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Gal. v. 17.

me by that which is good, became sinful above measure, through the commandment.

15 For we know, that the law is spiritual but I am carnal, sold under sin:

16 for, I condemn that which I do; for I do not that which I would, but I do that which I hate :

17 but, if I do that which I would not, I assent to the law that it is good.

25 O! wretched man that I am! who will deliver me from this body of death!

26 Thanks be to God, who 1 Cor. xv. 57. hath delivered me, through Jesus Christ our Lord!

27 So, then, in the mind, I myself serve the law of God; though in the flesh, the law of sin.

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18 Now, then, it is no longer THERE is now, therefore,

I alone that do it, but the sin also that dwelleth in me:

Matt. xix. 17. 19 for I know, that nothing good dwelleth in me (that is, in my flesh); for, though to will that which is good, is present with me, yet, how to perform it, I find not;

20 for I do not the good that I would; but I do the evil I would not:

21 but, if I do that which I would not, it is no longer I alone that do it, but the sin also, that dwelleth in me:

22 I find, therefore, a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me;

23 for I delight in the law of the mind, in my inward manhood;

24 but I see another law, in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity, to the law of the sin which is in my members.

no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus;

2 for, the law of the spirit of life, hath freed them, in Christ Jesus, from the law of sin and of death:

3 for, (which the law was not able to do, in that it was rendered weak through the flesh,) God, sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in his flesh; 4 that the justification of the law might be accomplished in us, who walk, not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.

5 For they that are according to the flesh, regard the things of the flesh; but they that are according to the spirit, the things of the spirit:

6 for, to be carnally minded, is death; but to be spiritually minded, is life and peace: 7 because, the carnal mind is in enmity towards God; for

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v. 9.

Gal. iv. 6.

it is not in subjection to the law of God, neither indeed can it be;

8 and they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.

9 But, ye are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwelleth in you: and he is not his, whoever hath not the Spirit of Christ:

10 but, if Christ be in you, the body indeed is dead, on account of sin; but the spirit is life, on account of justification :

11 and, if the Spirit of him who raised the man Jesus from the dead, dwelleth in you, he who raised the Christ from the dead, will give life even to your dead bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in you:

12 Wherefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh; 13 for, if ye live according to the flesh, ye will die; but, if ye deaden the actions of the body by the Spirit, ye will live.

14 Now, all who are led by the Spirit of God, are children of God:

15 for, ye have not again received a spirit of bondage, to fear; but ye have received a Spirit of adoption.

16 When we cry, Abba, Father, the Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;

17 and if children, heirs also;

heirs indeed of God, and jointheirs with Christ, since we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

18 And I reckon, that the sufferings of the present time, are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed in us:

19 for, the expectation of the human creature, looketh earnestly for the manifestation of the sons of God:

20 for, the creature was not subjected to vanity of his own will, but by him who subjected him to the same;

21 in hope, that the creature himself also will be delivered, from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22 For we know, that the whole human creation groaneth, 2 Cor. v. 2. and laboureth in pain together, until now;

23 and not they only, but ourselves, also, who have the firstfruit of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves; looking earnestly for the adoption, that is, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved, by hope: but hope, when it is seen, is not hope; for, why doth any one hope, for that which he seeth?

25 but, when we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it, with patience.

Col. ii. 13.

26 Likewise, also, the Spirit taketh part with us, in aid of our infirmity: for, we know not how to pray for any thing, any thing, as we ought; but, the Spirit itself intercedeth, together with our unuttered desires;

27 and he who searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit; that he intercedeth with God for his saints.

28 And we know, that God maketh all things to work together for good, to them that love God; to them, who are called according to his purpose:

29 for, those whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be a firstborn among many brethren:

30 and those whom he so foreordained, he also called; and those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

31 What, then, shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?

32 He who spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also, with him, freely forgive us all things?

33 who shall impeach the chosen of God? shall God, who justifieth them?

34 who shall condemn them? shall Christ, who died (or rather, who is risen), who is even

at the right hand of God, who
even intercedeth for us?
35 who shall separate us from
the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus? shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril,
or sword?

36 As it is written, " For thy Ps. xliv. 22. "sake we are killed all the

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day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter:" 37 yea, in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him who loved us:

38 for I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life; nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers; nor things present, nor things to come;

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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and the promises;

5 whose are the fathers; and from whom, according to the flesh, the Christ was to come, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen!

6 But, it cannot be, that the word of God hath failed of effect;

7 all, therefore, are not Israel, who are from Israel; neither are they all children of Abraham, because they are his seed; Gen. xxi. 12. but, "In Isaac shall thy seed "be called:"

8 that is, That they who are the children only of his flesh, are not children of God; but Gal. iv. 24-31. the children of the promise only, are accounted his seed:

9 for, this was the word of Gen. xviii. 10. promise; "At this time I will 66 come, and Sarah shall have a son:"

c. vii. 9.

Ib. xxv. 23.

Mal. i. 2.

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10 and not she only; but also, when Rebecca, the stranger, had conceived by our father Isaac: 11 (for, before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, that the purpose of God according to his choice might stand; not by works, but by him who calleth ;)

12 it was said to her, "The "elder shall serve the younger:" 13 as it is written, "Jacob I "have loved, but Esau I have "hated."

14 What shall we say, then?

God? God forbid!

15 yet he saith to Moses, "I "will shew mercy, to him on “whom I have mercy; and I "will shew compassion, to him " on whom I have compassion:"

16 so, then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy:

17 whereas, the scripture saith to Pharaoh, "For this very Exod. ix. 16. 66 purpose I have raised thee

up, that in thee I may shew 66 my power, and that my name may be declared throughout "all the earth :"

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18 therefore, he hath mercy on whom he will; and whom he will, he hardeneth.

19 Wilt thou then say to me, Why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? 20 but, who art thou then, O man, that repliest against God? "Shall the thing formed say Is. xlv. 9. "to him that formed it, Why Jer. xviii. 6. "hast thou made me thus?"

21 hath not the potter authority over the clay, to make of the same lump, one vessel for honour, and another for dishonour?

22 But, what shall we say, if God, willing to shew his wrath and to make known his power, endured, with much longsuffering, the vessels of his wrath formed for destruction? 23 and also, that he might

Hos. ii. 23.

Ib. i. 10.

Is. x. 22.

Ib. i. 9.

C. XI. 7,

make known the richness of his glory on the vessels of his mercy, which he had before prepared for glory; even us, whom he hath called, not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?

24 (as he saith also to Hosea, "I will call them my people, "who were not my people; "and her beloved, who was "not beloved:

25" and it shall come to pass, "that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not "my people; there they shall "be called, the children of the living God:"

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26 Isaiah, also, crieth concerning Israel, "Though the num"ber of the children of Israel "be as the sand of the sea, a "remnant shall be saved;

27" for, the Lord will finally, "and summarily, settle an ac"count with the land:"

28 and, as Isaiah said before, "Unless the Lord of Sabaoth "had left us a seed, we should "have become as Sodom, and "have been made like to Go"morrha :)"

29 what, then, shall we say? but, That the Gentiles, who sought not for justification, have attained to justification, even the justification which is from faith;

30 but that Israel, who sought for a law of justification, hath not attained to that law:

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CHAPTER X.

BRETHREN, my heart's desire, and prayer to God for them is, that they may be saved:

2 for I bear them witness, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge:

3 for, being ignorant of God's justification, and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted themselves to the justification of God:

4 for, Christ is the end of the law, for justification, to every one that believeth :

xxviii. 16.

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