The intercession ROMANS VIII. 14 For as many A. D. 60. as are led by the of the Spirit 21 Because the crea ture itself also shall Spirit of God, they u Ga. 5. 18.be delivered from the x1 Co. 2. 12. are the sons of God. we cry, a Abba, Fa- Ep. 1. 13. & 4. 30. 16 b The Spirit it-e Ga. 4. 7. self beareth witness d Ac. 14. 22. with our spirit, that 2 Ti. 2. we are the children e 2 Co. 4. 17. of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; dif so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 1 Pe. 4. 13. f2 Pe. 3. 13. g 1 Jno. 3. 2. h ver. 22. creature, Mar. 16.15. Col. 1. 23. Je. 12. 11. Ep. 1. 14. 18 For I reckon i that the sufferings k 2 Co. 5. 5. of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 12 Co. 5. 2. 19 For the earnest o 2 Co. 5. 7. expectation of the creature waiteth for p the g manifestation of q the sons of God. He. 11. 1. Ma. 20. 22. Ze. 12. 10. Ep. 6. 18. Ps. 7. 9. 20 For the crea-r1 Ch. 28. 9. ture was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Pr. 17. 3. bondage of corrup tion into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that + the whole creation i groaneth and travaileth in pain together until, now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have k the first-fruits of the Spirit, leven we ourselves groan within ourselves, m waiting for the adoption, to wit, the n redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for wep know not what we should pray for intercession for the s1Jno. 5. 14. condemneth? It is u Ex. 33. 17. Ps. 1. 6. 2 Ti. 2. 19. saints according tot 2 Ti. 1. 9. x z Col. 1. 15. hea Ep. 4. 4. 1 Pe. 2. 9. b 1 Co. 6. 11. 29 For whom u he did foreknow, also did predestinate to y be conformed to the image of his Son, Jno. 17. 22. that he might bed Nu. 14. 9. the first-born among Ps. 118. 6. many brethren. e ch.5.6. 10. 30 Moreover whom fch. 4. 25. he did predestinate, g Is. 50. 8, 9. them he also a called: Re. 12. 10. and whom he called, h Job 34. 29. them he also bjusti-i Mar. 16.19. fied and whom he Col. 3. 1. justified, them he also glorified.o He. 1. 3. & 12. 1. thesek He. 7. 25. 31 What shall we then say to things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered f him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who sall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? & It! Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, i who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. shall se 35 Who parate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are ac 37 m Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. per 38 For I am suaded, that neither 1 Jno. 2. 1. death, nor life, nor Ps. 44. 22. angels, nor "princi1 Co.15.30. palities, nor powers, 2 Co. 4.11. nor things present, m 1 Co. 15.57. nor things to come, 2 Co. 2. 14. 39 Nor height, nor Re. 12. 11. depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1Jno. 4. 4. n Ep. 1. 21. & 2. 15. 1 Pe. 3. 22. Paul's sorrow CHAP. IX. ROMANS IX. A. D. 60. a 2 Co.11.31. Ga. 1. 20. 1 I SAY the truth b ch. 10. 1. in Christ, I lie not, e Ex. 32. 32. my conscience also + Or, sepabearing me witness rated. in the Holy Ghost, 2b That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. d De. 7. 6. e Ex. 4. 22. De. 14. 1. f1 Sa. 4. 21. 1 Ki. 8. 11. 3 For I could wish Ps. 63. 2. that myself were tac-g Ac. 3. 25. cursed from Christ He. 9. 8, 9. for my brethren, myt Or, testakiusmen according to ments. to the flesh : h Ps. 147. 19. 4 d Who are Israel-i He. 9. 1. ites; e to whom per-k Ac. 13. 32. taineth the adoption, Ep. 2. 12. and the glory, and 1 De. 10. 15. the covenants, and theh giving of the law, and i the service of God, and the promises; 5 Whose are the P Jno. 8. m Lu. 3. 23. Jno. 1. 1. He. 1. 8. o Nu. 23. 19. 39. 9 Ga. 4. 23. Ge. 21. 12. He. 11. 18. fathers, m of and whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who n is over all, Ga. 4. 28. God blessed for ever. Ge. 18. 10. Amen. a Ge. 25. 21. 6 Not as though x ch. 8. 28. the word of God hathy Ge. 25. 23. taken none effect. For P they are not all! Israel, which are of 1srael: $Or,greater. ttor, lesser. z De. 21. 15. 7 q Neither, be-a De. 32. 4. 2 Ch. 19.7. cause they are the Job 8. 3. seed of Abraham, are b Ex. 33. 19. they all children: but, for the Jews. Isaac shall thy seed be called. In 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise, tAt this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a Son. 10 And not only this; but when "Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac ; 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ;) 12 It was said unto her, yThe elder shall serve the younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hat ed. 14 What shall we say, then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses, b I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and d Ex. 9. 16. e2 Ch. 20. 6. Job 9. 12. & 23. 13. Da. 4. 35. tor,answer est again, or, 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17 For the Scripture saith unto Pha-disputest raoh, d Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. with God? Job 33. 13. fls. 29. 16. g & 45. 9. Pr. 16. 4. Je. 18. 6. 2 Ti. 2. 20, i1 Th. 5. 9. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom up. he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.* 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For e who hath resisted his will? Or, made Pe. 2. 8. Jude 4. 1 ch. 2. 4. n Ep. 1. 7. Col. 1. 27. ch. 8 28, 29, 30. ch. 3. 29. 20 Nay but, Oo Ho. 2. 23. I Pe. 2. 10. man, who art thou p Ho. 1. 10. that repliest against God? f Shall the Is. 10. 22. thing formed say torch. 11. 5. hin that formed it, Or, the acWhy hast thou made count. me thus? 1s. 28. 22. ver. 18 21 Hath not the potter s power over i... Suffers the clay, of the same to be hardlump to make h one ened, in conVessel unto honour, sequence of and another unto dis their contihonour? 22 What if God, nuance in sin. the Gentiles. willing to shew his i the fit 23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had mafore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom he hath called, a not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. 26 P And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. 27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Is rael be as the sand of the sea, ra remnant shall be saved: 28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a c Ph. 3.9. d Ma. 5. 17. Ga. 3. 24. e Le. 18. 5. Ne. 9.29. Eze. 20.11. 13.21. Ga. 3. 12. 32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For b they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; 33 As it is written, f De. 30. 12. Behold, I lay in ver. 29Sion а stumbling The word stone and rock of Sabaoth, in offence: and who- Hebrew, sigsoever believeth on and somehim shall not be tatimes is apshamed. plied to the heavenly bodies, and to CHAP. X. 1 BRETHREN, my bifies hosts; angels. the Jews. heart's desire and they 2 For 1 bear them record a that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of b God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4 For d Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. de 5 For Moses scribeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth shall 6 But the righte ousness which is of wise, fSay not in faith speaketh on this thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, Christ down from to bring above :) 7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) |