1 Subjection, and many other duties, we owe to the magistrates. 8 Love is the fulfilling of the law. 11 Gluttony and drunkenness, and the works of darkness, are out of season in the time of the gospel.

LET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be, are ordained of God.

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth e the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? ddo that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the

same.

4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

26.

Ep. 6.13.

1 Th. 5. 8.

i ch. 15. 5. 1 Co. 1. 10. Phi.2.2.& P Phi. 4. 8. 3. 16. 1 Pe.1 Th. 4.12. 1 Pe. 2. 12.

3.8.

Ps.131.1, Or,

2. Je. 45.5. decently. Or. be contented with mean things. / Pr. 3.7.& 26.12. Is.5. 21. ch. 11. 25.

m Pr. 20. 22. Mat. 5. 39. 1 Th.5.

9 Pr.23.20. La. 21. 34. 1 Pe. 4. 3. r1 Co. 6.9. Ep. 5. 5. Ja. 3. 14.

t Ga. 3.27. Ep. 4. 21. Col. 3. 10.

Ga. 5.16.

15.1Pe.3.9.1 Pe. 2. 11.

n ch.14.16.

a ch. 15. 1,

2 Co. 8. 21.7. 1Co.8.9, o Ma.9.50. 11. & 9.22. ch. 14. 19. He. 12. 14.

Or, not to judge his Le.19.18. doubtful Pr. 24. 29. thoughts. ver. 17.

b ver. 14.

9 De.32.35.1 Co.10.25. He. 10. 30. 1 Ti. 4. 4. Ex. 23. 4, Tit. 1. 15. 5.Pr.25.21, 22. Mat. 6.

44.

a Tit. 3. 1. 1 Pe. 2. 13. Pr. 8. 15, 16. Da. 2.

21. & 4.32.

e Col. 2.16.

d Ja. 4. 12.

e Ga. 4. 10.

Col. 2. 16.

John19.11. assured.
Or, fully
I Or,
ordered.

e Tit. 3. 1.

d1 Pe.2.14. & 3. 13.

f Ga.4.10. Or, observeth.

Love is the fulfilling of the law. loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

9 For this, iThou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time mio awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: " let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

13 P Let us walk I honestly, as in the day: 9 not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

CHAP XIV.

3 Men may not contemn nor condemn one the other for things indifferent: 13 but take heed that they give no offence in them: 15 for that the apostle prov eth unlawful by many reasons. HIM that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

2 For one believeth that he b may eat all things; another, who is weak, eateth herbs.

3 Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not, judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.

44 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth: yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

6 He that I regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord: and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; f1 Pe. 2. 31.1Ti.4.3. and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.

We must imitate Christ.

9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

10 But why dost thou judge thy brother or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judg ment-seat of Christ.

11 For it is written, m As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shail how to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

12 So then "every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, Pthat there is nothing unclean of itself: but 7 to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

18 For he that in these things serveth Christ, " is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things where with one may edify another.

5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

6 That ye may with one mind example of and one mouth glorify God, even i Ac. 4. 24, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

q 1 Co. 8.7, 10. + Gr.

common.

+ Gr.

according to charity.

o John 10. 16.ch.9.23.

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.

8 Now I say that m Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, " to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, P For this cause I will confess to thee among the GenP Ps. 18.49. tiles, and sing unto thy name. 10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, ali ye people.

De.32.43. r Ps.117.1.

u 2Co.8.21.

20 For meat destroy not the work of God. a All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing Tit. 1. 15. whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. d Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.

23 And he that I doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

CHAP. XV.

1 The strong must bear with the weak. 2 We may not please ourselves, 3 for Christ did not so, 7 but receive one the other, as Christ did us all, 8 both Jews 9 and Gentiles. 15 Paul excuseth his writing, 28 and promiseth to see them, 30 and requesteth their

prayers.

b 1 Co. 8.9, 10, 11, 12.

e1Co.8.13.

d 1Jo.3.21.

2Pe.1.12.

ch.1.5.&

12. 3. Ga.1. 15. Ep.3.7,

8.

y ch.11.13. Ga. 2. 7, 8, 9.1 Ti.2 7.

tween meats.

e Tit. 1.15.

Or, sacrifiang. Is.66.20. Phi. 2. 17.

selves.

2 c Let every one of us pleased his neighbour for his good to edification.

-3 For even Christ pleased not

12 And again Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, w filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

17 I have therefore whereof 1 may glory through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.

18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jeru❤ salem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

come unto you;

oftentimes. hAc.19.21.

15.

He sendeth divers salutations. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus:

4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whoi not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epenetus, who is e the first-fruits of Achaia unto Christ.

6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the before me.

ney into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled t with your company.

25 But now I go unto Jerusalein to minister unto the saints. 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusa

lem.

27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For mit the Gentiles have been made. partakers of their spiritual things,

their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain,

1.11.

17.

1Co.9.11.

Ga. 6. 6.

• Phi.4.17.

29 And 1 am sure that when I p ch. 1. 11. come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake,

and for the love of the Spirit, Phi. 2. 1. r that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem, may be accepted of the saints;

32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

CHAP. XVI.

8 Faul willeth the brethren to greet many, 17 and adviseth them to take heed of those which cause dissension and offences, 21 and after sundry salutations endeth with praise and thanks to God.

i Ac. 15, 1, 5, 21. 1 Ti. 6.3.

* 1 Co. 5.9, 11. 2 Th. 3. 6, 14. 2 Ti. 3.5. Tit.3.

10, 2J0.10.

Phi. 3.19. 1 Ti. 6. 6.

m Col. 2.4.

2 Ti. 3. 6.
Tit. 1. 10.
2 Pe. 2. 3.
n ch. 1. 8.
o Mat. 10.
16.1Co.11.

T2Co.1 11.
Col. 4. 12.
$2 Th. 3.2. 20.
Or,
Or,
are disobe harmless.
dient.

t 2 Co. 8.4.
ch. 1. 10.

p ch.15.33.
q Ge. 3.15,

Or,
Ac.18.21. tread.
1 Co. 4. 19.
Ja. 4. 15.

r ver. 21. 1 Co 16 23. y 1 Co. 16. 2 Co.13.14. 18. 2 Co. 7. Phi. 4. 23. 13. 2 Ti. 1. 1 Th.5.2. 16. Philem. 2 Th. 3.18. Re. 22. 21.

7, 20.

2 ch.16.20. Ac. 16.1. 1 Co.14.3%. Col. 1. 1. 2Co.13 II. Phi. 2. 19. Phi. 4. 9. 1 Th. 3. 2. 1Th. 5.23. I Ti. 1. 2. of the church which is at a Cen-2 Th. 3.16. He. 13. 23. chrea:

I

COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant

2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

He. 13. 20. Ac.18.18.

6 Phi.2.29. 3 Jo. 5, 6.

t Ac. 13. 1. 24 Ac. 17.5.

Ac. 20.4. y 1Co.1.14.

Ac.19.22. 12 Ti. 4. 20.

8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.

9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.

11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

13 Salute Rufus & chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.

15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.

16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but 4their own belly; and m by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, aud simple conceruing evil.

20 And the God of bruise Satan under your feet 7 shall peace shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 21 Timotheus my work-fellow, and Lucius, and u Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute