10 December - Romans 11-13

Jude Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:42 am

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

ROMANS 11

1I say then, has Elohim rejected His people? Let it not be! For I also am a Yisra’ĕlite, of the seed of Aḇraham, of the tribe of Binyamin.

2Elohim has not rejected His people whom He knew beforehand.a Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Ěliyahu, how he pleads with Elohim against Yisra’ĕl, saying,

3“יהוה, they have killed Your prophets and overthrown Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?

4But what does the answer of Elohim say to him? “I have left for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Ba‛al.”

5So therefore also, at this present time a remnant according to the choice of favour has come to be.

6And if by favour, it is no longer of works, otherwise favour is no longer favour. And if it is of works, it is no longer favour, otherwise work is no longer work.

7What then? Yisra’ĕl has not obtained what it seeks, but the chosen did obtain it, and the rest were hardened.

8As it has been written, “יהוה has given them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, unto this day.”

9Dawiḏ also says, “Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling-block and a recompense to them,

10let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and bow down their back always.”

11I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Let it not be! But by their fall deliverance has come to the gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

12And if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the gentiles, how much more their completeness!

13For I speak to you, the gentiles, inasmuch as I am an emissary to the gentiles, I esteem my service,

14if somehow I might provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them.

15For if their casting away is the restoration to favour of the world, what is their acceptance but life from the dead?

16Now if the first-fruit is set-apart, the lump is also. And if the root is set-apart, so are the branches.

17And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, have been grafted in among them, and came to share the root and fatness of the olive tree,

18do not boast against the branches. And if you boast, remember: you do not bear the root, but the root bears you!

19You shall say then, “The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”

20Good! By unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by belief. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

21For if Elohim did not spare the natural branches, He might not spare you either.

22See then the kindness and sharpness of Elohim: on those who fell sharpness, but toward you kindness, if you continue in His kindness, otherwise you also shall be cut off.

23And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, shall be grafted in, for Elohim is able to graft them in again.

24For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree, how much more shall these who are the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

25For I do not wish you to be ignorant of this secret, brothers, lest you should be wise in your own estimation, that hardening in part has come over Yisra’ĕl, until the completeness of the gentilesa has come in.

26And so all Yisra’ĕl shall be saved, as it has been written, “The Deliverer shall come out of Tsiyon, and He shall turn away wickedness from Ya‛aqoḇ,

27and this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”a

28Truly, as regards the Good News they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

29For the gifts and the calling of Elohim are not to be repented of.

30For as you also at one time disobeyed Elohim, but now have obtained compassion through their disobedience,

31so also these have now disobeyed, that through the compassion shown you they also might obtain compassion.

32For Elohim has shut them all up to disobedience, in order to have compassion on all.

33Oh, the depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of Elohim! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways!

34“For who has known the mind of יהוה? Or who has become His counsellor?”

35“Or who first gave to Him, and it shall be given back to him?”

36Because of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all, to whom be esteem forever. Amĕn.

ROMANS 12

1I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through the compassion of Elohim, to present your bodies a living offering – set-apart, well-pleasing to Elohim – your reasonable worship.

2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.

3For I say, through the favour which has been given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he should think, but to think soberly, as Elohim has given to each a measure of belief.

4For as we have many members in one body, but all members do not have the same function,

5so we, the many, are one body in Messiah, and members each one of one another.

6Now having different gifts, according to the favour which was given to us, let us use them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of belief;

7if serving, in the serving; or he who is teaching, in the teaching;

8or he who encourages, in the encouragement; or he who is sharing, in sincerity; he who is leading, in diligence; he who shows compassion, joyously.

9Let love be without hypocrisy. Shrink from what is wicked, cling to what is good.

10In brotherly love, tenderly loving towards one another, in appreciation, giving preference to each other;

11not idle in duty, ardent in spirit, serving the Master;

12rejoicing in the expectancy, enduring under pressure, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

13imparting to the needs of the set-apart ones, pursuing kindness towards strangers.

14Bless those who persecute you – bless and do not curse.

15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

16Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be proud in mind, but go along with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

18If possible, on your part, be at peace with all men.

19Beloved, do not revenge yourselves, but give place to the wrath, for it has been written, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay,” says יהוה.

20“Instead, if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink, for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head.”

21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

ROMANS 13

1Let every being be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from Elohim, and the authorities that exist are appointed by Elohim.

2So he who opposes the authority withstands the institution of Elohim, and those who withstand shall bring judgment on themselves.

3For those ruling are an object of fear, not to good works, but to evil. Do you wish to be not afraid of the authority? Do the good, and you shall have praise from it,

4for it is a servant of Elohim to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. For it is a servant of Elohim, a revenger to execute wrath on him who practises evil.

5Therefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of the conscience.

6For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are servants of Elohim attending continually to these duties.

7Render therefore to all what is due to them: tax to whom tax is due, toll to whom toll, fear to whom fear, respect to whom respect.

8Owe no one any matter except to love one another, for he who loves another has filled the Torah.

9For this, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other command, is summed up in this word, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”

10Love does no evil to a neighbour. Therefore, love is completion of the Torah.

11And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for us to wake up from sleep, for now our deliverance is nearer than when we did believe.

12The night is far advanced, the day has come near. So let us put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

13Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in wild parties and drunkenness, not in living together and indecencies, not in fighting and envy,

14but put on the Master יהושע Messiah, and make no provision for the lusts of the flesh.