Today’s
Reading: Romans
9 - 11 (KJV)
Romans 9
Rom 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my
conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Rom 9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual
sorrow in my heart.
Rom 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed
from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Rom 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the
adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the
service of God,
and the promises;
Rom 9:5 Whose are
the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.
Rom 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none
effect. For they are not all Israel,
which are of Israel:
Rom 9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of
Abraham, are they
all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Rom 9:8 That is, They which are the children of the
flesh, these are not the children of
God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Rom 9:9 For this is
the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
Rom 9:10 And not only this;
but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even
by our father Isaac;
Rom 9:11 (For the
children being not yet born, neither
having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election
might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
Rom 9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve
the younger.
Rom 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but
Esau have I hated.
Rom 9:14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
Rom 9:15 For he saith to
Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion
on whom I will have compassion.
Rom 9:16 So then it
is not of him that willeth,
nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.
Rom 9:17 For the Scripture saith
unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might
show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
earth.
Rom 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy,
and whom he will he hardeneth.
Rom 9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why
doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Rom 9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him
that formed it, Why hast thou made me
thus?
Rom 9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of
the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Rom 9:22 What
if God, willing to show his wrath, and
to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath
fitted to destruction:
Rom 9:23 And that he might make known the riches of
his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not
of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?
Rom 9:25 As he saith also in
Hosea, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved,
which was not beloved.
Rom 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye
are not my people; there shall they be
called the children of the living God.
Rom 9:27 Isaiah also crieth
concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand
of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work
will the Lord make upon the earth.
Rom 9:29 And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of
Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and
been made like unto Gomorrah.
Rom 9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles,
which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even
the righteousness which is of faith.
Rom 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of
righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of
the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth
on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10
Rom 10:1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Rom 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal
of God, but not according to knowledge.
Rom 10:3 For they being ignorant of God’s
righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Rom 10:4 For Christ is
the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Rom 10:5 For Moses describeth
the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things
shall live by them.
Rom 10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine
heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
Rom 10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that
is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
Rom 10:8 But what saith it?
The word is nigh thee, even in thy
mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11 For the Scripture saith,
Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew
and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not
heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Rom 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh
by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Rom 10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily,
their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the
world.
Rom 10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and
by a foolish nation I will anger you.
Rom 10:20 But Isaiah is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made
manifest unto them that asked not after me.
Rom 10:21 But to Israel he saith,
All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying
people.
Romans 11
Rom 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he
foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh
intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I
am left alone, and they seek my life.
Rom 11:4 But what saith the
answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have
not bowed the knee to the image of
Baal.
Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there
is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no
more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Rom 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that
which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained
it, and the rest were blinded.
Rom 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given
them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they
should not hear;) unto this day.
Rom 11:9 And David saith,
Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock,
and a recompense unto them:
Rom 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see, and bow down their back always.
Rom 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they
should fall? God forbid: but rather
through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Rom 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which
are my flesh, and might save some of
them.
Rom 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of
them be,
but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 For if the firstfruit
be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off,
and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in
among them, and with them partakest of the root and
fatness of the olive tree;
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou
boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken
off, that I might be grafted in.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken
off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of
God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue
in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert
grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these,
which be the natural branches, be
grafted into their own olive tree?
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is
written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is
my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are
enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Rom 11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed
God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Rom 11:31 Even so have these also now not believed,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief,
that he might have mercy upon all.
Rom 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are
his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of
the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35 Or who hath first given to him,
and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.
