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2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10
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2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10
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12 And the [a]king stood before the altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his hands,
13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits of height, and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel, and [b]stretched out his hands toward heaven.)
14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven nor in earth, which keepest covenant and mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart.
15 Thou that hast kept with thy servant David my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine [c]hand, as appeareth this day.
16 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father, that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou [d]shalt not want a man in my sight, that shall sit upon the throne of Israel, so that thy sons take heed to their ways to walk in my Law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 And now, O Lord God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.
18 (Is it true indeed that God will dwell with man on earth? behold, the (A)heavens, and the heavens of heavens are not able to contain thee: how much more unable is this house which I have built?)
19 But have thou respect to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hear the cry and prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee,
20 That thine [e]eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place, whereof thou hast said, that thou wouldest put thy Name there, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer, which thy servant prayeth in this place.
21 Hear thou therefore the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they pray in this place: and hear thou in the place of thine habitation, even in heaven, and when thou hearest, be merciful.
22 ¶ (B)When a man shall sin against his [f]neighbor, and he lay upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the [g]swearer shall come before thine altar in this house,
23 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, in recompensing the wicked to bring his way [h]upon his head, and in justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
24 ¶ And when thy people Israel shall be overthrown before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and turn again, and [i]confess thy Name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house,
25 Then hear thou in heaven, and be merciful unto the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 When heaven shall be shut up, and there shall be no rain, because they have sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place and confess thy Name, and [j]turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them,
27 Then hear thou in heaven, and pardon the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walk) and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28 ¶ (C)When there shall be famine in the land, when there shall be pestilence, blasting, or mildew, when there shall be grasshopper, or caterpillar, when their enemy shall besiege them [k]in the cities of their land, or any plague or any sickness,
29 Then what prayer and supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own plague, and his own disease, and shall stretch forth his hands toward this house,
30 Hear thou then in heaven, thy dwelling place, and be merciful, and give every man according unto all his ways, as thou dost know his [l]heart (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men)
31 That they may fear thee, and walk in thy ways, as long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 ¶ Moreover, as touching the stranger which is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a far country for thy great Name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm: when they shall come and [m]pray in this house,
33 Hear thou in heaven, thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for unto thee, that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and fear thee like thy people Israel, and that they may know that thy Name is called upon in this house which I have built.
34 ¶ When thy people shall go out to battle against their enemies, by the way that [n]thou shalt send them, and they pray to thee, [o]in the way toward this city, which thou hast chosen, even toward the house which I have built to thy Name,
35 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and judge their cause.
36 If they sin against thee ((D)for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them unto the enemies, and they take them and carry them away captive unto a land far or near,
37 If they [p]turn again to their heart in the land whither they be carried in captives, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed and have done wickedly,
38 If they turn again to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy Name,
39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thine habitation, their prayer and their supplication, and [q]judge their cause, and be merciful unto thy people, which have sinned against thee.
40 Now my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open, and thine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41 (E)Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to come into thy [r]rest, thou, and the Ark of thy strength: O Lord God, let thy Priests be clothed with [s]salvation, and let thy Saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O Lord God, refuse not the face of [t]thine anointed: remember the mercies promised to David thy servant.
7 1 The fire consumeth the sacrifice. 2 The glory of the Lord filleth the Temple. 12 He heareth his prayer, 17 and promised to exalt him and his throne.
1 And when Solomon had made an end of praying, [u]fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices: and the glory of the Lord filled the house,
2 So that the Priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.
3 And when all the children of Israel saw the fire, and the glory of the Lord come down upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the earth upon the pavement, and worshipped and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good, because his mercy lasteth forever.
4 (F)Then the King and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of two and twenty thousand bullocks, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
6 And the Priests waited on their offices, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord, which king David had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy lasteth forever: when David praised God [v]by them, the Priests also blew trumpets over against them: and all they of Israel stood by.
7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he had prepared burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made, was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meat offering, and the fat.
8 And Solomon made [w]a feast at that time of seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, from the entering in of Hamath, unto the river of Egypt.
9 And in the eight day they [x]made a solemn assembly: for they had made the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10 And the [y]three and twentieth day of the seventh month, he sent the people away into their tents, joyous and with glad heart, because of the goodness that the Lord had done for David and for Solomon, and for Israel his people.
11 (G)So Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the Lord: and he prospered in his house.
12 ¶ And the Lord (H)appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place for myself to be an house of sacrifice.
13 If I shut the heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people,
14 If my people, among whom my Name is called upon, do humble themselves, and pray and seek my presence, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear in heaven and be merciful to their sin, and will [z]heal their land:
15 Then mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent unto the prayer made in this place.
16 For I have now chosen and sanctified this house, that my Name may be there forever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
17 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, to do according unto all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments,
18 Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I made the covenant with David thy father, saying, (I)Thou shalt not want a man to be ruler in Israel.
19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them,
20 Then will I pluck them up out of my land, which I have given them, and this house which I have [aa]sanctified for my Name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a common talk among all people.
21 And this house which is most high, shall be an astonishment to everyone that passeth by it, so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?
22 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold on other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them, therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
8 2 The cities that Solomon built. 7 People that were made tribute unto him. 12 His sacrifices. 17 He sendeth to Ophir.
1 And (J)after [ab]twenty years when Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
2 Then Solomon built the cities that Huram [ac]gave to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zobah, and overcame it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and repaired all [ad]the cities of store which he built in Hamath.
5 And he built [ae]Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the nether, cities defensed with walls, gates and bars:
6 Also Baalath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and every pleasant place that Solomon had a mind to build in Jerusalem, and in [af]Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 And all the people that were left to the Hittites, and the Amorites, and Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8 But of their children which were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not consumed, even them did Solomon make [ag]tributaries until this day.
9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work: for they were men of war, and his chief princes, and the captains of his chariots and of his horsemen.
10 So these were the chief, of the officers which Solomon had, even [ah]two hundred and fifty that bare rule over the people.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 6:12 On a scaffold that was made for that purpose, that he praying for the whole people might be heard of all, as 1 Kings 8:22.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 Both to give thanks for the great benefits of God bestowed upon him, and also to pray for the perseverance and prosperity of his people.
- 2 Chronicles 6:15 Or, in effect, or by thy power.
- 2 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew, a man shall not be cut off.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20 That thou mayest declare in effect that thou hast a continual care over this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 By retaining anything from him, or by denying that which he hath left him to keep, or do him any wrong.
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 Hebrew, oath.
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 Meaning, to give him that which he hath deserved.
- 2 Chronicles 6:24 Or, praise.
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 Or, toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:28 Hebrew, in the land of their gates.
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 He declareth that the prayers of hypocrites cannot be heard, nor of any but of them which pray unto God with an unfeigned faith and in true repentance.
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 He showeth that before God there is no deception of person, but all people that feareth him and worketh righteousness, are accepted, Acts 10:35.
- 2 Chronicles 6:34 Meaning, that none ought to enterprise any war, but at the Lord’s commandment, that is, which is lawful by his word.
- 2 Chronicles 6:34 Or, according to the manner of this city.
- 2 Chronicles 6:37 Or, repent.
- 2 Chronicles 6:39 Or, maintain their right.
- 2 Chronicles 6:41 That is, into thy Temple.
- 2 Chronicles 6:41 Let them be preserved by thy power, and made virtuous and holy.
- 2 Chronicles 6:42 Hear my prayer which am thine anointed king.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 Hereby God declared that he was pleased with Solomon’s prayer.
- 2 Chronicles 7:6 Hebrew, by their hands.
- 2 Chronicles 7:8 The feast of the Tabernacles which was kept in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9 They assembled to hear the word of God, after that they had remained seven days in the booths or Tabernacles.
- 2 Chronicles 7:10 They had leave to depart the two and twentieth day, 1 Kings 8:66, but they went not away till the next day.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 I will cause the pestilence to cease and destroy the beasts that hurt the fruits of the earth, and send rain in due season.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20 Which thing declareth that God had more respect to their salvation, than to the advancement of his own glory: and whereas men abuse those things which God hath appointed to set forth his praise, he doth withdraw his graces thence.
- 2 Chronicles 8:1 Signifying that he was twenty years in building them.
- 2 Chronicles 8:2 That is, which Hiram gave again to Solomon because they pleased him not: and therefore called them Cabul, that is, dirt or filth, 1 Kings 9:13.
- 2 Chronicles 8:4 Meaning, of Munitions and treasures for the war.
- 2 Chronicles 8:5 That is, he repaired and fortified them: for they were built long before by Sheerah a noble woman of the tribe of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 6:68 and 7:24.
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 Read 1 Kings 7:2
- 2 Chronicles 8:8 Hebrew, to come up to tribute.
- 2 Chronicles 8:10 For in all there were 3300 but here he meaneth of them that had the principal charge, read 1 Kings 9:23.
2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10
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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
- 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 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew is plural.
- 2 Chronicles 7:21 See some Septuagint manuscripts, Old Latin, Syriac, Arabic and Targum; Hebrew And though this temple is now so imposing, all
- 2 Chronicles 8:2 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram; also in verse 18
- 2 Chronicles 8:6 Or charioteers
Romans 7:14-8:8
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Romans 7:14-8:8
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14 [a]For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15 [b]For I [c]allow not that which I do: for what I [d]would, that do I not: but what I hate, that do I.
16 If I do then that which I would not, I consent to the Law, that it is good.
17 Now then, it is no more I, that do it, but [e]sin that dwelleth in me.
18 [f]For I know, that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me: but I find [g]no means to perform that which is good,
19 For I do not the good thing, which I would, but the evil, which I would not, that do I.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but the sin that dwelleth in me.
21 [h]I find then that when I would do good, I am thus yoked, that evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the Law of God, concerning the [i]inner man.
23 But I see another Law in my members, rebelling against the law of my [j]mind, and leading me captive unto the law of sin, which is in my members.
24 [k]O [l]wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death!
25 I [m]thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then I [n]myself in my mind serve the Law of God, but in my flesh the law of sin.
8 1 He concludeth that there is no condemnation to them, who are grafted in Christ through his Spirit, 3 howsoever they be as yet burdened with sins: 9 For they live through that Spirit, 14 Whose testimony, 15 driveth away all fear, 28 and relieveth our present miseries.
1 Now [o]then there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, which [p]walk not after the [q]flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 [r]For the [s]Law of the Spirit of [t]life which is in [u]Christ Jesus, hath [v]freed me from the Law of sin and of death.
3 [w]For (that that was [x]impossible to the Law, inasmuch as it was weak, because of the [y]flesh) God sending his own Son, in the similitude of [z]sinful flesh, and for [aa]sin, [ab]condemned sin in the flesh,
4 That that [ac]righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled [ad]in us, which walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 [ae]For they that are after the [af]flesh, savor the things of the flesh: but they that are after the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 [ag]For the wisdom of the flesh is death: but the wisdom of the Spirit is life and peace,
7 [ah]Because the wisdom of the flesh is enmity against God: [ai]for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 [aj]So then they that are in the flesh, cannot please God.
Footnotes
- Romans 7:14 The cause of this matter, is this: Because that the Law requireth a heavenly pureness, but men, such as they be born, are bondslaves of corruption, which they willingly serve.
- Romans 7:15 He setteth himself, being regenerate, before us, for an example, in whom may easily appear the strife of the Spirit and the flesh, and therefore of the Law of God, and our wickedness. For since that the Law in a man not regenerate bringeth forth death only, therefore in him it may easily be accused: but seeing that in a man which is regenerate, it bringeth forth good fruit, it doth better appear that evil actions proceed not from the Law, but from sin, that is, from our corrupt nature: And therefore the Apostle teacheth also, what the true use of the Law is, in reproving sin in the regenerate, unto the end of the chapter, as a little before (to wit, from the seventh verse unto this fifteenth) he declared the use of it in them which are not regenerate.
- Romans 7:15 The deeds of my life, saith he, answer not, nay they are contrary to my will: Therefore by the consent of my will with the Law, and repugnancy with the deeds of my life, it appeareth evidently, that the Law and a right ruled do persuade one thing, but corruption which hath her seat also in the regenerate, another thing.
- Romans 7:15 It is to be noted, that one selfsame man is said to will and not to will, in divers respects: to wit, he is said to will, in that, that he is regenerate by grace: and not to will, in that, that he is not regenerate, or in that, that he is such an one as he was born. But because the part which is regenerate, at length becometh conqueror, therefore Paul sustaining the part of the regenerate, speaketh in such sort as if the corruption which sinneth willingly, were something without a man: although afterward he granteth that this evil is in his flesh, or in his members.
- Romans 7:17 That natural corruption, which cleaveth fast even to them that are regenerate, and not clean conquered.
- Romans 7:18 This vice, or sin, or law of sin, doth wholly possess those men which are not regenerate, and hindereth them or holdeth them back that are regenerate.
- Romans 7:18 This doth indeed agree to that man, whom the grace of God hath made a new man: for where the Spirit is not, how can there be any strife there.
- Romans 7:21 The conclusion: As the Law of God exhorteth to goodness, so doth the Law of sin (that is, the corruption wherein we are born) force us to wickedness: but the Spirit, that is, our mind, in that that it is regenerate, consenteth with the Law of God: but the flesh, that is, the whole natural man, is bondslave to the Law of sin. Therefore to be short, wickedness and death are not of the Law, but of sin, which reigneth in them that are not regenerate: for they neither will, nor do good, but will, and do evil: But in them that are regenerate, it striveth against the Spirit or law of the mind, so that they cannot either live so well as they would, or be so void of sin as they would.
- Romans 7:22 The inner man, and the new man are all one, and are answerable and set as contrary to the old man: neither doth this word, Inner man, signify man’s mind and reason, and the old man, the powers that are under them, as the Philosophers imagine, but by the outward man is meant whatsoever is either without or within a man, from top to toe, so long as that man is not born anew by the grace of God.
- Romans 7:23 The law of the mind in this place, is not to be understood of the mind as it is naturally, and as our mind is from our birth, but of the mind which is renewed by the Spirit of God.
- Romans 7:24 It is a miserable thing to be yet in part subject to sin, which of its own nature maketh us guilty of death: but we must cry to the Lord, who will by death itself at length make us conquerors as we are already conquerors in Christ.
- Romans 7:24 Wearied with miserable and continual conflict.
- Romans 7:25 He recovereth himself, and showeth us that he resteth only in Christ.
- Romans 7:25 This is the true perfection of them that are born anew, to confess that they are imperfect.
- Romans 8:1 A conclusion of all the former disputation from Rom 1:16 even to this place: Seeing that we being justified by faith in Christ, do obtain remission of sins and imputation of righteousness, and are also sanctified, it followeth hereof, that they that are grafted into Christ by faith, are out of all fear of condemnation.
- Romans 8:1 The fruits of the Spirit, or effects of sanctification, which is begun in us, do not ingraft us into Christ, but do declare that we are grafted into him.
- Romans 8:1 Follow not the flesh for their guide: for he is not said to live after the flesh, that hath the holy Ghost for his guide, though sometimes he step away.
- Romans 8:2 A preventing of an objection: seeing that the virtue of the spirit which is in us, is so weak, how may we gather thereby, that there is no condemnation to them that have that virtue? because saith he, that virtue of the quickening spirit which is so weak in us, is most perfect and most mighty in Christ, and being imputed unto us which believe, causeth us to be so accounted of, as though there were no relics of corruption, and death in us. Therefore hitherto Paul disputed of remission of sins, and imputation of fulfilling the Law, and also of sanctification which is begun in us: but now he speaketh of the perfect imputation of Christ’s manhood, which part was necessarily required to the full appeasing of our consciences: for our sins are defaced by the blood of Christ, and the guiltiness of our corruption is covered with the imputation of Christ’s obedience: and the corruption itself (which the Apostle calleth sinful sin) is healed in us by little and little, by the gift of sanctification, but yet it lacketh besides that another remedy, to wit, the perfect sanctification of Christ’s own flesh, which also is to us imputed.
- Romans 8:2 The power and authority of the spirit, against which is set the tyranny of sin.
- Romans 8:2 Which mortifieth the old man, and quickeneth the new man.
- Romans 8:2 To wit, absolutely and perfectly.
- Romans 8:2 For Christ’s sanctification being imputed unto us, perfecteth our sanctification which is begun in us.
- Romans 8:3 He useth no argument here, but expoundeth the mystery of sanctification, which is imputed unto us: for because, that the virtue of the law was not such (and that by reason of the corruption of our nature) that it could make man pure and perfect: and for that it rather kindled the disease of sin, than did put it out and extinguish it, therefore God clothed his Son with flesh like unto our sinful flesh, wherein he utterly abolished our corruption, that being accounted thoroughly pure and without fault in him apprehended and laid hold on by faith, we might be found to have fully that singular perfection which the Law requireth, and therefore that there might be no condemnation in us.
- Romans 8:3 Which is not proper to the Law, but cometh by our fault.
- Romans 8:3 In man not born anew, whose disease the law could not heal it.
- Romans 8:3 Of man’s nature which was corrupt through sin, until he sanctified it.
- Romans 8:3 To abolish sin in our flesh.
- Romans 8:3 Showed that sin hath no right in us.
- Romans 8:4 The very substance of the law of God might be fulfilled, or that same which the law requireth, that we may be found just before God: for if with our justification there be joined that sanctification which is imputed to us, we are just, according to the perfect form which the Lord requireth.
- Romans 8:4 He returneth to that which he said, that the sanctification which is begun in us, is a sure testimony of our ingrafting into Christ, which is a most plentiful fruit of a godly and honest life.
- Romans 8:5 A reason why to walk after the flesh, agreeth not to them which are grafted in Christ, but to walk after the spirit agreeth and is meet for them: because, saith he, that they which are after the flesh, savor the things of the flesh, but they that are after the spirit, the things of the spirit.
- Romans 8:5 They that live as the flesh leadeth them.
- Romans 8:6 He proveth the consequent: because that whatsoever the flesh savoreth, that engendereth death: and whatsoever the spirit savoreth, that tendeth to joy and life everlasting.
- Romans 8:7 A reason and proof, why the wisdom of the flesh is death: because, saith he, it is the enemy of God.
- Romans 8:7 A reason why the wisdom of the flesh is enemy to God: because it neither will neither can be subject to him. And by flesh he meaneth a man not regenerate.
- Romans 8:8 The conclusion: therefore they that walk after the flesh, cannot please God: whereby it followeth, that they are not ingrafted into Christ.
Romans 7:14-8:8
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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
- Romans 7:18 Or my flesh
- Romans 7:25 Or in the flesh
- Romans 8:2 The Greek is singular; some manuscripts me
- 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.
- Romans 8:3 Or flesh, for sin
Psalm 18:1-15
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Psalm 18:1-15
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18 1 This Psalm is the first beginning of his gratulation, and thanksgiving in the entering into his kingdom, wherein he extolleth and praiseth most highly the marvelous mercies and grace of God, who hath thus preserved and defended him. 32 Also he setteth forth the image of Christ’s kingdom, that the faithful may be assured that Christ shall always conquer and overcome by the unspeakable power of his Father, though all the whole world should strive there against.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, which spake unto the Lord the words of this song (in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul) and said,
1 I will love thee dearly, O Lord my strength.
2 (A)[a]The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and he that delivereth me, my God and my strength: in him will I trust, my shield, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge.
3 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be [b]praised: so shall I be safe from mine enemies.
4 [c]The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of wickedness made me afraid.
5 The [d]sorrows of the grave have compassed me about: the snares of death overtook me.
6 But in my trouble did I call upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his Temple, and my cry did come before him, even into his ears.
7 [e]Then the earth trembled and quaked: the foundations also of the mountains moved and shook, because he was angry.
8 Smoke went out at his nostrils, and a [f]consuming fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled thereat.
9 He bowed the heavens also and came down, and [g]darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon [h]Cherub, and did fly, and he came flying upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his [i]secret place, and his pavilion round about him, even darkness of waters, and clouds of the air.
12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
13 The Lord also thundered in the heaven, and the Highest gave [j]his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
14 Then he sent out [k]his arrows and scattered them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them.
15 And the channels of waters were seen, and the [l]foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuking, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of thy nostrils.
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- Psalm 18:2 He useth this diversity of names, to show that as the wicked have many means to hurt, so God hath many ways to help.
- Psalm 18:3 For none can obtain their requests of God, that join not his glory with their petition.
- Psalm 18:4 He speaketh of the dangers and malice of his enemies from the which God had delivered him.
- Psalm 18:5 Or, cords, or, cables
- Psalm 18:7 A description of the wrath of God against his enemies, after he had heard his prayers.
- Psalm 18:8 He showeth how horrible God’s judgments shall be to the wicked.
- Psalm 18:9 Darkness signifieth the wrath of God as the clear light signifieth God’s favor.
- Psalm 18:10 This is described at large, Ps. 104.
- Psalm 18:11 As a king angry with the people, will not show himself unto them.
- Psalm 18:13 Thundered, lightninged and hailed.
- Psalm 18:14 His lightnings.
- Psalm 18:15 That is, the deep bottoms were seen when the red sea was divided.
Psalm 18:1-15
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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)
Footnotes
- Psalm 18:1 In Hebrew texts 18:1-50 is numbered 18:2-51.
- Psalm 18:2 Or sovereign
- Psalm 18:2 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Psalm 18:13 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 2 Samuel 22:14); most Hebrew manuscripts resounded, / amid hailstones and bolts of lightning
Proverbs 19:24-25
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Proverbs 19:24-25
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24 (A)The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not put it to his mouth again.
25 (B)Smite a scorner, and the [a]foolish will beware: and reprove the prudent, and he will understand knowledge.
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- Proverbs 19:25 That is, the simple and ignorant men learn, when they see the wicked punished.
Proverbs 19:24-25
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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)
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