a race AM I not an apostle am I not free * Chap. 15.8 have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord are not you my work in the Lord 2 If I be not an apostle unto others yet doubtless I am to you for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. 3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink 5 Have we not power to lead about a sister a ‖ Or woman wife as well as other apostles and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas 6 Or I onely and Barnabas have not we power to forbear working 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof or who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock 8 Say I these things as a man or saith not the law the same also 9 For it is written in the law of Moses * Deut. 25.4 Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn Doth God take care for oxen 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes for our sakes no doubt this is written that he that ploweth should plow in hope and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope 11 * Rom. 15.27 If we have sown unto you spiritual things is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things 12 If others be partakers of this power over you are not we rather Nevertheless we have not used this power but suffer all things lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ 13 * Num. 18.20 Deut. 10.9 and 18.1 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things ‖ Or feed live of the things of the temple and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained * Gal. 6.6 1 Tim. 5.17 that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel 15 But I have used none of these things Neither have I written these things that it should be so done unto me for it were better for me to die then that any man should make my glorying void 16 For though I preach the gospel I have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me yea wo is unto me if I preach not the gospel 17 For if I do this thing willingly I have a reward but if against my will a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me 18 What is my reward then verily that when I preach the gospel I may make the gospel of Christ without charge that I abuse not my power in the gospel 19 For though I be free from all men yet have I made my self servant unto all that I might gain the more 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew that I might gain the Jews to them that are under the law as under the law that I might gain them that are under the law 21 To them that are without law as without law being not without law to God but under the law to Christ that I might gain them that are without law 22 To the weak became I as weak that I might gain the weak I am made all things to all men that I might by all means save â—ome 23 And this I do for the gospels sake that I may be partaker thereof with you 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize So run that ye may obtain 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we an incorruptible 26 I therefore so run not as uncertainly so fight I not as one that beateth the air 27 But I keep under my body and bring it into subjection lest that by any means when I have preached to others I my self should be a cast-away CHAP. X. 1 The sacraments of the Jews 6 are types of ours 7 and their punishments 11 examples for us 14 We must fee from idolatry 21 We must not make the Lords table the table of devils 24 and in things indifferent we must have regard of our brethren MOreover brethren I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under * Ex. 13 21. Num. 9.18 the cloud and all passed through * Ex. 14.22 the sea 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea 3 And did all eat the same * Ex. 16.15 spiritual meat 4 And did all drink the same * Ex. 17.6 Num. 20.11 spiritual drink For they drank of that spiritual Rock that ‖ Or went with them followed them and that Rock was Christ 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased for they * Num. 26.65 were overthrown in the wilderness 6 Now these things were †Gr. our figures our examples to the intent we should not lust after evil things as * Num. 11.4 Psa 106.14 they also lusted 7 Neither be ye idolaters as were some of them as it is written * Ex. 32.6 The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play 8 Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed and * Num. 25.9 fell in one day three and twenty thousand 9 Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted and * Num. 21.6 were destroyed of serpents 10 Neither murmure ye as some of them also murmured and * Num. 14.37 were destroyed of the destroyer 11 Now all these things hapned unto them for ‖ Or types ensamples and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 13 There hath no temptation taken you but ‖ Or moderate such as is common to man but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it 14 Wherefore my dearly beloved flee from idolatry 15 I speak as to wise men judge ye what I say 16 The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the bloud of Christ The bread which we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ 17 For we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread 18 Behold Israel after the flesh are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar 19 What say I then that the idol is any thing or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing 20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles * Deut. 32.17 Psal 106.37 sacrifice they sacrifice to devils and not to God and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils 21
they cryed unto the children of Dan and they turned their faces and said unto Micah What aileth thee †Heb. that thou art gathered together that thou comest with such a company 24 And he said Ye have taken away my gods which I made and the priest and ye are come away and what have I more and what is this that ye say unto 〈◊〉 What a 〈◊〉 thee 25 And the children of Dan said unto him Let not thy voice be heard among â—s †Heb. bitter of soul 〈◊〉 aâ—â—ry fellows run upon thee and thou lose thy life with the 〈◊〉 of thy â—â—â—â—â—shold 26 And the children of Dan went their way and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him he turned and went back unto his house 27 And they 〈◊〉 the things which Micah had made and the priest which he had and came unto Laish unto a people that were at quiet and secure and they smote them with the edge of the sword and burnt the city with fire 28 And there was no deliverer because it was far from Zidon and they had no business with any man and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob and they built a city and dwelt therein 29 And they called the name of the * Josh 13.47 city Dan after the name of Dan their father who was born unto Israel howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first 30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up the graven image and Jonathan the son of Gershom the son of Manasseh he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land 31 And they set them up Micahs graven image which he made all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh CHAP. XIX 1 A Levite geoth to Beth-lehem to feteh home his wife 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah 22 The Gibeathithes abuse his concubine to death 29 He divideth her into twelve pieces to send them to the twelve tribes ANd it came to pass in those days * Ch. 17.6 18.1 21.25 when there was no king in Israel that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim who took to him †Heb. a woman a concubine or a wife a concubine a concubine out of Beth-lehein-judah 2 And his concubine played the whore against him and went away from him unto her fathers house to Beth-lehem-judah and was there ‖ Or a year and four moneths †Heb. days four moneths four whole moneths 3 And her husband arofe and went after her to speak †Heb. to her heart friendly unto her and to bring her again having his servant with him and a couple of asses and she brought him into her fathers house and when the father of the damsel saw him he rejoyced to meet him 4 And his father in law the damsels father retained him and he abode with him three days so they did eat and drink and lodged there 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day when they arose early in the morning that he rose up to depart and the damsels father said unto his son in law †Heb. Strengthen Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread and afterward go your way 6 And they sat down and did eat and drink both of them together for the damsels father had said unto the man Be content I pray thee and tarry all night and let thine heart be merry 7 And when the man rose up to depart his father in law urged him therefore he lodged there again 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart and the damsels father said Comfort thine heart I pray thee And they tarried †Heb. till the day declined until after noon and they did eat both of them 9 And when the man rose up to depart he and his concubine and his servant his father in law the damsels father said unto him Behold now the day †Heb. is weak draweth towards evening I pray you tarry all night behold †Heb. it is the pitching time of the day the day groweth to an end lodge here that thine heart may be merry and to morrow get you early on your way that thou mayest go †Heb. to thy tent home 10 But the man would not tarry that night but he rose up and departed and came †Heb. to over against over against Jebus which is Jerusalem and there were with him two asses saddled his concubine also was with him 11 And when they were by Jebus the day was far spent and the servant said unto his master Come I pray thee and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebusites and lodge in it 12 And his master said unto him We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger that is not of the children of Israel we will pass over to Gibeah 13 And he said unto his servant Come and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah 14 And they passed on and went their way and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah which belongeth to Benjamin 15 And they turned aside thither to go in and to lodge in Gibeah and when he went in he sat him down in a street of the city for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging 16 ¶ And behold there came an old man from his work out of the field at even which was also of mount Ephraim and he sojourned in Gibeah but the men of the place were Benjamites 17 And when he had lift up his eyes he saw a wayfaring man in the steeet of the city and the old man said Whither goest thousand whence cornest thou 18 And he said unto him We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim from thence am I and I went to Beth-lehem-judah but I am now going to the house of the LORD and there is no man that †Heb. gatherâ—â—â— receiveth me to house 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses and there is bread and wine also for me and for thy hand-maid and for the young man which is with thy servants there is no want of any thing 20 And the old man said Peace be with thee howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me onely lodge not in the street 21 So he brought him into his house and gave provender unto the asses and they washed their feet and did eat and drink 22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry behold the men of the city certain sons of Belial belet the house round about and beat at the door and spake to the master of the house the old man saying Bring forth the man that came into thine house that we may know him 23 And * Gen 19.6 the man the master of the
unto death or of obedience unto righteousness 17 But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine †Gr. whereto ye were delivered which was delivered you 18 Being then made free from sin ye became the servants of righteousness 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh for as ye have yeelded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity even so now yeeld your members servants to righteousness unto holiness 20 For when ye were the servants of sin ye were free †Gr. to righteousness from righteousness 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed for the end of those things is death 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life 23 For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. VII 1 No law hath power over a man longer then he liveth 4 But we are dead to the law 7 Yet is not the law sin 12 but holy just good 16 as I acknowledge who am grieved because I cannot keep it KNow ye not brethren for I speak to them that know the law how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth 2 For * 1 Cor. 7.39 the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth but if the husband be dead she is loosed from the law of her husband 3 So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man 4 Wherefore my brethren ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ that ye should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God 5 For when we were in the flesh the †Gr. passions motions of sins which were by the law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death 6 But now we are delivered from the law ‖ Or being dead to that that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the law sin God forbid Nay I had not known sin but by the law for I had not known ‖ Or concupiscence lust except the law had said * Ex. 20.17 Deut. 5.21 Thou shalt not cover 8 But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence For without the law sin was dead 9 For I was alive without the law once but when the commandment came sin revived and I died 10 And the commandment which was ordained to life I found to be unto death 11 For sin taking occasion by the commandment deceived me and by it slew me 12 Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me God forbid But sin that it might appear sin working death in me by that which is good that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful 14 For we know that the law is spiritual but I am carnal sold under sin 15 For that which I do I †Gr. know allow not for what I would that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If then I do that which I would not I consent unto the law that it is good 17 Now then it is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me 18 For I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I finde not 19 For the good that I would I do not but the evil which I would not that I do 20 Now if I do that I would not it is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me 21 I finde then a law that when I would do good evil is present with me 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man 23 But I see another law in my members warring against the law of my minde and bringing me into â—aptivity to the law of sin which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from ‖ Or this body of death the body of this death 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the minde I my self serve the law of God but with the flesh the law of sin CHAP. VIII 1 They that are in Christ and live according to the Spirit are free from condemnation 5 13 What harm cometh of the flesh 6 14 and what good of the Spirit 17 and what of being Gods children 19 whose glorious deliverance all things long for 29 It was beforehand dâ—creed from God 38 What can sever us from his love THere is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and ‖ Or by a sacrifice for sin for sin condemned sin in the flesh 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit 5 For they that are after the flesh do minde the things of the flesh but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit 6 For †Gr. the minding of the flesh to be carnally minded is death but †Gr. the minding of the Spirit to be spiritually minded is life and peace 7 Because †Gr. the minding of the flesh the carnal minde is enmity against God for it is not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God 9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his 10 And if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin but the Spirit is life because of righteousness 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies ‖ Or because of his Spirit by his Spirit that dwelleth in you 12 Therefore brethren we are debters not to