Lent - Day 8 - Bible Study
Today's Reading :
Chapter 9
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my
heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for
my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh
4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and
the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of
God, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh
Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Not as though the
word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel , which are of Israel
7 Neither, because
they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children but, In Isaac shall thy
seed be called.
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, At this time will I come, and Sara 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, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say
then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to
Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.
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 Pharaoh, 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.
18 Therefore hath he
mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then
unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man,
who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that
formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the
potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour?
22 What if God,
willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much
longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction
23 And that he might
make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore
prepared unto glory,
24 Even us, whom he
hath called, 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 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 Israel
28 For he will finish
the work, and cut it short in righteousness because a short work will the Lord
make upon the earth.
29 And as Esaias said
before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma,
and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say
then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained
to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which
followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of
righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because
they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they
stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written,
Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence and whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Chapter 10
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that
they might be saved.
2 For I bear them
record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 For they being
ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own
righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
4 For Christ is the
end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
5 For Moses
describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth
those things shall live by them.
6 But the
righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart,
Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above)
7 Or, Who shall
descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
8 But what saith it?
The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart that is, the word of
faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart
man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
11 For the scripture
saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek for the same Lord over all is rich
unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and
how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is
written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias
saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
17 So then faith
cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound
went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I
will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish
nation I will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them
that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21 But to Israel
he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and
gainsaying people.
Chapter 11
I say then, Hath God
cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of
Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot
ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God
against Israel ,
saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved
to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at
this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6 And if by grace,
then is it no more of works otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then is it no more grace otherwise work is no more work.
7 What then? Israel
hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it,
and the rest were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not
hear;) unto this day.
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a
trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and
bow down their back alway.
11 I say then, Have
they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of
them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle
of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are
my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting
away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them
be, but life from the dead?
16 For if the
firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy and if the root be holy, so are the
branches.
17 And if some of the
branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in
among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against
the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say
then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of
unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded,
but fear
21 For if God spared
not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore
the goodness and severity of God on them which fell, severity; but toward thee,
goodness, if thou continue in his goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut
off.
23 And they also, if
they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in for God is able to graff
them in again.
24 For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to
nature into a good olive tree how much more shall these, which be the natural
branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not,
brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in
your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel
27 For this is my
covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the
gospel, they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and
calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times
past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through
your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath
concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the
riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known
the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first
given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and
through him, and to him, are all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Chapter 12
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not
conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through
the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as
God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many
members in one body, and all members have not the same office
5 So we, being many,
are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
6 Having then gifts
differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, let us
wait on our ministering or he that teacheth, on teaching;
8 Or he that
exhorteth, on exhortation he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he
that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without
dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly
affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one
another;
11 Not slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope;
patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to
the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which
persecute you bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them
that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same
mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low
estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no
man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible,
as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved,
avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine
enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink for in so doing thou shalt
heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of
evil, but overcome evil with good.
Chapter 13
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there
is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the
ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the
evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and
thou shalt have praise of the same
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if
thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain for
he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth
evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also for they are God's
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute
is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but
to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou
shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no
ill to his neighbour therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to
awake out of sleep for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of
light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.
Chapter 14
Him that is weak in
the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things another, who
is weak, eateth herbs.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and
let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth for God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that
judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea,
he shall be holden up for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth
one day above another another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth
the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the
Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth
God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God
thanks.
7 For none of us
liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord whether
we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to this end
Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead
and living.
10 But why dost thou
judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all
stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written,
As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God.
12 So then every one
of us shall give account of himself to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more but judge
this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his
brother's way.
14 I know, and am
persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself but to him
that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if thy brother
be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with
thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16 Let not then your
good be evil spoken of
17 For the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost.
18 For he that in
these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy
not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man
who eateth with offence.
21 It is good neither
to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith?
have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that
thing which he alloweth.
23 And he that
doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith for whatsoever is
not of faith is sin.
Chapter 15
We then that are
strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let every one of us
please his neighbour for his good to edification.
3 For even Christ
pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that
reproached thee fell on me.
4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written
for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope.
5 Now the God of
patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another
according to Christ Jesus
6 That ye may with
one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive
ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
8 Now I say that
Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to
confirm the promises made unto the fathers
9 And that the
Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I
will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
10 And again he
saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise
the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias
saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the
Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the God of
hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope,
through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that
ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish
one another.
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly
unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is
given to me of God,
16 That I should be
the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God,
that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by
the Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore
whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
18 For I will not
dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to
make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem , and round
about unto Illyricum , I have fully preached
the gospel of Christ.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where
Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation
21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they
shall see and they that have not heard shall understand.
22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from
coming to you.
23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a
great desire these many years to come unto you;
24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain , I will come to you for I
trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you,
if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
25 But now I go unto Jerusalem
to minister unto the saints.
26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia
and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem .
27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are.
For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their
duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to
them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain .
29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in
the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's
sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your
prayers to God for me;
31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in
Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and
may with you be refreshed.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Chapter 16
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of
the church which is at Cenchrea
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and
that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you for she hath
been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila
my helpers in Christ Jesus
4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks unto whom
not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute
my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my
fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ
before me.
8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my
beloved.
10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are
of Aristobulus' household.
11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the
household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.
Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and
the brethren which are with them.
15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and
Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.
16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of
Christ salute you.
17 Now I beseech you,
brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine
which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18 For they that are
such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words
and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
19 For your obedience
is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf but yet I would
have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
20 And the God of
peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen.
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and
Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the
Lord.
23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you.
Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
25 Now to him that is
of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus
Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since
the world began,
26 But now is made
manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment
of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith
27 To God only wise,
be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
Romans 9 to 16
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