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2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10
New American Standard Bible

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

12 Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 (A)For Solomon had made a bronze platform, [a]five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, (B)knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 He said, “Lord, God of Israel, (C)there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, (D)keeping [b]Your covenant and [c]Your faithfulness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart; 15 (E)You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You [d]promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. 16 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, keep to Your servant David, my father, that which You [e]promised him, saying, ‘[f](F)You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay attention to their way, to walk in My Law as you have walked before Me.’ 17 Now then, Lord, God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18 “But (G)will God really dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, (H)heaven and the [g]highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Nevertheless, turn Your attention to the prayer of Your servant and to his plea, Lord, my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; 20 that Your (I)eye will be open toward this house day and night, toward (J)the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. 21 Listen to the pleadings of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; (K)hear and forgive.

22 “If someone sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, 23 then hear from heaven and take action and judge Your servants, [h](L)punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous by [i]repaying him according to his righteousness.

24 “If Your people Israel are [j]defeated before an enemy because (M)they have sinned against You, and they return to You and praise Your name, and pray and plead before You in this house, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

26 “When the (N)heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them, 27 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel; indeed, (O)teach them the good way in which they are to walk. And provide rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

28 “If there is a (P)famine in the land, if there is a plague, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their [k]cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, 29 whatever prayer or plea is made by anyone or by all Your people Israel, [l]each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house, 30 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know—(Q)for You alone know the hearts of the sons of mankind— 31 so that they may [m]fear You, to walk in Your ways [n]as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.

32 “Also concerning (R)the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country on account of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, 33 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and [o]fear You as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that [p]this house which I have built is (S)called by Your name.

34 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.

36 “When they sin against You ((T)for there is no one who does not sin), and You are angry with them and turn them over to an enemy, so that [q]they take them away captive to a land far off or near, 37 if they [r]take it to heart in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and plead to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and have acted wickedly’; 38 (U)if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name, 39 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleadings, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

40 “Now, my God, please, (V)let Your eyes be open and (W)Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 “(X)Now then arise, Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

42 “Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; (Y)remember Your faithfulness to Your servant David.”

The Shekinah Glory

7 (Z)Now when Solomon had finished praying, (AA)fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 (AB)And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house. 3 All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the Lord, saying, “(AC)Certainly He is good, certainly His faithfulness is everlasting.”

Sacrifices Offered

4 (AD)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. 5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 The priests stood at their posts, and (AE)the Levites also, with the musical instruments for the Lord, which King David had made for giving praise to the Lord—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [s]ministry; (AF)the priests on the other side blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.

7 (AG)Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was before the house of the Lord, for he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat.

The Feast of Dedication

8 So (AH)Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly that came from the entrance of Hamath to the (AI)brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held (AJ)a solemn assembly, because they held the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days. 10 Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy in heart because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel.

God’s Promise and Warning

11 (AK)So Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king’s palace, and successfully completed everything that [t]he had planned on doing in the house of the Lord and in his palace.

12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, “I have heard your prayer and (AL)have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 (AM)If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, 14 (AN)and My people [u]who are called by My name humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 15 (AO)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the [v]prayer offered in this place. 16 For (AP)now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there [w]always. 17 As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, to do according to everything that I have commanded you, and keep My statutes and My ordinances, 18 then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, ‘[x](AQ)You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.’

19 “(AR)But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, 20 (AS)then I will uproot [y]you from My land which I have given [z]you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight; and I will make it (AT)a proverb and an object of scorn among all peoples. 21 As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, ‘(AU)Why has the Lord done these things to this land and to this house?’ 22 And they will say, ‘Because (AV)they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods, and worshiped and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.’”

Solomon’s Activities and Accomplishments

8 (AW)Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house, 2 that he built the cities which Huram had given [aa]him, and settled the sons of Israel there.

3 Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath. 5 He also built upper (AX)Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, which were (AY)fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars; 6 and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for [ab]his chariots and cities for [ac]his horsemen, and everything that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and all the land [ad]under his rule.

7 (AZ)All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, 8 that is, from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, (BA)Solomon raised them as forced laborers to this day. 9 But Solomon did not make slaves from the sons of Israel for his work; for they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen. 10 These were the chief [ae]officers of King Solomon, 250 who ruled over the people.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 About 7.5 ft. long and wide and 4.5 ft. high or 2.3 m and 1.4 m
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Or the
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:14 Or the
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:15 Lit spoke to
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit have spoken to
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:16 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:18 Lit heaven of heavens
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit returning
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit giving
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:24 Lit struck
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:28 Lit gates
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:29 Lit whoever shall know
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Or revere
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:31 Lit all the days that they live on the face of the land
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Or revere
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:33 Lit Your name is called upon this house
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:36 Lit their captors lead them captive
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:37 Lit return to their heart
  19. 2 Chronicles 7:6 Lit hand
  20. 2 Chronicles 7:11 Lit came upon the heart of Solomon to do
  21. 2 Chronicles 7:14 Lit over whom My name is called
  22. 2 Chronicles 7:15 Lit prayer of this place
  23. 2 Chronicles 7:16 Lit all the days
  24. 2 Chronicles 7:18 Lit There shall not be cut off to you a man
  25. 2 Chronicles 7:20 As in ancient versions; MT them
  26. 2 Chronicles 7:20 As in some ancient versions; MT them
  27. 2 Chronicles 8:2 Lit Solomon
  28. 2 Chronicles 8:6 Lit the
  29. 2 Chronicles 8:6 Lit the
  30. 2 Chronicles 8:6 Lit of
  31. 2 Chronicles 8:10 Or deputies
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2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10
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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication(A)(B)

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 13 Now he had made a bronze platform,(C) five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,[a] and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down(D) before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 14 He said:

“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you(E) in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love(F) with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised(G) and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail(H) to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law,(I) as you have done.’ 17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

18 “But will God really dwell(J) on earth with humans? The heavens,(K) even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! 19 Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence. 20 May your eyes(L) be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name(M) there. May you hear(N) the prayer your servant prays toward this place. 21 Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.(O)

22 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath(P) and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, 23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning(Q) the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

24 “When your people Israel have been defeated(R) by an enemy because they have sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication before you in this temple, 25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(S) because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, 27 then hear from heaven and forgive(T) the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

28 “When famine(U) or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, 29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple— 30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive,(V) and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),(W) 31 so that they will fear you(X) and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

32 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come(Y) from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand(Z) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 33 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner(AA) asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

34 “When your people go to war against their enemies,(AB) wherever you send them, and when they pray(AC) to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, 35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

36 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(AD)—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive(AE) to a land far away or near; 37 and if they have a change of heart(AF) in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’; 38 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; 39 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive(AG) your people, who have sinned against you.

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive(AH) to the prayers offered in this place.

41 “Now arise,(AI) Lord God, and come to your resting place,(AJ)
    you and the ark of your might.
May your priests,(AK) Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
    may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.(AL)
42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.(AM)
    Remember the great love(AN) promised to David your servant.”

The Dedication of the Temple(AO)

7 When Solomon finished praying, fire(AP) came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled(AQ) the temple.(AR) 2 The priests could not enter(AS) the temple of the Lord because the glory(AT) of the Lord filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying,

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”(AU)

4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the people dedicated the temple of God. 6 The priests took their positions, as did the Levites(AV) with the Lord’s musical instruments,(AW) which King David had made for praising the Lord and which were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

7 Solomon consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings and the fat(AX) of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat portions.

8 So Solomon observed the festival(AY) at that time for seven days, and all Israel(AZ) with him—a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath(BA) to the Wadi of Egypt.(BB) 9 On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated(BC) the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival(BD) for seven days more. 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.

The Lord Appears to Solomon(BE)

11 When Solomon had finished(BF) the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12 the Lord appeared(BG) to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen(BH) this place for myself(BI) as a temple for sacrifices.

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(BJ) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name,(BK) will humble(BL) themselves and pray and seek my face(BM) and turn(BN) from their wicked ways, then I will hear(BO) from heaven, and I will forgive(BP) their sin and will heal(BQ) their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.(BR) 16 I have chosen(BS) and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.

17 “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully(BT) as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees(BU) and laws, 18 I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted(BV) with David your father when I said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor(BW) to rule over Israel.’(BX)

19 “But if you[b] turn away(BY) and forsake(BZ) the decrees and commands I have given you[c] and go off to serve other gods and worship them, 20 then I will uproot(CA) Israel from my land,(CB) which I have given them, and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule(CC) among all peoples. 21 This temple will become a heap of rubble. All[d] who pass by will be appalled(CD) and say,(CE) ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ 22 People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them(CF)—that is why he brought all this disaster on them.’”

Solomon’s Other Activities(CG)

8 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the Lord and his own palace,(CH) 2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram[e] had given him, and settled Israelites in them. 3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. 4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.(CI) 5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon(CJ) and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, 6 as well as Baalath(CK) and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[f]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

7 There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites(CL) (these people were not Israelites). 8 Solomon conscripted(CM) the descendants of all these people remaining in the land—whom the Israelites had not destroyed—to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. 9 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. 10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials—two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 That is, about 7 1/2 feet long and wide and 4 1/2 feet high or about 2.3 meters long and wide and 1.4 meters high
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
  4. 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all
  5. 2 Chronicles 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
  6. 2 Chronicles 8:6 Or charioteers
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Romans 7:14-8:8
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The Conflict of Serving Two Masters

14 For we know that the Law is (A)spiritual, but I am (B)fleshly, (C)sold [a](D)into bondage to sin. 15 For (E)I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing (F)what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 However, if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with (G)the Law, that the Law is good. 17 But now, (H)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. 18 For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my (I)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. 19 For (J)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. 20 But if I do the very thing I do not want, (K)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me.

21 I find then (L)the [b]principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. 22 For I joyfully agree with the law of God [c]in (M)the inner person, 23 but I see (N)a different law in [d]the parts of my body waging war against the (O)law of my mind, and making me a prisoner [e]of (P)the law of sin, the law which is in [f]my body’s parts. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from [g](Q)the body of this (R)death? 25 (S)Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh (T)the law of sin.

Deliverance from Bondage

8 Therefore there is now no (U)condemnation at all for those who are (V)in (W)Christ Jesus. 2 For (X)the law of the Spirit of life [h]in (Y)Christ Jesus (Z)has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For (AA)what the Law could not do, [i](AB)weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in (AC)the likeness of [j]sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the (AD)requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who (AE)do not walk [k]according to the flesh but [l]according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on (AF)the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, (AG)the things of the Spirit. 6 (AH)For the mind [m]set on the flesh is (AI)death, but the mind [n]set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind [o]set on the flesh is (AJ)hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are (AK)in the flesh cannot please God.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:14 Lit under sin
  2. Romans 7:21 Lit law
  3. Romans 7:22 Or with respect to
  4. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts waging
  5. Romans 7:23 Lit in
  6. Romans 7:23 Lit my parts
  7. Romans 7:24 Or this body of death
  8. Romans 8:2 Or has set you free in Christ Jesus
  9. Romans 8:3 Lit in which it was weak
  10. Romans 8:3 Lit flesh of sin
  11. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
  12. Romans 8:4 Or in accordance with
  13. Romans 8:6 Lit of the
  14. Romans 8:6 Lit of the
  15. Romans 8:7 Lit of the
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Romans 7:14-8:8
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14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(A) sold(B) as a slave to sin.(C) 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.(D) 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.(E) 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.(F) 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](G) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.(H) 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.(I)

21 So I find this law at work:(J) Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being(K) I delight in God’s law;(L) 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war(M) against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin(N) at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(O) 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!(P)

So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law,(Q) but in my sinful nature[b] a slave to the law of sin.(R)

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation(S) for those who are in Christ Jesus,(T) 2 because through Christ Jesus(U) the law of the Spirit who gives life(V) has set you[c] free(W) from the law of sin(X) and death. 3 For what the law was powerless(Y) to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[d](Z) God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh(AA) to be a sin offering.[e](AB) And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement(AC) of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.(AD)

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires;(AE) but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.(AF) 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death,(AG) but the mind governed by the Spirit is life(AH) and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God;(AI) it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh(AJ) cannot please God.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
  2. Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
  3. Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
  4. Romans 8:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.
  5. Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
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Psalm 18:1-15
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The Lord Praised for Rescuing David.

For the music director. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, [a]who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord rescued him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. And he said,

18 “I love You, Lord, (A)my strength.”
2 The Lord is (B)my rock and (C)my fortress and my (D)savior,
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My (E)shield and the (F)horn of my salvation, my (G)stronghold.
3 I call upon the Lord, who is (H)worthy to be praised,
And I am (I)saved from my enemies.

4 The (J)ropes of death encompassed me,
And the (K)torrents of [b]destruction [c]terrified me.
5 The (L)ropes of [d]Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
6 In my (M)distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice (N)from His temple,
And my (O)cry for help before Him came into His ears.

7 Then the (P)earth shook and quaked;
And the (Q)foundations of the mountains were trembling
And were shaken, because He was angry.
8 Smoke went up [e]out of His nostrils,
And (R)fire from His mouth was devouring;
Coals burned from it.
9 He also (S)bowed the heavens down low, and came down
With thick (T)darkness under His feet.
10 He rode on a (U)cherub and flew;
And He sped on the (V)wings of the wind.
11 He made (W)darkness His hiding place, (X)His [f]canopy around Him,
Darkness of waters, thick clouds.
12 From the (Y)brightness before Him passed His thick clouds,
Hailstones and (Z)coals of fire.
13 The Lord also (AA)thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
14 He (AB)sent out His arrows, and scattered them,
And lightning flashes in abundance, and [g]routed them.
15 Then the (AC)channels of water appeared,
And the foundations of the world were exposed
By Your (AD)rebuke, Lord,
At the blast of the (AE)breath of Your nostrils.

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  1. Psalm 18 Title 2 Sam 22:1-51
  2. Psalm 18:4 Or ungodliness; Heb Belial
  3. Psalm 18:4 Or were assailing; or terrifying
  4. Psalm 18:5 I.e., the netherworld
  5. Psalm 18:8 Or in His wrath
  6. Psalm 18:11 Or pavilion
  7. Psalm 18:14 Lit confused
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Psalm 18:1-15
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Psalm 18[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:

1 I love you, Lord, my strength.(B)

2 The Lord is my rock,(C) my fortress(D) and my deliverer;(E)
    my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,(F)
    my shield[b](G) and the horn[c] of my salvation,(H) my stronghold.

3 I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,(I)
    and I have been saved from my enemies.(J)
4 The cords of death(K) entangled me;
    the torrents(L) of destruction overwhelmed me.
5 The cords of the grave coiled around me;
    the snares of death(M) confronted me.

6 In my distress(N) I called to the Lord;(O)
    I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;(P)
    my cry came(Q) before him, into his ears.
7 The earth trembled(R) and quaked,(S)
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;(T)
    they trembled because he was angry.(U)
8 Smoke rose from his nostrils;(V)
    consuming fire(W) came from his mouth,
    burning coals(X) blazed out of it.
9 He parted the heavens and came down;(Y)
    dark clouds(Z) were under his feet.
10 He mounted the cherubim(AA) and flew;
    he soared(AB) on the wings of the wind.(AC)
11 He made darkness his covering,(AD) his canopy(AE) around him—
    the dark rain clouds of the sky.
12 Out of the brightness of his presence(AF) clouds advanced,
    with hailstones(AG) and bolts of lightning.(AH)
13 The Lord thundered(AI) from heaven;
    the voice of the Most High resounded.[d]
14 He shot his arrows(AJ) and scattered the enemy,
    with great bolts of lightning(AK) he routed them.(AL)
15 The valleys of the sea were exposed
    and the foundations(AM) of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke,(AN) Lord,
    at the blast of breath from your nostrils.(AO)

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  1. Psalm 18:1 In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.
  2. Psalm 18:2 Or sovereign
  3. Psalm 18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength.
  4. Psalm 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning
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Proverbs 19:24-25
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24 The [a](A)lazy one buries his hand (B)in the dish,
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.
25 (C)Strike a scoffer and the naive may become clever,
But (D)rebuke one who has understanding, and he will [b]gain knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:24 Lit idle person
  2. Proverbs 19:25 Lit discern
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Proverbs 19:24-25
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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(B) and they will gain knowledge.(C)

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