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Having been regenerated—Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible—through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;

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For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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¹⁹Hence, then—no longer, are ye strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,— ²⁰Having been built up on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, there being, for chief corner stone, Jesus Christ himself,—

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¹⁹Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, ²⁰built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.

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And, I, will request the Father, and, Another Advocate, will he give unto you, that he may be with you age-abidingly,

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And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

Rotherham

Unto all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called saints, favour unto you, and peace, from God our Father and Lord Jesus Christ.

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To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

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Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent—Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,—on thy belly, shalt thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

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So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

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⁶And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat. ⁷Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were,—so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,

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⁶When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

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And Yahweh God called unto the man,—and said to him, Where art thou?

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But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

Rotherham

Let us, then, be approaching with freedom of speech, unto the throne of favour, that we may receive mercy, and, favour, may find, for seasonable succour.

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Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Rotherham

For I say unto you, that, unless your righteousness exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees, in nowise, may ye enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

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For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Whereas, he who had not come to know, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And, every one to whom was given much, much, shall be sought from him; and, he to whom they committed much, for more than common, will they ask him.

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But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

Rotherham

But we have become as one unclean all of us, And, as a garment polluted, were all our righteous doings,—And so we faded like a leaf all of us, And, our iniquity, as a wind, carried us away;

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Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Rotherham

For, a righteousness of God, is therein revealed,—by faith unto faith: even as it is written—But, he that is righteous, by faith, shall live.

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For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Rotherham

²¹But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets,— ²²A righteousness of God, through faith in [Jesus] Christ, unto all that have faith; for there is no distinction,—

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²¹But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. ²²And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Rotherham

What, then, shall we say? Is the law sin? Far be it! On the contrary, I had not discovered, sin, save through law, for even, of coveting, I had not been aware if, the law, had not kept on saying—Thou shall not covet;

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What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

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I say, moreover—by Spirit, be walking, and, fleshly coveting, ye will in nowise fulfil;

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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Rotherham

Whereas, unto him that worketh not but believeth on him that declareth righteous the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

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His, in fact we are—his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.

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For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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Just as David also affirmeth the happiness of the man unto whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works:—

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And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

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For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways,—Declareth Yahweh.

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“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Rotherham

For, if, by the fault of the one, death reigned through the one, much more, they who the superabundance of the favour and of [the free-gift of] the righteousness do receive, in life, shall reign through the one, Jesus Christ.

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For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Rotherham

Him who knew not sin, in our behalf, he made to be, sin, that we might become God’s righteousness in him.

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God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

Rotherham

And, a sign, he received [namely] of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while yet uncircumcised; to the end he might be father of all that believe during uncircumcision, to the end [the same] righteousness might be reckoned unto them,—

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And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

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Regarding zeal, persecuting the assembly, regarding the righteousness that is in law, having become blameless.

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as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in Holy Spirit;

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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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¹What then shall we say? are we still to continue in sin that favour may abound? ²Far be it! we who have died unto sin, how, any longer, shall we live therein?

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¹What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? ²Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

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⁷But, whatever things, unto me, were gain, the same, have I accounted, for the Christ’s sake, loss; ⁸Yea, doubtless! and I account all things to be, loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom, the loss, of all things, have I suffered, and do account them refuse, in order that, Christ, I may win,

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⁷But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Rotherham

For, not knowing God’s righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;

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Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

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For Christ is an end of law, for righteousness, unto every one that believeth.

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For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

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⁵For, Moses, writeth that—as touching the righteousness that is by law, The man that hath done [it], shall live thereby; ⁶Whereas, the righteousness by faith, thus speaketh—Do not say in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? That is, to bring, Christ, down, ⁷Or, Who shall descend into the abyss? That is, to bring up, Christ, from among the dead; ⁸But what saith it? Near thee, is the declaration, In thy mouth and in thy heart,—that is, the declaration of the faith, which we proclaim:— ⁹That, if thou shalt confess the declaration with thy mouth—That Jesus is, Lord, and shalt believe with thy hear—That, God, raised him from among the dead, thou shalt be saved;— ¹⁰For, in heart, it is to be believed unto righteousness, and, by mouth, it is to be confessed unto salvation. ¹¹For the scripture saith—No one that resteth faith thereupon, shall be put to shame?

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⁵For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.” ⁶But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).” ⁸But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: ⁹that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. ¹¹It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

Rotherham

For, a righteousness of God, is therein revealed,—by faith unto faith: even as it is written—But, he that is righteous, by faith, shall live.

Berean Standard

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Rotherham

²¹But now, apart from law, a righteousness of God hath been manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets,— ²²A righteousness of God, through faith in [Jesus] Christ, unto all that have faith; for there is no distinction,—

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²¹But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. ²²And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

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If ye be loving me, my commandments, ye will keep;

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If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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Whereas, unto him that worketh not but believeth on him that declareth righteous the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Rotherham

For, if, by the fault of the one, death reigned through the one, much more, they who the superabundance of the favour and of [the free-gift of] the righteousness do receive, in life, shall reign through the one, Jesus Christ.

Berean Standard

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Rotherham

For, not knowing God’s righteousness and, their own, seeking to establish, unto the righteousness of God, have they not submitted;

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Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Rotherham

But, of him, are, ye, in Christ Jesus, who hath been made wisdom unto us, from God,—both righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

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It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

Rotherham

⁶I marvel that, thus quickly, ye are moving away from him that called you in the favour of Christ, unto a different glad-message,— ⁷Which is not, another, only there are, some, that are troubling you, and wishing to change the glad-message of the Christ. ⁸But, even if, we, or, a messenger out of heaven, announce a glad-message [unto you] aside from that which we announced unto you, accursed, let him be! ⁹As we have said before, even now, again, I say: If anyone is announcing unto you a glad-message aside from that which ye accepted, accursed, let him be!

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⁶I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— ⁷which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ. ⁸But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! ⁹As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

Rotherham

But, [this was] because of the false brethren secretly introduced,—who, indeed, came in secretly to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:—

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This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

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¹¹For I make known unto you, brethren, as to the glad-message which was announced by me, that it is not after man; ¹²For neither, from man, did I accept it, nor was taught [it],—but through a revealing of Jesus Christ.

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¹¹For I certify to you, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man. ¹²I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

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¹⁶Knowing, however, that a man is not declared righteous by works of law, [nor at all] save through faith in Christ Jesus; even we, on Christ Jesus, believed, that we might be declared righteous—by faith in Christ, and not by works of law; because, by works of law, shall no flesh be declared righteous. ¹⁷Now, if in seeking to be declared righteous in Christ we, ourselves also, were found sinners,—is Christ, therefore, a minister, of sin? Far be it!

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¹⁶know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. ¹⁷But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!

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¹⁸For, if, the things that I pulled down, these, again, I build, a transgressor, I prove, myself, to be. ¹⁹For, I, through means of law, unto law, died, that, unto God, I might live:—

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¹⁸If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker. ¹⁹For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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¹What then shall we say? are we still to continue in sin that favour may abound? ²Far be it! we who have died unto sin, how, any longer, shall we live therein?

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¹What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? ²Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

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With Christ, have I been crucified; and, living no longer, am, I, but, living in me, is, Christ,—while, so far as I now do live in flesh, by faith, I live—The faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up in my behalf.

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I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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I, cannot be doing, of myself, a single thing,—Just as I hear, I judge; and, my judging, is, just,—because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

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I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Rotherham

I do not set aside the favour of God; for, if, through law, is righteousness, then, Christ, without cause, died.

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I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, Christ died for nothing.

Rotherham

¹O thoughtless Galatians! who hath bewitched you,—before whose very eyes, Jesus Christ, was openly set forth as a crucified one? ²This only, am I wishing to learn from you:—by works of law, received ye, the Spirit? or by a believed report? ³So thoughtless, are ye? Having made a beginning in Spirit, are ye, now, in flesh, to be made complete?

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¹O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. ²I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith? ³Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

Rotherham

For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse,—for it is written—Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them.

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All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Rotherham

¹¹Moreover, that, in law, no one, is declared righteous with God, [is] evident,—because, The righteous one, by faith, shall live; ¹²And, the law, is not of faith, but—he that hath done them, shall live in them, ¹³Christ, hath redeemed, us, out of the curse of the law, having become, in our behalf, a curse;—because it is written—Cursed, is every one that hangeth upon a tree;—

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¹¹Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.” ¹²The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.” ¹³Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Rotherham

Why, then, the law? Because of the transgressions, it was added, until such time as the seed should come, unto whom the promise had been made, and was given in charge through messengers, at the hand of a mediator;

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Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

Rotherham

It is not, however, as though the word of God had failed; for, not all they who are of Israel, the same are Israel.

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It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.

Rotherham

⁹Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi [="No people of mine"],—for ye are Lo-ammi ["No people of mine"], and, I, will not be yours. ¹⁰Yet shall the number of the sons of Israel become like the sand of the sea, which can neither he measured, nor numbered,—and it shall come to pass, in the place where it used to be said to them, No people of mine, are ye, it shall be said to them, Sons of a Living God!

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⁹And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. ¹⁰Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Rotherham

And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,—It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

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This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

Rotherham

¹⁴But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away; ¹⁵But, until this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil upon their heart, doth lie; ¹⁶Howbeit, whensoever he turneth unto [the] Lord, he taketh off the veil:

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¹⁴But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. ¹⁵And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ¹⁶But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

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That I will, richly bless, thee, and, abundantly multiply, thy seed, as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,—that thy seed may take possession of the gate of his foes:

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I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

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³⁵Thus, saith Yahweh—Who hath given the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,—Who excited the sea, and the waves thereof roared Yahweh of hosts, is his name:— ³⁶If these ordinances depart from before me, Declareth Yahweh,—the seed of Israel also, may cease from being a nation before me, all the days,

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³⁵Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name: ³⁶“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

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speak unto them Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, Lo! I, myself, am going to take the stick of Joseph. which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions,— And I will place them upon it even upon the stick of Judah. And will make of them one stick, And they shall become one in my hand.

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you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

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And will make of them one nation in the land. among the mountains of Israel, And one king, shall they all have for king, —And they shall remain no longer two nations, Nor shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more.

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I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

Rotherham

Is, the law, then, against the promises [of God]? Far be it! For, if a law had been given, which had been able to give life, verily, in law, would have been our righteousness;

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Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

Rotherham

Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law;—

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The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Rotherham

But the Scripture, did shut up, all things, under sin, that, the promise by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to them who have faith,

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But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

Rotherham

He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.

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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Rotherham

But the centurion, answering, said, Lord! I am of no consideration, that, under my roof, thou shouldest enter,—but, only say with a word, and healed shall be my servant.

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The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Rotherham

Now Jesus, hearing, marveled, and said to them that followed,—Verily, I say unto you, With no one in Israel, such faith as this, have I found.

Berean Standard

When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

Rotherham

⁷Ye were running well:—who hath hindered you, that, by truth, ye are not to be persuaded? ⁸The persuasion, [is] not of him that calleth you:— ⁹A little leaven, leaveneth, the whole lump.

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⁷You were running so well. Who has obstructed you from obeying the truth? ⁸Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you. ⁹A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.

Rotherham

For neither circumcision is anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;—

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For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

Rotherham

Oh! that they would even leave off in dismay, who are unsettling you!

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As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves!

Rotherham

In saying, Of a new sort, he hath made obsolete, the first; but, the thing that is becoming obsolete and aged, is near, disappearing!

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By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

Rotherham

And be found in him—not having a righteousness of my own, that which is by law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is, of God, upon my faith,—

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and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Rotherham

For, verily, I say unto you, until the heaven and the earth shall pass away, one least letter, or one point, may in nowise pass away from the law, till all be accomplished.

Berean Standard

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Rotherham

Is, the law, then, against the promises [of God]? Far be it! For, if a law had been given, which had been able to give life, verily, in law, would have been our righteousness;

Berean Standard

Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

Rotherham

Because, whatsoever hath been born of God, overcometh the world; and, this, is the victory that hath overcome the world—our faith.

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because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

Rotherham

I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;

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in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

Rotherham

Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me.

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Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Rotherham

⁴Although, indeed, I, might have confidence even in flesh. If any other thinketh to have confidence in flesh, I, more:— ⁵Circumcised, the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews,—regarding law, a Pharisee, ⁶Regarding zeal, persecuting the assembly, regarding the righteousness that is in law, having become blameless.

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⁴though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

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⁷But, whatever things, unto me, were gain, the same, have I accounted, for the Christ’s sake, loss; ⁸Yea, doubtless! and I account all things to be, loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom, the loss, of all things, have I suffered, and do account them refuse, in order that, Christ, I may win,

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⁷But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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All things, unto me, have been delivered up by my Father; and, no one, fully knoweth the Son, save the rather, neither doth any one fully know, the Father, save, the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son, may be minded, to reveal, him.

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All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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Turn away thine eyes from me, for, they, have excited me,—Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, that are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

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Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

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The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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Professing to be wise, they were made foolish,

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Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

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But, if thine eye be, evil, thy whole body, shall be, in the dark;—if therefore, the light which is in thee, is, darkness, the darkness, how great!

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But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

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²I know thy works, and thy toil, and endurance, and that thou canst not bear bad men, and thou hast tried them who were affirming themselves to be apostles, and they were not, and hast found them false; ³And thou hast, endurance, and hast borne for the sake of my name, and hast not grown weary. ⁴Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left. ⁵Remember, therefore, whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do, thy first works; otherwise, I come unto thee, and will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

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²I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles. ³Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name. ⁴But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. ⁵Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

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how shall, we, escape, if, so great a salvation as this, we have neglected,—which, indeed, having received, a beginning, of being spoken through the Lord, by them who heard, unto us was confirmed,

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how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

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¹⁰To get to know him, and the power of his resurrection and fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death,— ¹¹If by any means I may advance to the earlier resurrection, which is from among the dead:

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¹⁰I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, ¹¹and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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¹⁵That, of Christ, a grateful odour, are we, unto God,—in them who are being saved, and in them who are being lost: ¹⁶In these, indeed, a fragrance out of death into death, but, in those, a fragrance out of life into life. And, for these things, who is sufficient?

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¹⁵For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. ¹⁶To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

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But be watching in every season, making supplication, that ye may gain full vigour, to escape all these things that are about to be coming to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

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So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

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¹⁶Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messenger’s voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven,—and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first, ¹⁷After that, we, the living who are left, together with them, shall be caught away, in clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:—and, thus, evermore, with the Lord, shall we be!

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¹⁶For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. ¹⁷After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.