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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Protection of Property</span></div><div class="p"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 22:1 is numbered 21:37, and 22:2-31 is numbered 22:1-30.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.22.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.22.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession&#8212;whether ox or donkey or sheep&#8212;they must pay back double.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.22.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else&#8217;s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.22.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.22.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone gives a neighbor silver or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor&#8217;s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But if the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges, and they must</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">before God, and he will</span></span></span><span class="content"> determine whether the owner of the house has laid hands on the other person&#8217;s property. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, &#8216;This is mine,&#8217; both parties are to bring their cases before the judges.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">before God</span></span></span><span class="content"> The one whom the judges declare</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">whom God declares</span></span></span><span class="content"> guilty must pay back double to the other.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.22.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person&#8217;s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the neighbor shall bring in the remains as evidence and shall not be required to pay for the torn animal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.22.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Social Responsibility</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.22.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.22.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not allow a sorceress to live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.22.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.22.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> must be destroyed.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:20 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.22.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.22.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.22.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor&#8217;s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.22.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not blaspheme God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Do not revile the judges</span></span></span><span class="content"> or curse the ruler of your people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.22.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">22:29 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.22.29"><span class="content">&#8220;You must give me the firstborn of your sons. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.22.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do the same with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.22.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.22.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;You are to be my holy people. So do not eat the meat of an animal torn by wild beasts; throw it to the dogs.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch119" data-usfm="PSA.119.97+PSA.119.98+PSA.119.99+PSA.119.100+PSA.119.101+PSA.119.102+PSA.119.103+PSA.119.104+PSA.119.105+PSA.119.106+PSA.119.107+PSA.119.108+PSA.119.109+PSA.119.110+PSA.119.111+PSA.119.112+PSA.119.113+PSA.119.114+PSA.119.115+PSA.119.116+PSA.119.117+PSA.119.118+PSA.119.119+PSA.119.120+PSA.119.121+PSA.119.122+PSA.119.123+PSA.119.124+PSA.119.125+PSA.119.126+PSA.119.127+PSA.119.128+PSA.119.129+PSA.119.130+PSA.119.131+PSA.119.132+PSA.119.133+PSA.119.134+PSA.119.135+PSA.119.136">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"><span class="label">97</span><span class="content">Oh, how I love your law!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"><span class="content">I meditate on it all day long.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v97" data-usfm="PSA.119.97"></span><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"><span class="label">98</span><span class="content">Your commands are always with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"><span class="content">and make me wiser than my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v98" data-usfm="PSA.119.98"></span><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"><span class="label">99</span><span class="content">I have more insight than all my teachers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"><span class="content">for I meditate on your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v99" data-usfm="PSA.119.99"></span><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"><span class="label">100</span><span class="content">I have more understanding than the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"><span class="content">for I obey your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v100" data-usfm="PSA.119.100"></span><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"><span class="label">101</span><span class="content">I have kept my feet from every evil path</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"><span class="content">so that I might obey your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v101" data-usfm="PSA.119.101"></span><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"><span class="label">102</span><span class="content">I have not departed from your laws,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"><span class="content">for you yourself have taught me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v102" data-usfm="PSA.119.102"></span><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"><span class="label">103</span><span class="content">How sweet are your words to my taste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"><span class="content">sweeter than honey to my mouth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v103" data-usfm="PSA.119.103"></span><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"><span class="label">104</span><span class="content">I gain understanding from your precepts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"><span class="content">therefore I hate every wrong path.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1504; Nun</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v104" data-usfm="PSA.119.104"></span><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"><span class="label">105</span><span class="content">Your word is a lamp for my feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"><span class="content">a light on my path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v105" data-usfm="PSA.119.105"></span><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"><span class="label">106</span><span class="content">I have taken an oath and confirmed it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"><span class="content">that I will follow your righteous laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v106" data-usfm="PSA.119.106"></span><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"><span class="label">107</span><span class="content">I have suffered much;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"><span class="content">preserve my life, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, according to your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v107" data-usfm="PSA.119.107"></span><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"><span class="label">108</span><span class="content">Accept, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the willing praise of my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"><span class="content">and teach me your laws.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v108" data-usfm="PSA.119.108"></span><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"><span class="label">109</span><span class="content">Though I constantly take my life in my hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"><span class="content">I will not forget your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v109" data-usfm="PSA.119.109"></span><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"><span class="label">110</span><span class="content">The wicked have set a snare for me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"><span class="content">but I have not strayed from your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v110" data-usfm="PSA.119.110"></span><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"><span class="label">111</span><span class="content">Your statutes are my heritage forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"><span class="content">they are the joy of my heart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v111" data-usfm="PSA.119.111"></span><span class="verse v112" data-usfm="PSA.119.112"><span class="label">112</span><span class="content">My heart is set on keeping your decrees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v112" data-usfm="PSA.119.112"><span class="content">to the very end.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">119:112 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">decrees / for their enduring reward</span></span></span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1505; Samekh</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v112" data-usfm="PSA.119.112"></span><span class="verse v113" data-usfm="PSA.119.113"><span class="label">113</span><span class="content">I hate double-minded people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v113" data-usfm="PSA.119.113"><span class="content">but I love your law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v113" data-usfm="PSA.119.113"></span><span class="verse v114" data-usfm="PSA.119.114"><span class="label">114</span><span class="content">You are my refuge and my shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v114" data-usfm="PSA.119.114"><span class="content">I have put my hope in your word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v114" data-usfm="PSA.119.114"></span><span class="verse v115" data-usfm="PSA.119.115"><span class="label">115</span><span class="content">Away from me, you evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v115" data-usfm="PSA.119.115"><span class="content">that I may keep the commands of my God!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v115" data-usfm="PSA.119.115"></span><span class="verse v116" data-usfm="PSA.119.116"><span class="label">116</span><span class="content">Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v116" data-usfm="PSA.119.116"><span class="content">do not let my hopes be dashed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v116" data-usfm="PSA.119.116"></span><span class="verse v117" data-usfm="PSA.119.117"><span class="label">117</span><span class="content">Uphold me, and I will be delivered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v117" data-usfm="PSA.119.117"><span class="content">I will always have regard for your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v117" data-usfm="PSA.119.117"></span><span class="verse v118" data-usfm="PSA.119.118"><span class="label">118</span><span class="content">You reject all who stray from your decrees,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v118" data-usfm="PSA.119.118"><span class="content">for their delusions come to nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v118" data-usfm="PSA.119.118"></span><span class="verse v119" data-usfm="PSA.119.119"><span class="label">119</span><span class="content">All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v119" data-usfm="PSA.119.119"><span class="content">therefore I love your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v119" data-usfm="PSA.119.119"></span><span class="verse v120" data-usfm="PSA.119.120"><span class="label">120</span><span class="content">My flesh trembles in fear of you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v120" data-usfm="PSA.119.120"><span class="content">I stand in awe of your laws.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1506; Ayin</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v120" data-usfm="PSA.119.120"></span><span class="verse v121" data-usfm="PSA.119.121"><span class="label">121</span><span class="content">I have done what is righteous and just;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v121" data-usfm="PSA.119.121"><span class="content">do not leave me to my oppressors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v121" data-usfm="PSA.119.121"></span><span class="verse v122" data-usfm="PSA.119.122"><span class="label">122</span><span class="content">Ensure your servant&#8217;s well-being;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v122" data-usfm="PSA.119.122"><span class="content">do not let the arrogant oppress me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v122" data-usfm="PSA.119.122"></span><span class="verse v123" data-usfm="PSA.119.123"><span class="label">123</span><span class="content">My eyes fail, looking for your salvation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v123" data-usfm="PSA.119.123"><span class="content">looking for your righteous promise.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v123" data-usfm="PSA.119.123"></span><span class="verse v124" data-usfm="PSA.119.124"><span class="label">124</span><span class="content">Deal with your servant according to your love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v124" data-usfm="PSA.119.124"><span class="content">and teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v124" data-usfm="PSA.119.124"></span><span class="verse v125" data-usfm="PSA.119.125"><span class="label">125</span><span class="content">I am your servant; give me discernment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v125" data-usfm="PSA.119.125"><span class="content">that I may understand your statutes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v125" data-usfm="PSA.119.125"></span><span class="verse v126" data-usfm="PSA.119.126"><span class="label">126</span><span class="content">It is time for you to act, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v126" data-usfm="PSA.119.126"><span class="content">your law is being broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v126" data-usfm="PSA.119.126"></span><span class="verse v127" data-usfm="PSA.119.127"><span class="label">127</span><span class="content">Because I love your commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v127" data-usfm="PSA.119.127"><span class="content">more than gold, more than pure gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v127" data-usfm="PSA.119.127"></span><span class="verse v128" data-usfm="PSA.119.128"><span class="label">128</span><span class="content">and because I consider all your precepts right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v128" data-usfm="PSA.119.128"><span class="content">I hate every wrong path.</span></span></div><div class="qa"><span class="heading">&#1508; Pe</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v128" data-usfm="PSA.119.128"></span><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"><span class="label">129</span><span class="content">Your statutes are wonderful;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"><span class="content">therefore I obey them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v129" data-usfm="PSA.119.129"></span><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"><span class="label">130</span><span class="content">The unfolding of your words gives light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"><span class="content">it gives understanding to the simple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v130" data-usfm="PSA.119.130"></span><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"><span class="label">131</span><span class="content">I open my mouth and pant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"><span class="content">longing for your commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v131" data-usfm="PSA.119.131"></span><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"><span class="label">132</span><span class="content">Turn to me and have mercy on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"><span class="content">as you always do to those who love your name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v132" data-usfm="PSA.119.132"></span><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"><span class="label">133</span><span class="content">Direct my footsteps according to your word;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"><span class="content">let no sin rule over me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v133" data-usfm="PSA.119.133"></span><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"><span class="label">134</span><span class="content">Redeem me from human oppression,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"><span class="content">that I may obey your precepts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v134" data-usfm="PSA.119.134"></span><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"><span class="label">135</span><span class="content">Make your face shine on your servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"><span class="content">and teach me your decrees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v135" data-usfm="PSA.119.135"></span><span class="verse v136" data-usfm="PSA.119.136"><span class="label">136</span><span class="content">Streams of tears flow from my eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v136" data-usfm="PSA.119.136"><span class="content">for your law is not obeyed.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life Through the Spirit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is singular; some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content"> free from the law of sin and death. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">flesh, for sin</span></span></span><span class="content"> And so he condemned sin in the flesh, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God&#8217;s law, nor can it do so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive</span></span></span><span class="content"> because of righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">bodies through</span></span></span><span class="content"> his Spirit who lives in you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation&#8212;but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And by him we cry, &#8220;</span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Abba,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">Aramaic for </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content"> Father.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God&#8217;s children. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now if we are children, then we are heirs&#8212;heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Present Suffering and Future Glory</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">that</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:20,21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">subjected it in hope. </span><span class="fv">21 </span><span class="fqa">For</span></span></span><span class="content"> the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God&#8217;s people in accordance with the will of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that all things work together for good to those who love God, who</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good&#8212;with those who</span></span></span><span class="content"> have been called according to his purpose. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">More Than Conquerors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all&#8212;how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died&#8212;more than that, who was raised to life&#8212;is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.44.22">Psalm 44:22</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ROM.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ROM.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nor heavenly rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ROM.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div>
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