-Jews\add*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w guides|strong="G3595"\w* \add show the road\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w blind|strong="G5185"\w* [MET]. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* say \w you|strong="G1722"\w* can show \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add non-Jews who do not understand it\add*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w light|strong="G5457"\w* shows \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add those who walk in\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w* [MET, DOU].  
\v 20  \add You are certain that you\add* can instruct/correct \add non-Jews, whom you consider\add* \w foolish|strong="G2532"\w* \add because of their not understanding God’s message\add*. \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add written\add* expression \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1108"\w* [HEN], \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* can teach \add people who, being like\add* \w children|strong="G3516"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s truth\add* [MET].  
\v 21  \add Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew\add*, ◄\w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add that they should obey the laws God gave Moses\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add obey the laws that you\add* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*!/why \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add that they should obey the laws God gave Moses\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add obey the laws that you\add* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G3767"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*! [RHQ]  
\v 22 \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* sexual relations \w with|strong="G3588"\w* someone \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* married, \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w* yourself! [RHQ] \w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* detest \w idols|strong="G1497"\w*, \w it|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w rob|strong="G2416"\w* \w temples|strong="G2416"\w* \add where people worship idols\add*! [RHQ]  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w boast|strong="G2744"\w* saying, “\add I have God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*,” \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgusting \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* disobey \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*! [RHQ] \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* result \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* insulting \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!  
\v 24  \add You must not be like our ancestors, about whom\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add these words in the Scriptures:\add* “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \w speak|strong="G2316"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add the evil actions of\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add Jews\add*.” \w The|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \w say|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* hypocrite if \w he|strong="G3588"\w* condones \w the|strong="G1722"\w* behavior \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 God will consider non-Jews acceptable to him if they obey his laws, and such non-Jews will declare God is right in condemning those who disobey his laws, because it is only those who are changed inwardly who are true Jews and acceptable to God.  
\sr Romans 2:25-29  
\p
\v 25 \w Any|strong="G1437"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add is\add* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \add to show that he belongs to God\add* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w benefit|strong="G5623"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* obeys \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave to Moses\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg), a circumcised person\add*, disobey \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \add God will consider that\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G1063"\w* better \add in God’s sight\add* than \add someone who is\add* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*.  
\v 26 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* means \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G3767"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G1519"\w* \add non-Jews who are\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* can become \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w obey|strong="G5442"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* commanded \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. [RHQ]  
\v 27  \add If any one of\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* disobeys \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \add you(sg) have\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1121"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* someone \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* {\w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*} \add God will punish you\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \add will declare that God is right\add* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.  
\v 28 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* perform rituals \add to show they are God’s people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add true\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w*, \w and|strong="G2453"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* bodies \add that causes God to accept them\add* [MTY].  
\v 29 \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w contrary|strong="G2316"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God has changed\add* \w inwardly|strong="G2927"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add true\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* [MTY]. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* change \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* perform rituals. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w praise|strong="G1868"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w* \add for that change\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1868"\w* \w us|strong="G1537"\w*.   
\c 3  
\s1 My reply to the objection that there is no advantage in being a Jew or being circumcised is that there is much advantage, especially since God entrusted his promises to us. My reply to the objection that God has not kept his promise is that he certainly has, for his promises are always true. My reply to the objection that it is not right for God to punish us Jews is that it certainly is right for him to punish us, because if God did not judge us Jews he could not judge anyone.  
\sr Romans 3:1-8  
\p
\v 1  \add Someone may object to this, saying\add*, “\add If being circumcised does not cause God to accept us Jews\add*, ◄\w there|strong="G3767"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w advantage|strong="G4053"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \add over being a non-Jew\add*./\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G3767"\w* \w any|strong="G5101"\w* \w advantage|strong="G4053"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G3767"\w* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w Jew|strong="G2453"\w* \add over being a non-Jew\add*?► [RHQ] \w Being|strong="G3767"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* not \w benefit|strong="G5622"\w* \add us Jews at all\add*!”  
\v 2  \add I would reply that being Jews\add* benefits \add us\add* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ways [HYP]. \w First|strong="G4413"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w it|strong="G3754"\w* benefits us \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add our ancestors\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w words|strong="G3051"\w*, \add words that contain his promises\add*, \w were|strong="G3588"\w* given {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w gave|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G3051"\w*, \add words that contain his promises\add*}.  
\v 3 Many \add Jews did not obey God as they promised that they would. So someone might ask\add*, “\w Does|strong="G5101"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w being|strong="G3361"\w* faithful \w mean|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add bless us Jews\add* \w as|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* promised \add that he would\add*?”  
\v 4  \add I would reply\add*, “\w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w mean|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*! \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \add what he has promised\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \add people do not\add*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* accuse \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add of not keeping his promises to us Jews\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* mistaken.” \add What King David wrote about God’s justly saying that he would punish him for his sins is also true of those who accuse God of not keeping his promises. What he said to God was\add*, “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* acknowledge \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G1161"\w* \add about them\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add their sin\add*) \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* win \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w case|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* accused {\w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add people\add* accuse \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}.”   
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add Jews’\add* \w being|strong="G2596"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] shows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add does not bless us\add*, \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*/conclude? \w Shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* conclude \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* angry \add and punish us Jews\add* [MTY]? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add should not be saying these things\add*, \add but\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* ordinary humans \add speak\add*.  
\v 6 \w We|strong="G3588"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* certainly \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add conclude that God should not judge us\add*, \w because|strong="G1893"\w* if \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add did not judge us Jews\add*, ◄\w it|strong="G1893"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* possibly \w be|strong="G1096"\w* right \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add anyone in\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY]!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \add anyone in\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*?► [MTY, RHQ]  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add someone might object and say to me\add*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* fact \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \add keeps his promises\add* becomes \w very|strong="G3588"\w* clear/evident \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w not|strong="G2919"\w* doing \add what God has commanded\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2919"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*! \w So|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w no|strong="G1487"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* punished {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w me|strong="G2504"\w*} \w on|strong="G1722"\w* account \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w having|strong="G2316"\w* sinned!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2504"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* punished {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w me|strong="G2504"\w*} \w on|strong="G1722"\w* account \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w having|strong="G2316"\w* sinned?► [RHQ]  
\v 8  \add If what you, Paul, say is true\add*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*/\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* right \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w*► \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add like that\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w*! \w For|strong="G3754"\w* example, \add then people will praise God\add*!” \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \add falsely\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add such things. God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fairly/justly punish \add people who say such things about me\add*!   
\s1 My reply to a query about whether God will treat Jews more favorably than non-Jews is no, because the Scriptures make clear that all people are condemned by God for their sin.  
\sr Romans 3:9-18  
\p
\v 9  \add If someone would ask\add*, “\add Shall we conclude that God\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* treat us \add Jews\add* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* favorably \add and will treat\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews \w less|strong="G3756"\w* \add favorably\add* [RHQ]?” \add I would reply that we can\add* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add conclude that\add*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w already|strong="G4256"\w* shown \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add so they deserve to be punished\add* {\add that God will punish them\add*} [PRS].  
\v 10  \add The following words\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {prophets \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures support this\add*,  
\p \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*. \w There|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*!  
\v 11 \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w understands|strong="G4920"\w* \add how to live properly\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \add about God\add*). \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeks|strong="G1567"\w*/desires \add to know\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!   
\p
\v 12 Absolutely \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w turned|strong="G1578"\w* \w away|strong="G1578"\w* [MET] \add from God\add*. \w God|strong="G3588"\w* considers \w them|strong="G3588"\w* depraved (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* useless \add to God\add*). \w There|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w acts|strong="G4160"\w* righteously; \w no|strong="G3756"\w*, \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G2193"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* say [MTY] \add is foul/bad, like the smell that comes from\add* \w a|strong="G5259"\w* \w grave|strong="G5028"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* has been {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people\add* \w have|strong="G3588"\w*} opened [MET]. \add By what people say\add* [MTY], \w they|strong="G3588"\w* deceive \w people|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\q1 \add By what they say\add* [MTY] \add they injure people, just like\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w poison|strong="G2447"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* snakes \add injures people\add* [MET].   
\q1
\v 14 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* continually ◄cursing/asking \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* harmful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*► \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* saying ◄cruel/harsh/hateful► \w things|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 15 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* ◄go quickly/\w are|strong="G3588"\w* eager► \w to|strong="G3588"\w* murder \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 16 Wherever \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w ruin|strong="G4938"\w* everything \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \add people\add* miserable [MTY].   
\q1
\v 17 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w*/\w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1097"\w* \add to live\add* peacefully \add with other people\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* absolutely \w refuse|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w*/\w reverence|strong="G5401"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* [SYN]!   
\s1 In summary, no one is able to object to God’s condemnation; everyone has been declared guilty by God.  
\sr Romans 3:19-20  
\p
\v 19 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \add who are\add* required \w to|strong="G2443"\w* obey \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* Moses wrote \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS]. \add We can infer from this that\add* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jews or non-Jews\add* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \add in reply to God’s saying that he will punish them for having sinned\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w declared|strong="G3754"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY] \w guilty|strong="G1096"\w*!  
\v 20 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* God’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add require\add* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* ◄erase \w the|strong="G3956"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* sins/declare \w them|strong="G3956"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* longer guilty \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sin►, \add because no one has done those things completely\add*. \w In|strong="G3956"\w* fact, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add our knowing God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* clearly \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* sinned (OR, \w are|strong="G3956"\w* sinful).   
\s1 Now God erases the record of sins of everyone, Jew and non-Jew, who trusts in what Jesus Christ has done for them. God presented Christ as the one who would atone for sins by dying on the cross.  
\sr Romans 3:21-26  
\p
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s ◄erasing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w record|strong="G3140"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins/declaring us \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer guilty► \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* depend \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \add our obeying\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that he gave Moses\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*} \w revealed|strong="G5319"\w* \add to us\add* \w how|strong="G5259"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* erases \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w record|strong="G3140"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins \add by a different way\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add by Moses\add* {\add Moses\add* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS] \add God gave\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*}.  
\v 22 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* erases \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add what\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done for us\add*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* person \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts \add in Christ\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add he considers\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w difference|strong="G1293"\w* \add between Jews and non-Jews\add*.  
\v 23 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w evil|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* failed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* accomplish \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w glorious|strong="G1391"\w* \add goals\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add set for them\add*.  
\v 24 \w Our|strong="G2424"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w been|strong="G5547"\w* erased {\w God|strong="G3588"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* sins} \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* acting kindly \add to forgive our sins\add*, \w without|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* doing anything \w to|strong="G1722"\w* earn \w it|strong="G1223"\w*. \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* accomplished \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add by dying for us\add*.  
\v 25 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* showed \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Christ \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* atone \w for|strong="G1519"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3739"\w*, forgive) \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins \add with the\add* blood \add that flowed from his body when he died. God redeems/forgives\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* trusting \add in Christ’s having died for us. God wanted\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* acts justly. \add He wanted to do that\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w*, \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jesus came, God\add* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* punish \add everyone who sinned. So it seemed as though he was not being just\add*. \w But|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* overlooking \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s sins \w during|strong="G1722"\w* \add that time\add*,  
\v 26 \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* patient. \add God arranged for Jesus to die for us\add*. \w By|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* justly able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* erase \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sins \w for|strong="G1519"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts/believes \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.   
\s1 So we are prevented from boasting that God saves us because of our obeying the Mosaic laws. And God will also accept non-Jews on the same basis. And by agreeing that people are declared righteous by their trusting in Christ, we actually confirm, not nullify, the Mosaic laws.  
\sr Romans 3:27-31  
\p
\v 27 \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ] \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add our obeying the\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add of Moses that God erases the record of our sins\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, ◄\w there|strong="G3767"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3780"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* can boast \add that God does that because of our obeying those laws\add*./how can \w we|strong="G3767"\w* boast \add about God erasing the record of our sins because of our obeying those laws\add*?► [RHQ] Instead, \add it is because of our\add* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w*/trusting \add in Christ that God erases the record of our sins\add*.  
\v 28  \add We cannot boast about that\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* conclude \w that|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* our sins \w is|strong="G4102"\w* erased {God erases \w the|strong="G1063"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* our sins} \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* our trusting \add in Christ\add*. God does \w not|strong="G5565"\w* erase \w the|strong="G1063"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* our sins \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* our obeying \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that he gave to Moses, because it is impossible for us to completely obey them\add*.  
\v 29 ◄\w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \add think that you\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* ones \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will accept\add*!/\w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \add think it is you\add* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will accept\add*?► [RHQ] \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \add realize that he will accept\add* non-Jews, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. [RHQ] \w Of|strong="G2316"\w* course, \add he will accept\add* non-Jews \w also|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\v 30 \w because|strong="G1223"\w*, \add as you firmly believe\add*, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* erase \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Jews’ [MTY] sins \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* trust \add in what Christ has done\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* similarly erase \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* non-Jews’ [MTY] sins \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* trust \add in Christ\add*.  
\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \add if someone should ask concerning the laws that God gave Moses\add*, “\w By|strong="G1223"\w* saying \add that God erases the record of our sins because of our\add* trusting \add in Christ\add*, \w does|strong="G2476"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* mean \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* useless?”, \add I would reply\add*, “Certainly \w not|strong="G3361"\w*. Instead, \w we|strong="G3767"\w* truly fulfill \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add*.”   
\c 4  
\s1 We can draw conclusions from Abraham’s life about how God erases the record of our sins. Abraham could not boast about his accomplishing that because the Scriptures record that it was because he believed what God promised that God erased the record of his sins. God’s doing that was a gift, not a reward.  
\sr Romans 4:1-8  
\p
\v 1 Abraham \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \add revered\add* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G3962"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add Jews\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* think \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* conclude \add from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins\add*. [RHQ]  
\v 2 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \add good\add* \w things|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* sins \w was|strong="G2316"\w* erased {\w that|strong="G1487"\w* \add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G1537"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* sins}, Abraham \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w able|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w boast|strong="G2745"\w* \add about that to people\add*, \w but|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add had any basis to\add* \w boast|strong="G2745"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add about it\add*.  
\v 3  \add Remember that\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {someone wrote} [PRS] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add promised\add* [RHQ], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins \w was|strong="G3588"\w* erased {\add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins}.  
\v 4 \w If|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* receive \w wages|strong="G3408"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w work|strong="G2038"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2038"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w wages|strong="G3408"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w considered|strong="G3049"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w gift|strong="G5485"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \add are considered\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* earned. \add Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor\add*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5485"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s erasing the record of our sin\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned\add*.  
\v 5 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w suppose|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G4100"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add to gain God’s acceptance\add*. \w Suppose|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \add in God\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* erases \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G1909"\w* sins \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* erasing \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G4100"\w* sins \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G4100"\w* trusting \add in Christ\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w considered|strong="G3049"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* gift \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \add not something that we earned\add*.  
\v 6 Similarly, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* wrote \add in the Psalms\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* happy \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* sins \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* erased \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add to earn it. David wrote\add*:   
\q1
\v 7  \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* sins \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* {\w whose|strong="G3739"\w* sins \add he\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w*} forgiven, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* sins \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add has decided\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* forget [DOU].   
\q1
\v 8  \add God\add* causes \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w happy|strong="G3107"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* sins \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* keeps \w a|strong="G3756"\w* record \w of|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\s1 This happiness of knowing that God has erased the record of our sins is also for the non-Jews. Remember that it was before Abraham was circumcised, when he was still in effect a non-Jew, that God did that. He later received circumcision simply as a sign of God having erased the record of his sins because of his faith. The result was that he became a spiritual father of all who believe in God as he did, whether they are circumcised or not.  
\sr Romans 4:9-12  
\p
\v 9 \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* happy \add because God has erased the record of our sins\add*, ◄\w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* Jews \add can experience\add*./\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* Jews \add can experience\add*?► [RHQ] \add No, it is\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* something \w that|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jews \add can experience\add* [MTY]. \add What is written in the Scriptures\add*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* Abraham trusted \add in God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins \w was|strong="G3588"\w* erased {\add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins}, \add also shows that this is true\add*.  
\v 10 ◄\add Think about\add* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add God erased the record of Abraham’s sins\add*./\w When|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \add God erase the record of Abraham’s sins\add*?► [RHQ] ◄\w Consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w whether|strong="G2228"\w* \add it happened\add* \w after|strong="G1722"\w* someone \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \add Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* someone \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w*./\add Did it happen\add* \w after|strong="G1722"\w* \add Abraham was\add* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \add to be marked as one who belonged to God\add*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G1510"\w* happened \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w after|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Many years later, God commanded that\add* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \add be\add* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w*’s \w accepting|strong="G2983"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ritual simply showed \add that he knew that God had accepted him\add*. \add He knew that God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add erased the record of his sins\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* trusted \add in God\add* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* still, \add in effect, a non-Jew because\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*. \add So we can understand that\add* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* spiritual \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w*/like \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w*► \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add all\add* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w has|strong="G3962"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* erased {\w whose|strong="G3588"\w* sins \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in God’s promise, even though some of us\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*.  
\v 12 \w Likewise|strong="G2532"\w*, Abraham \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w merely|strong="G3441"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, \w more|strong="G2532"\w* importantly, \add believe in God’s promise\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w circumcised|strong="G4061"\w*.   
\s1 It was because Abraham trusted in God that God erased the record of his sins and promised him many blessings. So what God promised is guaranteed to all, both Jews and non-Jews, who trust in God as Abraham did.  
\sr Romans 4:13-17a  
\p
\v 13 \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="G4102"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2889"\w* \w receive|strong="G4102"\w* \add the blessings that he promised to give to the people in\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* Abraham \add obeyed\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God later gave to Moses\add*. Instead, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* Abraham \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God would do what he promised that he would do\add*. \w As|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* result, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1223"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* sins.  
\v 14-15 If \add we think that\add* it is those who \add obey God’s\add* laws who will receive \add what he has promised\add*, it is useless \add for us to trust in him. And what he\add* promised is worthless. \add Remember that\add* it is \add stated\add* in God’s law [PRS] \add that\add* he will punish \add people who do not perfectly obey them\add*, and remember that wherever [MTY] laws exist, \add people\add* disobey them [LIT].  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add we\add* trust \add in God that we will receive the things that he has promised\add*. \add It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants\add* ◄\w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty\add*► \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* earning \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* guarantees \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add Abraham’s spiritual\add* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*. \add He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add have\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add and trust in him as Abraham did\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* trust \add in him\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* Abraham \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. Abraham \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add believers\add*.  
\v 17 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w What|strong="G3739"\w* \add Moses\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true\add*. \add God said to him\add*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ethnic groups \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* chosen \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.”  
\s1 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* confidently \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s promise \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G2564"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* descendants, \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* physical basis \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* hoping \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* sins.  
\sr Romans 4:17b-22  
\p \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants\add*. \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* confidently \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add would do that\add*,  
\v 18 \w even|strong="G1519"\w* though \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3739"\w* physical \w reason|strong="G3844"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \add that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children\add*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* causes dead \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* live \w again|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* talks \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G3739"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* already existing. \add God said to Abraham\add*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add as impossible to count as the stars\add*.” \w And|strong="G3962"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G4100"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* ethnic groups.  
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* doubt \add that God would do what he promised\add*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* knew \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* already \add as incapable of begetting children as if he were\add* \w dead|strong="G3499"\w* [MET] \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4225"\w* 100 \w years|strong="G1541"\w* \w old|strong="G1541"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add even though he realized that\add* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* pregnant [IDM],  
\v 20 \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w doubt|strong="G1252"\w* \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add would do what he had\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* trusted \add in God\add* \w more|strong="G3756"\w*/\w very|strong="G3588"\w* strongly, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* thanked \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for what God was going to do\add*.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w convinced|strong="G4135"\w* {\w very|strong="G2532"\w* sure} \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*, \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1352"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins \w was|strong="G2532"\w* erased {\add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* sins}.   
\s1 The words about God erasing the record of Abraham’s sins were written also to assure us who believe in God.  
\sr Romans 4:23-25  
\p
\v 23 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* words \add in the Scriptures\add*, “\w The|strong="G1161"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w was|strong="G3748"\w* erased {\add God\add* erased \w the|strong="G1161"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* sins},” \w are|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w about|strong="G3754"\w* Abraham.  
\v 24 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {\add They\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote \w that|strong="G3739"\w*} \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sins \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* erased {\add God\add* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* erase}. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* {\add They\add* wrote \w it|strong="G2532"\w*} \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add God\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* caused \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 25 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* allowed \add men\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* execute [MTY] \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God could forgive\add* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \w deeds|strong="G3739"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* caused \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to\add* erase \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w*.   
\c 5  
\s1 Because God has erased the record of our sins, we have peace with him, we experience his acting kindly toward us, we rejoice because we expect to receive God’s glory, and we even rejoice in suffering because we know the results that it brings.  
\sr Romans 5:1-5  
\p
\v 1 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* trusted \add in Christ\add*, \w the|strong="G1537"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* erased {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1537"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins}. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add now\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* trust \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done for us\add*.  
\v 2 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add what\add* Christ \add has done\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* enabled \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* begin \w experiencing|strong="G2192"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* acting \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ways \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* deserve. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* confidently expecting \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add will gladly show\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w how|strong="G2476"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \add as a result of our trusting in Christ\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffering|strong="G2347"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* result \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* learn \w to|strong="G2532"\w* endure \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add patiently\add*.  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \add we know\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* endure \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add patiently\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* result \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* approves \add of us\add*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \add know that God\add* approves \add of us\add*, \w the|strong="G1161"\w* result \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* confidently expect \add that he will do great things for us\add*.  
\v 5 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* \w confident|strong="G1722"\w* [PRS] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w receive|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wait|strong="G4151"\w* expectantly \add for\add*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loves \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much. \w His|strong="G1223"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w*} \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \add causes\add* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* understand \w how|strong="G3754"\w* much \w God|strong="G2316"\w* loves \w us|strong="G1325"\w*.   
\s1 Because Christ died for us ungodly people, he will certainly save us from God’s eternal punishment, and so we boast of what he has done for us.  
\sr Romans 5:6-11  
\p
\v 6 \w When|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* unable \add to save ourselves\add*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w who|strong="G5547"\w*, \w at|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add that God chose\add*, died \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \add us\add* ungodly \add people\add*.  
\v 7 \w Rarely|strong="G3433"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* die \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w another|strong="G5100"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*, \add even if\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w courageous|strong="G5111"\w* enough \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* truly \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Nevertheless|strong="G1161"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* way \w he|strong="G1161"\w* showed \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* loves \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* rebelling \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* sins \w has|strong="G3709"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* erased {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G3709"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* sins} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add what Christ accomplished when\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* blood [MTY] \add flowed when he died\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3568"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* Christ {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* Christ \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*} \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s punishing \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \add eternally\add* [MTY].  
\v 10 \w Even|strong="G3123"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* acting hostilely towards \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* enabled \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* result \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* dying \add for us\add*. \w So|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G3123"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {Christ \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*} \add from God’s punishing us\add* [MTY] \w because|strong="G1223"\w* Christ \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \add again\add* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* enabled \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* peaceful relationship \add with himself\add*.  
\v 11 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*! \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G2744"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add the things that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has done for us\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add dying for us\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enabling \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* peaceful relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Although the sin of one man, Adam, led to all people dying and God declaring that they deserved to be punished, Christ’s righteous act of obedience when he died led to many people experiencing God’s kindness and being declared righteous and living eternally, and it will also result in their ruling with Christ.  
\sr Romans 5:12-21  
\p
\v 12  \add What you can learn from what I have written so far is as follows\add*: \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sinful [PRS], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add Adam, the first\add* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God created, sinning long ago\add*. Adam \w died|strong="G2288"\w* [PRS] \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sinned. \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who have lived since then\add* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* sinned \add when Adam sinned\add*.  
\v 13  \add People in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* sinned \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \add God gave his\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add to Moses\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* considered \add by God\add* {\add God\add* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* consider \w people|strong="G1510"\w*} \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* sins \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \add stating that what they did was sinful\add*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add we know\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add the time when\add* Adam \add lived\add* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \add the time when\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \add lived\add*, \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* sinned, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \add as a consequence\add* [PRS, MET]. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* sinned differently \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* Adam \add sinned, died\add*. \add Adam’s sin\add* affected \add all people\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5179"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add Christ did\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*, can affect \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*.  
\v 15 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add the results of God’s erasing the record of our sins as\add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \add the results of Adam’s\add* sinning. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \add Adam\add*, sinning \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w*/\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add it is certain\add*, \add however\add*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* abundantly experienced \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s acting kindly \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve. \add It is also certain\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s erasing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, acting kindly \w toward|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/towards \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve.  
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add there is another way in which God’s\add* \w freely|strong="G2532"\w* \add erasing the record of our sins\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \add the results of Adam’s\add* sinning. \w One|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w*, \add Adam, sinned\add*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* declared \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* deserve \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished. \w Many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* sinned. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* earning \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 17 \w All|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* [MET, PRS] \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \add Adam\add*, \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* experience \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w abundantly|strong="G4050"\w* acted towards \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ways \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* deserve, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* experience \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w sins|strong="G3900"\w* \w without|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* earning \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G1520"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* rule \add with Christ\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, share \add the glory\add* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*’s \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*), \add in heaven. This will happen\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add what\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G1520"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \add did for us\add*.   
\p
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, \add because one man, Adam\add*, disobeyed \add God’s law\add*, \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w resulted|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* deserving \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished {\w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3956"\w*}. Similarly, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w*, \add Jesus\add*, acted righteously \add by obeying God when he died\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3956"\w* \add able to erase the record of\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w sins|strong="G3900"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add enable them to\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally.  
\v 19 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*, \add Adam\add*, disobeyed \add God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w*/\w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* sinners. Similarly, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w person|strong="G1342"\w*, \add Jesus\add*, obeyed \add God when he died\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*’s sins \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* erased {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* erase \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*’s sins}.  
\v 20  \add God gave\add* [PRS] \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add to Moses\add* [PRS] \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add people might realize\add* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* greatly \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* sinned; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* sinned \w more|strong="G5248"\w*, \w God|strong="G3588"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2443"\w* act \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w more|strong="G5248"\w* kindly toward \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* way \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* not deserve.  
\v 21 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* everywhere inevitably sin, \add which results in their\add* dying [MET, PRS], \w people|strong="G3588"\w* everywhere \w might|strong="G2532"\w* inevitably experience \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* acting kindly towards \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* deserve [MET, PRS] \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add erasing the record of their sins\add*. \add The result is that people can\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add did for them\add*.   
\c 6  
\s1 If someone were to say that perhaps we should continue to sin in order that God may continue to act more kindly toward us, I would reply that we who ought to consider ourselves unresponsive to sinful desires should certainly not continue sinning. We must keep remembering that it is as though our former sinful nature has ceased to function, and it is as though we have become unresponsive to sinful desires, living in a new way. So do not let the desire to commit sin control you. Instead, present yourselves to God to do righteous things.  
\sr Romans 6:1-14  
\p
\v 1 Someone might [RHQ] \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add in reply to what I have written\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add since God acted kindly toward us\add* \w in|strong="G1961"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* way \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* not deserve \add because we sinned\add*, perhaps \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sin \w in|strong="G1961"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* act even more kindly toward \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add and keep on forgiving us\add*! [RHQ]  
\v 2  \add I would reply\add*, \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, certainly \w not|strong="G3361"\w*! \w We|strong="G1722"\w* \add ought to consider that\add* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* sinful desires [MET] \add cannot make us do what they want us to do\add*, \add just like we cannot make\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* corpse \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* want \w it|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w it|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* right \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1722"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* sin! [RHQ]  
\v 3 \w When|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized {\add asked someone to\add* baptize \w us|strong="G1519"\w*} \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1519"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* united \w to|strong="G1519"\w*) \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \add being baptized was to declare that it was as though\add* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. ◄\add I want\add* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3754"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G2228"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* not know \w that|strong="G3754"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* baptized {someone baptized \w us|strong="G1519"\w*}, \add it was as though\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w buried|strong="G4916"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \add We were baptized\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* indicate \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add we would not let our sinful desires make us do what they want us to do, just like people cannot make\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w corpse|strong="G3498"\w* \add do what they want it to\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* [MET]. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add were baptized\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add signify that we would\add* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \w conduct|strong="G4043"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w way|strong="G3779"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G4043"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \add power\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add God his\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 5 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* close relationship \w with|strong="G2532"\w* Christ, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add separated ourselves from the former way in which we conducted our lives\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was separated from his physical life when he\add* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* [MET]. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \add enable us to live in a new way, just like he\add* enabled Christ \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 6 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* keep remembering \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G1097"\w* Christ \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cross [MET], \add it was as though\add* our sinful nature \add died with him. It has\add* lost \w its|strong="G3754"\w* power \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G2673"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2673"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* wants \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2673"\w* [MET]. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* would \w not|strong="G3371"\w* \w do|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sinful \add things that our bodies\add* [MET], \w which|strong="G3588"\w* desire \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sin, want \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G2673"\w*, \w and|strong="G4983"\w* \w in|strong="G3588"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* would \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w longer|strong="G3371"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sin [MET], \w as|strong="G3754"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1398"\w* \add have to do what their masters want\add*.  
\v 7  \add We are, as it were, freed\add* {\add free\add*} \add from\add* sinful \add desires\add* [MET] \add controlling us, just like\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* free \add from anything controlling them\add*.  
\v 8 \w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* died \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G4800"\w* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 9 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* enabled \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G5547"\w* live \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1537"\w* \w he|strong="G3754"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*, \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w never|strong="G3765"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w*. Nothing \w will|strong="G3748"\w* ever \w be|strong="G5547"\w* able \w to|strong="G5547"\w* make \w him|strong="G1537"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* [PRS].  
\v 10 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add people\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* sinned, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w never|strong="G3739"\w* die again; \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* regard \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \add again now\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* order \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \add serve/honor\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 11 Similarly, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \add unable to do what your\add* sinful \add desires\add* [MET] want, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w corpse|strong="G3498"\w* \add is not able to do what anyone wants it to do\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* relationship \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \add in a new way\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add serve/honor\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add desire to\add* sin [PRS] control \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* [MET] \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w desire|strong="G1939"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w*. \add Remember that\add* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w will|strong="G3767"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* die, \add but your spirits will never die\add*.  
\v 13 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3366"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G2198"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* body \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add you did\add* [MET] \add when you were spiritually\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*. Instead, \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \add spiritually\add*. \w Present|strong="G3936"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* body \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add to allow him\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add do\add* righteous \w things|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \add desire to\add* sin control \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [PRS]. \w The|strong="G1063"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add to stop sinning\add*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \add now\add* God controls \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G5485"\w* kindly helps \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add not to sin\add*.   
\s1 If someone should conclude that people can sin now because they are not obligated to obey the Mosaic laws, I would say, “Certainly not!” Instead, let your minds compel your bodies to act righteously.  
\sr Romans 6:15-23  
\p
\v 15  \add I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might\add* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* [RHQ], “\add You say that\add* \w the|strong="G3754"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave Moses\add* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now\add* treating \w us|strong="G1096"\w* kindly \w in|strong="G1096"\w* ways \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve. ◄\add That seems to mean that God permits\add* \w us|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* sinning./\add Does that mean that God permits\add* \w us|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* sinning?► [RHQ]” \w My|strong="G5259"\w* reply \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w should|strong="G5101"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \add sinning\add*  
\v 16  \add Slaves\add* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \add what their masters command\add* [MET] \add them to do\add*. ◄\w I|strong="G3739"\w* want \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w remember|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w*./\w Do|strong="G1492"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3739"\w*?► [RHQ] Similarly, \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \add in order to\add* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w*. Similarly, \add if you have yielded yourselves to do the\add* sinful \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \add you desire\add*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w your|strong="G3936"\w* sinful desires [PRS], \w and|strong="G1401"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* eternally separated \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*. \add If you have yielded yourselves\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \add God\add*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G1401"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1401"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* need \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add live\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*.  
\v 17 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w once|strong="G3739"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \add to\add* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* sinful \add desires\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w began|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* sincerely \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* new \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add people\add* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w*}. \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.  
\v 18  \add I\add* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \add thank God that\add* \w you|strong="G1659"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* been \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* {\add that\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* has \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* \w you|strong="G1659"\w*} \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add being controlled by a desire to\add* sin, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1659"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \add as though you were\add* \w slaves|strong="G1402"\w* [MET] \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \add living\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w* [MET].  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* illustrating \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add by talking about slavery\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* nature prevents \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* understanding \add spiritual truth\add* easily. \add In the past\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* willingly \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* immoral \w and|strong="G2532"\w* unlawful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add your minds compelled\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w bodies|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* [MET], \add just like\add* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \add do what their masters compel them to do\add*. \w As|strong="G5618"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* unlawful \w things|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Now|strong="G3568"\w*, \add you need to\add* willingly allow \add your minds to compel\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w bodies|strong="G3196"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add act\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w* [MET], \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* behave \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* holy/pure \w way|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* \w slaves|strong="G1401"\w* \add because your sinful desires compelled you to do\add* sinful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* [MET], \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \add concerned about behaving\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w* [MET].  
\v 21 Nevertheless, \add doing\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* resulted \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w being|strong="G2192"\w* separated \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G3767"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w benefit|strong="G2590"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add doing\add* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \add sinful\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w*. [RHQ]  
\v 22 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*} \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add letting the desire to\add* sin control \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \add as though you are\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w slaves|strong="G1402"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* caused \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* eternally.  
\v 23  \add What people receive for\add* sinning \add is that they are\add* eternally separated \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add like\add* \w wages|strong="G3800"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add people receive\add* [MET]. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* gives \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w gift|strong="G5486"\w*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* gives \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* live eternally \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add our relationship with\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add we are united to\add*) \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\c 7  
\s1 You know that after people die they are freed from being required to obey any law. Similarly, God has freed us from being required to obey all the Jewish rituals and laws.  
\sr Romans 7:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w My|strong="G3754"\w* fellow believers, \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w So|strong="G3745"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* remember) \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* obey \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS] \add only\add* \w while|strong="G2980"\w* \add they are\add* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. [RHQ]  
\v 2 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* example, \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* required \w by|strong="G2198"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* {\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* requires \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w woman|strong="G1135"\w*} \add to obey and be faithful to her husband\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* long \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G5220"\w* dies, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* freed \add from having to\add* {\add no longer has to\add*} \add obey\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \add remaining married to\add* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* \w husband|strong="G5220"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w called|strong="G5537"\w* {\w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* call \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w woman|strong="G1658"\w*} \w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w adulteress|strong="G3428"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w with|strong="G1438"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* husband \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w her|strong="G1437"\w* husband dies, \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G1510"\w* \add has to obey\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* \w adulteress|strong="G3428"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w she|strong="G1161"\w* marries \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Likewise|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* fellow believers, \add just like people are free from having to obey any law after they die\add* [MET], \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and I\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* freed {\add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* freed \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and me\add*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \add to obey\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish rituals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [MET]. \add That is because it is as though\add* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2289"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add when he was crucified\add*. \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and I\add* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w someone|strong="G2087"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* [MET], \add like a woman who marries again after her husband dies belongs to another man\add*. Specifically, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and I\add* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Christ\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* life {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* caused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2289"\w*}, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* righteously [IDM] \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add honor\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 5 \w When|strong="G3753"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* self-directed nature \add controlled\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, desires \add that led us to\add* sin \w were|strong="G1510"\w* acting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w bodies|strong="G3196"\w*. \add Those desires were increased because of our knowing God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS]. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \add we did evil things\add* [IDM] \add that\add* caused \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* separated \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* freed {\w free|strong="G1722"\w*} \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add having to obey all the Jewish\add* rituals— \add it is as though\add* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w controlled|strong="G2722"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rituals {\w those|strong="G3588"\w* rituals \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* control \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*}. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add having to obey\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rituals, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* new \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add helps us to serve him\add*.   
\s1 My reply to the objection that the laws of Moses are evil because they cause us to sin is that the laws are holy and good; what the laws do are simply to reveal that what we are doing is sinful.  
\sr Romans 7:7-12  
\p
\v 7  \add Someone might object\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w The|strong="G1223"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* \w must|strong="G2046"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \add if our sinful desires\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* increased \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G1223"\w* \w knowing|strong="G1492"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. [MTY]/\w Are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* \w evil|strong="G1223"\w* \add if they stir up our sinful desires\add*?►” [MTY, RHQ] \add I would reply\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add evil, even though our sinful desires are increased\add*. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w reply|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w*, \add for example\add*, \w realized|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add what I was doing\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* sinful \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add of what is written\add* {\add Moses wrote\add*} \add in\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* example, \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w realized|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w coveting|strong="G1939"\w* \add is sinful\add* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w in|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [PRS], “\w You|strong="G1487"\w* \w must|strong="G2046"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w covet|strong="G1937"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w commandment|strong="G1785"\w* \add stated\add*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* sinful \add desire to have things that belong to others\add* [PRS] caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w covet|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* ways. \add Our desire to\add* sin \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* stimulated [MET] \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \add that prohibits our doing sinful things\add*.  
\v 9 \w Formerly|strong="G4218"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G2064"\w* \add know\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add required\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w used|strong="G4218"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add without worrying about what I was doing\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add became aware that God\add* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w*, \add “You must not covet\add*,” \w I|strong="G1473"\w* suddenly realized [PRS] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* sinning,  
\v 10 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add I realized that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* laws \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add I thought would enable me to\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally as a result of my obeying them\add* caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to realize that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 11  \add My desire to\add* sin \w found|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* [PRS] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceive|strong="G1818"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add by making me think wrongly that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* keep \add on sinning and at the same time obey\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* laws \add enough so that I would live eternally\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add thus it\add* caused \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [PRS].  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add we conclude that\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* holy. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \add about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded\add*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* holy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G1342"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 My reply to the objection that God’s law, being good, causes people to become spiritually dead is no, it is our desire to commit sin that causes us to sin and become spiritually dead.  
\sr Romans 7:13  
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \add if someone were to object\add* saying, “\add The laws that God gave Moses\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w*, ◄resulted \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*!/\w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*?► [RHQ]” \add I would reply\add*, “Certainly \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add do that\add*!” \w But|strong="G3361"\w* instead, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add laws\add*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w*, stimulated \add my desire to\add* sin. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* knew \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*. \w And|strong="G3767"\w* \w also|strong="G3767"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add learned what God had\add* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w*, \add I knew that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w doing|strong="G2716"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \add truly\add* sinful.   
\s1 The laws came from God’s Spirit, but you and I are influenced by our sinful natures. We often do not do the things that we desire, and we do the things that we detest because of a desire to sin that permeates us and prevents us from doing good, unless Christ frees us from being controlled by these desires.  
\sr Romans 7:14-25  
\p
\v 14 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses came from God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add influenced by my\add* self-directed nature. \add It is as though\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* forced \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* slave \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \add my desire to\add* sin [MET].  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G1063"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add often\add* [HYP] \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w*, \add sometimes\add* [HYP] \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \add the good things\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add to do\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. \add And sometimes\add* [HYP] \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* detest \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Since|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \add do\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add to\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w agree|strong="G4852"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add of God\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2716"\w* \add evil things because I wish to do them\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add what happens is that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G2716"\w* sinful \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* desire \w to|strong="G1722"\w* sin \add causes me to do them\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add desire to\add* sin ◄\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w*/permeates► \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [PRS].  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* self-directed nature \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add let me\add* [PRS] \add do\add* anything \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add to do what is good\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*. Instead, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.  
\v 20 \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add evil things\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \add evil things because I want to\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add I do them because\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* self-directed nature, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* permeates \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [PRS], \add causes me to do them\add*.  
\v 21 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w*, \w then|strong="G3754"\w*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* always happens \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G2147"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*, \w there|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \add desire\add* \w present|strong="G3873"\w* within \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* [PRS] \add prevents me from doing good\add*.  
\v 22 \w With|strong="G2316"\w* \w my|strong="G2596"\w* new \w inner|strong="G2080"\w* nature \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much.  
\v 23 \w Nevertheless|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* sense \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* force \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ◄\w my|strong="G1722"\w* body/\w me|strong="G1473"\w*► [PRS, SYN]. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* opposed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w mind|strong="G3563"\w* \add I desire to do\add* [MET], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* puts \w me|strong="G1473"\w* inescapably \w under|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* control \w of|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sinful \add desires\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* [SYN].  
\v 24  \add When I consider this\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add feel that I\add* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G1537"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w wretched|strong="G5005"\w* \w person|strong="G5101"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want someone \w to|strong="G5101"\w* \w set|strong="G4506"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w free|strong="G4506"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* control \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add desires\add*, \w in|strong="G1537"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* separated \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*. [RHQ] \add I also think that what I have experienced is the same as what all believers experience\add*.  
\v 25 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add that we can be free from the control of what our bodies desire\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \add with our minds, you and\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w* want \w to|strong="G1161"\w* obey \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \add But also\add*, \add you and\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add often let\add* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sinful \add desires control us\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* self-directed nature.   
\c 8  
\s1 God will not in any way condemn those who are united to Christ Jesus, because God’s Spirit has freed us from the inevitability of sinning and from spiritual death.  
\sr Romans 8:1-11  
\p
\v 1 \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \add God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us\add*, \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \add God will\add* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* condemn \w and|strong="G2424"\w* punish \w those|strong="G3588"\w*/\w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* united \w to|strong="G1722"\w*) \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*.  
\v 2  \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* causes \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add in a new way\add* [PRS] \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add did for us\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w set|strong="G1659"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* frees \add each of\add* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w being|strong="G2532"\w* forced \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sin (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w our|strong="G2424"\w* self-directed natures) \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* separated \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 3 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \add we\add* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \add by trying to obey\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add of God\add* [PRS], \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* self-directed nature \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* weak \add to obey them\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sent|strong="G3992"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \add into the world in order that his Son might atone\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sin. \w His|strong="G1438"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w came|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w human|strong="G4561"\w* nature) \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \add the body\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add human nature\add*) \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* sin. \add By sending his Son in this way\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2632"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* punished \add his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who\add* sinned [MTY]. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add by making his Son’s\add* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \add a sacrifice\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add by causing his Son’s\add* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \add to suffer/die\add*) \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add all our\add* sin.  
\v 4 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* can \add now\add* \w fulfill|strong="G4137"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* required \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* acting \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* sinful \w human|strong="G4561"\w* nature \add desires\add*, \w but|strong="G3361"\w* instead \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G4043"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add desires us to live\add*.  
\v 5 \w People|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w live|strong="G5426"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* self-directed nature \add desires\add* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w concerned|strong="G5426"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* self-directed nature \add desires\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live\add* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add desires think about and are concerned about\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add desires\add*.  
\v 6 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* self-directed nature \add desires\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* eternally (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* separated \w from|strong="G1515"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*). \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add desires\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add eternally\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.  
\v 7 \w Let|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G3756"\w* explain \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \add To the extent that\add* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* [PRS] think \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* concerned \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* self-directed nature \add desires\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* acting \w contrary|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obey \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w In|strong="G1519"\w* fact, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \add to obey his laws\add*.  
\v 8 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* self-directed nature \add control them\add* \w cannot|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* pleases \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* self-directed nature \add control us\add*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* can \add let\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add control us\add*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add living in them\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add who comes from\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add is living in you/us by his Spirit, although\add* \w your|strong="G1223"\w*/\w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add are certain to\add* \w die|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w we|strong="G1161"\w* sin, \w your|strong="G1223"\w*/\w our|strong="G5547"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* erased \w the|strong="G1722"\w* record \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w*/\w our|strong="G5547"\w* sins.  
\v 11  \add God\add* caused \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w us|strong="G1537"\w*, \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w*/\w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add now\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sure \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G1223"\w*, \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \add again after you/we die\add*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w us|strong="G1537"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add causing\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w lives|strong="G3611"\w* \w within|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w us|strong="G1537"\w*, \add to do it\add*.   
\s1 We are compelled to live as the Spirit directs, not as our self-directed nature directs, because if we do the latter we will be eternally separated from God, but if we cease doing the latter we will live eternally.  
\sr Romans 8:12-13  
\p
\v 12 \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w my|strong="G2596"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4561"\w* believers, \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add live as the Spirit directs us\add*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1510"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* self-directed nature \add guides us\add*.  
\v 13 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* self-directed nature \add directs\add*, \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* surely \w not|strong="G3195"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add eternally\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w will|strong="G3195"\w* surely \w be|strong="G3195"\w* eternally separated \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*). \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \add the power of God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* quit doing \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add sinful\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add desire\add* [MET], \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* eternally.   
\s1 Because we who allow the Spirit of God to guide us are God’s children, we will also inherit eternal blessings from God.  
\sr Romans 8:14-17  
\p
\v 14 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3745"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* guided \w by|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {allow \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* guide us} \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w children|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 15  \add You have showed that this is true\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \add from God\add* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \add God\add* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* like \w slaves|strong="G1397"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add fear their masters\add* [MET]. \w On|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* contrary, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2983"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \add work in our hearts God\add* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* adopted \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* enables \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w cry|strong="G2896"\w* \w out|strong="G2896"\w* \add to God\add*, “\add You(sg) are my\add* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* [DOU]!”  
\v 16 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* himself confirms \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \add say\add*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Because|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \add God’s\add* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w some|strong="G3303"\w* day receive/inherit \add eternal blessings/privileges\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* receive/inherit \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add also\add* receive/inherit \add them\add* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add inherited them\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w suffer|strong="G4841"\w* \add for doing good\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* receive splendor \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Since everything that God has created is eagerly awaiting the time when he will reveal who are his true children, I consider that what we suffer now is not worth paying attention to.  
\sr Romans 8:18-25  
\p
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3195"\w* during \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worth \add paying attention to, because\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w* splendor/\w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* revealed {\w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* reveal} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add is so great\add*.  
\v 19 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \add things that God has\add* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* eagerly waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add the time\add* [PRS, DOU] \w when|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* reveal \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \add true\add* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 20  \add God\add* caused \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* achieve \add what he had purposed. That was\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add be unable to do that\add*. \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* contrary, \add God\add* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* keep confidently expecting  
\v 21 \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w freed|strong="G1659"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w created|strong="G2937"\w*} \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sure decay [MET]. \add He\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w free|strong="G1659"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he can give them\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 22 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add things\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* groaning \w together|strong="G2532"\w*, \add and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child\add* \w groans|strong="G4959"\w* \add and longs for her baby’s birth\add* [MET].  
\v 23 \w Not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \add do those things groan\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w groan|strong="G4727"\w* \w inwardly|strong="G1722"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* partial gift [MET] \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w received|strong="G2192"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wait|strong="G4151"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add the future glory, groan inwardly\add*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w groan|strong="G4727"\w* \w while|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w wait|strong="G4151"\w* eagerly \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1722"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2192"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \add full\add* rights \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* adopted \w children|strong="G5206"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \add will include\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* freeing \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \add from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies\add*.  
\v 24 \w Ever|strong="G3756"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w since|strong="G1063"\w* \add God\add* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* us}, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \add that future glory\add*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w waited|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need to\add* wait \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G1510"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w something|strong="G5101"\w*, \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* wait \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*! [RHQ]  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* keep \w waiting|strong="G5281"\w* expectantly \w to|strong="G3756"\w* receive \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w wait|strong="G5281"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* eagerly \w and|strong="G1161"\w* patiently/perseveringly.   
\s1 God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak; he prays for us and God understands what his Spirit intends.  
\sr Romans 8:26-27  
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\v 26 \w Similarly|strong="G5615"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* addition \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* continuing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w wait|strong="G4151"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w helps|strong="G4878"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* feel weak. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* proper/\w necessary|strong="G1163"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G4336"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w knows|strong="G1492"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prays|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* groan (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w groans|strong="G4726"\w*) \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5615"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* expressed \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w prays|strong="G4336"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w groaning|strong="G4726"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G5615"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* expressed \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*).  
\v 27 \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G5101"\w* examines \w our|strong="G2316"\w* inner feelings, understands \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* desires. \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* understands \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w his|strong="G2596"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* prays \w for|strong="G3754"\w* us \w who|strong="G5101"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* exactly \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w pray|strong="G5228"\w*.   
\s1 God works out all things in a way that produces good spiritual benefits for us who love him. He does this because, having known that we would be saved and thus we would have the character of his Son, he chose us and declared us righteous, and he will surely give us future splendor.  
\sr Romans 8:28-30  
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\v 28 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w*/\w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* love \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* works \w out|strong="G2316"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \add to them/us\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* produces \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \add spiritual\add* benefits \add for us\add*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G1492"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w*/\w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* chosen, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w*) \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* planned \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w*.  
\v 29 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w knew|strong="G4267"\w* previously \add that we would believe\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add would be saved\add*). \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* decided previously \w would|strong="G2532"\w* develop \w a|strong="G2532"\w* character \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*’s character. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add Christ is like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w*/highest-ranking \add son\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add those/we who are God’s children\add* [MET] \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add younger\add* brothers \add of Jesus\add*.  
\v 30 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* decided previously \add that we would become like his Son\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G2564"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w summoned|strong="G2564"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* erased \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* sins. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w us|strong="G2564"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* record \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* erased, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w give|strong="G2564"\w* future splendor.   
\s1 We must conclude from these things that no one can defeat us, and absolutely no one and nothing can separate us from Christ’s loving us and God’s loving us.  
\sr Romans 8:31-39  
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\v 31 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G2046"\w* conclude \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \add all\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that God does for us\add*./\w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* conclude \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \add all\add* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \add that God does for us\add*?► [RHQ] \w Because|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add is acting\add* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w*, ◄\w no|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* win \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*!/\w can|strong="G3004"\w* anyone defeat \w us|strong="G3004"\w*? (\w OR|strong="G1487"\w*, \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* \w matter|strong="G2596"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* anyone opposes \w us|strong="G3004"\w*)!► [RHQ]  
\v 32 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. Instead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w turned|strong="G3860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w over|strong="G3860"\w* \add to others to cruelly kill him\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add who believe in him\add* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* benefit \add from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that\add*, ◄\w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G5483"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w* \w freely|strong="G5483"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that we need to live for him\add*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* addition \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add giving us\add* Christ./\w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G5483"\w* \w us|strong="G5483"\w* \w freely|strong="G5483"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that we need to live for him\add*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* addition \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add giving us\add* Christ?► [RHQ]  
\v 33 \w It|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself \w who|strong="G5101"\w* erases \w the|strong="G2596"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sins. \w So|strong="G2596"\w* ◄\w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* accuses us \add before God will win against us\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \add it does not matter\add* if anyone tries \w to|strong="G2596"\w* accuse us) \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*./\w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G5101"\w* possible \w that|strong="G3588"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G5101"\w* accuses us \add before God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* win \w against|strong="G2596"\w* us (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G5101"\w* \w matter|strong="G2596"\w* if anyone tries \w to|strong="G2596"\w* accuse us) \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1588"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\v 34 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* himself \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w pleads|strong="G1793"\w* \add with God\add* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* can \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G3123"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sin)./can \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G3123"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* sin)?► [RHQ] \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add for us\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w brought|strong="G2532"\w* back \w to|strong="G2532"\w* life {\add God\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* dead}, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* honor \add ruling\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* [MTY].  
\v 35 Absolutely \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G5547"\w* \w nothing|strong="G5101"\w* can \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* stop loving \w us|strong="G2249"\w*! [RHQ] \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* [RHQ] happen \add because someone\add* caused \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w trouble|strong="G2347"\w* [DOU], \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add because someone did things to\add* harm \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add because we did\add* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* eat, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add because we did\add* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* enough clothes, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add because we lived in a\add* dangerous situation, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \add because someone killed us with\add* \w a|strong="G2228"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* [MTY] (\w OR|strong="G2228"\w*, murdered \w us|strong="G2249"\w*).  
\v 36  \add Such things may happen to us, just like\add* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add as David\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add that David said to God\add*, “\w Because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G3650"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \add other people repeatedly attempt to\add* kill us. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w consider|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add only people to be killed\add*, \add like a butcher considers\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* animals \w to|strong="G2289"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w slaughtered|strong="G4967"\w* [MET].”  
\v 37 \w But|strong="G3588"\w* even \w though|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add may happen to us\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* win \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* victory/triumph \add over these things because Christ\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* loves \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \add helps us\add*.  
\v 38 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* absolutely certain \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w neither|strong="G3777"\w* being dead (\w OR|strong="G3777"\w*, being killed), \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \add what happens to us while\add* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w live|strong="G3195"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* angels, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* demons, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w present|strong="G1764"\w* events, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w* events, \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \add beings/forces\add*,  
\v 39 \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \add powerful beings\add* above \add the horizon\add* \w or|strong="G3777"\w* below \add the horizon\add* [MTY], \w nor|strong="G3777"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has\add* \w created|strong="G2937"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* stop loving \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \add God showed us that he loves us by sending\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add to die for us\add*.   
\c 9  
\s1 I tell you very sincerely that I grieve greatly about most of my fellow Israelites having rejected Christ. I would be willing to be separated from Christ if that would help them believe in him.  
\sr Romans 9:1-5  
\p
\v 1  \add Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ\add*. \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* completely truthfully \add what I will now tell you\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w lying|strong="G5574"\w* [DOU]! \w My|strong="G1722"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* confirms \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add say\add* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add controls it\add*.  
\v 2  \add I tell you that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* grieve \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* deeply [DOU] \add about my fellow Israelites\add*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w personally|strong="G4561"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* \add God\add* curse \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add and, as a result, be separated\add* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \add if that would\add* help \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4561"\w* Israelites, \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w natural|strong="G2596"\w* \w kinsmen|strong="G4773"\w*, \add to believe in Christ\add*.  
\v 4 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \add Jews\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add Israelites, God’s chosen\add* descendants \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add Jacob\add*. \add God has always considered\add* us \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5206"\w* [MET]. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* ancestors \add that he used to appear\add* gloriously \add while they were in the desert\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God made\add* \w covenants|strong="G1242"\w* \add several times\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* laws \add at Sinai Mountain\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ones|strong="G3748"\w* \add to whom God showed how they should\add* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ones|strong="G3748"\w* \add to whom God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* many \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \add especially that the Messiah would come from their race\add*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*, \add Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w*, \add most importantly\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* Israelites \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* received \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* nature. \add Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* controls \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*! \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* worthy \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* praise \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*! (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, Amen!)   
\s1 This does not prove that God has failed to do for Abraham what he promised, because, as Scripture illustrates, it is not all who are naturally descended from Jacob or Abraham whom God considers to be his children, but it is those who were born as a result of what God promised whom he considers his children.  
\sr Romans 9:6-13  
\p
\v 6  \add God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ\add*, \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add prove\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w failed|strong="G3756"\w* \add to do\add* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* promised, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Jacob \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add call themselves the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God considers\add* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w truly|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 7 \w And|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G4771"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* Abraham’s natural \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God considers\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. Instead, \add God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children\add*. \add This agrees with what God told Abraham\add*: “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*, \add not any of your(sg) other sons\add*, whom \add I\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* consider \add to be the true father of\add* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.”  
\v 8 \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* natural-born \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \add of Abraham\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add considers as\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*. Instead, \w it|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add believed what God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* considers \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5043"\w*.  
\v 9  \add You know that what God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add to Abraham\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: “\w About|strong="G2596"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add next year\add* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \add your wife\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \add as a result of my enabling\add* [MTY] \add her to do so\add*.” \add So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add that his true descendants would come\add*).  
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G2192"\w* \add that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Rebecca|strong="G4479"\w* \w conceived|strong="G2845"\w* \add twins\add* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*.  
\v 11-12 Before \add the twins, Jacob and Esau\add*, were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, \add God\add* said to Rebecca \add about the twins she was to bear\add*, “The older one shall later serve the younger one, \add contrary to normal custom\add*.” \add God said this\add* in order that \add we\add* might \add clearly\add* understand that what he purposed \add for people\add* was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s \add eternal destiny\add* does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on \add God\add*, the one who chooses them.  
\v 13 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \add this teaching is\add* ◄\add supported/shown to be true\add*► \add by\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w recorded|strong="G1125"\w*} \add that God said\add*: “\w I|strong="G1161"\w* favored \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \add the younger son\add*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1125"\w* favor [HYP] \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*, \add the older son\add*.”   
\s1 As the Scriptures indicate, God’s choosing people depends not on their wishes or efforts. He helps whomever he wants to help, and he makes stubborn whomever he wants to make stubborn. We cannot conclude that God is unjust in choosing the ones he wants to choose.  
\sr Romans 9:14-18  
\p
\v 14  \add Someone\add* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “◄\w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* unjust \add by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* unjust \add by choosing the ones he wants to choose!\add*►” [RHQ] \add I would reply\add*, “\add He is\add* certainly \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add unjust\add*!”  
\v 15 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G3004"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, “\w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* pity \w and|strong="G2532"\w* help \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* choose [DOU]!”  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add God chooses people\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \add God to choose them\add* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w because|strong="G2316"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* try hard \add to do things so that he\add* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \add accept them\add*. Instead \w he|strong="G3588"\w* chooses \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* himself \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1653"\w* \add on undeserving ones\add*.  
\v 17  \add Moses\add* recorded [PRS] \add that God had told\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* authority [MTY]: \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \add by how I oppose\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add how exceedingly\add* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w everywhere|strong="G1229"\w* [HYP] \w would|strong="G2532"\w* hear \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY].”  
\v 18 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add we conclude that God\add* kindly helps \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ones \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* act kindly towards. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* makes stubborn \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ones \add such as Pharaoh\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \add to make stubborn\add*.   
\s1 My reply to anyone’s objection to this doctrine is that God has a right to carry out his purposes; he tolerated the people who caused him to be angry, in order that he might disclose how gloriously he acts toward those on whom he intends to have mercy.  
\sr Romans 9:19-29  
\p
\v 19  \add One of\add* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w may|strong="G3004"\w* \add object to this by\add* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, “\add Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do\add*. ◄\w No|strong="G1063"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* resisted \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* willed!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* resisted \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* willed?► [RHQ] \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, ◄\w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* right \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* condemn \add a person for having sinned\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* condemn \add a person for having sinned\add*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 20  \add I would reply that since\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add just a\add* human \w being|strong="G1510"\w*, ◄\w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add have any right at all to\add* criticize \w God|strong="G2316"\w*!/\add who are you to\add* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong?► [RHQ] \add As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you\add*. ◄\w A|strong="G1510"\w* clay pot [MET] certainly \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add have a right to criticize\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* potter \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* [PRS], “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*?”/\w Would|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* clay pot \add have a right to criticize\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* potter \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w asking|strong="G3004"\w* [PRS], “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*?”► [RHQ]  
\v 21 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, ◄\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w potter|strong="G2763"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3303"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add take\add* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w clay|strong="G4081"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w lump|strong="G5445"\w* \add of clay\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* pot \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add make another\add* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* ordinary purposes [MET]./\w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w potter|strong="G2763"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add take\add* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w clay|strong="G4081"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w lump|strong="G5445"\w* \add of clay\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* pot \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add make another\add* pot \w for|strong="G1519"\w* ordinary purposes?► [MET, RHQ] \add Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people\add*.  
\v 22 \w Although|strong="G1487"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w desires|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* angry \add about sin\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add although he desires to\add* \w make|strong="G1107"\w* clear \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* can powerfully \add punish people who have sinned\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* tolerated \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3115"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* [MET] \w who|strong="G3588"\w* caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* angry \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* deserved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1107"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed).  
\v 23  \add God has been patient\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1107"\w* clear how \w very|strong="G2532"\w* wonderfully \add he acts toward those\add* [MET] \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* intended \w to|strong="G1519"\w* act mercifully towards \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G4282"\w* \w ahead|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \add live\add* gloriously \add in heaven\add*.  
\v 24 \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w means|strong="G1537"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* chose—\w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \add us\add* \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews.  
\v 25  \add These words that\add* \w Hosea|strong="G5617"\w* wrote [MTY] \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* ◄show \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2992"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w right|strong="G3756"\w*/\add support God’s right\add*► \add to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews\add* [MTY]:  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* declare \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* declare \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* love [HYP] \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love \w now|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add another prophet wrote\add*:  
\q2 \w What|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w happen|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \add God\add* told \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, “\w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*,” \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \add people\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* declare truthfully \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* completely powerful.   
\p
\v 27 \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* exclaimed \w concerning|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Israelites:  
\q2 \w Even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Israelites \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add so many that no one can count them, like\add* sand \add particles on the beach beside\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ocean, \add only\add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* small \w part|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \add only\add* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* small \w part|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*},  
\v 28 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w completely|strong="G4931"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* speedily \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add people who live on \add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*.   
\p
\v 29  \add Also, we can understand from what the prophet\add* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \add that God would not save\add* anyone \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* mercy:  
\q1 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* controls everything \w in|strong="G2532"\w* heaven, \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* mercifully allowed \w some|strong="G5613"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* survive, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the cities of\add* \w Sodom|strong="G4670"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w*, \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* [SIM, DOU] completely destroyed.   
\s1 The non-Jews found the way by which God could declare them righteous. The Jews did not succeed in fulfilling what the Mosaic laws require. Instead, they tried to find a way to be declared righteous by doing things in order that God would accept them.  
\sr Romans 9:30-33  
\p
\v 30 \w We|strong="G3754"\w* \w must|strong="G2046"\w* conclude \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: [RHQ] \w Although|strong="G3748"\w* non-Jews \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* search \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \add a way by which\add* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* erase \w the|strong="G1537"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* sins, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* actually \w found|strong="G2638"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* trusted \add in what Christ did for them\add*.  
\v 31 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w although|strong="G1161"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* sought \w a|strong="G1519"\w* basis \add by which God would\add* erase \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* sins, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1377"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* succeed \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add fulfilling the true purpose of the\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave to Moses\add*.  
\v 32 \w The|strong="G1537"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* [RHQ] \add that they did not succeed\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* trust \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add God would provide a way to save them\add*. Instead, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* certain \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites\add* felt disgusted \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \add Jesus’ death, which is like\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* [MET] \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w stumble|strong="G4350"\w*.  
\v 33 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add a prophet\add* predicted \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God said about the Messiah\add*:  
\q1 \w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w placing|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Israel [MTY] \add one who is like\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*] \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* stumble. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G4100"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* offend \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU]. \w Nevertheless|strong="G3756"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w disappointed|strong="G2617"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 My deep desire and earnest prayer is that God will save the Jews, who do not understand how to seek him correctly.  
\sr Romans 10:1-4  
\p
\v 1 \w My|strong="G1699"\w* fellow believers, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* deeply \w desire|strong="G2107"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G1162"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w earnestly|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* save \add my own people\add*, \add the Jews\add*.  
\v 2 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* declare truthfully \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w although|strong="G3748"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* ◄zealously seek/very much want \w to|strong="G2596"\w* know► \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* understand \add how to seek/know him correctly\add*.  
\v 3 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ◄\w submit|strong="G5293"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2398"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/accept► \w the|strong="G2532"\w* way \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* erases \w the|strong="G2532"\w* record \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*’s sins. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add want to\add* recognize \add that way\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2212"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* way.  
\v 4 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* wanted \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* erase \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* sins \add as a result of their obeying his laws. But\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* done, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3956"\w* longer necessary \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add people to obey\add* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave Moses in order for the record of their sins to be erased\add*. Now \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* erase \w the|strong="G1519"\w* record \w of|strong="G3551"\w* sins \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* trusts \add in what Christ has done\add*.   
\s1 The message of Scripture is that those who confess publicly that Jesus is their Lord and who believe inwardly that God brought Jesus back to life will be saved, because God accepts people only because of their faith, Jews and non-Jews alike.  
\sr Romans 10:5-13  
\p
\v 5 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* regard \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add the old\add* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w* \add concerning people who obey God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \add perfectly\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that the laws require\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* gain \add eternal\add* \w life|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add doing\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whose|strong="G5101"\w* record \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sins \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* erased \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Christ\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to anyone\add* [PRS] \add as Moses said\add*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add critically\add* think \w inwardly|strong="G1722"\w*, ‘◄Someone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?►’ [RHQ]” \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, someone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go up and\add* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w* \add to bring the message of salvation to us\add*!  
\v 7 “\w Or|strong="G2228"\w* \add you should not think inwardly\add*, ‘◄Someone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2597"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \add the spirits\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w persons|strong="G1537"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w go|strong="G2597"\w* \w down|strong="G2597"\w* \w and|strong="G2597"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* place \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \add the spirits\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w persons|strong="G1537"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w*?►’ [RHQ]” \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w*, someone \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add go down and\add* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died\add*!  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* instead, \add those who believe in Christ\add* [PRS] \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* [RHQ] \add Moses also said\add*, “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* find \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add God’s\add* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* easily. \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*; \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* think [MTY] \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.” \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2784"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Christ\add*.  
\v 9  \add This message is that\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w anyone|strong="G1437"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w confesses|strong="G3670"\w*/says publicly \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄caused \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* become alive \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*/\w raised|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*}.  
\v 10 \w If|strong="G1161"\w* people \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again\add* [CHI], \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \add God will erase the record of their sins\add*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \add for\add* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* who state/\w declare|strong="G3670"\w* publicly \add that Jesus is their Lord\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G4100"\w* save \w them|strong="G4100"\w*.  
\v 11  \add It is written\add* {\add Isaiah wrote\add*} \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* [PRS] \add about the Messiah\add*, “\w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w disappointed|strong="G2617"\w*.”  
\v 12  \add God\add* treats \w Jews|strong="G2453"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews similarly. \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \add who believe in him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* abundantly \add blesses\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to save them\add*.  
\v 13 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add just like what the prophet Joel wrote\add*: “\w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ask \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ask \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}.”   
\s1 There may be those who object by saying, “If God does not send someone to preach to the Jews, they cannot ask Christ to save them.” My reply to them is that God has already sent people to preach about Christ to them, but most of the Jews have not accepted the gospel. However, some Jews do believe in Christ, and many other people are indeed hearing the message.  
\sr Romans 10:14-17  
\p
\v 14  \add In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying\add*, (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, \add This raises another problem about the Jews\add*:) “◄\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* ask \add Christ to save them\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add first\add* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him\add*!/\w How|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* ask \add Christ to help/save them\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add first\add* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him\add*?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* heard \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*?► [RHQ] \w And|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* hear \add about him\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \add about him\add*!/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* hear \add about him\add* \w if|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G4100"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \add about him\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 15 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add about Christ\add*, ◄certainly \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sent|strong="G1125"\w* \add by God\add* {\w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add God\add* \w does|strong="G4459"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add to preach!\add*/\w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w can|strong="G4459"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w sent|strong="G1125"\w* \add by God\add* {\w if|strong="G1437"\w* \add God\add* \w does|strong="G4459"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* send \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \add to preach\add*?► [RHQ] \add His sending messengers to them would be\add* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w like|strong="G5613"\w* someone \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add*, ‘\w The|strong="G1161"\w* arrival [MTY] \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w preach|strong="G2784"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w is|strong="G3588"\w* wonderful!’ ”  
\v 16  \add I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ\add*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the people of Israel\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* paid attention \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* message! \add It is like what\add* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add when he felt very discouraged\add*, “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* seems \w as|strong="G3004"\w* if hardly \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add (exc)\add* preach! [RHQ]”  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w*, \add I tell you that people\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w believing|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Christ\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* hearing \add the message about him\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* hearing \add the message\add* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add people\add* preaching \add about\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*!   
\s1 In reply to a question of whether the Jews have heard or understood about Christ, I would say that, as is supported by the Scriptures, they have heard it and should have understood it, because even non-Jews, who were not searching for God, understood it.  
\sr Romans 10:18-21  
\p
\v 18 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add if someone were to\add* \w ask|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add the people of Israel\add* heard \add the message about God?\add*” \add I would reply that they\add* \w certainly|strong="G3756"\w* \add have heard it\add*! \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \add what is written in the Psalms\add*,  
\q1 \add People living\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* [PRS, MTY] \add have seen the stars\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* indicate \add about God’s character has reached people living in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most remote places \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* [DOU]!   
\p
\v 19 \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \add someone might ask\add*, “\add Is it true that the people of\add* [MTY] \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w understood|strong="G1097"\w* \add the message about Christ\add*?” \add I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3475"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said\add*,  
\q1 \add You consider that\add* non-Jewish groups \w are|strong="G1484"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w nations|strong="G1484"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* [CHI]. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w some|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w* \add will believe in me, and I will bless them\add*. \w Then|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* envy \w them|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* cause \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G1097"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* whom \add you Jews think\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \add my ways\add* [IRO].   
\p
\v 20 Remember \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add what God\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add very\add* boldly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w*:  
\q1 Non-Jews \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w*/\w seek|strong="G2212"\w*► \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [DOU]!  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* reveal \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* like \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w ask|strong="G1905"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!   
\p
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* concerning \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \add Isaiah\add* tells \add us that God said\add*:  
\q1 \w For|strong="G4314"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* held \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* arms \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobeyed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \add in order\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* invite \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* return \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
\c 11  
\s1 God has certainly not rejected all Jews. I am evidence of that. Just like in the past, there is also at the present time a small group of us Jews who have become believers.  
\sr Romans 11:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \add if anyone should ask\add*, “\w Has|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rejected \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add the Jews?” I would declare that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2475"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w descendant|strong="G4690"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Benjamin, \add but God has not rejected me\add*!  
\v 2 \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* rejected \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* chose \w long|strong="G3756"\w* ago \add to be people whom he would bless in a special way\add*. \w Remember|strong="G1492"\w* [RHQ] \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* [PRS] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w Elijah|strong="G2243"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \add mistakenly\add* complained \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 3 “\w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* killed \add the rest of\add* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w altars|strong="G2379"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add who believes in you\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* remains \add alive\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w trying|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* kill \w me|strong="G1473"\w*!”  
\v 4 \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w answered|strong="G3004"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* like \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: “\add You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me\add*! \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* protected \w for|strong="G3756"\w* \w myself|strong="G1683"\w* \add not just you, but\add* 7,000 \add other\add* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worshipped \add the false god\add* Baal. ◄Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w*!/\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w*?► [RHQ]”  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G3779"\w*, similarly, \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* small group \add of us Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \add believers. God\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \add to become believers\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add his people\add*) \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* acts kindly \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* ways \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* deserve.  
\v 6 \w Since|strong="G1893"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* acts kindly \add toward those whom he chooses, it is\add* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that he has chosen them\add*. \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \add God chose people because they did good deeds\add*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* acting toward \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w way|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3765"\w* deserve.   
\s1 The Scriptures confirm that the people of Israel as a whole did not find the way of being declared righteous, although those whom God had chosen did find it.  
\sr Romans 11:7-10  
\p
\v 7  \add Since God chose only some people of Israel\add*, \add this is what I conclude: [RHQ] Most of the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* find \add the way for him to erase the record of their sins\add*, \w even|strong="G1161"\w* \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* earnestly looking \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \add people of Israel whom God had\add* \w chosen|strong="G1589"\w* found \w it|strong="G1161"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w rest|strong="G3062"\w* \add of them\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* {\add God\add*} \w made|strong="G3756"\w* spiritually insensitive/unresponsive.  
\v 8  \add Our\add* fellow Jews \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add ones\add* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* Isaiah \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*,  
\q1 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w caused|strong="G1325"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* senses \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* dull/\w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* think clearly►. \w Up|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \add they have\add* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* see \add spiritually\add* [MET]. \add They have\add* \w ears|strong="G3775"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* understand \add spiritually\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* hear.   
\p
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add they remind me of what King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, \add when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull\add* [MET],  
\q1 \add Make them stupid\add* [MTY], \add like animals that are\add* caught \w in|strong="G1519"\w* snares!  
\q1 \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a\add* \w trap|strong="G3803"\w* [DOU, MET], \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* destroy \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ability \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perceive \add danger\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* dulled {Dull \w their|strong="G2532"\w* ability \w to|strong="G2532"\w* perceive \add spiritually\add*} [MET], \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* result \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add become alarmed\add* [MET] \add when there is danger\add*.  
\q1 \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* carry heavy loads \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w backs|strong="G3577"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \add as slaves do\add* [MTY].   
\s1 My reply to a question as to whether the result of the Jews’ unbelief is a permanent falling away from God is, “No! God is saving many non-Jews to make many Jews envious and seek to be saved.”  
\sr Romans 11:11-12  
\p
\v 11  \add Perhaps someone will ask\add*, “\add When the Jews\add* sinned \add by not believing in Christ, did\add* \w it|strong="G2443"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* separating \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \add permanently?\add*” \w Then|strong="G3767"\w* \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \add would reply\add*, \add No\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* certainly \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add separated themselves from God permanently\add*! \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w happening|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w because|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* sinned, \add God\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w saving|strong="G3361"\w* non-Jews \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Jews\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* envy \add the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them\add*.  
\v 12  \add When the Jews\add* sinned (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, rejected Christ), \add the result was that God\add* abundantly \add blessed other people in\add* [MTY] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \add offering them the opportunity to believe\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add when the Jews\add* failed \add spiritually, the result was that God\add* abundantly \add blessed\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews. \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*, think \w how|strong="G4214"\w* wonderful \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* complete \w number|strong="G1484"\w* \add of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ\add* [RHQ]!   
\s1 I highly esteem the work that God has called me to do as an apostle among you non-Jews. I hope that I will make my fellow Jews jealous, and as a result, some of them will be saved.  
\sr Romans 11:13-16  
\p
\v 13 \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* non-Jews \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add what follows\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* apostle \w to|strong="G1909"\w* non-Jews, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* highly esteem \w this|strong="G3588"\w* work \add that God appointed\add* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w*.  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add by my labors\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G3863"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4561"\w* Jews ◄\w jealous|strong="G3863"\w*/want \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* non-Jews \w have|strong="G2532"\w*►, \add with the result that\add* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add believe and\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*.  
\v 15  \add God\add* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* rejected \add most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* reconciled \add many other people in\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* [MTY] \add to himself\add*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* accept \add my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ\add*! \w And|strong="G2222"\w* ◄\w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w*./\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w know|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \add as though God is making them\add* \w alive|strong="G2222"\w* \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w after|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G5101"\w* \w been|strong="G3361"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*!  
\v 16  \add Just like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* whole \w lump|strong="G5445"\w* \add of dough\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* belong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \add people offer\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add bread baked from\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \add of it\add* [MET], \add so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \add of a tree\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* [MET], \add so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God\add*.   
\s1 You non-Jews who trust in Jesus must not despise the Jews whom God has rejected. You must not become proud, but instead beware. God will not spare you if you fall away from him, and he will certainly act kindly toward the Jews if they trust in Christ.  
\sr Romans 11:17-24  
\p
\v 17  \add God has rejected\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Jews\add* [MET], \add like\add* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \add of a tree\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* \w off|strong="G1575"\w* {\add like people\add* break \w off|strong="G1575"\w* \add dead\add* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \add of a tree\add*}. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* each \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add non-Jews whom God has accepted is like\add* [MET] \add a branch of\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w*/uncultivated \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \add that\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* {\add that someone\add*} \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, onto \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*) \add that were left on a cultivated olive tree\add*. \add God has caused\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches\add* benefit \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* nutritious sap \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \add cultivated\add* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* [MET].  
\v 18 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add non-Jews\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* despise \add the Jews whom God rejected\add* [MET], \add who are like\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add were broken off from the tree\add* \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add wants to\add* \w boast|strong="G2620"\w* \add about having received blessings from God\add*, \add remember this: Branches\add* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* nourish \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w roots|strong="G4491"\w* nourish \add the branches\add* [MET]. \add Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add that blesses them\add* [MET]!  
\v 19 \w If|strong="G2443"\w* one \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\add God rejected the Jews\add* [MET] \add like\add* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w are|strong="G2798"\w* \w broken|strong="G1575"\w* {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G2046"\w* broke} \w off|strong="G1575"\w* \add a tree and rejected\add*, \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add he might accept us non-Jews, as\add* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* tree \w are|strong="G2798"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* {\add as people\add* \w graft|strong="G1461"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* tree},”  
\v 20  \add I would reply that\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jews \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Christ\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* rejected [MET] {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* rejected [MET] \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add only\add* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in Christ\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has accepted\add* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*! \add So\add* \w do|strong="G5399"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add any of you\add* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* proud, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w* beware \add of what could happen to you\add*  
\v 21 \w Since|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \add the unbelieving Jews\add* [MET] \add who were like a tree’s\add* \w natural|strong="G5449"\w* \w branches|strong="G2798"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w spare|strong="G5339"\w* \w any|strong="G1487"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add if you do\add* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add keep trusting in him\add*!   
\p
\v 22 Note \w then|strong="G3767"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* acts kindly, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* acts severely. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* acted severely \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* \add the Jews\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* stopped trusting \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* acts kindly \w toward|strong="G1909"\w* each \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add non-Jews only\add* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w continue|strong="G1961"\w* \add to appreciate his acting\add* kindly \add toward you\add*. \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* rejected {\add he\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* reject \w you|strong="G4771"\w*} \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add keep trusting in him\add*.  
\v 23 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Jews believe \add in Christ\add* [LIT], \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add reunite them to himself as\add* branches \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* {\add as people\add* \w graft|strong="G1461"\w* branches} \w into|strong="G3825"\w* \add a tree again\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1415"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Each|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews\add* [MET]. \add That is like taking branches\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* someone \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w cut|strong="G1581"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w wild|strong="G2532"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* grew \add without being planted\add* {\add someone planting it\add*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w*, \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* usually \w do|strong="G2532"\w*, grafting \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w cultivated|strong="G2565"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* readily \add receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before\add* [MET]! \add That will be like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* original branches \add that had been cut off\add* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w grafted|strong="G1461"\w* {\w like|strong="G2596"\w* grafting \w the|strong="G2532"\w* original branches \add that someone cut off\add*,} \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w olive|strong="G1636"\w* \w tree|strong="G1636"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add originally belonged\add*!   
\s1 I want you to know that all the people of Israel will some day be saved, as the Scriptures say will happen. God still loves them because of their ancestors. It is his purpose to act mercifully towards them as well as toward all non-Jews.  
\sr Romans 11:25-33  
\p
\v 25 \w My|strong="G1525"\w* \add non-Jewish\add* fellow believers, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* understand [LIT] \w this|strong="G3778"\w* truth \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G1096"\w* revealed \add about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* proudly think \add that\add* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \add now favors you\add* \w more|strong="G3756"\w* \add than the Jews\add* (\w OR|strong="G3361"\w*, \add that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews\add*). Many \add people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* stubborn until \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* non-Jews \add whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus\add*.  
\v 26 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*}. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add a prophet\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures will\add* ◄\add become true/be fulfilled\add*►:  
\q1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sets \add his people\add* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* originate \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add the place where\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* dwells (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews) [MTY]. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* remove \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guilt \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelite \w people|strong="G3956"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, descendants \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*) [MTY].   
\p
\v 27 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add as God says\add*,  
\pi1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* contract \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forgive \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sins.   
\p
\v 28 \w With|strong="G1223"\w* regard \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add the Jews rejecting\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* message \add about Christ, God treats\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3962"\w* benefited \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add non-Jews\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* regard \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add their being the people whom God\add* chose, \add God still\add* loves \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add what he promised\add* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 29  \add He still loves them\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* never changed \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* privileges/blessings \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add gave to them\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* choosing \add them to be his people\add*.  
\v 30 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \add non-Jews\add* \w once|strong="G4218"\w* disobeyed \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* acted mercifully towards \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \add Jews\add* disobeyed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 31 \w Now|strong="G3568"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Jews \w have|strong="G2532"\w* disobeyed \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3778"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* acted mercifully towards \w you|strong="G3779"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* act mercifully towards \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add again\add*.  
\v 32 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* declared \w and|strong="G2316"\w* proved \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*, \add both Jews and non-Jews\add* [MET], disobey ◄\add him/his laws\add*►. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* declared \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* act mercifully towards \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   
\s1 I marvel at how great God’s wisdom and knowledge are, and his decisions and actions toward us!  
\sr Romans 11:33-36  
\p
\v 33  \add I marvel how\add* vast \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* wise \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has done\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add always\add* known [DOU]! \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* completely unable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* decided \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w* \add in which he acts toward us\add* [DOU]!  
\v 34  \add I remember the Scriptures that say\add*,  
\q1 ◄\w No|strong="G1063"\w* \w one|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* thinks./\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w known|strong="G1097"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* thinks?► [RHQ] ◄\w Absolutely|strong="G1096"\w* \w no|strong="G1063"\w* \w one|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* given \w him|strong="G1097"\w* advice \add about what he should do!\add*/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* advised \w him|strong="G1097"\w* \add about what he should do\add*?► [RHQ]   
\p
\v 35 \w And|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\pi1 ◄\w No|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5101"\w* \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w given|strong="G4272"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add he did not previously receive from God!\add*/\w Has|strong="G5101"\w* anyone \w given|strong="G4272"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add he did not previously receive from God\add*?► [RHQ] \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* ◄\w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* obligated \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/\w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w*► pay back \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* anyone!   
\p
\v 36 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add is the one who created\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add sustains all things\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* created \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add everything he created might praise\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w May|strong="G2532"\w* \add all people\add* \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*! ◄\w May|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w*!/Amen!►   
\c 12  
\s1 I appeal to you that you present yourselves to God by making yourselves like living sacrifices, which is the appropriate way to serve him. Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you act, but instead let God change your way of thinking.  
\sr Romans 12:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w My|strong="G2316"\w* fellow believers, \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* acted mercifully \add toward you\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w* many ways, \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w appeal|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \add all of\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w present|strong="G3936"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* [SYN] \add to him by making yourselves like\add* holy \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* [MET]. \add Make yourselves sacrifices\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1223"\w*, \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w*/\w alive|strong="G2198"\w*, \add not ones that are dead/killed. Since God has done so much for you/us\add*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \add only\add* appropriate \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* serve \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1381"\w* \w anything|strong="G5101"\w* non-Christian determine \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* act. Instead, \w let|strong="G1381"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* change \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add way of life\add* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w thinking|strong="G3563"\w* new, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* pleases \add God\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* know \w how|strong="G5101"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Do not think about yourselves more highly than you should. Instead, think about yourselves sensibly, in a way that corresponds to the abilities that God has given to you because you trust in Christ. May we do diligently and cheerfully what God has given us the ability to do.  
\sr Romans 12:3-8  
\p
\v 3 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* kindly appointed \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \add to be his apostle\add*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* deserve, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*: \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \w more|strong="G5252"\w* \w highly|strong="G5252"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G4993"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w think|strong="G5426"\w*! Instead, \w think|strong="G5426"\w* \add about yourselves\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w sensible|strong="G4993"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add corresponds to the abilities\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add because\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* trust \add in Christ\add*.  
\v 4 \w Although|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w person|strong="G1520"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* consists \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w parts|strong="G3196"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* needed \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add the body\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w function|strong="G4234"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* same \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 5 Similarly \w we|strong="G1161"\w*, \add although we are\add* \w many|strong="G4183"\w*, \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add united into\add* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* group \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1520"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w another|strong="G2596"\w*. \add So no one should act as though he\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* needed \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \add than others are!\add*  
\v 6  \add Instead\add*, \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w various|strong="G2596"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w differ|strong="G1313"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* abilities \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has\add* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w*, \add we should do them diligently and cheerfully\add*! \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God has enabled\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w speak|strong="G1161"\w* messages \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add should speak\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* corresponds \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add God told them\add*.  
\v 7  \add Those whom God has enabled\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w* \add others\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Those whom God has enabled\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \add his truth\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \add whom God has enabled to\add* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w*/\w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \add his people\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w share|strong="G3330"\w* \add their goods/money with others\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely/generously. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lead \add the congregation\add* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* wholeheartedly. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* help \w the|strong="G1722"\w* needy \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* cheerfully.   
\s1 In the various ways in which you act toward people, love them sincerely.  
\sr Romans 12:9-18  
\p
\v 9 Love \w others|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely! Hate \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*! Continue \w to|strong="G3588"\w* eagerly \w do|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God considers to be\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 10 \w Love|strong="G5360"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* members \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* same family \w do|strong="G3588"\w*; \w and|strong="G5092"\w*, \w you|strong="G1519"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* ones/eager► \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 11 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w lazy|strong="G3636"\w*. \add Instead\add*, \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w eager|strong="G4710"\w* \add to serve the Lord\add* \w God|strong="G2962"\w*!  
\v 12 \w Rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* because \w you|strong="G5463"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* confidently awaiting \add what God will do for you\add*! \w When|strong="G5463"\w* \w you|strong="G5463"\w* \w suffer|strong="G5278"\w*, \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w patient|strong="G5278"\w*! Keep \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* never give up!  
\v 13 If any \w of|strong="G5532"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* lacks anything, \w share|strong="G2841"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add what you have\add*! Readily take care \w of|strong="G5532"\w* \add travelers who need a place to stay\add*!  
\v 14  \add Ask God to\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* kind \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w persecute|strong="G1377"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/\w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w*► \add because you believe in Jesus! Ask him to\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* kind \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*; \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add ask him to\add* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* bad \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 If someone \w is|strong="G5463"\w* joyful, \w you|strong="G5463"\w* should \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* also! If someone \w is|strong="G5463"\w* sad, \w you|strong="G5463"\w* should also \w be|strong="G3326"\w* sad!  
\v 16 Desire \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* desire \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3361"\w*, \w Live|strong="G5426"\w* harmoniously \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*)! \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* because \w you|strong="G1438"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \add famous\add*! Instead, \w be|strong="G1096"\w* content \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \add tasks that others consider that only\add* unimportant \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3361"\w*, \add to associate with unimportant\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*). \w Do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* consider \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w wise|strong="G5429"\w*.  
\v 17 \w Do|strong="G3367"\w* \w not|strong="G3367"\w* \w do|strong="G3367"\w* something \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3367"\w* \add who has done\add* something \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w*. Act \w in|strong="G3956"\w* a \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* recognize \w as|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*!  
\v 18 \w Live|strong="G1514"\w* peacefully \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* whenever \w it|strong="G1487"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w possible|strong="G1415"\w*, \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* extent \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add can influence the situation\add*.   
\s1 Instead of avenging yourselves, allow God to avenge you; and instead of being overcome by something evil done to you, overcome evil deeds by doing good to those who do evil to you, because this is what the Scriptures command.  
\sr Romans 12:19-21  
\p
\v 19  \add My fellow believers\add* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* love, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* something evil \w in|strong="G1125"\w* return \w when|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* something evil \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1325"\w*! Instead, \w allow|strong="G1325"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w punish|strong="G1556"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY], \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* {someone \w has|strong="G2962"\w*} \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures that\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add said\add*, “‘\w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* responsibility \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G1556"\w* \w revenge|strong="G1556"\w*; \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w punish|strong="G1556"\w* \add people who do something something evil to you\add* [DOU],’ \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.”  
\v 20 Instead \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \add doing something evil to those who have done something evil to you\add*, \add do as the Scriptures teach\add*: “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w your|strong="G1437"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w hungry|strong="G3983"\w*, \w feed|strong="G5595"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w thirsty|strong="G1372"\w*, \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* something \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w drink|strong="G4222"\w*! \w By|strong="G1909"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* feel ashamed \add and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you\add* [IDM].”  
\v 21 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* let \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \add things that others have done to you\add* \w overcome|strong="G3528"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \add (sg) by making you do evil things to them!\add* [PRS] Instead, \w overcome|strong="G3528"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \add things that they have done\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add doing\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \add deeds to them\add*!   
\c 13  
\s1 Be subject to civil authorities, because those who oppose them oppose what God has established and will bring punishment on themselves. Do what is good and then they will commend you. Give to all the authorities what you are obligated to give to them.  
\sr Romans 13:1-7  
\p
\v 1 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \add believer\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w subject|strong="G5293"\w* \w to|strong="G1849"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w authorities|strong="G1849"\w*. \add Remember that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \add who gives officials their\add* \w authority|strong="G1849"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G1063"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* officials \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5021"\w*}.  
\v 2 \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* resists \w the|strong="G1161"\w* officials \w is|strong="G3588"\w* resisting \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* established. \w Furthermore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* resist officials \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add from the officials\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w punishment|strong="G2917"\w* \add that God considers fitting\add*.  
\v 3 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* rulers \add do\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add to cause people who\add* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \add what they do is to cause people who do\add* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* [RHQ] \w wants|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* unafraid \w of|strong="G1537"\w* officials, \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w*! \add If you(sg) do good\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2309"\w* commend \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \add instead of punishing you!\add*  
\v 4 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* serve \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add by doing their work that every official exists\add*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G2316"\w* \w benefit|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w any|strong="G1437"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) will rightfully have reason to\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* authority \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* real [LIT]! \w The|strong="G1519"\w* officials \w exist|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* serve \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w act|strong="G4160"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s agents \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* punish \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*.  
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* necessary \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w subject|strong="G5293"\w* \add to officials\add*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* punish \w you|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY] \add if you disobey them\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* know \add that you should be subject to them\add*  
\v 6 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w pay|strong="G5055"\w* \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* officials \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ones \w who|strong="G2316"\w* serve \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* work.  
\v 7 \w Give|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the officials\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* supposed \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w give|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*! Pay \w taxes|strong="G5411"\w* \w to|strong="G3956"\w* \add those who require that you pay taxes\add*. Pay duties \add on goods to those who require that you pay those\add* duties. \w Respect|strong="G5092"\w* \add those who ought to\add* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* respected. \w Honor|strong="G5092"\w* \add those who ought to\add* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* honored.   
\s1 Do not leave any debt unpaid. Your only continual obligation is to love one another, because doing so fulfills all that God’s law requires.  
\sr Romans 13:8-10  
\p
\v 8 Pay \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w your|strong="G1487"\w* debts \add when you are supposed to pay them\add*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w thing|strong="G3367"\w* \add that is like\add* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* debt \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you\add* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* paying \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3361"\w* love \w one|strong="G3367"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3588"\w* loves \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w has|strong="G4137"\w* \w fulfilled|strong="G4137"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God requires in\add* \w his|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 9  \add There are many things that God\add* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \add in his laws, such as\add* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w commit|strong="G3431"\w* \w adultery|strong="G3431"\w*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w murder|strong="G5407"\w* \add anyone\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w steal|strong="G2813"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w desire|strong="G1937"\w* \w anything|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* belongs \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* summed \w up|strong="G1722"\w* {\w that|strong="G3588"\w* includes \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*} \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*: Each \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* love \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* contact, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* love \w yourself|strong="G4572"\w*.  
\v 10 If \w you|strong="G3767"\w* love \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w come|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G3756"\w* contact [PRS], \w you|strong="G3767"\w* \w will|strong="G3767"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w do|strong="G2038"\w* \w any|strong="G3756"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [LIT]. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* loves \add others\add* \w fulfills|strong="G3551"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s\add* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add require\add*.   
\s1 Because it is time for us to be fully alert and active, we must quit doing wicked deeds. We must do those things that will help us resist that which is evil, we must live properly, and we must be like Christ.  
\sr Romans 13:11-14  
\p
\v 11  \add Do\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* told \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w especially|strong="G3778"\w* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \add the significance of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add in which we are living. You know that it is\add* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add fully alert and active\add* [MET], \add like people who have\add* awakened \w from|strong="G1537"\w* sleeping [MET], \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add the time when Christ will finally\add* deliver \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add from this world’s pain/sin and sorrow\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* near. \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* ◄\w is|strong="G3588"\w* closer \w than|strong="G2228"\w*/\w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* close► \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Christ\add*.  
\v 12  \add Our time to live in this world\add* [MTY] \add is almost ended\add* [MET], \add like\add* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w night|strong="G3571"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* nearly ended. \w The|strong="G1161"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add when Christ will return\add* [MTY] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* quit \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w deeds|strong="G2041"\w* [MET] \add such as people do\add* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w darkness|strong="G4655"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \add we must be doing the things that will help us resist Satan/evil\add* [MET], \add as soldiers who\add* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1746"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w armor|strong="G3696"\w* \w in|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w daytime|strong="G2250"\w* \add get ready to resist their enemies\add*.  
\v 13 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* must \w behave|strong="G4043"\w* \w properly|strong="G2156"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \add when Christ will return\add* [MTY] \add were already here\add*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* participate \w in|strong="G1722"\w* drunken \w carousing|strong="G2970"\w* [HEN]. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w commit|strong="G3361"\w* \w any|strong="G3361"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w sexual|strong="G2845"\w* immorality [MTY, DOU]. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* quarrel. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* must \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* jealous \add of other people\add*.  
\v 14 \w On|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w you|strong="G4160"\w*/\w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add be like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add so that others will see that we belong to him\add*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add people\add* \w put|strong="G1746"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \add special clothes so that others will see what group they belong to\add* [MET]. \w You|strong="G4160"\w*/\w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* thinking \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \add doing the things that your/our\add* self-directed nature \w desires|strong="G1939"\w*.   
\c 14  
\s1 Accept those who are not sure whether they are permitted to do certain things. Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who do not think that, and those who do not think that it is all right to eat certain foods must not condemn those who do, because God has accepted them.  
\sr Romans 14:1-4  
\p
\v 1 \w Accept|strong="G4355"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* sure \add whether God will permit them to do certain things some people think are wrong\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add when you accept them\add*, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* argue \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* think/\w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w opinions|strong="G1261"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G3956"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add kinds of food\add*. \w Others|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \add that God does not want them to eat certain things, so they\add* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G3956"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w meat|strong="G5315"\w*.  
\v 3 Anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add thinks that it is all right to\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add all kinds of food\add* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w despise|strong="G1848"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add think it is\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add all right to\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add all kinds of food\add*. Anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add thinks it is\add* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add all right to\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add all kinds of food\add* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄\w condemn|strong="G2919"\w*/say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish► \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add think that it is all right to\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add all kinds of food\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* himself \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4355"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2068"\w*.  
\v 4  \add God is the master of us all, so\add* ◄\add he is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong!/who are you to decide whether they have done wrong\add*?► [RHQ] \add Therefore\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G1063"\w* right [RHQ] \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* eat everything, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add also God’s servants! And just like\add* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w servants|strong="G3610"\w*’ \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w master|strong="G2962"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* accepts \w or|strong="G2228"\w* condemns [MTY] \w his|strong="G2398"\w* \w servants|strong="G3610"\w*, \add it is God who accepts or condemns us\add*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \add believers\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* accepted \add by\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* {\add the Lord\add* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* accept \add believers\add*} \add regardless of whether they eat meat or not\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1414"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* keep \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add trusting in him\add*.   
\s1 Each person should be fully convinced about observing special days, thinking and deciding for himself and not for others. We should try to please God by everything we do.  
\sr Romans 14:5-9  
\p
\v 5 \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* regard certain \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add holy\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w think|strong="G2919"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \add days\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \add holy\add*. \w Other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* regard \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \add equally suitable for worshipping God\add*. \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w person|strong="G1538"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w fully|strong="G4135"\w* \w convinced|strong="G4135"\w* \add about such matters\add*, \w thinking|strong="G3563"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* deciding \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w himself|strong="G2398"\w* \add and not for others\add*.  
\v 6 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* believe \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* worship \w on|strong="G5426"\w* \add a certain\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add of the week\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add honor\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add that they worship on that day\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add think that it is all right to\add* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add all kinds of food\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add honor\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add that they eat those foods\add*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* clear \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* thanking \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for the food that they eat\add*. \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* abstain \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add eating certain kinds of\add* food, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add honor\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \add those foods\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add for the food that they do eat. So doing either of those things is not wrong in itself\add*.  
\v 7 \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \add merely\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add please\add* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w none|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add should choose when or how we will\add* die, \add merely\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add please\add* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 8 \w While|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* \add and should be trying to please, and not just ourselves\add*. \w And|strong="G5037"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* die, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add be trying to please\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G5037"\w* \w also|strong="G5037"\w* \w when|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* die, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* trying \w to|strong="G5037"\w* please \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w to|strong="G5037"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w*, \add not just ourselves\add*,  
\v 9 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* purpose \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* died \w and|strong="G2532"\w* became \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2961"\w* \w whom|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* please, \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* already died \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* still \w living|strong="G2198"\w*.   
\s1 You should neither condemn nor despise your fellow believers who believe differently about religious regulations than you do, because it is God who will say whether he approves of what we have done.  
\sr Romans 14:10-12  
\p
\v 10 ◄\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disgraceful \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add who practice certain religious regulations\add* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \add who do not practice those regulations\add*!/\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add who practice certain religious regulations\add* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \add who do not practice such regulations\add*?► [RHQ] \add I say this because the time will come when\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G2919"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w stand|strong="G3936"\w* \w before|strong="G3936"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w say|strong="G5101"\w* \w whether|strong="G5101"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* approves [MTY] \add of what we have done\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add who do not practice such regulations\add*, ◄\w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w despise|strong="G1848"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \add who practice them\add*!/\w why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w despise|strong="G1848"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \add who practice them\add*?► [RHQ]  
\v 11  \add We know this\add* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add a prophet/Isaiah\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add what God has said\add*:  
\q1 \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w bow|strong="G2578"\w* \w down|strong="G1119"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*! \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add certain as the fact that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* [IDM]! \w Everyone|strong="G3956"\w* [SYN] \w will|strong="G2316"\w* acknowledge \add that because I am\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add right to judge and punish people.\add*   
\p
\v 12 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \add it is clear that\add* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* decide \add whether or not he approves of\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* done.   
\s1 Instead of condemning each other, decide not to do anything that might lead your fellow believer to sin by following your example and which would then cause others to speak evil of you.  
\sr Romans 14:13-18  
\p
\v 13 Since \add it is God who will judge everyone\add*, \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* saying \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God should\add* punish \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2228"\w* \w our|strong="G5087"\w* fellow believers! \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w you|strong="G3767"\w*/\w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* decide \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3767"\w*/\w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* anything \w that|strong="G3588"\w* would \add be an example that might cause\add* fellow believers \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G5087"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* [DOU].  
\v 14 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* absolutely \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* [DOU] \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add my close relationship with\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add my belonging to\add*) \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w itself|strong="G1438"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \add to eat\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w people|strong="G1492"\w* \w think|strong="G3049"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w something|strong="G5100"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* wrong \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \add So you should not encourage them to eat it\add*.  
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add eat\add* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* [MET] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add thinks that it is wrong to eat, that person might be encouraged\add* {\add you might be encouraging that person\add*} \add to do something that he believes is wrong. As a result, you might cause that\add* fellow believer \add to stop trusting in God\add*. \w In|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* ruined \add spiritually\add* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* stopped \w behaving|strong="G4043"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* loves \add others should behave\add*!  
\v 16 Similarly, \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add do something that you think is\add* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* if, \add as a result, your fellow believer would sin and then\add* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* would speak evil \add of you who say that you are Christians\add*.  
\v 17 Letting \w God|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w our|strong="G2316"\w* lives [MET] \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w mean|strong="G1510"\w* \add that we must obey regulations about\add* \w eating|strong="G1035"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w drinking|strong="G4213"\w* \add something\add*! Instead, \add it means we must\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*, \add act\add* peacefully \add towards others\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add the power of\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*.  
\v 18 \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add by acting\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w such|strong="G3778"\w* ways \w please|strong="G2101"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* respect \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Try to do what will help fellow believers to be at peace with each other and to grow spiritually. Do not destroy what God has done in others’ lives as a result of your eating certain things.  
\sr Romans 14:19-23  
\p
\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* always eagerly try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add live in a way that will cause\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \add among fellow Christians\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* help \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* mature \add spiritually\add*.  
\v 20 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2647"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \add in the life of any believer\add* \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add your eating certain kinds of\add* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* [MET] \add which that person considers wrong to eat! God\add* permits us \w to|strong="G3361"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \add kind of food\add*. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* if, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w eating|strong="G2068"\w* \add certain kinds of food\add*, \w you|strong="G3956"\w* encourage \w another|strong="G3588"\w* person \w to|strong="G3361"\w* sin \add by doing what he believes is wrong\add*, \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w wrong|strong="G2556"\w*.  
\v 21 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w neither|strong="G3366"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w meat|strong="G2907"\w* \w nor|strong="G3366"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w drink|strong="G4095"\w* \w wine|strong="G3631"\w*, \w nor|strong="G3366"\w* \add to do anything else at any time if it\add* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G4624"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 22 \w Let|strong="G1381"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* tell \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add what things are right for you to do, but do not try to force others to accept what you believe. God is\add* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* right \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* result \w do|strong="G2919"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* feel guilty \add concerning what they have done\add*, \add because they have done only\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* right.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* believers \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* certain \add that God will approve of their eating a certain kind of food\add*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w*, \add they think that God will punish\add* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \add truly\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* punished {\add God truly\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \add they have done things that they\add* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add are not right\add*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w without|strong="G3756"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* certain \add that God considers it to be right\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* sinning.   
\c 15  
\s1 We should not be irritated by the practices of those who are uncertain whether God will condemn them for doing certain things that the Mosaic laws forbid. Instead, we should do things that please our fellow Christians, because Christ has set us an example.  
\sr Romans 15:1-4  
\p
\v 1 Most \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* sure \add that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we\add* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* patient \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* uncertain \add about such things\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* irritate \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add simply\add* please \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w*.  
\v 2 \w Each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \add do the things that\add* please \w the|strong="G1519"\w* fellow \add believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will\add* \w benefit|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add We should do those things\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G4314"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w* mature \add spiritually\add*.  
\v 3  \add We should please our fellow believers\add*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has set us an example\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add do things to\add* please \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. \w On|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \add he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was\add* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w as|strong="G2531"\w* ◄\add someone/the Psalmist\add*► \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in Scripture that the Messiah said to God\add*: “\w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* insulted \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \add it was as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w insulting|strong="G3679"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.”  
\v 4 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add you need to remember that\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* previously {\w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God’s servants\add* previously \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures\add*, \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\add they\add* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* teach \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w patient|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* encouraged \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add reading/believing \add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* confidently expect \add God to do for us all he has promised\add*.   
\s1 May God enable you all to live harmoniously with each other.  
\sr Romans 15:5-6  
\p
\v 5 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* enables \w us|strong="G1325"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w patient|strong="G5281"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* encourages \w us|strong="G1325"\w*. ◄\add Ask/Pray to\add*► \add him that he would\add* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add all\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* harmoniously \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w*, doing \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add did\add*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* united \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* think \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY], \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1392"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add who is the heavenly\add* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* [MET] \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.   
\s1 Accept each other as Christ has accepted you, remembering that what Christ has done was both to help the Jews and to cause non-Jews to praise God.  
\sr Romans 15:7-12  
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \add I say to all of you believers at Rome\add*, \w accept|strong="G4355"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w*. \add If you do that\add*, \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other\add* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2531"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4355"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*!  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* want \add you to remember\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add helped us\add* Jews [MTY] \w by|strong="G3004"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w show|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ◄\w is|strong="G3588"\w* faithful/\w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w*►. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \add his coming as our Messiah\add* fulfilled \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add our Jewish\add* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add by acting mercifully to them, he also caused\add* non-Jews \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w praise|strong="G1843"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add What he has done for non-Jews\add* fulfills \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \add in the Scriptures that David said to God\add*: “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G1843"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg) when I am\add* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w sing|strong="G5567"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [MTY].”  
\v 10  \add David\add* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* wrote, “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* non-Jews, \w rejoice|strong="G2165"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”  
\v 11  \add And Moses wrote in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add Scriptures\add*, “\w Praise|strong="G1867"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add you\add* non-Jews, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w praise|strong="G1867"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU].”  
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* wrote \add in the Scriptures\add*, “\w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* descendant [MET] \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add King\add* David \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* begin \w to|strong="G2532"\w* rule \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jews. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to fulfill what he has promised\add*.”   
\s1 May God make you completely joyful and peaceful in order that you may confidently expect him to do what he has promised.  
\sr Romans 15:13  
\p
\v 13 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* causes \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* confidently expect \add him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G4052"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* peaceful \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \add in him\add*. \w As|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* enable \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* confidently expect \add to receive what God has promised you\add*.   
\s1 I have written frankly to you in this letter because of what God has kindly commissioned me to do among non-Jews.  
\sr Romans 15:14-16  
\p
\v 14 \w My|strong="G3956"\w* fellow believers, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \add completely\add* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4771"\w* \add have acted toward others\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* completely \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* known completely \add all that God wants you to know\add* [HYP], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* teach each \w other|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 15 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* quite frankly \add in this letter\add* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w some|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* order \w to|strong="G1325"\w* \w remind|strong="G1878"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add about those things\add*. \add I have written this letter\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w been|strong="G5613"\w* appointed \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* {\w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \add appointed\add* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*}, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G1325"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* deserve,  
\v 16 \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* work \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w among|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews. \add God has appointed me\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* act \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w priest|strong="G2418"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add proclaim\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* message \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* accept \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \add who believe in Christ. They will be\add* \w like|strong="G2443"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* [MET] \add to God\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* dedicated \add to him\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* {\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* dedicating \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to God\add*}.   
\s1 I am happy about my work for God that I have now completed in this region by proclaiming the gospel in places where people have not heard about Christ.  
\sr Romans 15:17-21  
\p
\v 17 \w It|strong="G3588"\w* follows \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add of my relationship with\add* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \add I belong to\add*) \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w I|strong="G3767"\w* \w am|strong="G2192"\w* happy \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add my work for\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 18 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w boldly|strong="G5111"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* [LIT] \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* enabled \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \add I do that work\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* non-Jews \w might|strong="G2532"\w* pay attention \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the message about Christ\add* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2716"\w*,  
\v 19 specifically, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add my performing\add* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* [DOU]. \add I have done those things\add* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \add God’s\add* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* powerfully \add enabling me\add*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G5620"\w* \add of doing those things, while traveling\add* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w around|strong="G2945"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Illyricum|strong="G2437"\w* \add province\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w completed|strong="G4137"\w* \add my work\add* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* proclaiming \w the|strong="G1722"\w* message \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add in those places\add*.  
\v 20 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \add I proclaim\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* message, \w I|strong="G1161"\w* am always eagerly trying \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w proclaim|strong="G2097"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \add in places\add* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w people|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* already heard \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add as I work for God\add* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w might|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add be continuing the work for him that someone else already started\add* [MET]. \add I do not want to be like a man who\add* \w builds|strong="G3618"\w* \add a house\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* someone \w else|strong="G3361"\w*’s \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w*.  
\v 21 \w On|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \add I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w the|strong="G2532"\w* prophet Isaiah \w wrote|strong="G1125"\w*} \add in the Scriptures about the Messiah\add*: “\w Those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* hear \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* previously \w will|strong="G2532"\w* know \add the truth about him\add*. Truly, \w those|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* heard \add about him will hear and\add* \w understand|strong="G4920"\w* \add his message\add* [DOU].”   
\s1 Because of this work, I have often been hindered from visiting you, but I hope to see you as I journey through your area and I hope that you will give me what I need for my next journey. But now I am about to go to Jerusalem to take funds to God’s people there. So later I will visit you in Rome, and I know that Christ will bless us there.  
\sr Romans 15:22-29  
\p
\v 22 \w Because|strong="G4314"\w* \add I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w hindered|strong="G1465"\w* {\w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w hindered|strong="G1465"\w* me} \w many|strong="G4183"\w* times \add from being able\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 23 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3371"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w places|strong="G5117"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w regions|strong="G2824"\w* \add where people have not heard about Christ\add*. \w Furthermore|strong="G1161"\w*, \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w several|strong="G4183"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 24  \add So I hope to go/come to see you\add*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w soon|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w way|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the provinces in\add* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w see|strong="G2300"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w journey|strong="G4311"\w* \w through|strong="G1279"\w* \add your area\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add by whatever you give me\add* [EUP] \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w help|strong="G4311"\w* \w me|strong="G4311"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G5259"\w* \w journey|strong="G4311"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \add I go there\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* want \w to|strong="G1519"\w* enjoy \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* little \w while|strong="G5613"\w*, \w although|strong="G5210"\w* \add I would like to stay with you longer\add*.  
\v 25 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add I cannot visit you\add* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G4198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G1247"\w* money [EUP] \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add there\add*.  
\v 26  \add The believers in\add* \w Macedonia|strong="G3109"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Achaia \add provinces\add* [MTY] decided \w to|strong="G1519"\w* contribute \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \add money\add* [EUP] \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w poor|strong="G4434"\w*.  
\v 27 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1722"\w* decided \add to do this, but\add* \w truly|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w owe|strong="G3784"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Jerusalem. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jewish \add believers\add* benefited spiritually \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Jewish \add believers as a result of hearing the message about Christ from them\add*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* non-Jews \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* help \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Jewish believers \add in Jerusalem by giving them\add* \w material|strong="G4559"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, money) [EUP].  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w finished|strong="G2005"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add task\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* safely delivering \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* money [MET, EUP] \add that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* leave \add Jerusalem and visit\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add in Rome while I am\add* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Spain|strong="G4681"\w*.  
\v 29 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w visit|strong="G2064"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* abundantly bless \add us\add* (\w OR|strong="G1161"\w*, enable \add me\add* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* bless \add you\add*).   
\s1 I urge you to pray fervently that God will protect me from the unbelieving Jews in Judea and that God’s people there will accept the money that I take to them, and also that I may be refreshed by visiting you. May God be with you all.  
\sr Romans 15:30-33  
\p
\v 30 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \add we belong to\add* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add of God causes us to\add* love \add each other\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add all\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you help me\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* fervently/intensely \w praying|strong="G4335"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.  
\v 31  \add Pray that\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* protected {\add that God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* protect \w me|strong="G1473"\w*} \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jews\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Judea|strong="G2449"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* believe \add the message about Christ will not harm me\add*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* accept \w the|strong="G1722"\w* money [EUP] \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add take\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 32 \w Pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G4314"\w* \w things|strong="G4314"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w*/\w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w if|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w*/\w come|strong="G2064"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1223"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w*/\w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w*, \w and|strong="G2064"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w then|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* refresh \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \add spirit as a result of my visiting/being\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 33  \add I pray that\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add causes us to have inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add and will help\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. ◄\w May|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w*!/Amen!►   
\c 16  
\s1 I am introducing and commending Phoebe to you, and I ask that you receive her as a fellow believer and that you give her whatever she needs.  
\sr Romans 16:1-2  
\p
\v 1  \add By means of this letter\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* introducing \w and|strong="G2532"\w* recommending \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believer \w Phoebe|strong="G5402"\w*, \add who will be taking this letter to you\add*. \w She|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* deacon \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Cenchrea|strong="G2747"\w* \add city\add*.  
\v 2  \add I request that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w receive|strong="G4327"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \add You should do that because\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* ought \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w receive|strong="G4327"\w* \add their fellow believers\add*. \add I am also requesting\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w help|strong="G3936"\w* \w her|strong="G1438"\w* \add by giving her\add* [EUP] \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w needs|strong="G5535"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* helped \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w*, \w including|strong="G3739"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*.   
\s1 I send my greetings to many individuals among the believers there. All the congregations in this area also send their greetings to you.  
\sr Romans 16:3-16  
\p
\v 3 Tell \w Priscilla|strong="G4251"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add her husband\add* Aquila \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* ◄send greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/\w am|strong="G1473"\w* thinking fondly \w of|strong="G2532"\w*► \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* worked \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 4 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die [IDM] \w in|strong="G2532"\w* order \add to save\add* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w life|strong="G5590"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w thank|strong="G2168"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add for helping me\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G1484"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* [HYP] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* non-Jewish congregations \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add thank them for saving my life\add*.  
\v 5 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \add that meets\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* ◄send \w my|strong="G1473"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1519"\w*/\w am|strong="G1510"\w* thinking fondly \w of|strong="G2532"\w*► \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. Tell \w my|strong="G1473"\w* dear friend \w Epaenetus|strong="G1866"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Asia|strong="G3588"\w* \add province\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \add believed\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*.  
\v 6 Tell \w Mary|strong="G3137"\w*, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \add for Christ\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G2872"\w* ◄send \w my|strong="G4183"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1519"\w*/am thinking fondly \w of|strong="G1519"\w*► \w her|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 7 Tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* Andronicus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add his wife\add* \w Junia|strong="G2458"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add his sister\add* \w Junia|strong="G2458"\w*) \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4869"\w* Jews \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add previously\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* prison \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* well-known/respected (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, respected \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w*) apostles, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* Christians \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 8 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* also send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w* Ampliatus, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* dear friend \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* relationship \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 9 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Urbanus|strong="G3773"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* works \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* dear friend \w Stachys|strong="G4720"\w*.  
\v 10 \w I|strong="G1722"\w* also send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w* Apelles, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G5547"\w* \w approved|strong="G1384"\w* \add because Apelles successfully endured trials\add*. Tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add believers\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live in the house\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Aristobulus \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1722"\w* send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 Also tell \w Herodion|strong="G2267"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* fellow Jew, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* same thing \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add live in the house\add* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Narcissus|strong="G3488"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 12 Tell \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* thing \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Tryphaena|strong="G5170"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add her sister\add* \w Tryphosa|strong="G5173"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2872"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Persis|strong="G4069"\w*. \add We all\add* love \w her|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w she|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w worked|strong="G2872"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 13 Tell \w Rufus|strong="G4504"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* outstanding Christian, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* send \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Tell the same thing to\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w mother|strong="G3384"\w*, \add who has treated me as though\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add were her son\add* [MET].  
\v 14 Tell Asyncritus \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Phlegon|strong="G5393"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Hermes|strong="G2060"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Patrobas|strong="G3969"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Hermas|strong="G2057"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add meet\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* sending \w my|strong="G2532"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 15 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* send \w my|strong="G3956"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Philologus|strong="G5378"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add his wife\add* \w Julia|strong="G2456"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add his sister\add* \w Julia|strong="G2456"\w*), \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Nereus|strong="G3517"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* sister, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Olympas|strong="G3652"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add meet\add* \w with|strong="G4862"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 Greet \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w another|strong="G3588"\w* affectionately, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* pure \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \add when you gather together\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add believers in\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Christian congregations [HYP] \add in this area ◄send their\add* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w*/\w say|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* thinking fondly \w of|strong="G1577"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 Note those who are causing quarrels among you and those who cause people to turn away from God. Avoid them, because they only want to satisfy their own desires and deceive those who do not suspect their motives. If you avoid such people, God will soon crush Satan under your feet.  
\sr Romans 16:17-20  
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\v 17 \w My|strong="G3739"\w* fellow believers, \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* beware \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w causing|strong="G4160"\w* \w divisions|strong="G1370"\w* \w among|strong="G3844"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w turn|strong="G1578"\w* \w away|strong="G1578"\w* \add from God\add* [MTY] \add because they teach things that\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w contrary|strong="G3844"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* message \add about Christ\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w taught|strong="G1322"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*). \w Keep|strong="G4160"\w* \w away|strong="G1578"\w* \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*!  
\v 18 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w serve|strong="G1398"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*! \w On|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* contrary, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* want \w to|strong="G2532"\w* satisfy \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* desires [MTY]! \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* eloquent \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* [DOU] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w deceive|strong="G1818"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* realize \add that their teaching is false\add*.  
\v 19  \add Believers\add* everywhere know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2309"\w* paid attention \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the good message about Christ\add*, \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w rejoice|strong="G5463"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w*, \add with the result that you do\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w*. \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* avoid doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*.  
\v 20  \add If you avoid people who teach what is false\add*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add soon happen\add* [MET] \add will be as though\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* causes \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* peaceful, \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* crushing \w Satan|strong="G4567"\w* \w under|strong="G5259"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w feet|strong="G4228"\w*! \add I pray that\add* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* continue \w to|strong="G1722"\w* act kindly towards \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 Several of those who are with me send their greetings.  
\sr Romans 16:21-23  
\p
\v 21 \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* works \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lucius|strong="G3066"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jason|strong="G2394"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sosipater|strong="G4989"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4904"\w* Jews, \add want you to know that they are\add* ◄sending \w their|strong="G2532"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w*/thinking fondly \w of|strong="G2532"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 22 \w I|strong="G1473"\w*, \w Tertius|strong="G5060"\w*, \add one who belongs to\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \add also want you to know\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* ◄sending \w my|strong="G1722"\w* greetings \w to|strong="G1722"\w*/thinking fondly \w of|strong="G2962"\w*► \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \add I am writing this letter as Paul tells me what to write for him\add*.  
\v 23-24 I, \add Paul\add*, am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole congregation \add here meets\add* in his house. He \add also wants you to know\add* that he is ◄sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. Erastus, the treasurer of \add this\add* city, also \add wants you to know that\add* he is ◄sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. Our fellow believer Quartus also ◄sends his greetings to you./says he is thinking fondly of you.►\f + \fr 16:23-24 \ft Some Greek manuscripts add v. 24, “May the Lord Jesus Christ continue to act kindly toward you all. Amen!/May it be so!”\f*   
\s1 We should forever praise the One who alone is God, who alone is truly wise.  
\sr Romans 16:25-27  
\p
\v 25 \w As|strong="G1161"\w* \add I\add* proclaim \add the good message about\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \add I tell about God\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w strengthen|strong="G4741"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add spiritually\add*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* proclaim \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add truth\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* revealed {\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* reveal} \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* previous \w ages|strong="G5550"\w*/\w times|strong="G5550"\w*  
\v 26 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w been|strong="G3568"\w* {\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \add he\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*} \w revealed|strong="G5319"\w*. \add I, along with others, have proclaimed\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4397"\w* wrote \add about Christ\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* eternal \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G5037"\w* \add us(exc)/me to do\add*. \w We|strong="G1161"\w* want \add people in\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* ethnic groups \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w know|strong="G1107"\w* \add Christ\add* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* can \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \add in him\add* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \add him\add*.  
\v 27  \add I desire that by\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add enabling us, we\add* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \w praise|strong="G1391"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w alone|strong="G3441"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \add truly\add* \w wise|strong="G4680"\w*. ◄\w May|strong="G5547"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w*!/Amen!►