18 Wilt thou, then, say, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in?

19 True, because of unbelief they were broken off; but thou standest only by belief:

20 be not highminded; but fear, that, if God spared not the natural branches, he may not spare thee.

21 Behold, then, the goodness and the severity of God to them that fell, severity; but to thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness; since thou also mayest be cut off;

22 and they also, if they con2 Cor. iii. 16. tinue not in unbelief, will be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again:

The Gentile brethren.

c. ii. 27, 28; ix. 7.

Is. lix. 20.

23 for, if thou wert cut off from the olive-tree, which by its nature is wild, and wert grafted into a good olive-tree, contrary to thy nature; how much rather shall those, who are the natural branches, be grafted again into their own olive-tree?

24 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye be mindful only of yourselves ;) that blindness hath befallen Israel, in part, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in:

25 and so, all who are Israel will be saved: as it is written, "Out of Sion shall come the

“Deliverer, who will turn away "ungodliness from Jacob:

26 " and this is my covenant "to them, when I take away "their sins:"

27 with respect to the gospel, they are enemies, for your sakes: but, with respect to the choice, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes;

28 for, the gifts and calling James, i. 17. of God are unchangeable.

29 For as, in times past, ye Gentiles believed not God, but have now obtained mercy through their unbelief;

30 so now, also, these have not believed, that they also may obtain mercy through your mercy:

31 for, God hath comprehended all men in unbelief, that he c. iii. 10, 23. may have mercy on all.

32 O! the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom, and of the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

mercies of God, to present your 1 Cor. vi. 20. bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, as the service of your reason:

1 Cor. xii. 4.

2 and be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind; that ye may prove, what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

3 For, I say to every one that is among you, through the grace given to me, not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each the measure of faith:

4 for, as we have many members in one body, but all the members have not the same operation;

5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and all, severally, members of each other:

6 and, having gifts differing in each, according to the grace that is given to us, if it be prophecy, let us prophesy according to our proportion of faith; 7 or, if ministry, let us attend to our ministry; or, he who teacheth, to teaching; or, he who exhorteth, to exhortation :

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8 let him who giveth, give with simplicity; him who ruleth, rule with diligence; him who sheweth mercy, do it with cheerfulness.

9 Let your 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, promoting one another:

11 not backward in diligence; fervent in spirit, as serving the Col. iii. 23. Lord:

12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; persevering in prayer:

13 imparting to the necessities of the saints; given to hospitality.

14 Bless those who persecute you, bless, but curse not:

15 rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep; having the same mind, one toward another:

16 regard not high things only, but condescend to such as are lowly be not mindful only of your own concerns:

17 render to no one, evil for evil: be provident to do what is right, in the sight of all men.

18 If it be possible, so far at least as lieth in you, be in peace with all men:

19 not avenging yourselves, my beloved; but, give place to wrath, for it is written, "Ven

1 Pet. ii. 13.

in so doing, thou wilt, as it were, heap coals of fire on his head:

21 be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

CHAPTER XIII.

LET every soul be in subjection to the supreme

1 Tim. ii. 2. authorities: for, there is no authority but from God; the authorities that are, have been ordained by God:

2 so that, he who resisteth the authority, resisteth the ordinance of God; and they that resist, will receive to themselves condemnation :

3 for, rulers are not a terror to a good, but to an evil work: 4 wilt thou, then, not fear the authority? do that which is good, and thou wilt have praise from the same; for, he is a minister of God to thee, for good:

5 but, if thou do that which is evil, fear him, for he beareth not the sword in vain; for he is a minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath on him that doeth evil.

6 Wherefore, it is necessary that ye be under subjection, not only for the sake of wrath, but also for that of conscience: 7 for, for this cause also ye pay them tribute; for they are ministers of God, attending continually to this very thing:

8 render to all of them their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; tax to whom tax; reverence to whom reverence; honour to whom honour.

9 Ye owe no one any thing, but to love one another; for, he who loveth another, hath

fulfilled the law:

Gal. v. 14.

10 for, the commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adul"tery, Thou shalt not kill, "Thou shalt not steal, Thou "shalt not covet," and every other commandment, is briefly summed up in this, "Thou "shalt love thy neighbour as Lev. xix. 18. "thyself:"

11 love, worketh no ill to its neighbour; therefore, love is the fulfilment of the law.

12 And do ye this, knowing the season, that it is now time for us to awake out of sleep; for now, our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

13 The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us, therefore, cast from us the works of darkness, and put on us the armour of light:

14 let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and jealousy:

15 but, put ye on Christ Jesus; and make not provision for the lusts of the flesh.

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CHAPTER XIV.

AND, receive ye him who is

weak in the faith; but, not to doubtful disputations:

2 for, one believeth that he may eat all things; another, who is weak, eateth only herbs: 3 let not him who eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not, condemn him that eateth, for God hath accepted him :

4 who art thou, that condemnest another's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth yea, and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One man, esteemeth one day above another; another, esteemeth every day alike:

6 let each be fully convinced in his own mind:

7 he who regardeth the day, regardeth it for the Lord;

8 he also who eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth thanks to God; and he who eateth not, for the Lord he eateth not, yet giveth God thanks:

9 for, no one of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself;

10 for, if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; whether, therefore, we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's:

11 for, to this end Christ

both died and lived, that he might be Lord both of dead and living.

12 But, why condemnest thou thy brother? or, why despisest thou thy brother? for we shall all stand at the judgment-seat of Christ :

13 for it is written, "As 【 Is. xlv. 23. "live," saith the Lord, "every "knee shall bend to me, and "every tongue shall confess to God:"

14 each of us, therefore, shall render account of himself to God.

15 Let us not, then, condemn one another any more; but determine ye this rather, not to put a stumbling-block in your brother's way.

16 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; but, to him who accounteth any thing unclean, to him it becometh unclean.

17 But, if thy brother is grieved by thy food, thou walkest no longer according to love separate not, by thy food, him for whom Christ died. 18 Let not, then, your good be evil spoken of;

19 for, the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking; but justification, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit: 20 for, he who in this serveth Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

21 Let us, therefore, pursue the things which make for peace; and those, by which we may edify one another:

22 for the sake of food, undo not the work of God.

23 All food, indeed, is pure; but it becometh evil to the man that stumbleth, and eateth: 24 it is good, neither to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor do any thing by which thy brother is made to trip, or stumble, or is rendered weak.

25 The faith which thou hast, keep to thyself before God: happy is he, who condemneth not himself in that which he approveth:

26 but, he who doubteth, is condemned if he eateth, because he doth it not from faith: for, all that is not from faith, is sin.

patience, and through the consolation of the scriptures, we may have the hope of consolation:

5 and, may the God of patience and of consolation grant you to have the same mind among yourselves, according to Christ Jesus;

6 that ye may, with one mind and one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7 Wherefore, receive ye one another to the glory of God, even as Christ received us: 8 for I say, that Christ was Matt. iii. 15. made a minister of the circumcision, for the sake of God's truth;

9 both, to confirm his promises to the fathers; and, that the Gentiles should glorify God for his mercy;

Heb. ii. 16, 17.