The Epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the ROMANS CHAP. I. PAUL a servant of a Jesus Christ, called b to be an apostle, separated into the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made ƒ of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 And 1 declared h to be the Son of God with power,according to theSpirit i of hol'ness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, 2 for obedience I to the faith among all nations, for his name: 6 Among whom are ye also the called cf Jesus Christ: 7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called n to be saints: Grace o to you, and peace, from God our father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith q is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom r I serve with 4 my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing s I make mention of you always in my prayers; A. D. 60. a Ac.27.23. b Ac.9.15. 1Co.1.1. c Ac.13.2. Ga.1.15. d Je.2.5. Ep.4.17,18. e Je.8.8,9. f Ps.89.36. Is.40.18,26. Ez.8.10. determined. h Ac. 13.33,34 Re.1.18. i He.9.14. k Ps.81.12. 2Th.2.11. 2or,to the obedienceof faith Ac.6.7. c.16.26. m Am.2.4. 3 or, rather. n 1Co.1.2. 1Th.4.7. o 1Co.1.3,&c. 2Pe.1.2. 10 Making request if by any means now nt length I might have a prosperous p Ep.5.12. journey by t the will of God to come un- Jude 10. to you. q c.16.19. 11 For u I long to see you, that I mayr Ac.27.23. impart unto you some spiritual gift, to 4 or, m. the end you may be established: $ 1Th.3.10. 12 That is, that I may be comforted to- 5 or, to acgether with 4 you by the mutual w faith knowledge. both of you and me. t Ja.4.15. 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, 6 a mind void brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to of judgment. come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) u c.15.23,32. that I might have some fruit 4 among v c.15.29. you also, even as among other Gentiles. w 2Pe.1.1. 14 I am debtor x both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. unsociable. x 1Co.9.16. 8 or, consent with them. y Mar.8.38. 2Ti.1.8. 15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready fo preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. 16 For I am not ashamed y of the gospel z Je.23.29. of Christ: for it is the power z of God unto 1Co.1.18. salvation, to every one that believeth; ba 2Sa. 12.6,7. to c the Jew first, and also to the Greek. b Mar.16.16. 17 For therein d is the righteousness of Ac.3.26. God revealed from faith to faith: as it is d c.3.21,25. written, e The just shall live by faith. e Hab.2.4. 18 For the wrath ƒ of God is revealed ƒ Ep.5.6. 'rom heaven against all ungodliness, and g c.9.23. anrighteousness of men, who hold the or, to. buth in unrighteousness: h Jno.1.9. 19 Because that which may be known i Is.30.18. of God is manifest in 9 them; for h God k Jon.4.2. hath shewed it unto them. Is.30.18. 20 For the invisible things of him from m Ps. 19.1,&c. he creation of the world are clearly seen, n De.32.34. being understood by the things m that are o Ec.12.14. inade, even his eternal power and God-10 or,that they bead; 10 so that they are without excuse. may be. 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain d in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened: 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they e became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncor ruptible God into an image g made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave k them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bo. dies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God minto a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more 3 than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile paffections: for even their women did change their natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like 5 to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to 6a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful; proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but 8 have pleasure in them that do them. CHAP. II. THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for a wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest, doest the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them which commit such things. 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches gof his goodness and forbearance i and long-suffering, k not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But, after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest n up unto thyself wrath, against the day of wrath,and o revelation of the righteous judgment of God; "he equity of God. ROMANS, III. 6 Who a will render to every man ac-| A. D. 60. cording to his deeds: 7 To them, who, by patient continu- a Pr.24.12. ance in well doing, seek for glory and Mat. 16.27. honour and immortality, eternal life: Re.20.12. 8 But unto them that are c contentious, b De.4.7,8. and d do not obey the truth, but obey un-c 1Ti.6.3,4. righteousness; indignation and wrath, d 2Th.1.8. 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every e c.10.16. soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew He.4.2. first, and also of the 1 Gentile : 1or, Greek. 20 But glory, g honour, and peace, to f Ps.51.4. every man that worketh good, to the Jewg 1Pe.1.7. first, and also to the 1 Gentile: h De.10.17. 11 For h there is no respect of persons 2Ch.19.7. with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law and. as many as have sinned in the law, shall i Job 8.3. be judged by the law; Ga.6,7,8. 13 (For knot the hearers of the law arek Ja.1.22-25. just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. WHAT advantage then hath the Jew? 3 For what, if some e did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, f That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous, who take h vengeance? (I speak as a man.) 6 God forbid for then how i shall God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say) Let I us do evil, that good may come? science wit-whose damnation is just. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have I c.6.1,15. not the law, do by nature the things cou-m 1Co.11.14. tained in the law, these, having not the 2 or, the conlaw, are a law m unto themselves : 15 Which shew the work of the law nessing with written in their hearts, their 2 conscience them. also bearing witness, and their thoughts 3 charged. the 4 mean while accusing, or else ex-4 or, between cusing, one another;) themselves. 20. 16 In the day when God shall judge then Ps. 1453. secrets o of men, by Jesus Christ, accord-o Lu.8.17. ing to my p gospel. p Ro.16.25. 17 Behold, thou gart called aJew,and rest-q ver.28. est in the law,and makest thy boast of God, r Ps.147.19, 18 And knowest rhis will, and 5 ap-j provest s the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them s Ph.1.10. which are in darkness, or, triest the things that differ. t Ps.5.9. 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher u Ps.140.3. of babes, which hast the form x of know-v Ps. 10.7. ledge and of the truth in the law: w Is.59.7,8. 21 Thou y therefore which teachest an-x 2Ti.1.13. other, teachest thou not thyself?, thou 3.5. that preachest a man should not steal, yMat.23.3,&c dost thou steal? z Ps.36.1. 22 Thou that sayest a man should not a Ps. 107.42. commit adultery, dost thou commit adul-6 or, subject tery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou to the judgcommit sacrilege? ment of God. 23 Thou that makest thy boast of the b Ps.143.2. law, through breaking the law disho- c Ez.36.20.23. nourest thou God? d Ac.26.22. 24 For the name of God is blasphemed e Ga.5.3. among the Gentiles through you, as it is f c.5.1.&c. written.c Ac.10.34,35 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved 3 both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, n There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandett, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way,ther are together become unprofitable; the is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their t throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used decel; the poison u of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth v is full of cursing and bitterness. 15 Their feet ware swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their 19 Now we know, that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every a mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become 6 guilty before God. 20 Therefore b by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law d and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith f of Jesus Christ, unto or, fore-or-all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference; 25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if h Ec.7.20. thou keep the law: but e if thou be ai Mat.12.41, breaker of the law, thy circumcision is 42. made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if g the uncircumcision dained. Keep the righteousness of the law, shall k Mat.3.9. not his uncircumcision be counted for Jno.8.39. circumcision? c.9.6,7. 27 And shall not uncircumcision which Ga.6.15. is by nature, if it fulfil the law, i judge Re.2.9. thee, who by the letter and circumcision 8 or, passing dost transgress the law? over. 28 For he k is not a Jew, which is one 1 Ac.13.38,39 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the 8 re mission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say at this time, his right eousness: that I he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is ex Justification by Faith. cluded. By what law? of works? Nay;1 but by the law of faith. ROMANS, V. 28 Therefore we conclude that b a man a Ge.15.5. is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God, which d shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through ƒ fai h? God forbid : yea, we establish the law. CHAP. IV. b v.20-22. c.8. Lu.1.37,45. i Ac.2.39. WHAT shall we say then that Abra-k Mar.16.16. ham, our father has pertaining to Jno.3.14-16. the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. l c.3.27. 3 For what saith the Scripture?o Abra- 10 How was it then reckoned? when z Jno.15.13. 1Jno.3.16. a Ge.17.10,11 11 And a he received the sign of circum- b He.9.14,22. cision: a seal of the righteousness of the c 1Th. 1.10. faith which he had, yet being uncircum- d Lu. 19.9. cised; that he might be the father d of all Jno.8.33. them that believe, though they be not Ga.3.7,29. circumcised; that righteousness might e c.S.32. be imputed unto them also: f Jno.14.19. 12 And the father of circumcision to g Ha.3.18. them who are not of the circumcision 2 or, recononly, but who also walk in the steps of ciliation. that faith of our father Abraham, which h Ge.3.6,19. he had, being yet uncircumcised. i Ge.17.4,&c. 13 For the promise, that i he should be 3 or, in whom the heir of the world, was not to Abra-k c.4.15. Lam, or to his seed, through the law, but 1Jno.3.4. through the righteousness of faith. 1 Ga.3.18. 14 For if I they which are of the law m He.9.27. be heirs, faith is made void, and then c.5.20. promise made of none effect: o 1Jno.3.4. 15 Because the lawn worketh wrath: for p 1Co.15.22, where no o law is, there is no transgression. 45. 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it q Ep.2.8. might be by grace; to the end the pro-r Ge. 17.4. nise might be sure to all the seed; not s Is.53.11. to that only which is of the law, but to Mat.20.28. that also which is of the faith of Abra 26.28. ham, who is the father of us all, 1Jno.2.2. 17 (As it is written, r 1 have made thee 4 like unto. a father of many nations.) before him t Ep.2.1,5. whom he believed, even God, who quick- u ICo.1.28. eneth t the dead, and calleth those u things 1Pe.2.10. which be not as though they were. v Is.1.18. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, 5 or, by one that he might become the father of many offence, Reconciliation by Christ. nations, according to that which was spokeu, a So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he con sidered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, nei ther yet the deadness c of Sarah's womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that what he had promised, he was able e also to perform. 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now g it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 But for us i also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe k on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 Who was delivered m for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. CHAP. V. THEREFORE p being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoices in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory u in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope; 5 And hope w maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, x which is given unto us. 6 For when wewere yet without s'rength, 1 in due y time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love to-, wards us, in that, while z we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, b we shall be saved from cwrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much e more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by f his life. 11 And not only so,but we also joyginGod, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the 2 atonement. 12 Wherefore, as h by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, 3 for that all have sinned. 13 (For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not k imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned m from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the p figure of him that was to come: 15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead; much more the grace q of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. s 16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation; but the free gift is of many v offences unto justification. 17 For if 5 by one man's offence death Treigned by one; much more they which The influence of Grace. receive abundance a of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ :) ROMANS, VII. A. D. 60. a Jno.10.10. 18 Therefore, as 1 by the offence of one b c.6.23. judgment came upon all men to condem-1 or, by one nation; even so 3 by the righteousness of offence. one the free gift came upon all e men unto c v.16. justification of life. 2 to. 19 For as byone man's disobedience many d c.7.5. were made sinners, so by the obedience 3 or, by one of one shall many be made righteous. righteous20 Moreover, g the law entered, that the ness. offence might abound. But where sin e Jno.12.32. abounded, grace did much more i abound: fc.1.32. 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, Ja. 1.15. even so might grace m reign, through g Jno.15.22. righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus c.7.8-13. Christ our Lord. Ga.3.19. h Ge.2.17. W CHAP. VI. VHAT shall we say then? Shall n wei Jno. 10.10. continue in sin,thatgracemayabound? 1Ti.1.14. 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are k c.5.17,21. dead p to sin, live any longer therein? 1Pe.1.4. 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as m Jno.1.17. were 4 baptized into Jesus Christ were in c.3.8. baptized into r his death? 4 Therefore we are buried s with him by baptism into death; that like t as Christ was raised up from the dead by the u glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. o 1Co.7.39. p v.6,11. Co.3.3. 1Pe.2.24. or, are. q Mat.5.32. 5 For if w we have been planted toge-r 1Co.15.29. ther in the likeness of his death, we shalls Col.2.12. be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Pe.3.21. 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body z of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. t c.8.11. 2Co. 13.4. u Mat.28.2,3. v Ga.6.15. 7 For b he that is dead is 6 freed from sin. Ep.4.22-24. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we 1Jno.2.6. believe that we shall also live with him: w Ph.3.10. 9 Knowing that Christ, d being raised x Ga.5.18. from the dead, dieth no more; death y Ga.5.22. hath no more dominion over him. z Col.2.11. 10 For in that he died, he died e unto a Ro.8.8,9. sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth 5 passions. unto God. b1Pe.4.1. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves justified. to be dead hindeed unto sin, but alive i c c.6.21. unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." or, being 12 Letk not sin therefore reign in your dead to that. mortal body, that ye should obey it ind Re.1.18. the lusts thereof. e He.9.28. c.3.20. or, concu 13 Neither yield ye your members / as instruments 9 of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield m yourselves unto God, as piscence. those that are alive from the dead, and g Ex.20.17. your members as instruments of righ-h v.2. feousness unto God. i Ga.2.19. 14 For six shall not have o dominion k Ps. 19.13. over you for ye are not under the law, 119.133. but under grace. 1 Col.3.5. 9 arms or 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under weapons. grace? God forbid. m c.12.1. 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye q yield n Eze.20.11, yourselves servants to obey, his servants &c. ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin o Mi.7.19. unto death, or of obedience unto righ-p Ps.19.7-9, teousness? q Jno.8.34. 17 But God be thanked, that ye were 2Pe.2.19. the servants of sin: but ye have obeyed r 2Ki.17.17. from the heart that forms of 11 doctrine 10 know. which was delivered you. s 2Ti.1.13. 18 Being then made free t from sin, ye 11 whereto ye became the servants of righteousness. were deli 19 I speak after the manner of men, be- vered. cause of the infirmity of your flesh: for t Jno.8.32. As ye have yielded your members servantsu Ge.6.5. Observations respecting the Lave. to uncleanness and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness, unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants é of sin, ye were free 2 from righteousness. 21 What fruit d had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end f of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness; and the end, everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift k of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. VII. KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as ng as he liveth? 2 For o the womanwhich hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband, so long as be liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 So then, if, while q her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if ber he band be dead, she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law x by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit y unto God. 5 For when we were in a the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members, to bring forth fruit c unto death. 6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not ƒ known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, g Thou shalt not covet. 8 But sin, taking occasion by the com mandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law, sia was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once. but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, n I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment,deceived me,and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the lawp is holy; and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceed. ing sinful. 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold r under sin. 15 For that which I do, I allow 10 not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law, that it is good. 17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18 For I know that in me, (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no u good thing: for to |