ς. Paul, 

α.       ζ. a servant of Jesus Christ, 

η. called to be an apostle, 

α. separated unto the gospel of God, (1:1)

β. (Which he had promised afore 

β.             χ. by his prophets [Israelites] (cf. 16:26)

ο. in the holy scriptures,) (1:2)

ω. concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,

α. which was made of the seed of David 

β. according to the flesh; (1:3)

χ.             χ. and declared to be the Son of God with power, 

ο. according to the Spirit of holiness, 

ω. by the resurrection from the dead: (1:4)

α. by whom we have received grace and apostleship, 

β. unto obedience in faithfulness 

ο.             χ. among all nations, [Gentiles] (cf. 16:26) 

ο. for his name’s sake: (1:5)

ω. among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: (1:6)

ς. to all that be in Rome, 

ω.      ζ. beloved of God,

η. called to be saints: 

Coda: 

grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1:7)

Intro: 

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faithfulness is spoken of throughout the whole world. (1:8)

ς. For God is my witness, 

Α.      ζ. whom I serve with my spirit 

η. in the gospel of his Son, 

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α. that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; (1:9) (cf. 15:30)

β. making request, if by any means now at length I might well journey 

Β.                      χ. by the will of God 

ο. to come unto you. (1:10) (cf. 15:32)

ω. For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some Spiritual gift, that ye may be established; (1:11)

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Χ.  that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faithfulness both of you and me. (1:12) (cf. 15:32)

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α. Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, 

β. that oftentimes [πολλάκις] I purposed to come unto you, 

Ο.                      χ. (but was restrained hitherto,) (cf. 15:22)

ο. that I might have some fruit among you also, 

ω. even as among other Gentiles. (1:13)

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ς. Both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, 

α.    ζ. both to the wise and to the unintelligent 

η. I am a debtor. (1:14)

β. So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. (1:15) 

Ω.                                ξ. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: 

ς. for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that hath faithfulness; 

ο.    ζ. to the Judean first, 

η. and also to the Greek. (1:16)

ω. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faithfulness to faithfulness. 

Coda:

As it is written, THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE BY FAITHFULNESS [Hab. 2:4]. (1:17)

Intro: 

α. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven 

β. against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, 

χ. who suppress the truth in unrighteousness; (1:18)

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α. because that which is known of God is manifest among them; for God hath manifested it unto them. (1:19) 

β. For the invisible things [ἀόρατα] of him 

Α.                      χ. from the creation of the world, by the things that are made being understood, 

ο. are clearly seen [καθορᾶται], even his eternal power and Godhead;

ω. so that they are without excuse: (1:20)

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α. because having known God, they glorified him not as God, 

β. neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings, 

Β.                                χ. and their senseless heart was darkened. (1:21)

ο. Professing to be wise, they became fools, (1:22)

ς. and changed the glory of the incorruptible God

ω.    ζ. into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, 

η. and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (1:23)

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α.  Wherefore God also delivered them by the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, 

to dishonour their own bodies among themselves: (1:24)

β.  who changed the truth of God into falsehood, (cf. 3:4, 7)

and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator,

Χ.                                     ξ.  who is blessed unto the ages, Amen. (1:25) 

ο.  For this cause God delivered them to dishonourable passions: 

for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: (1:26)

α. and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, 

β. were inflamed in their craving toward one another;

ω.            ξ. men with men 

ο. perpetrating that which is unseemly, 

ω. and receiving in themselves that recompense which was fitting for their error. (1:27) 

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α. And even as they did not approve to retain God in their knowledge, 

β. God delivered them to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; (1:28) 

being replete with all 

unrighteousness, 

fornication, 

α.             wickedness, tt          full of

covetousness,          envy,

malice;                                      murder,

β.             strife, 

deceit,                            they are

malignity;                           whisperers, (1:29)

Ο.                      ξ.                                                                                               χ. tt    slanderers, 

insolent men,                          God-haters,

haughty, 

ο.             braggarts, 

thoughtless,                     inventors of evil things,

bondless, t                      disobedient to parents, (1:30)

ω.            affectionless, 

truceless, 

merciless: (1:31)

ο. who knowing well the righteous judgment of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, 

ω. not only do these things, but approve of them that practice them. (1:32)

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ς. Therefore thou art without excuse,  

α.    ζ. O man, 

η. whosoever thou art that judgest: 

ς. for wherein thou judgest another, 

β.    ζ. thou condemnest thyself; 

η. for thou that judgest practicest the same things. (2:1)

Ω.                                          ξ/χ. But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon them practicing such things. (2:2) 

ς. And thinkest thou this, O man that judgest them practicing such things,  

ο.    ζ. and doest the same, 

η. that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? (2:3)

ς. Or the riches of his kindness and forbearance and longsuffering 

ω.    ζ. dost thou despise, ignorant 

η. that the kindness of God leadeth thee to repentance? (2:4)

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Coda:

χ’. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart 

ο. treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath 

ω. and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; (2:5)

Intro: 

who WILL RECOMPENSE [ἀποδώσει] TO EVERYONE ACCORDING TO HIS WORKS [Ps. 61:11; Prov. 24:12]: (2:6)

α.  to them who by patient continuance in good works seek for glory and honour and immortality 

   — eternal life: (2:7)

β. but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness 

ς.                          χ.  — indignation [θυμὸς] and wrath; (2:8)

  tribulation and distress, (cf. 8:35)

ο. upon every soul of man that perpetrateth evil — of the Judean first, and also of the Greek; (2:9)

   but glory, honour, and peace, 

ω.  to every man that worketh good — to the Judean first, and also to the Greek: (2:10)

ς.  for there is no respect of persons with God. (2:11)

For as many as have sinned without the Torah 

ζ.        shall also perish without the Torah: 

Ϛ.            ζ.                  and as many as have sinned in the Torah 

shall be judged by the Torah; (2:12)

η.jjfor not the hearers of the Torah are righteous before God, 

but the doers of the Torah shall be made righteous; ↓ (2:13)

α. (for when the Gentiles, which have not the Torah, do by nature the things contained in the Torah, 

β. these, having not the Torah, are a torah unto themselves: (2:14)

η.                      χ. which show the work of the Torah written in their hearts

ο. — together witnessing [συμμαρτυρούσης] with them: their conscience [συνειδήσεως] — (cf. 9:1)

ω. and among one another their thoughts accuse or even excuse them;) (2:15)

Coda: 

↑ in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, through Jesus Christ. (2:16)

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α. Behold, thou art called a Judean, 

β. and restest in the Torah,

ς.             χ. and makest thy boast of God, (2:17) (cf. 3:27)

ο. and knowest his will,

ω. and approvest the things that are more excellent,

 ς. being instructed out of the Torah; (2:18)

    and art led to believe that thou thyself art 

    a guide of the blind,

 ζ.       ζ.             a light of them which are in darkness, (2:19)

Ζ.                               an instructor of the foolish, 

    a teacher of babes, 

  η. which hast the formulation of knowledge and of the truth in the Torah. (2:20)

α. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? 

β. thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? (2:21)

η.            χ. Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? 

ο. Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? (2:22)

ω. Thou that makest thy boast of the Torah, through breaking the Torah dishonourest thou God? (2:23) (cf. 3:27)

Coda: 

For THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES THROUGH YOU, according as it is written [cf. Is. 52:5]. (2:24)

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1. For circumcision verily profiteth, 

ς. jj    10. if thou practice the Torah: 

10’. but if thou be a breaker of the Torah, 

1’. thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. (2:25)

 1. Therefore if the uncircumcision observe the righteousness of the Torah, 

 ζ. ''     10. shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? (2:26)

 1’. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the Torah, 

 10’. judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the Torah? (2:27)

Η.                                1. For he is not a Judean, which is one outwardly; 

η.       10. neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: (2:28)

1’. but he is a Judean, which is one inwardly; 

10’. and circumcision is that of the heart, 

Coda:

1. in the Spirit,

10. not in the letter; (cf. 7:6)

10’. whose praise is not of men, 

1’. but of God. (2:29)

α. What advantage then hath the Judean? or what is the profit of circumcision? (3:1)

β. Much every way: 

    chiefly, because that unto them were with faith entrusted the oracles of God. (3:2)

Α.                      ξ. For what if some were not faithful? 

ο. shall their lack of faithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God? (3:3)

ω. By no means:

     let God be true, but every man a liar; (cf. 1:25)

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as it is written,

α.  THAT THOU MIGHTEST BE DEEMED RIGHTEOUS [δικαιωθῇς] IN THY WORDS,

AND PREVAIL WHEN THOU ART JUDGED [κρίνεσθαί] [Ps. 50:4]. (3:4)

β.  But if our unrighteousness demonstrate the righteousness of God, 

what shall we say? 

[μὴ] Is God unrighteous who carrieth out wrath? (cf. 9:14)

Β.                      χ.       (I speak as a human) (3:5) (cf. 6:19)

[μὴ] By no means: for then how shall God judge the world? (3:6)

ο.  For if the truth of God hath abounded through my lie unto his glory; (cf. 1:25)

why yet am I also judged as a sinner? (3:7) (cf. 9:19)

And not rather, as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say, 

ω.      “Let us do evil, that good may come”? (cf. 6:1)

whose judgment [κρίμα] [i.e., condemnation] is right [ἔνδικόν]. (3:8)

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ς. What then? are we to hold ourselves above others? 

α.       ζ. Not at all: 

 η. for we have before proved everyone, both Judeans and Greeks, to be under sin; (3:9)

as it is written, 

THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE: (3:10)

THERE IS NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH,

ς.             THERE IS NONE THAT SEEKETH AFTER GOD; (3:11)

THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY,

THEY ARE TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE;

THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE [cf. Ps. 13/52:2‑4]. (3:12)

β.                 THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN SEPULCHRE;

ζ.        WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY HAVE USED DECEIT [Ps. 5:9];

THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS [Ps. 139:3]: (3:13)

WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS [Ps. 9:27]. (3:14)

THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD: (3:15)

η. ''DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR WAYS: (3:16)

AND THE WAY OF PEACE HAVE THEY NOT KNOWN [cf. Is. 59:7‑8]. (3:17)

THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES [Ps. 35:1]. (3:18)

Χ.                                                               ς.   Now we know that what things soever the Torah saith, 

it saith to them who are under the Torah: 

χ.       ζ.   that every mouth may be stopped, 

and all the world may become guilty before God. (3:19)

η.jtTherefore by the works of the Torah there shall no flesh be made righteous in his sight: 

for by the Torah is the knowledge of sin. (3:20)                                               [cf. Ps. 142:2]

α. But now apart from the Torah 

β. the righteousness of God is manifested, 

ο.                      χ. being witnessed by the Torah and the prophets; (3:21)

ο. even the righteousness of God which is by faithfulness of Jesus Christ 

ω. unto all and upon all them that have faithfulness: 

ς. for there is no distinction: (3:22) (cf. 10:12)

ω.       ζ. for all have sinned, 

  η. and come short of the glory of God; (3:23)

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α.  being made righteous freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (3:24)

β.  whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation [mercy seat] through faithfulness in his blood, 

ς. for a demonstration of his righteousness for the relaxing [πάρεσιν] of sins that are past, 

Ο.                      χ.       ζ.  through the forbearance of God; (3:25)

η. for a demonstration of his righteousness in the present time: 

ο.  that he might be righteous, 

ω.  and the one who maketh righteous him which hath faithfulness in Jesus. (3:26)

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ς. Where is boasting then? It is excluded [as no longer fitting]. (cf. 2:17, 23)

α.       ζ. By what torah? of works? 

η. Nay: but by the torah of faithfulness. (3:27)

β.  Therefore we reckon that a man is made righteous by faithfulness 

without the works of the Torah. (3:28) (cf. 9:32)

ς. Is he the God of the Judeans only? is he not also of the Gentiles? 

Ω.                      χ.       ζ. Yes, of the Gentiles also: (3:29)

η. since indeed there is one God, 

ο.  who shall make righteous the circumcision by [ἐκ] faithfulness, 

and uncircumcision through [διὰ] faithfulness. (3:30) (cf. 10:17)

ς. Do we then nullify the Torah through faithfulness? (cf. 4:14)

ω.      ζ. By no means: 

η. to the contrary, we establish the Torah. (3:31)

α. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? (4:1)

β. For if Abraham were made righteous by works, he hath whereof to boast; 

Α.                      ξ. but not before God. (4:2)

ο. For what saith the scripture? 

ω. ABRAHAM WAS FAITHFUL TO GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS [Gen. 15:6]. (4:3)

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α. Now to him that worketh 

  β. is the reward not reckoned of grace, 

α.                ξ. but of debt. (4:4)

ο. But to him that worketh not, but hath faithfulness in him that maketh righteous the ungodly, 

  ω. his faithfulness is reckoned for righteousness. (4:5)

β.  Even as David also saith of the blessedness of the man, 

unto whom God reckoneth righteousness without works, (4:6)

Β.                                χ.t BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED. (4:7)

BLESSED IS THE MAN UNTO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT RECKON SIN [Ps. 31:1‑2]. (4:8) (cf. 11:27)

ο.  Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? 

For we say that faithfulness was reckoned unto Abraham for righteousness. (4:9)

ς. How was it then reckoned, while he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?

ω.        ζ. Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. (4:10)

      η. And he received the sign of circumcision, 

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α. a seal of the righteousness of the faithfulness which he had yet being uncircumcised: 

β. that he might be the father of all them that have faithfulness, though they be uncircumcised; 

α.                      χ. that unto them also might be reckoned righteousness: (4:11)

ο. and the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, 

ω. but who also walk in the steps of faithfulness, which he had being yet uncircumcised, of our father Abraham. (4:12)

For the promise that he should be the heir of the world 

was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Torah, 

β.                   but through righteousness of faithfulness. (4:13)

For if they which are of the Torah be heirs, 

  faithfulness is made void, 

and the promise hath been nullified: (4:14) (cf. 3:31)

Χ.                                                          χ.  because the Torah produceth wrath: 

for where no Torah is, there is no transgression. (4:15) (cf. 5:13, 5:20, 7:8)

α. Therefore it is of faithfulness, 

β. that it might be by grace;

ο.                       χ. to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; 

ο. not to that only which is of the Torah, 

ω. but to that also which is of the faithfulness of Abraham; 

who is the father of us all, (4:16)

α.        according as it is written, 

I HAVE APPOINTED THEE A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS [Gen. 17:5],

β.  even as is he in whom he had faithfulness, even God,

ω.                      χ.  who giveth life to the dead, 

and calleth those things which be not as things that are. (4:17)

ο.  Who against [man’s] hope, in [God’s] hope, had faithfulness, 

that he might become the father of many nations, 

ω.       according to that which was spoken,

SO SHALL THY SEED BE [Gen. 15:5]. (4:18)

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α.  And being not strengthless in faithfulness, 

he considered not his own body, already deadened, 

β.       being about an hundred years old, 

neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: (4:19)

Ο.                           he doubted not at the promise of God through lack of faithfulness; 

χ.       but was empowered by faithfulness, 

giving glory to God; (4:20)

ο.  and being fully convinced that, what he had promised,

ω.  he was powerful also to do. (4:21)

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α. And therefore IT WAS RECKONED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS [Gen. 15:6]. (4:22)

β. Now it was not written for his sake alone, 

Ω.                      χ. that it was reckoned unto him; (4:23)

ο. but for us also, 

ω. unto whom it was going to be reckoned, 

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Coda:

α. unto those who have faithfulness  

β. in him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; (4:24)

χ. who was delivered up for our offences, 

ο. and was raised 

ω. for our righteousness’ sake [δικαίωσιν]. (4:25)

α. Therefore having been made righteous by faithfulness, 

β. we have peace with God 

A.                      ξ. through our Lord Jesus Christ: (5:1)

ο. by whom also we have access by faithfulness into this grace wherein we stand,

ω. and we boast in the hope of the glory of God. (5:2) (cf. 12:12)

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α. And not only so, but we boast in tribulations also: 

β. knowing that tribulation produceth patience; (5:3) (cf. 12:12)

B.                      χ. and patience, provenness; 

ο. and provenness, hope: (5:4)

ω. and hope maketh not ashamed [doth not disappoint]; 

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    because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us. (5:5)

ς.      For when we were yet without strength, 

    in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (5:6)

    ζ.  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: 

Χ. '''                           yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. (5:7)

    But God commendeth his love toward us, 

η.      in that, while we were yet sinners, 

    Christ died for us. (5:8)

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α. Much more then, being now made righteous by his blood, 

β. we shall be saved from wrath through him. (5:9)

Ο.                      ξ. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, 

ο. much more, being reconciled, 

ω. we shall be saved by his life. (5:10)

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ς. And not only so, but we also boast in God 

Ω.         ζ. through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

η. by whom we have now received the reconciliation. (5:11) 

1. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, 

ς. j     10. and death by sin; 

10’. and so death passed upon all men, 

1’. because of which all have sinned: (5:12)

ς. for until the Torah sin was in the world: 

Ϛ.            ζ.       ζ. but sin is not accounted [ἐλλογεῖται] when there is no Torah. (5:13) (cf. 4:15, 5:20, 7:8)

η. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, 

ς. even over them that had not sinned 

η.      ζ. after the likeness of the transgression of Adam, 

η. who is the type of him that was to come. (5:14)

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α.''But not as the offence, is 

the gift of grace [χάρισμα] also.

ς. For if through one’s transgression many be dead, 

β.       ζ. much more the grace [χάρις] of God, and the gift by grace [δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι], which is 

η. by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. (5:15)

ς. And not like that which came through one that sinned, is the bequest [δώρημα]: 

Ζ.                           χ.        ζ. for the judgment was from one [transgression] to condemnation, 

η. but the gift of grace [χάρισμα] is of many transgressions unto righteousness. (5:16)

ς. For if by one man’s transgression death reigned by one; 

ο.       ζ. much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life 

η. by one, Jesus Christ. (5:17)

1. So then as by the transgression of one judgment came 

ω. j    10. upon all men to condemnation; 

1’. even so by the righteousness of one the act of grace came 

10’. upon all men unto righteousness [δικαίωσιν] of life. (5:18)

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1. For as by one man’s disobedience 

ς. j     10. many were constituted sinners, 

1’. so by the obedience of one 

10’. shall many be constituted righteous. (5:19)

1. Moreover the Torah entered, 

ζ.        10. that consequently the offence might abound. (cf. 4:15, 5:13, 7:8)

Η. jjj            1’. But where sin abounded, 

10’. grace did much more abound: (5:20)

ς. that as sin hath reigned unto death, 

η.       ζ. even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life 

η. by Jesus Christ our Lord. (5:21)

1. What shall we say then?

Α.       10. Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (6:1) (cf. 3:8)

1’. By no means.

10’. We that are dead to sin — how shall we live any longer therein? (6:2)

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ς.jjAre you ignorant, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, even so into his death were baptized? (6:3)

Therefore we are buried together with him by baptism into death:

Β.                 ζ.  that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, 

even so we also should walk in newness of life. (6:4)

η.  For if we have been planted [united] together in the likeness of his death, 

we shall be also of his resurrection: (6:5)

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1. knowing this, that our old man is together crucified with him, 

ς. jt    10. that the body of sin might be destroyed, (cf. 7:24)

10’. that henceforth we should not serve sin. (6:6)

1’. For he that hath died is acquitted [δεδικαίωται] of sin. (6:7)

Χ.                 ζ.  Now if we be dead with Christ, 

we have faith that we shall also live with him: (6:8)

η. 'Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; 

death hath no more dominion over him. (6:9)

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1. For in that he died, 

α.       10. he died unto sin once and for all: 

1’. but in that he liveth, 

10’. he liveth unto God. (6:10)

1. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves 

β.       10. to be dead indeed unto sin, 

10’. but alive unto God 

1’. through Jesus Christ our Lord. (6:11)

χ.  Allow not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, 

Ο.                                     that ye should obey it in the desires thereof. (6:12)

1. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: 

ο.       10. but yield yourselves unto God, 

10’. as those that are alive from the dead, 

1’. and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. (6:13)

ω.  For sin shall not have dominion over you: 

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1. for ye are not under the Torah, but under grace. (6:14)

Ω.      10. What then? shall we sin,

1’. because we are not under the Torah, but under grace?

10’. By no means. (6:15)

ς. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants unto obedience, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; 

ζ. whether of sin unto death, 

α.            η. or of obedience unto righteousness? (6:16)

ς’. But God be thanked, 

ζ’. that though ye were the servants of sin, 

η’. but ye have obeyed from the heart that form [τύπον] of doctrine to which ye were delivered. (6:17)

β.tBeing then freed from sin, 

ye became the servants of righteousness. (6:18)

ς. I speak humanly because of the infirmity of your flesh: (cf. 3:5)

Α.                                           ξ. ''    ζ. for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; 

η. even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. (6:19)

ς. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. (6:20)

ζ. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? 

ο.            η. for the end of those things is death. (6:21)

ς’. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, 

ζ’. ye have your fruit unto holiness, 

η’. and the end eternal life. (6:22)

ω. For the wages of sin is death; 

but the gift [χάρισμα] of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (6:23)

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ς. Are you ignorant, brethren, 

α.      ζ. (for I speak to them that know the Torah,) (cf. 11:13)

η. how that the Torah hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? (7:1)

α. For the woman under an husband 

β. to her husband while he liveth

β.            χ. is bound by the Torah; 

ο. but if the husband be dead, 

ω. she is loosed from the torah of her husband. (7:2)

α. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, 

β. she shall be called an adulteress: 

χ.            χ. but if her husband be dead, she is free from that torah;

ο. so that she is no adulteress, 

Β.                                      ω. though she be married to another man. (7:3)

α. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the Torah 

β. by the body of Christ; 

ο.             χ. that ye may belong to another, 

ο. even to him who is raised from the dead, 

ω. that we should bring forth fruit unto God. (7:4)

ς.   For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the Torah, 

did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. (7:5)

ω.         ζ.j But now we are delivered from the Torah, 

  having died to that by which we were held; 

η.t that we should serve in newness of Spirit, 

and not in the oldness of the letter. (7:6) (cf. 2:29)

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α. What then shall we say? Is the Torah 

β. sin? 

α.                      χ. By no means. 

ο. Nay, sin I had not known, 

ω. but by the Torah: 

α. for I had not known desire, 

β. except the Torah had said, 

β.                      χ. THOU SHALT NOT DESIRE [COVET] [Ex. 20:17]. (7:7)

ο. But, taking opportunity by the commandment, sin

ω. wrought in me all manner of desire. 

α. For without the Torah sin was dead. (7:8) (cf. 4:15, 5:13, 5:20)

β. For I was alive without the Torah once: 

Χ.                                 χ.                      ξ. but when the commandment came, 

ο. sin revived, 

ω. and I died. (7:9)

α. And I discovered the commandment, which was unto life, 

β. rather to be unto death. (7:10)

ο.                       ξ. For sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, 

ο. deceived me entirely, 

ω. and by it slew me. (7:11)

α. Wherefore indeed the Torah is holy, 

β. and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. (7:12)

ω.                      ξ. Was then that which is good made death unto me? By no means. 

ο. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good;

ω. that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. (7:13)

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Intro: 

For we know that the Torah is Spiritual: 

but I am fleshly, sold [as a slave] under sin. (7:14)

ς.   For that which I perpetrate, 

I do not understand [γινώσκω]: 

α.          ζ.   for what I would, that I practice not; 

   but what I hate, that I do. (7:15)

η.  If then I do that which I would not, 

I consent unto the Torah that it is good. (7:16)

ς.   Now then it is no more I that perpetrate it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (7:17)

For I know [οἶδα] that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing:

β.          ζ.   for to will that which is good 

   is present with me, 

η.   but how to perpetrate that which is good 

I do not discover. (7:18)

Ο.                                                ς.  For the good that I would, I do not: 

but the evil which I would not, that do I practice. (7:19)

ξ.          ζ.   Now if I do that I would not, 

   it is no more I that perpetrate it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (7:20)

η.  I discover then a torah, that,

when I would do good, evil is present with me. (7:21)

ς.   For I take pleasure together with the Torah of God 

according to the inward man: (7:22)

ο.         ζ.   but I see another torah in my members, 

  warring against the Torah of my mind [nous], 

η.'' and bringing me into captivity 

to the torah of sin which is in my members. (7:23)

ς. O wretched man that I am! [despair in self]

ω.         ζ. who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (7:24) (cf. 6:6)

η. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. [hope in God]

Coda:

So then I myself with the mind [nous] serve [as a slave] the Torah of God; 

but with the flesh the torah of sin. (7:25)

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ς.tjThere is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, 

who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (8:1)

ζ.jjFor the torah of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 

hath freed me from the torah of sin and death. (8:2)

ς.                  For what the Torah was powerless to do, 

in that it was weak through the flesh,

η.             God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, 

and for the sake of sin, 

condemned sin in the flesh: (8:3)

ς.jjthat the righteousness of the Torah might be fulfilled in us, (cf. 10:4)

who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (8:4)

Ω.                           ζ.           ζ.jjFor they that are after the flesh, 

   the things of the flesh do mind; 

η.jjbut they that are after the Spirit

the things of the Spirit. (8:5)

ς.jjFor the mindset of the flesh is death; 

     but the mindset of the Spirit is life and peace. (8:6

η.            ζ.' Because the mindset of the flesh is enmity against God: 

    for to the Torah of God it is not subordinate, for neither can it be. (8:7)

η.  So then they that are in the flesh 

jt  cannot please God. (8:8)

{Do not, ye who are in the Spirit, live according to the flesh} 

But ye are not in the flesh, 

α.       but in the Spirit, 

if so be that the Spirit of God dwell [πνεῦμα θεοῦ οἰκεῖ] in you. 

β.  But if anyone have not the Spirit of Christ [πνεῦμα χριστοῦ οὐκ ἔχει], 

he is not of Him. (8:9)

But if Christ be in you, 

ς.                                       χ.       the body is dead because of sin; 

but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (8:10)

ο.  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead 

dwell in you, 

he that raised up Christ from the dead

ω.       shall also give life to your mortal bodies 

through indwelling his Spirit in you. (8:11)

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Ϛ.                           ζ.  So then, brethren, we are debtors [↑], not to the flesh, to live according to flesh [↓]. (8:12)

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For if ye live according to flesh, 

α.        ye shall die: 

but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the practices of the body, 

ye shall live. (8:13)

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, 

β.             they are the sons of God. (8:14)

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery again unto fear; 

but ye have received the Spirit of adopted sonship, 

whereby we cry, “Abba, Father.” (8:15) (cf. Gal. 4:6)

η.                        χ.   The Spirit himself witnesseth together with our spirit, (cf. 9:1)

that we are the children [born] of God: (8:16)

and if children,

then heirs,

ο.             heirs of God;

and together heirs with Christ

if so be that we suffer together with him, 

ω.        that we may be also together glorified. (8:17)

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time 

are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (8:18)

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{Groaning in hope for all creation} 

which shall be revealed [ἀποκαλυφθῆναι] in us. (8:18)

Because the earnest expectation [ἀποκαραδοκία] of the creation —

α.       for the revelation [ἀποκάλυψιν] of the sons of God,

waiteth [ἀπεκδέχεται]. (8:19)

α. For unto vanity 

β. was the creation made subordinate, 

β.            χ. not of its own, but

ο. because of him who hath subordinated it

ω. in hope, (8:20)

ς. because the creation itself also shall be freed from the slavery of corruption 

ζ. unto the freedom of the glory of the children [born] of God. (8:21) 

η. For we know that all the creation together with us 

Ζ.                                           ξ.                groaneth and travaileth-in-pain until now. (8:22)

ς’. And not only they, but ourselves also,

ζ’. which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, 

η’. also we ourselves, within ourselves, groan; 

within ourselves, groan;

for adopted sonship — 

ο.       waiting,

for the redemption of our body. (8:23)

α. For by this hope were we saved: 

β. but hope seen is not hope: 

ω.            χ. for what someone seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (8:24)

ο. But if we hope for that we see not, 

ω. then do we with patience wait. (8:25)

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{Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?} 

α. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth [συναντιλαμβάνεται] our infirmities: 

for what we should pray for as necessary, we know not: 

but the Spirit himself maketh intercession on behalf of us with groanings ineffable. (8:26)

β.             And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the mindset is of the spirit of a man, 

because he maketh intercession for the saints in agreement with God’s will. (8:27)

And we know that to them that love God, 

ς.  χ. all things work together [συνεργεῖ] for good, 

to them who according to his purpose are the called. (8:28)

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate 

ο.             to be conformed to the image of his Son, that the Son might be the firstborn among many brethren. (8:29)

And whom he did predestinate, them he also called: 

and whom he called, them he also made righteous: 

ω. and whom he made righteous, them he also glorified. (8:30)

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Η.                           ζ. What then [↓] shall we say to these things [↑]? 

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α. If God be for us, who can be against us? (8:31)

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, 

how shall he not with him 

also grace us with all things? (8:32)

Who shall accuse God’s elect? 

β.                       It is God that maketh righteous. (8:33)

Who is he that condemneth? 

It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, 

who is even at the right hand of God, 

who also intercedeth for us. (8:34)

η.  χ. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 

shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, (cf. 2:9)

or famine, or nakedness, 

or peril, or sword? (8:35) 

As it is written, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE RECKONED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER [Ps. 43:23]. (8:36)

ο.                       Nay, in all these things we amply conquer through him that loved us. 

For I am led to believe that neither death, nor life,                              (8:37)

nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 

nor things present, nor things to come, (8:38)

nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation,

ω. shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (8:39)

PART Ϛ.  

ς. I say the truth               ς’. witnessing together with me [συμμαρτυρούσης μοι]: my conscience [τῆς συνειδήσεώς μου], (cf. 2:15)

ς.       ζ. in Christ,                        ζ’. in the Holy Spirit, (9:1) (cf. 8:16)

     η. I lie not;                          η’. that with me is great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart. (9:2)

α.  For I could wish that myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren, [cf. Ex. 32:32]

my kinsmen [συγγενῶν] according to the flesh: (9:3)

β.  who are Israelites;                             to whom pertaineth

the adopted sonship [υἱοθεσία],                   the bestowal of the Torah [νομοθεσία],

Α.       ζ.                            χ.       and the glory,                                    and              and the worship,

and the covenants,                                           and the promises; (9:4)

ο.  of whom are the fathers, 

and from whom descendeth Christ according to the flesh, 

ω.  He who is [ὁ ὤν], God over all, blessed unto the ages, Amen. [cf. Ex. 3:14] (9:5) 

η. — But not as though the word [λόγος] of God hath failed. 

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For not all which are of Israel, are they Israel: (9:6)

α.  neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: 

but, IN ISAAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED [Gen. 21:12]. (9:7)

β.  That is, not the children of the flesh are these the children of God: 

but the children of the promise are reckoned [λογίζεται] for the seed. (9:8)

For of the promise the reckoning [λόγος] is this, 

χ.  ACCORDING TO THIS TIME WILL I COME,

AND THERE WILL BE TO SARAH A SON [Gen. 18:10]. (9:9)

Β. 

α. And not only that, but when Rebecca also by one having conceived, that is, by our father Isaac; (9:10)

  β. (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, 

ο.               χ. that the purpose of God according to election might prevail, 

  ο. not of works, but of him that calleth;) (9:11)

ω. it was spoken unto her, THE ELDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER [Gen. 25:23]. (9:12)

ω.  As it is written, 

 JACOB HAVE I LOVED, BUT ESAU HAVE I HATED [Mal. 1:2‑3]. (9:13) [symbolic of Gentiles and Israel]

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What shall we say then? 

α.       [μὴ] Is there unrighteousness with God? (cf. 3:5)

By no means. (9:14)

For he saith to Moses, 

α.t I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY,

AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION [Ex. 33:19]. (9:15)

β.  So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, 

but of God that sheweth mercy. (9:16)

β.                       ξ.  For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, 

FOR THIS VERY THING HAVE I RAISED THEE UP, 

ο.t THAT I MIGHT DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN THEE, 

AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE THOROUGHLY DECLARED IN ALL THE EARTH [Ex. 9:16]. (9:17)

ω.  Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, 

and whom he will he hardeneth. (9:18)

Thou wilt say then unto me, 

Χ.                                                χ.       Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? (9:19) (cf. 3:6-7)

Nay but rather [μενοῦνγε], O man, who art thou that repliest against God? 

Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, 

α.       Why hast thou made me thus? (9:20)

Hath not the potter power over the clay, 

of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? (9:21)

β.j What if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath, and to make his power known, 

endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath completed [fitted] for destruction: (9:22)

χ.  and that he might make known the riches of his glory 

ο.                                     on the vessels of mercy, which he had foreordained unto glory, (9:23)

ο.t even us, whom he hath called, 

not of the Judeans only, but also of the Gentiles? (9:24)

As he saith also in Hosea, 

I WILL CALL THEM MY PEOPLE, WHICH WERE NOT MY PEOPLE;

ω.       AND HER BELOVED, WHICH WAS NOT BELOVED [Hos. 2:23]. (9:25)

AND IT SHALL BE, THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SPOKEN UNTO THEM, YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE;

THERE SHALL THEY BE CALLED THE SONS OF THE LIVING GOD [Hos. 1:10]. (9:26)

    Isaiah also crieth concerning Israel, 

α.jTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE AS THE SAND OF THE SEA, 

β. A REMNANT [ὑπόλειμμα] SHALL BE SAVED: (9:27) (cf. 11:5)

ω.                 χ. FOR HE WILL FINISH [συντελῶν] THE WORD, AND CUT IT SHORT [συντέμνων] IN RIGHTEOUSNESS:

    BECAUSE A WORD CUT SHORT [συντετμημένον] WILL THE LORD MAKE UPON THE EARTH [Is. 10:22]. (9:28)

    And as Isaiah said before, 

ο. EXCEPT THE LORD OF SABAOTH HAD LEFT US A SEED [Heb.: remnant], 

ω. WE HAD BEEN AS SODOM, AND BEEN MADE LIKE UNTO GOMORRAH [Is. 1:9]. (9:29)

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   What shall we say then? 

ς. That Gentiles [Jacob]

α.       ζ. who pursued not righteousness, 

η. have attained to righteousness, 

β.  even the righteousness which is of faithfulness. (9:30)

ς. But Israel, [Esau]

Ο.                                           χ.       ζ. who pursued the Torah of righteousness,

η. hath not attained to the Torah of righteousness. (9:31)

ο.  Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faithfulness, 

but as it were by the works of the Torah. (cf. 3:28)

ς. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; (9:32)

ω.      ζ. as it is written, BEHOLD, I LAY IN SION A STONE FOR STUMBLING AND ROCK OF OFFENCE:

η. AND WHOSOEVER HATH FAITHFULNESS IN HIM SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED [Is. 28:16, 8:14]. (9:33)

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ς. Brethren, my heart’s good pleasure 

Ω.        ζ. and prayer to God for Israel 

    η. is that they be saved. (10:1)

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PART Ζ. 

α. For I witness to them that they have a zeal of God,

   β. but not according to knowledge. (10:2)

Α.                  χ. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, 

   ο. and going about to establish their own righteousness, 

ω. have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (10:3)

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ς.  For Christ is the fulfillment of the Torah for righteousness to everyone that hath faithfulness. (10:4) (cf. 8:4)

For Moses writeth of the righteousness which is of the Torah, 

ζ.   THAT THE MAN WHICH DOETH THOSE THINGS SHALL LIVE IN THEM [Lev. 18:5]. (10:5)

ς. But the righteousness which is of faithfulness speaketh on this wise, 

Β.                      η.     SAY NOT IN THINE HEART,

   ζ. WHO SHALL ASCEND [ἀναβήσεται] INTO HEAVEN? 

''    (that is, to bring down [καταγαγεῖν] Christ:) [incarnation] (10:6)

η. or, WHO SHALL DESCEND [καταβήσεται] INTO THE DEEP [Deut. 30:12‑13]? 

'   (that is, to bring up [ἀναγαγεῖν] Christ from the dead.) [resurrection] (10:7)

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α.  But what saith it?

  β.  THE SPEECH IS NIGH THEE, 

Χ.                 χ.  EVEN IN THY MOUTH, AND IN THY HEART [Deut. 30:14]: 

  ο. that is, the speech of faithfulness, 

ω. which we preach; (10:8)

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α. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth →          that the Lord is Jesus, [incarnation]

   β. and shalt have faithfulness in thine heart →          that God hath raised him from the dead, [resurrection]

Ο.                  χ. thou shalt be saved. (10:9)

   ο. For with the heart man hath faithfulness →   unto righteousness; 

ω. and with the mouth confession is made →                     unto salvation. (10:10)

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α. For the scripture saith, ALL WHOSOEVER HATH FAITH ON HIM SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED [Is. 28:16]. (10:11)

  β. For there is no difference between the Judean and the Greek: (cf. 3:22)

ς.                  χ. for the very Lord of all waxeth rich 

  ο. unto all that call upon him. (10:12)

ω. For ALL WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED [Joel 3:5 (2:32)]. (10:13)

α. How then shall they call on him 

 β. in whom they have not had faithfulness? 

     and how shall they have faithfulness

Ω.                ζ.                  χ. in him of whom they have not heard [ἤκουσαν]? 

   and how shall they hear [ἀκούσωσιν] 

  ο. without a preacher? (10:14)

      And how shall they preach, 

ω. except they be sent? 

α. As it is written, 

  β. HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THE EVANGELISTS OF PEACE, THE EVANGELISTS OF GOOD THINGS [Is. 52:7]! (10:15)

η.                 ξ. But they have not all obeyed [ὑπήκουσαν] the gospel [εὐαγγελίῳ]. 

ο. For Isaiah saith, 

  ω. LORD, WHO HATH HAD FAITH IN OUR REPORT [ἀκοῇ] [Is. 53:1]? (10:16)

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PART Η. 

1. So then faithfulness 

ς. '''    10. cometh by [ἐξ] hearing [ἀκοῆς], 

10’. and hearing [ἀκοὴ] 

1’. through [διὰ] the speech of God. (10:17) (cf. 3:30) 

But I say, 

Α.      ζ.  [μὴ] Have they not heard [ἤκουσαν]? 

Yes verily [μενοῦνγε], 

1. INTO ALL THE EARTH HATH GONE 

η.       10. THEIR SOUND, 

1’. AND UNTO THE ENDS OF THE INHABITED WORLD 

10’. THEIR SPEECH [Ps. 18:4]. (10:18)

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But I say, 

[μὴ] Did not Israel know? 

First Moses saith, 

ς.  1. I WILL PROVOKE YOU TO ZEAL

10. BY THEM THAT ARE NO NATION, 

10’. AND BY A FOOLISH NATION 

1’. I WILL ANGER YOU [Deut. 32:21]. (10:19)

Β.                But Isaiah waxeth bold, and saith, 

ζ.  1. I WAS FOUND OF THEM

10. THAT SOUGHT ME NOT;

1’. I WAS MADE MANIFEST UNTO THEM

10’. THAT ASKED NOT FOR ME [Is. 65:1]. (10:20)

But to Israel he saith, 

η.  ALL DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED FORTH MY HANDS 

UNTO AN UNBELIEVING [DISOBEDIENT] AND GAINSAYING PEOPLE [Is. 65:2]. (10:21)

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I say then, 

ς.   [μὴ] Hath God forsaken his people? 

By no means.

For I also am an Israelite, 

ς.        ζ.jjof the seed of Abraham, 

of the tribe of Benjamin. (11:1)

η.  God hath not forsaken his people 

which he foreknew. 

1.  Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? 

how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, (11:2)

10.  LORD, THEY HAVE KILLED THY PROPHETS, AND DIGGED DOWN THINE ALTARS;

ζ.                   AND I AM LEFT ALONE, AND THEY SEEK MY LIFE [3 Kgdms. 19:10]. (11:3)

Χ.                      1’. But what saith the answer [χρηματισμός] of God unto him? 

10’. I HAVE RESERVED TO MYSELF SEVEN THOUSAND MEN,

 WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL [3 Kgdms. 19:18]. (11:4)

Even so then at this present time also 

ς.        a remnant [λεῖμμα] according to the election of grace 

hath come to be. (11:5) (cf. 9:27)

And if by grace, 

η.       ζ.        then is it no more of works: 

otherwise grace is no more grace. 

But if it be of works, 

η.        then is it no more grace: 

otherwise work is no more work. (11:6)

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What then? 

ς.t That which he seeketh for, Israel hath not obtained; 

but the election hath obtained it, 

and the rest were made callous [blinded] — (11:7)

ζ.' (according as it is written, GOD HATH GIVEN THEM THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER, 

Ο.                EYES THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SEE, AND EARS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HEAR [Is. 29:10]) 

— unto this day. (11:8)

And David saith, 

η.''LET THEIR TABLE BE MADE A SNARE, AND A TRAP, AND AN OFFENSE, AND A RECOMPENSE UNTO THEM: (11:9)

LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED, THAT THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND BOW DOWN THEIR BACK FOREVER [Ps. 68:27‑28]. (11:10)

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I say then, 

   [μὴ] Have they stumbled that they should fall [πέσωσιν]? 

ς.t By no means: 

ς.          but rather through their falling away [παραπτώματι] [trespass] salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to zeal. (11:11)

ζ.  Now if the fall [παράπτωμα] of them be the riches of the world, 

    and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; 

η.  how much more their fullness? (11:12) (cf. 10:12)

Ω.                          ς. For I speak to you Gentiles, (cf. 7:1)

ζ.       ζ. inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, 

η. I glorify mine office [διακονίαν]: (11:13)

ς.  If somehow I may provoke to zeal them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. (11:14)

η.       ζ.  For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, 

η.  what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? (11:15)

1. 1. For if the firstfruit be holy, [Christ; cf. I Cor. 15:20, 23]

 10.  so is the lump: [Jacob Israel]

1’. 1’. and if the root be holy, [Christ]

 10’. so are the branches. [Israel the Church] (11:16)

Α.  

10. 1. And if some of the branches be broken off, 

 10.  and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, 

''and didst become a fellow-partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (11:17)

10’. 1’. boast not against the branches. 

 10’. But if thou boast, 

  thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. (11:18)

1. Thou wilt say then, 

10. The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. (11:19)

α.  1’. Well; 

10’. because of lack of faithfulness they were broken off, 

 and thou standest by faithfulness. 

1. Be not highminded, 

β.       10. but fear: (11:20)

1’. for if God spared not the natural branches, 

10’. take heed lest he also spare not thee. (11:21)

Β.                                χ.  Behold therefore the kindness and severity of God: 

1. indeed on them which fell, severity; 

ο.       10.  but toward thee, kindness,

10’. if thou continue in his kindness: 

1’. otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. (11:22)

1. And they also, if they abide not still in lack of faithfulness, shall be grafted in: 

  for God is able [has power] to graft them in again. (11:23)

ω. '''          10. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, 

  10’. and wert grafted into a olive tree which is good, contrary to nature: 

1’. '' how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, 

   be grafted into their own olive tree? (11:24)

α.  For I would not have you ignorant [ἀγνοεῖν], brethren, of this mystery, 

   β.  lest ye should in yourselves be wise [φρόνιμοι] [i.e., wise in your own estimation]; 

Χ.                 χ.  that callousness in part is happened to Israel, 

   ο.  until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. (11:25)

ω.  And so all Israel shall be saved: 

according as it is written, 

1. THERE SHALL COME OUT OF SION THE DELIVERER,

α.       10. AND SHALL TURN AWAY IRREVERENCE FROM JACOB; (11:26)

1’. FOR THIS IS MY COVENANT UNTO THEM: [Is. 59:20‑21]

10’. WHEN I SHALL TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS [Is. 27:9]. (11:27) (cf. 4:7‑8)

1. Indeed according to the gospel, they are 

β.       10. enemies for your sakes: 

1’. but according to the election, they are 

10’. beloved for the fathers’ sakes. (11:28)

Ο.                                     χ. For without regret are the gifts [χαρίσματα] and calling of God. (11:29)

1. For as ye in times past have not believed [obeyed] God, 

10. yet have now obtained mercy 

ο. '               by their unbelief [disobedience]: (11:30)

1’. Even so have these also now not believed [obeyed], 

10’.     that through your mercy 

they also may obtain mercy. (11:31)

ω. For God hath enclosed them all in unbelief [disobedience], 

that upon all he might have mercy. (11:32)

1.  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge [γνώσεως] of God! 

     how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! (11:33)

10.  FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND [NOUS] OF THE LORD? 

tOR WHO HATH BEEN HIS COUNSELOR [σύμβουλος]? [Is. 40:13] (11:34)

Ω.   

10’. OR WHO HATH AFORE GIVEN TO HIM,

  AND IT SHALL BE RECOMPENSED [ἀνταποδοθήσεται] HIM? [Job 35:7, 41:3 (41:11 MAS)] (11:35)

1’. For from him, and through him, and to him, are all things: 

     with whom be glory unto the ages, Amen. (11:36)

PART Ϛ.  

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the pities of God, 

α. that ye present your bodies [σώματα] a living sacrifice [θυσίαν], 

   β. holy, well-pleasing unto God, which is your reasonable [λογικὴν] worship [service]. (12:1) (cf. 15:16)

Ϛ.                 ξ. And be not conformed to this world: 

ο. but be ye transfigured by the renewing of your mind [nous], 

   ω. that ye may discern [δοκιμάζειν] what is that good, and well-pleasing, and perfect, will of God. (12:2) (cf. 14:18)

1. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to everyone that is among you, 

   10. 1. not to be minded of himself more highly [ὑπερφρονεῖν] 

Ζ. ''                     10. than he ought to be minded [φρονεῖν]; 

   10’.        10’. but to be minded [φρονεῖν] 

    1’. sober-mindedly [σωφρονεῖν], 

1’. according as God hath dealt to each the measure of faithfulness. (12:3)

α.  For as in one body [σώματι] we have many members, 

   β.  and all members have not the same practice: (12:4)

α. so we, being many, 

β. are one body 

Η.                                ξ.             ξ. in Christ, 

ο. and every one each of the other, 

ω. members. (12:5)

ο.  Having then gifts [χαρίσματα] differing according to the grace that is given to us, 

ς.  whether [εἴτε] prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faithfulness; (12:6)

or [εἴτε] ministry [διακονίαν], let us use it on [ἐν] our ministering: 

ζ.'''or [εἴτε] he that teacheth, on [ἐν] teaching; (12:7)

    ω. '''         or [εἴτε] he that exhorteth, on [ἐν] exhortation: 

he that giveth, let him do it with [ἐν] simplicity; 

η.'''he that ruleth, with [ἐν] diligence; 

he that sheweth mercy, with [ἐν] cheerfulness. (12:8)

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PART Ζ. 

Intro:

Let love [ἀγάπη] be without hypocrisy. 

Abhor that which is evil; 

cleave to that which is good. (12:9)

α.  In brotherly affection [φιλαδελφίᾳ] [dative], one to another have kindred affection [φιλόστοργοι]; 

in honour [dative] one to another give precedence; (12:10)

β.  in diligence [dative] not slothful; 

in spirit [dative] fervent; 

Ϛ.                      χ.  to the Lord [dative] serving [as a slave]; (12:11)

in hope [dative] rejoicing; (cf. 5:2)

ο.  in tribulation [dative] patient; (cf. 5:3)

in prayer [dative] persevering; (12:12)

ω. to the needs [dative] of saints, communing all things; 

affection for strangers [φιλοξενίαν] [hospitality] [accusative], pursuing [διώκοντες]. (12:13)

Bless them 

α.       which persecute [διώκοντας] you:

bless, and curse not. (12:14)

β. Rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep. (12:15)

Be of the same mind [φρονοῦντες] one toward another. 

Ζ.                            χ.       Mind [φρονοῦντες] not high things, but convene with the humble [pl., masc.]. 

Be not wise [φρόνιμοι] in yourselves [i.e., in your own estimation]. (12:16) 

ο. Recompense to no man evil for evil. 

Provide good things in the sight of all men. (12:17)

ω.      If it be possible [δυνατὸν], as much as is in you, 

with all men live peaceably [εἰρηνεύοντες]. (12:18)

α.  Avenge [ἐκδικοῦντες] not yourselves, beloved, 

but rather give place unto wrath: 

for it is written, 

β.       VENGEANCE [ἐκδίκησις] IS MINE; 

I WILL REPAY [Deut. 32:35], 

Η.                 saith the Lord. (12:19)

χ.  Therefore IF THINE ENEMY HUNGER, FEED HIM;

IF HE THIRST, GIVE HIM DRINK:

ο.  FOR IN SO DOING THOU SHALT HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON HIS HEAD [Prov. 25:21‑22]. (12:20)

ω. Be not conquered by evil, 

but conquer evil with good. (12:21)

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PART Η. 

ς. Let every soul be subordinate [ὑποτασσέσθω] unto the higher authorities. 

α.       ζ. For there is no authority but of God: 

η. the authorities that be are ordained [τεταγμέναι] of God. (13:1)

ς. Whosoever therefore revolteth against [ἀντιτασσόμενος] the authority, 

β.       ζ. opposeth the ordinance [διαταγῇ] of God: 

η. and they that oppose shall receive judgment unto themselves. (13:2)

α. For rulers are not a fear to good works, 

β. but to the evil. 

Ϛ.                                χ.             χ. Dost thou then wish not to fear the authority? 

ο. do that which is good,

ω. and thou shalt have praise of the same: (13:3) 

ς. for he is the minister [διάκονος] of God to thee for good. 

ο.       ζ. But if thou do that which is evil, fear [φοβοῦ]; 

η. for not without effect doth he the sword bear [φορεῖ]: 

ς. for he is the minister [διάκονος] of God, a revenger [ἔκδικος] unto wrath upon him that practiceth evil. (13:4)

ω.      ζ. Wherefore ye must necessarily be subordinate [ὑποτάσσεσθαι], 

η. not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. (13:5) 

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ς.  For for this cause pay ye tribute [φόρους τελεῖτε] also: 

for ministers [λειτουργοὶ] of God are they, upon this very thing attending continually. (13:6)

1. Render therefore to all their debts: 

10. tribute [φόρον] to whom tribute is due; 

ζ.             10’. custom [τέλος] to whom custom; 

11. fear [φόβον] to whom fear; 

11’. honour [τιμὴν] to whom honour. (13:7)

1’. Be in debt to no man for any thing,

ς. except to love one another: 

Ζ.                                         for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Torah. (13:8)

(α) For this [τὸ γὰρ], THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,

   (β) THOU SHALT NOT MURDER,

 (χ) THOU SHALT NOT STEAL,

η.            ζ.      (ο) THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,

(ω) THOU SHALT NOT COVET, 

(ς) or any other commandment [Ex. 20:13‑17; Deut. 5:17‑21]; 

(ζ) is in this word [ἐν τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ] encapsulated, 

(η) namely [ἐν τῷ], THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF [Lev. 19:18]. (13:9)

η.t Love for the neighbour doth not work ill: 

therefore love is the fullness of the Torah. (13:10)

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And especially this [καὶ τοῦτο], 

1. having known about the appointed time, that it is the hour for us already out of sleep to arise: 

ς.        10. for now is nearer our salvation than when we first had faithfulness. (13:11)

1’. The night is far spent, 

10’. the day draweth near: 

1.  let us therefore set off the works of darkness, 

Η. f                              10.  and let us put on the armour of light. (13:12)

ζ.             10’. Let us walk in good form, as in the day; 

not in [rational sins:] revelling and drunkenness, 

1’.''not in [appetitive sins:] chambering [lit., bedding; i.e., fornication] and debauchery, 

not in [incensive sins:] strife and zeal [jealousy]. (13:13)

η.  10. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, 

1.  and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the desires thereof. (13:14) (cf. Gal. 5:16)

1. Him that is weak in faithfulness receive ye, but not unto the discerning of his reasonings [διακρίσεις διαλογισμῶν]. (14:1)

10. For one hath faithfulness to eat all things: 

α. jjj                  while one who is weak eateth vegetables. (14:2)

10’. jj  Let not him that eateth set at nought him that eateth not; 

and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth: 

1’. for God hath received him. (14:3)

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1. Who art thou that judgest [κρίνων] another’s servant [οἰκέτην]? 

β.         10. to his own lord he standeth or falleth. 

  10’. And he shall be stood upright: 

1’. for God is able [powerful] to stand him upright. (14:4)

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1. One man judgeth one day above another: 

10. another judgeth every day alike. 

    Let every man be fully convinced in his own mind [nous]. (14:5)

1’. He that mindeth [φρονῶν] the day, unto the Lord doth mind it; 

Ϛ.                                                χ. '''         10’. and he that mindeth not the day, unto the Lord he doth not mind it. 

11. Both he that eateth, unto the Lord doth eat, 

100. for he giveth God thanks; 

11’. and he that eateth not, unto the Lord doth eat not; 

100’. he also giveth God thanks. (14:6)

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1. For none of us liveth to himself, 

10. and no man dieth to himself. (14:7)

1’. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; 

10’. and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: 

ο.                  whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s. (14:8)

11. For to this end Christ

100. both died, and rose, and lived, 

100’. that both of the dead and living 

11’. he might be Lord. (14:9)

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α.  But why dost thou judge thy brother? 

or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? 

β.  for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. (14:10)

For it is written, 

ω.                       χ.  AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD; 

EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, 

AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD [Is. 45:23]. (14:11)