\id ROM 45-ROM-web.sfm World English Bible (WEB) \ide UTF-8 \h Romans \toc1 Paul’s Letter to the Romans \toc2 Romans \toc3 Rom \mt2 Paul’s Letter to the \mt1 Romans \c 1 \p \v 1 \w Paul|strong="G3972"\w*, \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w servant|strong="G1401"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*,\f + \fr 1:1 \ft “Christ” means “Anointed One”.\f* \w called|strong="G2822"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* apostle, set apart \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Good|strong="G2098"\w* \w News|strong="G2098"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \v 2 \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G4279"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy \w Scriptures|strong="G1124"\w*, \v 3 \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w 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\v 25 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Hosea|strong="G5617"\w*, \q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* ‘\w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*,’ \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w her|strong="G3588"\w* ‘beloved,’ \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* beloved.”\x + \xo 9:25 \xt Hosea 2:23\x* \q1 \v 26 “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w where|strong="G3757"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w said|strong="G2046"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\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*,’ \q2 \w there|strong="G1563"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* ‘\w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.’”\x + \xo 9:26 \xt Hosea 1:10 \x* \p \v 27 \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w cries|strong="G2896"\w* \w concerning|strong="G5228"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*, \q1 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* number \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* sand \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w sea|strong="G2281"\w*, \q2 \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w remnant|strong="G3005"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w saved|strong="G4982"\w*; \q1 \v 28 \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w finish|strong="G4931"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G4932"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* righteousness, \q2 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G4932"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w* \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:28 \xt Isaiah 10:22-23\x* \p \v 29 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w Isaiah|strong="G2268"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G4302"\w*, \q1 “\w Unless|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Armies\f + \fr 9:29 \ft Greek: Sabaoth (or Hebrew: Tze’va’ot) \f* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1459"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w seed|strong="G4690"\w*, \q2 \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 Sodom|strong="G4670"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Gomorrah|strong="G1116"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:29 \xt Isaiah 1:9\x* \p \v 30 \w What|strong="G5101"\w* \w shall|strong="G5101"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w*? 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It is often used as an interjection.\f* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w lay|strong="G5087"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w stumbling|strong="G4625"\w* \w stone|strong="G3037"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w rock|strong="G4073"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w offense|strong="G4625"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w disappointed|strong="G2617"\w*.”\x + \xo 9:33 \xt Isaiah 8:14; 28:16\x* \c 10 \p \v 1 Brothers, \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*’s \w desire|strong="G2107"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G1699"\w* \w prayer|strong="G1162"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* Israel, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w*. \v 2 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w testify|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w zeal|strong="G2205"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w*. \v 3 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* ignorant \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w seeking|strong="G2212"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w establish|strong="G2476"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* didn’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w subject|strong="G5293"\w* \w themselves|strong="G2398"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \v 4 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w fulfillment|strong="G5056"\w*\f + \fr 10:4 \ft or, completion, or end\f* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believes|strong="G4100"\w*. \p \v 5 \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w writes|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, “\w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:5 \xt Leviticus 18:5\x* \v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, “Don’\w t|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w ascend|strong="G1537"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?’\x + \xo 10:6 \xt Deuteronomy 30:12\x* (\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2609"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w down|strong="G2609"\w*); \v 7 \w or|strong="G2228"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w descend|strong="G2597"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* abyss?’\x + \xo 10:7 \xt Deuteronomy 30:13\x* (\w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G1510"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*.)” \v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? 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Amen. \v 25 \f + \fr 16:25 \ft TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses 16:25-27.\f*