faith while in uncircumcision: that he might become the father of all them of the uncircumcision who believe; and that it might be reckoned to them 12 also for righteousness:e (12) and the father of the Sy. circumcision; not to them only who are of the circumcision, but to them also who fulfill the steps of the faith of our father Abraham in [his] uncircum13 cision. (13) For the promise to Abraham and to his seed, that he should become the heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness 14 of his faith. (14) For if they who are of the law were

heirs, faith would be made void, and the promise 15 of no force. (15) For the law is a worker of wrath;

because where no law is, there is no transgression 16 of law. (16) Wherefore, it is by the faith which is by grace, that we are justified: so that the prom- Sy. ?? ise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all: 17 (17) as it is written: "I have constituted thee a father to a multitude of nations;" [namely] before God, in whom thou hast believed; who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which are not, as 18 if they were. (18) And without hope, he confided in the hope of becoming the father of a multitude of nations; (as it is written: So will thy seed be.) 19 (19) And he was not sickly in his faith, while contemplating his inerts body, (for he was a hundred 20 years old,) and the inerth womb of Sarah. (20) And he did not hesitate at the promise of God, as one lacking faith; but he was strong in faith, and 21 gave glory to God; (21) and felt assured, that what

God had promised to him, he was able to fulfill. 22 (22) And therefore it was accounted to him for 23 righteousness.-(23) And not for his sake alone,

was it written, that his faith was accounted for 24 righteousness; (24) but for our sakes also; because it is to be accounted [so] to us, who believe in him that raised our Lord Jesus Messiah from the dead; 25 (25) who was delivered up, on account of our sins; and arose, that he might justifyi us.

V. Therefore, because we are justified by faith, we shall have peace with God, through our Lord 2 Jesus Messiah. (2) By whom we are brought by faith into this grace, in which we stand and

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rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. (3) And 3 not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience; (4) and patience, experience; and expe- 4 rience, hope: (5) and hope maketh not ashamed, 5 because the love of God is diffused in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit who is given to us. (6) And if, at this time, on account of our weakness, Messiah died for the ungodly: (7)-(for rarely doth one 7 die for the ungodly; though for the good, some one perhaps might venture to die :)-(8) God hath 8 here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us; (9) how 9 much more, shall we now be justified by his blood, and be rescued from wrath by him ?b (10) For 10 Sy. 32 if when we were enemies, God was reconciled with us by the death of his Son; how much more shall we, in his reconciliation, lived by his life? (11) And 11 not only so, but we also rejoice in God, by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah, through whom we eSy. 12osi2 have now received the reconciliation.

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be saved.

or, likeness.

As by means of one man, sin entered into the 12 world, and, by means of sin, death; and so death passed upon all the sons of men, inasmuch as they all have sinned :-(13) For until the law, sin, al- 13 though it was in the world, was not accounted sin, because there was no law. (14) Yet death reigned 14 from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of the transgression of the command by Adam, who was the typef of Sy. Asia him that was to come.-(15) But not, as the fault,s 15 so also the free gift. For if, on account of the fault of one, many died; how much more, will the grace of God and his free gift, on account of one man, Jesus Messiah, abound unto many ? (16) And 16 not, as the offenceh of one, so also the free gift. For the judgment, which was of one [offence], was unto condemnation; but the free gift was, of many sins, unto righteousness.i (17) For if, on account of the 17 offence of one, death reigned; still more, they who receive the abundance of the grace, and the free gift, and the righteousness, will reign in life, by means of one, Jesus Messiah. (18) Therefore, as 18 on account of the offence of one, condemnation was * justification, to all men; so on account of the righteousness of or, acquittal. one, will the victory unto lifek be to all men. (19) 19

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For as, on account of the disobedience of one man, many became sinners; so also, on account of the 20 obedience of one, many become righteous.-(20)

And the entrance given to the law, was that sin might increase: and where sin increased, there 21 grace abounded. (21) So that, as sin had reigned

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in death, so grace might reign in righteousness! unto Sy. 12
life eternal, by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah.

VI. What shall we then say? Shall we continue in
2 sin, that grace may abound? (2) Far be it: for if
we are persons that have died to sin, how can we
3 again live in it? (3) Or do ye not know, that we
who are baptized into Jesus Messiah, are baptized
4 into his death? (4) For we are buried with him
in baptism unto death; that as Jesus Messiah arose or, into
from the dead into the glory of his Father, so also
5 we, to walk in a new life. (5) For if we have been
planted together with him into the likeness of his
death, so shall we be also into his resurrection.
6 (6) For we know, that our old man is crucified
with him; that the body of sin might be abolished,
7 and we be no more servants to sin: (7) for he that
8 is dead [to it], is emancipated from sin. (8) If

then we are dead with Messiah, let us believe that 9 we shall live with the same Messiah. (9) For we know that Messiah rose from the dead, and no more dieth; death hath no dominion over him. 10 (10) For in dying, he died for sin, once; and in 11 living, he liveth unto God. (11) So also do ye ac

count yourselves as being dead to sin, and alive to 12 God, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.-(12) There

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fore let not sin reign in your dead body, so that or, mortal. 13 ye obey its lusts. (13) And also give not up your members as instruments of evil unto sin, but give up yourselves to God, as those who have been resuscitated from the dead; and let your members be 14 instruments for the righteousnesse of God. (14) Sy. 1202 And sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye 15 are not under the law, but under grace.-(15) What

then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the 16 law, but under grace? Far be it. (16) Know ye not, that to whomsoever ye give up yourselves to serve in bondage, his servants ye are, whom ye serve; whether it be to sin, or whether it be to 17 righteousness, that ye give ear? (17) But thanks|

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be to God, that ye were [once] the servants of sin,
but have [now] from the heart obeyed that form of
doctrine to which ye are devoted. (18) And when 18
ye were emancipated from sin, ye became servants
to righteousness. (19)-(I speak as among men, 19
because of the infirmity of your flesh.)-As ye
[once] gave up your members to the servitude of
pollution and iniquity, so also now give ye up your
members to the servitude of righteousness and
sanctity. (20) For when ye were the servants of 20
sin, ye were emancipated from righteousness.
(21) And what harvest had ye then, in that of 21
which ye are now ashamed? For the result thereof
is death. (22) And now, as ye have been emanci- 22
pated from sin, and have become servants to God,
your fruits are holy; and the result thereof is life
everlasting. (23) For the wages of sin is death; 23
but the free gift of God is life eternal, through our
Lord Jesus Messiah.

Or do ye not know, my Brethren,-(for I am VII. speaking to them that know the law,)—that the law hath dominion over a man, as long as he is alive? (2) Just as a woman, by the law, is bound 2 to her husband, as long as he is alive: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law of her husband. (3) And if, while her husband is 3 alive, she should adhere to another man, she would become an adulteress: but if her husband should die, she is freed from the law; and would not be an adulteress though joined to another man. (4) And 4 or, in; i. e. in the spiritual now, my brethren, ye also have become dead to the body of Mes-law, by the body of Messiah; that ye might be joined to another, [even] to him who arose from the dead; and might yield fruits unto God. (5) For 5 while we were in the flesh, the emotions of sin which are by the law, were activeb in our members, that we should bear fruits unto death. (6) But now 8 we are absolved from the law, and are dead to that which held us in its grasp; that we might henceforth serve in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.c

siah.

or,

excited.

c Sy. writing.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Far 7 be it. For I had not learned sin, except by means of the law: for I had not known concupiscence, had not the law said, Thou shalt not covet: (8) and 8

by this commandment, sin found occasion, and perfected in me all concupiscence: for without the 9 law, sin was dead. (9) And I, without the law, was alive formerly; but when the commandment came, 10 sin became alive, and I died; (10) and the command

ment of life was found by me [to be] unto death. 11 (11) For sin, by the occasion which it found by means of the commandment, seduced me; and 12 thereby slew me. (12) Wherefore, the law is holy; and the commandment is holy, and righteous, and 13 good.-(13) Did that which is good, therefore, become death to me? Far be it. But sin, that it might be seen to be sin, perfected death in me by means of that good [law]; that sin might the more be condemned, by means of the commandment. 14 (14) For we know, that the law is spiritual;d but I am 15 carnal, and sold to sin. (15) For what I am doing, I know not: and what I would, I do not perform; 16 but what I hate, that I do. (16) And if I do what I would not, I testify of the law, that it is right.ff Sy. ¡a 17 (17) And then, it is no more I who do that thing; 18 but sin, which dwelleth in me. (18) For I know,

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that in me, (that is, in my flesh,) good dwelleth not: because, to approve the good, is easy for me; but 19 to do it, I am unable. (19) For I do not perform the good, which I would perform; but the bad, which I would not perform, that I do perform. 20 (20) And if I do what I would not, it is not I that 21 do it, but sin which dwelleth in me. (21) I find

d

Sy. of the

Spiru. Sy. of the flesh.

or, reason.

therefore a law coinciding with my conscience,g which assenteth to my doing good, whereas evil is Sy. vloli : 22 near to me. (22) For I rejoice in the law of God, 23 in the interior man. (23) But I see another law in

my members, which warreth against the law of my conscience, and maketh me a captive to the law of 24 sin which existeth in my members. (24) O, a miserable man, am I! Who will rescue me from this 25 body of death? (25) I thank God; by means of our Lord Jesus Messiah [I shall be rescued.] 26 (26) Now, therefore, in my conscience, I am a servant of the law of God; but in my flesh, I am a servant of the law of sin.

VIII. There is therefore no condemnation, to them who, in Jesus Messiah, walk not after the flesh. 2 (2) For the law of the spirit of life, which is in

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