I say <G3004> <G5719> the truth <G0225> in <G1722> Christ <G5547>, I lie <G5574> <G5736> not <G3756>, my <G3450> conscience <G4893> also bearing <G4828> <G0000> me <G3427> witness <G4828> <G5723> in <G1722> the Holy <G0040> Ghost <G4151>,
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That <G3754> I <G3427> have <G2076> <G5748> great <G3173> heaviness <G3077> and <G2532> continual <G0088> sorrow in <G3601> my <G3450> heart <G2588>.
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For <G1063> I <G1473> could wish <G2172> <G5711> that myself <G0846> were <G1511> <G5750> accursed <G0331> from <G0575> Christ <G5547> for <G5228> my <G3450> brethren <G0080>, my <G3450> kinsmen <G4773> according <G2596> to the flesh <G4561>:
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Who <G3748> are <G1526> <G5748> Israelites <G2475>; to whom <G3739> [pertaineth] the adoption <G5206>, and <G2532> the glory <G1391>, and <G2532> the covenants <G1242>, and <G2532> the giving of the law <G3548>, and <G2532> the service <G2999> [of God], and <G2532> the promises <G1860>;
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Whose <G3739> [are] the fathers <G3962>, and <G2532> of <G1537> whom <G3739> as concerning <G2596> the flesh <G4561> Christ <G5547> [came], who <G5607> <G5752> is over <G1909> all <G3956>, God <G2316> blessed <G2128> for <G1519> ever <G0165>. Amen <G0281>.
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Not <G3756> as <G3634> though <G1161> <G3754> the word <G3056> of God <G2316> hath taken none effect <G1601> <G5758>. For <G1063> they [are] not <G3756> all <G3956> <G1537> Israel <G2474>, which <G3588> <G3778> are of Israel <G2474>:
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Neither <G3761>, because <G3754> they are <G1526> <G5748> the seed <G4690> of Abraham <G0011>, [are they] all <G3956> children <G5043>: but <G0235>, In <G1722> Isaac <G2464> shall <G2564> <G0000> thy <G4671> seed <G4690> be called <G2564> <G5701>.
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That <G5123> <G5748> is, They which are the children <G5043> of the flesh <G4561>, these <G5023> [are] not <G3756> the children <G5043> of God <G2316>: but <G0235> the children <G5043> of the promise <G1860> are counted <G3049> <G5736> for <G1519> the seed <G4690>.
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For <G1063> this <G3778> [is] the word <G3056> of promise <G1860>, At <G2596> this <G5126> time <G2540> will I come <G2064> <G5695>, and <G2532> Sara <G4564> shall have <G2071> <G5704> a son <G5207>.
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And <G1161> not <G3756> only <G3440> [this]; but <G0235> when Rebecca <G4479> also <G2532> had conceived <G2845> by <G1537> one <G1520> <G2192> <G5723>, [even] by our <G2257> father <G3962> Isaac <G2464>;
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(For <G1063> [the children] being <G1080> <G0000> not yet <G3380> born <G1080> <G5685>, neither <G3366> having done <G4238> <G5660> any <G5100> good <G0018> or <G2228> evil <G2556>, that <G2443> the purpose <G4286> of God <G2316> according <G2596> to election <G1589> might stand <G3306> <G5725>, not <G3756> of <G1537> works <G2041>, but <G0235> of <G1537> him that calleth <G2564> <G5723>;)
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It was said <G4483> <G5681> unto her <G0846>, The elder <G3187> shall serve <G1398> <G5692> the younger <G1640>.
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As <G2531> it is written <G1125> <G5769>, Jacob <G2384> have I loved <G0025> <G5656>, but <G1161> Esau <G2269> have I hated <G3404> <G5656>.
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What <G5101> shall we say <G2046> <G5692> then <G3767>? <G3361> [Is there] unrighteousness <G0093> with <G3844> God <G2316>? God forbid <G3361> <G1096> <G5636>.
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For <G1063> he saith <G3004> <G5719> to Moses <G3475>, I will have mercy on <G1653> <G5692> whom <G3739> <G0302> I will have mercy <G1653> <G5725>, and <G2532> I will have compassion <G3627> <G5692> on whom <G3739> <G0302> I will have compassion <G3627> <G5725>.
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So <G0686> then <G3767> [it is] not <G3756> of him that willeth <G2309> <G5723>, nor <G3761> of him that runneth <G5143> <G5723>, but <G0235> of God <G2316> that sheweth mercy <G1653> <G5723>.
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For <G1063> the scripture <G1124> saith <G3004> <G5719> unto Pharaoh <G5328>, Even for <G3754> <G1519> this <G5124> same purpose <G0846> have I raised <G1825> <G0000> thee <G4571> up <G1825> <G5656>, that <G3704> I might shew <G1731> <G5672> my <G3450> power <G1411> in <G1722> thee <G4671>, and <G2532> that <G3704> my <G3450> name <G3686> might be declared <G1229> <G5652> throughout <G1722> all <G3956> the earth <G1093>.
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Therefore <G0686> <G3767> hath he mercy <G1653> <G5719> on whom <G3739> he will <G2309> <G5719> [have mercy], and <G1161> whom <G3739> he will <G2309> <G5719> he hardeneth <G4645> <G5719>.
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Thou wilt say <G2046> <G5692> then <G3767> unto me <G3427>, Why <G5101> doth he yet <G2089> find fault <G3201> <G5736>? For <G1063> who <G5101> hath resisted <G0436> <G5758> his <G0846> will <G1013>?
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Nay but <G3304>, O <G5599> man <G0444>, who <G5101> art <G1488> <G5748> thou <G4771> that repliest against <G0470> <G5740> God <G2316>? <G3361> Shall <G2046> <G0000> the thing formed <G4110> say <G2046> <G5692> to him that formed <G4111> <G5660> [it], Why <G5101> hast thou made <G4160> <G5656> me <G3165> thus <G3779>?
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Hath <G2192> <G5719> not <G3756> the potter <G2763> power <G1849> over the clay <G4081>, of <G1537> the same <G0846> lump <G5445> to <G3739> <G3303> make <G4160> <G5658> one vessel <G4632> unto <G1519> honour <G5092>, and <G1161> another <G3739> unto <G1519> dishonour <G0819>?
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[What] if <G1487> <G1161> God <G2316>, willing <G2309> <G5723> to shew <G1731> <G5670> [his] wrath <G3709>, and <G2532> to make <G1107> <G0000> his <G0848> power <G1415> known <G1107> <G5658>, endured <G5342> <G5656> with <G1722> much <G4183> longsuffering <G3115> the vessels <G4632> of wrath <G3709> fitted <G2675> <G5772> to <G1519> destruction <G0684>:
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And <G2532> that <G2443> he might make known <G1107> <G5661> the riches <G4149> of his <G0848> glory <G1391> on <G1909> the vessels <G4632> of mercy <G1656>, which <G3739> he had afore prepared <G4282> <G5656> unto <G1519> glory <G1391>,
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Even <G2532> us <G2248>, whom <G3739> he hath called <G2564> <G5656>, not <G3756> <G3739> of <G1537> the Jews <G2453> only <G3440>, but <G0235> also <G2532> of <G1537> the Gentiles <G1484>?
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As he saith <G3004> <G5719> also <G2532> in <G1722> Osee <G5617>, I will call <G2564> <G5692> them my <G3450> people <G2992>, which were not <G3756> my <G3450> people <G2992>; and <G2532> her beloved <G0025> <G5772>, which was <G0025> <G0000> not <G3756> beloved <G0025> <G5772>.
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And <G2532> it shall come to pass <G2071> <G5704>, [that] in <G1722> the place <G5117> where <G3757> it was said <G4483> <G5681> unto them <G0846>, Ye <G5210> [are] not <G3756> my <G3450> people <G2992>; there <G1563> shall they be called <G2564> <G5701> the children <G5207> of the living <G2198> <G5723> God <G2316>.
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Esaias <G2268> also <G1161> crieth <G2896> <G5719> concerning <G5228> Israel <G2474>, Though <G1437> the number <G0706> of the children <G5207> of Israel <G2474> be <G5600> <G5753> as <G5613> the sand <G0285> of the sea <G2281>, a remnant <G2640> shall be saved <G4982> <G5701>:
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For <G1063> he will finish <G4931> <G5723> the work <G3056>, and <G2532> cut [it] short <G4932> <G5723> in <G1722> righteousness <G1343>: because <G3754> a short <G4932> <G5772> work <G3056> will <G4160> <G0000> the Lord <G2962> make <G4160> <G5692> upon <G1909> the earth <G1093>.
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And <G2532> as <G2531> Esaias <G2268> said before <G4280> <G5758>, Except <G1508> the Lord <G2962> of Sabaoth <G4519> had left <G1459> <G5627> us <G2254> a seed <G4690>, we had been <G0302> <G1096> <G5675> as <G5613> Sodoma <G4670>, and <G2532> been made like <G0302> <G3666> <G5681> unto <G5613> Gomorrha <G1116>.
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What <G5101> shall we say <G2046> <G5692> then <G3767>? That <G3754> the Gentiles <G1484>, which <G3588> followed <G1377> <G5723> not <G3361> after righteousness <G1343>, have attained <G2638> <G5627> to righteousness <G1343>, even <G1161> the righteousness <G1343> which <G3588> is of <G1537> faith <G4102>.
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But <G1161> Israel <G2474>, which followed <G1377> <G5723> after the law <G3551> of righteousness <G1343>, hath <G5348> <G0000> not <G3756> attained <G5348> <G5656> to <G1519> the law <G3551> of righteousness <G1343>.
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Wherefore <G1302>? Because <G3754> [they sought it] not <G3756> by <G1537> faith <G4102>, but <G0235> as <G5613> it were by <G1537> the works <G2041> of the law <G3551>. For <G1063> they stumbled <G4350> <G5656> at that stumblingstone <G3037> <G4348>;
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As <G2531> it is written <G1125> <G5769>, Behold <G2400> <G5628>, I lay <G5087> <G5719> in <G1722> Sion <G4622> a stumblingstone <G3037> <G4348> and <G2532> rock <G4073> of offence <G4625>: and <G2532> whosoever <G3956> believeth <G4100> <G5723> on <G1909> him <G0846> shall <G2617> <G0000> not <G3756> be ashamed <G2617> <G5701>.