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How God's Goodness Changes Everything

Noah: A Covenant With Humanity

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House of David

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   <div class="book bkEZR">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="EZR.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken by Jeremiah, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:</span></span></div><div class="pmo"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZR.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZR.1.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZR.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZR.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZR.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZR.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites&#8212;everyone whose heart God had moved&#8212;prepared to go up and build the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZR.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZR.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">gods</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZR.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This was the inventory:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><table class="table">
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">gold dishes</span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">30</span></span></td>
</tr>
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">silver dishes</span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">1,000</span></span></td>
</tr>
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">silver pans</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZR.1.9"><span class="content">29</span></span></td>
</tr>
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">gold bowls</span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">30</span></span></td>
</tr>
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">matching silver bowls</span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">410</span></span></td>
</tr>
            <tr class="row">
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">other articles</span></span></td>
               <td class="cell"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">1,000</span></span></td>
</tr>
</table><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">  </span><span class="content">  </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZR.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZR.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch109" data-usfm="PSA.109">
         <div class="label">109</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 109</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My God, whom I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="content">do not remain silent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for people who are wicked and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">have opened their mouths against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">they have spoken against me with lying tongues.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With words of hatred they surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="content">they attack me without cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In return for my friendship they accuse me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="content">but I am a man of prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="content">and hatred for my friendship.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="content">let an accuser stand at his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he is tried, let him be found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="content">and may his prayers condemn him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May his days be few;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="content">may another take his place of leadership.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May his children be fatherless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="content">and his wife a widow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May his children be wandering beggars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="content">may they be driven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">109:10 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">sought</span></span></span><span class="content"> from their ruined homes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May a creditor seize all he has;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="content">may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May no one extend kindness to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="content">or take pity on his fatherless children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May his descendants be cut off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="content">their names blotted out from the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="content">may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May their sins always remain before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="content">that he may blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For he never thought of doing a kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">but hounded to death the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">and the needy and the brokenhearted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He loved to pronounce a curse&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it come back on him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">He found no pleasure in blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it be far from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He wore cursing as his garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">it entered into his body like water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">into his bones like oil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="content">like a belt tied forever around him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">May this be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s payment to my accusers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="content">to those who speak evil of me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">help me for your name&#8217;s sake;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For I am poor and needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="content">and my heart is wounded within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I fade away like an evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="content">I am shaken off like a locust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My knees give way from fasting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="content">my body is thin and gaunt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I am an object of scorn to my accusers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="content">when they see me, they shake their heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Help me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="content">save me according to your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Let them know that it is your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="content">that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have done it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">While they curse, may you bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">may those who attack me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">but may your servant rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">May my accusers be clothed with disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="content">and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">With my mouth I will greatly extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="content">in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For he stands at the right hand of the needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="content">to save their lives from those who would condemn them.</span></span></div>
      </div>
   </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkROM">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ROM.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">who according to the flesh</span></span></span><span class="content"> was a descendant of David, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">was declared with power to be the Son of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith for his name&#8217;s sake. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Longing to Visit Rome</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God&#8217;s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other&#8217;s faith. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 7:1, 4; 8:12, 29; 10:1; 11:25; 12:1; 15:14, 30; 16:14, 17.</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed&#8212;a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">is from faith to faith</span></span></span><span class="content"> just as it is written: &#8220;The righteous will live by faith.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:17 </span><span class="ft">Hab. 2:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For since the creation of the world God&#8217;s invisible qualities&#8212;his eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator&#8212;who is forever praised. Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Although they know God&#8217;s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.</span></span></div>
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