Romans 7 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ Surely, Brothers, you know (for I am speaking to men who know what Law means) that Law has power over a man only as long as he lives. ² For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him. ³ If, then, during her husband's lifetime, she unites herself to another man, she will be called an adulteress; but, if her husband dies, the law has no further hold on her, nor, if she unites herself to another man, is she an adulteress. ⁴ And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God. ⁵ When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death. ⁶ But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations. ⁷ What are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say 'Thou shalt not covet,' I should not know what it is to covet. ⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life. ⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died! ¹⁰ The very Commandment that should have meant Life I found to result in Death! ¹¹ Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death. ¹² And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good. ¹³ Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve Death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved Death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my Death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the Commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is. ¹⁴ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly-sold into slavery to Sin. ¹⁵ I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate. ¹⁶ But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right. ¹⁷ This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me. ¹⁸ I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy. ¹⁹ I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do. ²⁰ But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me. ²¹ This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself! ²² At heart I delight in the Law of God; ²³ But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body. ²⁴ Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this Death? ²⁵ Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of Sin.

²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

⁴ Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

²¹ You have heard that to our ancestors it was said--'Thou shalt not commit murder,' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to answer for it to the Court.' ²² I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit.

²² I, however, say to you that any one who cherishes anger against his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the Court; and whoever pours contempt upon his brother shall be liable to answer for it to the High Council, while whoever calls down curses upon him shall be liable to answer for it in the fiery Pit. ²³ Therefore, when presenting your gift at the altar, if even there you remember that your brother has some grievance against you, ²⁴ Leave your gift there, before the altar, go and be reconciled to your brother, first, then come and present your gift. ²⁵ Be ready to make friends with your opponent, even when you meet him on your way to the court; for fear that he should hand you over to the judge, and the judge to his officer, and you should be thrown into prison. ²⁶ I tell you, you will not come out until you have paid the last penny.

²⁸ I, however, say to you that any one who looks at a woman with an impure intention has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

³² I, however, say to you that any one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of her unchastity, leads to her committing adultery; while any one who marries her after her divorce is guilty of adultery.

⁴ For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,' ⁵ But you say 'Whenever any one says to his father or mother "Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is 'Given to God,'" ⁶ He is in no way bound to honor his father.' In this way you have nullified the words of God on account of your traditions.

¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.

²³ Jesus, however, turning to Peter, said: "Out of my way, Satan! You are a hindrance to me; for you look at things, not as God does, but as man does."

²⁵ And, as he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold towards the payment of the debt, together with his wife, and his children, and everything that he had.

²⁰ "I have observed all these," said the young man. "What is still wanting in me?"

³⁷ His answer was: "'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.' ³⁸ This is the great first commandment. ³⁹ The second, which is like it, is this--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.' ⁴⁰ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it and, as he gave it to his disciples, said: "Take it and eat it; this is my body."

⁸ You neglect God's commandments and hold to the traditions of men. ⁹ Wisely do you set aside God's commandments," he exclaimed, "to keep your own traditions! ¹⁰ For while Moses said 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,' ¹¹ You say 'If a man says to his father or mother "Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is Korban"' (which means 'Given to God')-- ¹² Why, then you do not allow him to do anything further for his father or mother! ¹³ In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things."

²¹ For it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts--unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, ²² Greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly; ²³ All these wicked things come from within, and do defile a man."

⁶ But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' ⁷ 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, ⁸ And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one. ⁹ What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate." ¹⁰ When they were indoors, the disciples asked him again about this, ¹¹ And he said: "Any one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife; ¹² And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery."

¹ On returning from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the power of the Spirit through the Wilderness for forty days, tempted by the Devil.

¹⁸ 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus' knees, exclaiming: "Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!"

⁶ So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the Captain sent some friends with the message-- "Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.

²⁵ Just then a Student of the Law came forward to test Jesus further. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do if I am to 'gain Immortal Life'?" ²⁶ "What is said in the Law?" answered Jesus. "What do you read there?" ²⁷ His reply was--"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'" ²⁸ "You have answered right," said Jesus; "do that, and you shall live." ²⁹ But the man, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus: "And who is my neighbor?"

¹³ If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those that ask him!"

⁴⁸ You are actually witnesses to your ancestors' acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the Prophets, you build tombs for them.

¹⁵ And then he added: "Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man's true Life does not depend on what he has."

²⁹ 'No,' he said to his father, 'look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a kid, so that I might have a merry-making with my friends.

⁹ Another time, speaking to people who were satisfied that they were religious, and who regarded every one else with scorn, Jesus told this parable-- ¹⁰ "Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer. ¹¹ The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer. ¹² I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.'

¹² I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.' ¹³ Meanwhile the tax-gatherer stood at a distance, not venturing even 'to raise his eyes to Heaven'; but he kept striking his breast and saying 'O God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' ¹⁴ This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

²¹ "I have observed all these," he replied, "from childhood."

⁶ All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.

²⁹ It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

³⁴ "My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

⁵¹ I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world."

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³⁴ "In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "every one who sins is a slave to sin.

⁸ It is by your bearing fruit plentifully, and so showing yourselves my disciples, that my Father is honored.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.

²⁴ If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

³³ I have never coveted any one's gold or silver or clothing.

⁹ God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the Goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,

¹³ I want you to know, Brothers, that I have many times intended coming to see you-but until now I have been prevented-that I might find among you some fruit of my labors, as I have already among the other nations.

²⁶ That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;

¹⁷ But, perhaps, you bear the name of 'Jew,' and are relying upon Law, and boast of belonging to God, and understand his will, ¹⁸ And, having been carefully instructed from the Law, have learned to appreciate the finer moral distinctions.

²⁷ Indeed, the man who, owing to his birth, remains uncircumcised, and yet scrupulously obeys the Law, will condemn you, who, for all your written Law and your circumcision, are yet a breaker of the Law. ²⁸ For a man who is only a Jew outwardly is not a real Jew; nor is outward bodily circumcision real circumcision. The real Jew is the man who is a Jew in soul; ²⁹ And the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a man wins praise from God, though not from men.

²⁹ And the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a man wins praise from God, though not from men.

⁵ But what if our wrong-doing makes God's righteousness all the clearer? Will God be wrong in inflicting punishment? (I can but speak as a man.) Heaven forbid!

¹⁹ Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God. ²⁰ For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

²⁰ For 'no human being will be pronounced righteous before God' as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

³¹ Do we, then, use this faith to abolish Law? Heaven forbid! No, we establish Law.

¹ What then, it may be asked, are we to say about Abraham, the ancestor of our nation?

⁷ 'Blessed are those whose wrong-doings have been forgiven and over whose sins a veil has been drawn! ⁸ Blessed the man whom the Lord will never regard as sinful!'

¹⁵ Law entails punishment; but, where no Law exists, no breach of it is possible.

²⁰ Law was introduced in order that offences might be multiplied. But, where sins were multiplied, the loving-kindness of God was lavished the more,

² Heaven forbid! We became dead to sin, and how can we go on living in it? ³ Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death? ⁴ Consequently, through sharing his death in our baptism, we were buried with him; that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by a manifestation of the Father's power, so we also may live a new Life.

⁶ We recognize the truth that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the body, the stronghold of Sin, might be rendered powerless, so that we should no longer be slaves to Sin.

¹¹ So let it be with you-regard yourselves as dead to sin, but as living for God, through union with Christ Jesus. ¹² Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings. ¹³ Do not offer any part of your bodies to Sin, in the cause of unrighteousness, but once for all offer yourselves to God (as those who, though once dead, now have Life), and devote every part of your bodies to the cause of righteousness. ¹⁴ For Sin shall not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of Love.

¹⁴ For Sin shall not lord it over you. You are living under the reign, not of Law, but of Love. ¹⁵ What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!

¹⁵ What follows, then? Are we to sin because we are living under the reign of Love and not of Law? Heaven forbid!

¹⁷ God be thanked that, though you were once servants of Sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

¹⁹ I can but speak as men do because of the weakness of your earthly nature. Once you offered every part of your bodies to the service of impurity, and of wickedness, which leads to further wickedness. Now, in the same way, offer them to the service of Righteousness, which leads to holiness.

²¹ But what were the fruits that you reaped from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of such things is Death. ²² But now that you have been set free from the control of Sin, and have become servants to God, the fruit that you reap is an ever-increasing holiness, and the end Immortal Life. ²³ The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

¹ Surely, Brothers, you know (for I am speaking to men who know what Law means) that Law has power over a man only as long as he lives.

⁴ And so with you, my Brothers; as far as the Law was concerned, you underwent death in the crucified body of the Christ, so that you might be united to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that our lives might bear fruit for God. ⁵ When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death. ⁶ But now we are set free from the Law, because we are dead to that which once kept us under restraint; and so we serve under new, spiritual conditions, and not under old, written regulations. ⁷ What are we to say, then? That Law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for Law. If the Law did not say 'Thou shalt not covet,' I should not know what it is to covet. ⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.

⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life.

⁸ But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of Law sin shows no sign of life. ⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died!

⁹ There was a time when I myself, unconscious of Law, was alive; but when the Commandment was brought home to me, sin sprang into life, while I died! ¹⁰ The very Commandment that should have meant Life I found to result in Death!

¹⁰ The very Commandment that should have meant Life I found to result in Death! ¹¹ Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.

¹¹ Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death.

¹¹ Sin took advantage of the Commandment to deceive me, and used it to bring about my Death. ¹² And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good.

¹² And so the Law is holy, and each Commandment is also holy, and just, and good. ¹³ Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve Death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved Death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my Death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the Commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is.

¹³ Did, then, a thing, which in itself was good, involve Death in my case? Heaven forbid! It was sin that involved Death; so that, by its use of what I regarded as good to bring about my Death, its true nature might appear; and in this way the Commandment showed how intensely sinful sin is. ¹⁴ We know that the Law is spiritual, but I am earthly-sold into slavery to Sin. ¹⁵ I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.

¹⁵ I do not understand my own actions. For I am so far from habitually doing what I want to do, that I find myself doing the very thing that I hate. ¹⁶ But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right.

¹⁶ But when I do what I want not to do, I am admitting that the Law is right. ¹⁷ This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

¹⁷ This being so, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me. ¹⁸ I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy.

¹⁸ I know that there is nothing good in me-I mean in my earthly nature. For, although it is easy for me to want to do right, to act rightly is not easy. ¹⁹ I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do.

¹⁹ I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do.

¹⁹ I fail to do the good thing that I want to do, but the bad thing that I want not to do-that I habitually do. ²⁰ But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

²⁰ But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me.

²⁰ But, when I do the very thing that I want not to do, the action is no longer my own, but that of Sin which is within me. ²¹ This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

²¹ This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself!

²¹ This, then, is the law that I find-When I want to do right, wrong presents itself! ²² At heart I delight in the Law of God;

²² At heart I delight in the Law of God;

²² At heart I delight in the Law of God; ²³ But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body.

²³ But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body.

²³ But throughout my body I see a different law, one which is in conflict with the law accepted by my reason, and which endeavors to make me a prisoner to that law of Sin which exists throughout my body. ²⁴ Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this Death? ²⁵ Thank God, there is deliverance through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Well then, for myself, with my reason I serve the Law of God, but with my earthly nature the Law of Sin.

² For through your union with Christ Jesus, the Law of the life- giving Spirit has set you free from the Law of Sin and Death. ³ What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,

³ What Law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature, ⁴ So that the requirements of the Law might be satisfied in us who live now in obedience, not to our earthly nature, but to the Spirit. ⁵ They who follow their earthly nature are earthly-minded, while they who follow the Spirit are spiritually minded. ⁶ To be earthly-minded means Death, to be spiritually minded means Life and Peace; ⁷ Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.

⁷ Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so. ⁸ They who are earthly cannot please God.

⁸ They who are earthly cannot please God. ⁹ You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ;

⁹ You, however, are not earthly but spiritual, since the Spirit of God lives within you. Unless a man has the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ; ¹⁰ But, if Christ is within you, then, though the body is dead as a consequence of sin, the spirit is Life as a consequence of righteousness. ¹¹ And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you. ¹² So then, Brothers, we owe nothing to our earthly nature, that we should live in obedience to it. ¹³ If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.

¹³ If you live in obedience to your earthly nature, you will inevitably die; but if, by the power of the Spirit, you put an end to the evil habits of the body, you will live.

²⁶ So, also, the Spirit supports us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should; but the Spirit himself pleads for us in sighs that can find no utterance.

³ I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my Brothers-my own countrymen.

¹ Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for my People is for their Salvation.

⁵ For Moses writes that, as for the righteousness which results from Law, 'those who practice it will find Life through it.'

² Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

⁹ Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right.

⁹ The commandments, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet,' and whatever other commandment there is, are all summed up in the words--'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thou dost thyself.'

¹⁴ No! Arm yourselves with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and spend no thought on your earthly nature, to satisfy its cravings.

²² As for yourself--keep this faith of yours to yourself, as in the presence of God. Happy is he who never has to condemn himself in regard to the very thing which he thinks right!

¹ But I, Brothers, could not speak to you as men with spiritual insight, but only as worldly-minded-mere infants in the Faith of Christ. ² I fed you with milk, not with solid food, for you were not then able to take it. No, and even now you are not able; you are still worldly. ³ While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

⁴ It is not the wife, but the husband, who exercises power over her body; and so, too, it is not the husband, but the wife, who exercises power over his body.

³⁹ A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives; but, if the husband should pass to his rest, the widow is free to marry any one she wishes, provided he is a believer.

⁸ Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the Law also say the same?

¹⁶ In the Cup of Blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the Bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the Body of the Christ?

⁵⁶ It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

⁸ We want you, Brothers, to know that, in the troubles which befell us in Roman Asia, we were burdened altogether beyond our strength, so much so that we even despaired of life. ⁹ Indeed, we had the presentiment that we must die, so that we might rely, not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ And from so imminent a death God delivered us, and will deliver us again; for in him we have placed our hopes of future deliverance, while you, also, help us by your prayers.

⁶ Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.

⁶ Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life. ⁷ If the system of religion which involved Death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses on account of its glory, though it was but a passing glory,

⁷ If the system of religion which involved Death, embodied in a written Law and engraved on stones, began amid such glory, that the Israelites were unable to gaze at the face of Moses on account of its glory, though it was but a passing glory, ⁸ Will not the religion that confers the Spirit have still greater glory? ⁹ For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!

¹⁶ Therefore, as I said, we do not lose heart. No, even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.

¹⁷ Therefore, if any one is in union with Christ, he is a new being! His old life has passed away; a new life has begun!

¹² For, where there is willingness, a man's gift is valued by its comparison with what he has, and not with what he has not.

¹⁵ All thanks to God for his inestimable gift!

² I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, that I might present you to the Christ a pure bride.

⁷ It was for this reason, and to prevent my thinking too highly of myself, that a thorn was sent to pierce my flesh--an instrument of Satan to discipline me--so that I should not think too highly of myself. ⁸ About this I three times entreated the Lord, praying that it might leave me. ⁹ But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.

⁹ But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me. ¹⁰ That is why I delight in weakness, ill-treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!

¹⁹ I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God.

¹⁹ I, indeed, through Law became dead to Law, in order to live for God. ²⁰ I have been crucified with Christ. So it is no longer I that live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and, as for my present earthly life, I am living it by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

¹⁰ All who rely upon obedience to Law are under a curse, for Scripture says--'Cursed is every one who does not abide by all that is written in the Book of the Law, and do it.'

¹² But the Law is not based on faith; no, its words are--'Those who practice these precepts will find Life through them.' ¹³ Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

²¹ Does that set the Law in opposition to God's promises? Heaven forbid! For, if a Law had been given capable of bestowing Life, then righteousness would have actually owed its existence to Law.

²³ Before the coming of faith, we were kept under the guard of the Law, in bondage, awaiting the Faith that was destined to be revealed. ²⁴ Thus the Law has proved a guide to lead us to Christ, in order that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith. ²⁵ But now that faith has come we no longer need a guide.

⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law-- ⁵ To ransom those who were subject to Law, so that we might take our position as sons.

²¹ Tell me, you who want to be still subject to Law--Why do not you listen to the Law?

¹⁶ This is what I have to say--Let your steps be guided by the Spirit, and then you will never gratify the cravings of your earthly nature. ¹⁷ For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish.

¹⁷ For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish.

¹⁷ For these cravings of our earthly nature conflict with the Spirit, and the Spirit with our earthly nature--they are two contrary principles--so that you cannot do what you wish. ¹⁸ But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law.

¹⁸ But, if you follow the guidance of the Spirit, you are not subject to Law. ¹⁹ The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency,

¹⁹ The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these--unchastity, impurity, indecency, ²⁰ Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

²⁰ Idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, ²¹ Feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the Kingdom of God.

²¹ Feelings of envy, drunkenness, revelry, and the like. And I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who indulge in such things will have no place in the Kingdom of God. ²² But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

²² But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control. ²³ Against such things there is no law!

²³ Against such things there is no law! ²⁴ And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

²⁴ And those who belong to Jesus, the Christ, have already crucified their earthly nature, with its passions and its cravings.

¹⁵ For neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything; but a new nature is everything.

¹ You yourselves were once dead because of your offenses and sins. ² For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient. ³ And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind.

³ And it was among them that we all once lived our lives, indulging the cravings of our earthly nature, and carrying out the desires prompted by that earthly nature and by our own thoughts. Our very nature exposed us to the Divine Wrath, like the rest of mankind. ⁴ Yet God, in his abundant compassion, and because of the great love with which he loved us, ⁵ Even though we were 'dead' because of our offenses, gave Life to us in giving Life to the Christ. (By God's loving-kindness you have been saved.)

¹¹ Remember, therefore, that you were once Gentiles yourselves, as your bodies showed; you were called 'The Uncircumcised' by those who were called 'The Circumcised'--circumcised only by the hand of man!

¹⁵ And in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them--the Law with its injunctions and ordinances--in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one New Man and thus make peace.

⁸ Yes, to me, who am less than the least of all Christ's People, was this charge entrusted!--to tell the Gentiles the Good News of the boundless wealth to be found in the Christ,

¹⁶ And pray that, in proportion to the wealth of his glory, he will strengthen you with his power by breathing his Spirit into your inmost soul,

²² For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;

³ As for unchastity and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ's People,

²⁰ Always give thanks for everything to our God and Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²³ For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body. ²⁴ But as the Church submits to the Christ, so also should wives submit to their husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her, ²⁶ To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise; ²⁷ So that he might himself bring the Church, in all her beauty, into his own presence, with no spot or wrinkle or blemish of any kind, but that she might be holy and faultless.

¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the Devil. ¹² For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high. ¹³ Therefore take up the full armor of God, that, when the evil day comes, you may be able to withstand the attack, and, having fought to the end, still to stand your ground.

¹¹ Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

¹³ Remember it is God who, in his kindness, is at work within you, enabling you both to will and to work.

³ For it is we who are the circumcised--we whose worship is prompted by the Spirit of God, who exult in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges;

⁵ I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee; ⁶ As to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.

⁸ More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him; ⁹ Any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ--the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.

¹² Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

¹² Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. ¹³ For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front, ¹⁴ I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything; but under all circumstances, by prayer and entreaty joined with thanksgiving, make your needs known to God.

¹⁷ It is not that I am anxious for your gifts, but I am anxious to see the abundant return that will be placed to your account. I have enough of everything, and to spare.

⁶ Bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you, from the very day that you heard of God's loving-kindness, and understood what that loving-kindness really is.

¹⁰ Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God;

²² But now he has reconciled you to himself by the sacrifice of Christ's earthly body in death--it has pleased God that you should stand in his presence holy, pure, and blameless,

¹¹ By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.

¹⁴ He canceled the bond which stood against us--the bond that consisted of ordinances--and which was directly hostile to us! He has taken it out of our way by nailing it to the cross!

²⁰ Since, with Christ, you became dead to the puerile teaching of this world, why do you submit, as though your life were still that of the world,

⁵ Therefore destroy all that is earthly in you--immorality, uncleanness, passions, evil desires, and that greed which is idolatry.

⁹ Never lie to one another. Get rid of your old self and its habits, ¹⁰ And clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed 'in resemblance to him who made it.'

¹⁷ And, whatever you say or do, do everything in the Name of the Lord Jesus; and through him offer thanksgiving to God the father.

⁵ And not for the mere gratification of his passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;

⁸ We know, of course, that the Law is excellent, when used legitimately,

¹¹ But you should exclude the younger widows from the list; for, when they grow restive under the yoke of the Christ, they want to marry, ¹² and so they bring condemnation upon themselves for having broken their previous promise. ¹³ And not only that, but they learn to be idle as they go about from house to house. Nor are they merely idle, but they also become gossips and busy-bodies, and talk of what they ought not. ¹⁴ Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal.

¹¹ But do you, Servant of God, avoid all this. Aim at righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. ¹² Run the great race of the Faith, and win the Immortal Life. It was for this that you received the Call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of Faith.

¹⁹ Yet God's firm foundation still stands unmoved, and it bears this inscription-- 'THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS'; and this-- 'LET ALL THOSE WHO USE THE NAME OF THE LORD TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS.'

²⁵ He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth, ²⁶ and they may yet come to a sober mind, and escape from the snares of the Devil, when captured by the Lord's Servant to do the will of God.

¹⁸ The Lord will rescue me from all evil, and bring me safe into his Heavenly Kingdom. All glory to him for ever and ever! Amen.

¹⁴ For he gave himself on our behalf, to deliver us from all wickedness, and to purify for himself a People who should be peculiarly his own and eager to do good.

³ There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.

⁹ Thou lovest righteousness and hatest iniquity; Therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the festal oil more abundantly than thy peers.'

¹⁵ and so might deliver all those who, from fear of death, had all their lives been living in slavery.

¹⁷ And consequently it was necessary that he should in all points be made like 'his Brothers,' in order that he might prove a merciful as well as a faithful High Priest in man's relations with God, for the purpose of expiating the sins of his People.

¹³ Rather encourage one another daily--while there is a 'To-day'--to prevent any one among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of Sin.

¹² God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

¹⁵ Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

¹⁰ "This is the Covenant that I will make with the People of Israel After those days," says the Lord. "I will impress my laws on their minds, and will inscribe them on their hearts; And I will be their God, and they shall be my People.

¹⁰ And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.

⁴ You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;

¹³ Let no one say, when he is tempted, "It is God who is tempting me!" For God, who cannot be tempted to do wrong, does not himself tempt any one. ¹⁴ A man is in every case tempted by his own passions--allured and enticed by them. ¹⁵ Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.

¹⁵ Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.

²² Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.

²⁶ When a man appears to be religious, yet does not bridle his tongue, but imposes upon his own conscience, that man's religious observances are valueless.

⁹ But, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it. ¹⁰ For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions.

¹⁰ For a man who has laid the Law, as a whole, to heart, but has failed in one particular, is liable for breaking all its provisions. ¹¹ He who said 'Thou shalt not commit adultery' also said 'Thou shalt not murder.' If, then, you commit murder but not adultery, you are still an offender against the Law.

² We often make mistakes, every one of us. Any one who does not make mistakes when speaking is indeed a perfect man, able to bridle his whole body as well.

¹ What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?

⁵ Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks--'Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?' ⁶ No; the gift that God gives is for a nobler end; and that is why it is said--'God is opposed to the haughty, but gives help to the humble.'

⁵ and, as living stones, form yourselves into a spiritual House, to be a consecrated Priesthood, for the offering of spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

⁹ But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.

¹¹ Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.

²⁴ And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'

⁴ but the inner life with the imperishable beauty of a quiet and gentle spirit; for this is very precious in God's sight.

² and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

¹⁹ They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way.

⁷ But, if our lives are lived in the Light, as God himself is in the Light, we have communion with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. ⁸ If we say that there is no sin in us, we are deceiving ourselves, and the Truth has no place in us.

¹⁵ Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him; ¹⁶ for all that the world can offer--the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life--belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.

⁴ Every one who lives sinfully is living in violation of Law. Sin is violation of Law.

²³ To others show pity, but with caution, hating the very clothing polluted by their touch.

⁷ Let us rejoice and exalt; and we will pay him honour, for the hour for the Marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready.

⁴ and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away.'

⁹ Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and were laden with the seven last Curses, came and spoke to me. 'Come here,' he said, 'and I will show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.'