The Gabriel Version
The Testimony of Yeshua
ROMANS 9-16 (Gabriel Version)
Introduction
Romans 9: I tell the truth in the Messiah, without misrepresentation, and my conscience confirms it for me by means of the dedicated spirit,
2 that I have deep grief, the anguish is unceasing.
3 I have even wished that I myself would be a rotten sacrifice and separated from the Messiah for my Friends and my mortal minded countrymen
4 who are descendants of Israel, who were once a dedicated nation, with preeminence and the Covenant, given the Torah and the Levitical service and the promised blessings.
5 These belonged to our ancestors, and from among them the Messiah descended in human form, who is Aloha over all. Praises and blessings belong to Him forever and ever, Aw-mane’.
6 Not, however, that the Words of Aloha have actually failed, since not everyone descended from Israel is part of Israel,
7 nor are they Abraham’s descendants, even tho they are descended from Abraham, because it was said, “Your descendants will be named after Isaac” [1].
8 That is, it isnt the physical descendants who are the children of Yehovah, but the children of the promise are considered the descendants.
9 The promise spoken was this, “I’ll come at the appointed time and Sarah will have a son”.
10 Not only this, but when Rebekah became pregnant by our ancestor Isaac,
11 before her children were born or had done good or evil, the purpose of Yehovah in reference to His selection [of Israel] would remain, not because of works, but by the One who calls [2],
12 because it was said, “The elder will serve the younger”.
13 As the Scriptures say, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau”.
14 What should we infer? Is Yehovah unfair? Absolutely not!
15 Look, He told Moses, “I’ll have mercy on anyone I want to have mercy on, and I’ll have compassion on anyone I want to have compassion on”.
16 It doesnt depend on who is willing, or someone who exerts extreme effort, it is the One who helps those seeking aid.
17 In the Scriptures, He told the Pharaoh, “This is why I have aroused you from sleep [3], so that I could show My power thru you, and so that My name would be proclaimed thruout the entire world”.
18 So He helps those in affliction when He decides to, when He wants, and He hastens the obstinance of those so inclined.
19 But, perhaps you’ll ask, “Why does He still complain? Who can resist His will”?
20 So man, who are you to talk back to Yehovah? Will the potter’s vessel say to the one who formed it, “Why have you made me this way”?
21 Doesnt the potter have the freedom to make from of the same batch of clay differing implements, one of higher value, and another of lesser esteem?
22 What if Yehovah, wanting to display His wrath and to make people aware of His power, after enduring so much, and with extreme patience, brought wrath on the angry implements that were ready for destruction [4];
23 and poured His mercy on the merciful vessels that had been made ready by Yehovah for splendor,
24 namely, on those of us who are called by name, not only from among the Jews, but also those of other ethnicities [ethnos].
25 As He said in Hosea, “I’ll call them ‘My people’ who were not ‘My people’, and will be merciful [5] to those I have not been merciful to.
26 It will be that in the very place where they were called, ‘Not My people’, there they’ll be called ‘the children of the living Aloha’”.
27 Isaiah proclaimed about descendants of Israel, “Though the number of the descendants of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, only a tiny fraction of them will remain as survivors”.
28 He has completed the mandate, and Yehovah will perform it quickly ON the earth.
29 Just as Isaiah said in an earlier place, “If the Aloha of the armies of Israel had not left behind a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah”.
30 What should we conclude? Why, that the other ethnicities who were not in pursuit of righteousness have now attained righteousness—righteousness resulting from faith!
31 Yet Israel, who had pursued the Torah of righteousness, hasnt attained the Torah of righteousness.
32 Why? Because they didnt seek it by faith, but only by the works of the Torah. Because they stumbled over the Stumbling Stone [6].
33 The Scriptures say, “Look, I’m bringing to Zion a Stone that people will trip over—a Rock who offends them. Yet no one who believes in Him will be shamed”.
[1] Saxons means “sons of Isaac”. [2] Yehovah didnt actually choose Israel, He chose Abraham. This is why He chose one nation to reveal His truth to first. The issue here isnt Yehovah predestining people for eternal Life, it is about predestining Abraham’s descendants for a job. Israel’s “works” had nothing to do with their selection (however Abraham’s did). See Why Did [Yehovah] Choose Israel? (page 1) [3] “I aroused you from sleep”: Yehovah used the Pharaoh’s inherent evil, as if by arousing it from sleep, thus ending Israel’s brutal captivity on His own timetable. [4] Some have assumed that Yehovah is unjust in judging people after reading vs 18-22, but the context presupposes sin. In the case of Pharaoh, Yehovah simply provided the circumstances to allow him to be himself, resulting in the timetable being sped up. Consequently, people became quite aware of His power. Hopefully it was a deterrent for others! Note that Yehovah showed “extreme patience”. He’ll only endure so much. Some take “fit (or fitted) for destruction” to mean they were created just to be destroyed. Not so, but wherever there is a crop there will inevitably be some weeds to cut down. [5] The Greek says “love”. [6] 1 Peter 2:6-8
Romans 10: Friends, my passionate desire, and my prayer to Yehovah on their behalf, is for their eternal Life.
2 I’m a witness that they have a zeal for Yehovah, but it isnt with precise and correct knowledge.
3 They dont know the righteousness of Yehovah, seeking rather to establish their own righteousness. So they’ve refused to submit themselves to the righteousness of Yehovah.
4 The Messiah is the aim and purpose of the Torah, a means of righteousness for everyone who believes in Him.
5 Moses wrote about the righteousness that comes from the Torah as follows, “Whoever does these things will live by them”.
6 But the righteousness that comes by faith says, “You shouldnt ask yourself, ‘Who will ascend to Heaven and bring the Messiah down’”?
7 Or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss [abussos] of Sheol and bring the Messiah up from among the deceased’?
8 But what does it say? “The answer is ‘on your lips’ and in your mind. That is the message of faith that we proclaim”.
9 If you speak freely about our Master Yeshua, and believe with your mind that Yehovah has raised Him from the dead, you’ll be Rescued.
10 When someone understands and believes in Him, they can become righteous, and their confession leads to eternal Life.
11 The Scriptures say, “No one who believes in Him will be ashamed”.
12 There is no distinction between Jews and Hellenists because there is one Aloha over them all, who has limitless blessings for anyone who calls on Him.
13 Everyone who calls on Yehovah’s name will be Rescued.
14 But how can they be His witnesses if they havent believed? Or how can they believe in Him if they havent heard of Him? Or how can they hear without heralds?
15 How can they herald if they arent sent out? As the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the Good News of peace and good things”?
16 But not everyone has heard and obeyed the Good News. Because as Isaiah said, “Yehovah, who has stood firm in our instructions”?
17 So faith comes from the hearing, and hearing is from the Words of Aloha.
18 But I say, “Havent they heard? Their proclamation has gone out into the entire earth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth”!
19 But I say, “Didnt Israel know”? First, Moses said, “I’ll provoke you to jealousy by a people who were not previously a people. By a seemingly ignorant people I’ll provoke you to wrath”.
20 Isaiah boldly said, “I was seen by those who simply werent looking for Me, and I was found by those who werent even asking about Me”.
21 But He said to Israel, “All day long, I have reached out My hands to an unbelieving and disobedient people”.
Romans 11: But I ask, has Yehovah cast off His people? Absolutely not. I’m an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Yehovah hasnt cast off the people who He predestined. Dont you know what the Scriptures say about Elijah? He complained to Yehovah against Israel and said,
3 “Yehovah, they’ve killed Your prophets and demolished Your altars. I’m the only one left and they are searching for me, demanding my life”.
4 But he was told by a revelation, “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have never bowed their knees to worship Baal”!
5 Similarly, at the present time, a small fraction are left—selected by compassion.
6 But if by compassion, it isnt by works, otherwise, compassion isnt compassion. And if by works, it isnt by compassion— otherwise, work isnt work.
7 What then? Israel didnt obtain what it sought, but the Select [#] obtained it, and the rest of them had calloused minds.
8 According to the Scriptures, “Yehovah declared [1] their minds stupid—eyes that wont see and ears that wont hear, to this very day.
9 Again, David said, “Their table should become a snare, and their compensation should be a stumbling block.
10 Darkness should come over their eyes so that they cant see, and their backs should always be bowed down under a yoke.
11 But I ask, have they stumbled into condemnation? Certainly not! Rather, by their stumbling, eternal Life has come to every ethnicity, to make them zealous.
12 If their stumbling results in the enrichment of the world, and their loss results in an abundance for the Nations [ethnos], then how much greater riches will their fulfillment bring?
13 It is to those of you of other nations that I’m speaking, since I’m an envoy to the nations, yet I honor my ministry,
14 so that if by any means I can provoke some of my own race to rivalry, and Rescue some of them.
15 If their rejection has resulted in a reconciliation of the world, then what will their conversion be but Life from the dead?
16 If the firstfruit is dedicated, then the rest of the dough is also, and if the root is dedicated, then the branches are also.
17 If some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive, were grafted in among the others, and have been nourished along with the others by the roots of the olive tree,
18 then dont ridicule the branches. If you ridicule them, you arent supporting the root, even tho the root is supporting you.
19 Should you say, “Branches were broken off so that we could be grafted into their place”.
20 Certainly, they were broken off because they didnt believe, and you have been established by faith. But dont be arrogant, rather fear.
21 If Yehovah didnt spare the natural branches, it’s possible He wont spare you.
22 Consider the kindness and the severity of Yehovah on those who fell—severity, but on you, kindness, as long as you remain in His kindness, but if not, you’ll also be broken off.
23 Likewise, if they turn from their unbelief, they too will be grafted back in again, because Yehovah is able to graft them back in.
24 If you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a garden cultivar tree, how much more readily could they be grafted back into their own native olive tree?
25 Friends, so that you wont be presumptuous, I want you to know of this hidden mystery—that mental blindness has happened to Israel in some measure until the Time of the heathens [2] has occurred,
26 and then all Israel will be Rescued. As the Scriptures declare, “A deliverer will come from Zion and remove Jacob’s lack of reverence.
27 Then they’ll have My Covenant, when I have forgiven their sins”.
28 Now concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake, but in the selection they are loved for the patriarchs’ sake.
29 Yehovah wont withdraw His pure gifts or His calling.
30 Just as you previously hadnt believed Yehovah, but now have received a pardon due to the unbelief of the Jews,
31 in a similar way for those who presently dont believe in the mercy that you have, there will be mercy for them as well [3].
32 Yehovah considers everyone to have been “caught in the same net” of unbelief, so that He can have mercy on everyone.
33 O the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of Yehovah! No one can secondguess His decisions. His course of conduct is beyond scrutiny.
34 Who has known the mind of Yehovah? Who has been His counselor?
35 Who has given Him something prior receiving something from Him?
36 The universe originated with Him, and by Him and thru Him. Praise and blessing are His forever and ever. Aw-mane’.
[1] Deuteronomy 29:2-4 explains that the blind stupidity of Israel was despite the fact that they were given great signs and wonders. The old adage about leading a horse to water, but not being able to make them drink seems to apply. Young’s Literal interprets this to mean “declared” them stupid, rather than “making” them stupid. [2] This is the equivalent of Ezekiel 30:3 “The Day is near, even the Day of Yehovah is near, it will be a cloudy time, an eventful time for the heathens”. —The Word of Elohim, Gabriel Version (WE) [3] Plan A was for Israel to teach the world about the Torah, not the other way around! (Deuteronomy 4:5-13)
Romans 12: I plead with you Friends, by the mercy of Yehovah, that you present your bodies as living sacrifices, dedicated and acceptable to Yehovah, as a logical [logikos] service.
2 Dont conform to this world, but be transformed, by the renovation of your minds, so that you can discern what the good and acceptable and complete will of Yehovah is.
3 By the compassion given to me, I tell everyone not to think more highly of yourselves than you really are, but to have a moderate estimation of yourselves, because Yehovah has distributed to everyone a measure of faith.
4 There are many members in one body, and none of those members have the same function.
5 So collectively we’re one body in the Messiah, and each member belongs to the whole.
6 Yet we have different gifts based on the compassion given to us. If yours is prophecy, use it in proportion to your faith.
7 Others offer various services [diakonia] as they minister, while teachers should teach.
8 Others can comfort and encourage persuasively, others give in sincerity, others are diligent moderators [1], others can sympathize with cheerfulness.
9 Your love should be perfectly sincere, but hate wicked things, and hang onto to good things.
10 Show family love [philostorgos] and brotherly love [philadelphia] to each other, take the lead in treating each other as precious.
11 Dont be slow when activity is needed. Be fervent in spirit, serving Yehovah,
12 elated in your anticipation, patient under persecution, persistent in prayer.
13 Take care of the needs of the faithful, always practicing hospitality.
14 Bless your persecutors, bless them dont curse them.
15 Celebrate with those who are celebrating, cry with those who are crying.
16 Dont value yourselves more than your Friends. Dont try to receive honors, rather, associate with the humble. And dont be someone who tries to appear wise or intelligent.
17 Dont repay anyone evil for evil, be a good example for everyone.
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live in peace with everyone.
19 Friends, dont do your own avenging, dont react to anger. The Scriptures say, “If you dont carry out vengeance for yourself, I’ll avenge you, says Yehovah”.
20 If your adversary is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink. If you do these things for him, you’ll heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Dont be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
[1] Proistemi is a compound Greek word that literally means—“before” &, “to cause or make to stand”, ie “in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges, before members of the Sanhedrin” —OBGL.
Romans 13: Everyone should cooperate with the authorized governmental powers. There is no authority that isnt from Yehovah. The authorities that exist are assigned by Yehovah.
2 So whoever opposes “the establishment”, opposes Yehovah’s institution, and anyone who opposes them will be judged.
3 Judges arent a terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. If you dont want to be afraid of their authority, do good and they’ll commend you.
4 He is the “deacon” of Yehovah for your good. But if you do evil, be afraid, because he isnt wearing a sword for no reason, he is a “deacon” of Yehovah, and a punishing avenger for those who commit crimes.
5 So we must obey, not only to avoid punishment, but also for conscience’ sake.
6 This is why you pay annual taxes, because they are the public ministers of Yehovah who attend to these things.
7 So give everyone what is due to them, tax-money to who tax-money is due, tolls to who tolls are due, fear to who fear is due, and honor to who honor is due.
8 Owe nothing to anyone except for mutual love, because anyone who loves their fellow man has carried out the Torah.
9 It says: “You wont murder”, and “You wont commit adultery”, and “You wont steal”, and “You wont covet” [1]. And if anyone considers the other classes of commandments, they are summarized with this statement, “You will love [agapao] your acquaintances as yourself”.
10 Love never does anything harmful to an acquaintance, because love is a fulfilling [2] of the Torah.
11 Also, be aware that it is the point in time when we should awaken from our sleep [ignorance], because our eternal Life is nearer to us than when we first became faithful.
12 The night is passing away and the day is near. So let’s throw aside the works of darkness, and let’s clothe ourselves with the armor of light.
13 Let’s live decently as in daylight, not carousing or in drunkenness or sleeping around, or in envy and strife.
14 On the contrary, clothe yourselves with our Master Yeshua the Messiah, and dont be preoccupied with mortal indulgences.
[1] Matthew 19:16-19 [2] See how love without an understanding of the Torah can be a substitute for the Torah for people blissfully ignorant of it. The Greek word for “fulfill” alludes to filling the cargo hold of a ship. It’s that full. And apparently, just as in English, “fill” can mean to “fill out”, “stand in for”, “occupy”, “carry out”, “satisfy” or be used as a “substitute”, according to my Oxford Word Finder.
Romans 14: Assist anyone weak in the faith, reach out your hand. And dont be indecisive.
2 One person believes that they can eat any food while another who is feeble eats vegetarian.
3 The person who eats meat shouldnt despise the person who doesnt eat meat, and the person who doesnt eat meat, shouldnt judge the person who eats meat, because Yehovah also leads them.
4 Who are you to judge another man’s servant, who, if they stand, they stand to Yehovah, and if they fall, they fall to Yehovah? They’ll assuredly stand because Yehovah has the ability to establish them.
5 One person chooses one particular day and another chooses any day. Everyone should be filled with convictions in their own perceptions.
6 The person who has an understanding about a day, understands it for Yehovah, and the person who doesnt have that understanding about a day, for Yehovah, he doesnt understand it. And the person who eats, eats to Yehovah, and gives thanks to Yehovah, and the person who doesnt eat, to Yehovah he doesnt eat, and gives thanks to Yehovah.
7 Not one of us lives to ourself, and not one dies to ourself.
8 If we live, we live for Yehovah, and if we die, we die for Yehovah. So whether we live, or whether we die, we’re Yehovah’s.
9 This is why the Messiah died, came back to Life, and arose—so that He could be Master of the dead and of the living!
10 Why do you judge your countrymen, or why do you consider your countrymen to be worthless? We must all stand before the judgment seat of the Messiah.
11 The Scriptures say, “As I live, says Yehovah, every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will acknowledge Me”.
12 So then, each of us must give a defense of ourselves before Yehovah.
13 From now on, dont judge each other, rather decide never to set up an obstacle to trip your countrymen.
14 I’m perfectly convinced by our Master Yeshua that nothing is defiled [1] by itself, but anyone who believes that something is defiled, for them alone it is defiled.
15 If a Friend is being hurt due to your food, then you are no longer living by love [agape]. Dont destroy anyone who the Messiah died for over food.
16 And never allow your fidelity to be matter of reproach.
17 The Kingdom of Yehovah, isnt about food and drink, it’s about righteousness, peace, and joy in the dedicated spirit.
18 Anyone who serves the Messiah in these things, is pleasing to Yehovah, and is considered genuine by everyone.
19 Let’s earnestly pursue peace, and the things that mutually build up character!
20 Dont destroy the work of Yehovah for meat, because all kinds of things are pure, yet it is destructive for anyone who eats, if they trip others.
21 It would be better never to eat the flesh of a sacrificial animal, nor drink wine, than to do anything that would trip a Friend [2].
22 Do you have a personal conviction? Keep it between yourself and Yehovah [3]. How blessed is the person who doesnt condemn themselves by the things that they prove to be genuine.
23 Anyone who is doubtful, but eats anyway, is condemned because they dont eat in faith, since anything that isnt based on faith is sin.
[1] “Defiled” means sacrificed to idols or even handled or sold by “Gentiles”. “Unclean”, when related to food, has to do with Leviticus 11. [2] The Greek adds, “or offends or makes weak”. [3] On the other hand, should someone ask, “Always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks you for an explanation about the expectation of your faith, with gentleness and respect”. (1 Peter 3:15)
Romans 15: So we who are strong should bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not strive to please ourselves.
2 Each of us should please our Friends in good things, promoting mutual growth.
3 Because the Messiah didnt please Himself either. The Scriptures say, “The assaults of your assailants fell on Me”.
4 All of the previous Scriptures were written for our doctrine [1] so that we, by patience and by the consolation of the Scriptures, can have confident expectations.
5 May the Aloha of patience and consolation grant you harmony with each other, in Yeshua the Messiah,
6 so that with unity and one voice you can honor Yehovah, the Father of our Master Yeshua the Messiah.
7 So welcome each other patiently, just as the Messiah welcomed you into the magnificence of Yehovah.
8 Now I say that Yeshua the Messiah was a “deacon” to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of Yehovah, in order to confirm the promise made to our ancestors.
9 So every nation can praise Yehovah for His mercies toward them. As the Scriptures say, “I’ll praise you among the nations, and I’ll sing praises to Your name”.
10 He also said, “Every nation, celebrate with His people”.
11 He also said, “Every nation, praise Yehovah, and every nation extol Him”.
12 He also said, “There will be an offspring of Jesse who will arise and rule every nation and every nation will trust Him”.
13 Now may the Aloha of our expectation fill you with continual joy and peace because you trust in Him, so that you’ll have abundant anticipation by the power of the dedicated spirit.
14 Now Friends, I’m personally convinced that you are also filled with goodness and filled with considerable knowledge and are capable of instructing each other.
15 Yet Friends, I have written rather boldly to you to remind you of the favor that is given to me by Yehovah,
16 to be a temple priest of Yeshua the Messiah to the nations, offering the Good News as a priest of Yehovah, so that the offering presented—the nations themselves, will be acceptable, deemed to be dedicated by the dedicated spirit.
17 So I take pride, because of Yeshua the Messiah, in doing things pertaining to Yehovah.
18 Yet I wont venture to speak of anything, except what the Messiah has accomplished thru me, in bringing the Nations to obedience by words or deeds,
19 thru powerful signs and wonders, and by the power of the dedicated spirit, so that from Jerusalem I have traveled all around, as far as Illyricum, and have fully announced the Good News of the Messiah.
20 I was careful not to bring the Good News where the name of the Messiah was already known, so as not to build on another man’s foundation.
21 As the Scriptures say, “Those who had not heard mention of Him will see Him, and those who had not heard will be persuaded and obey”.
22 This is why I have been prevented from coming to you so many times.
23 But now since I have no more opportunities in these regions and because I have wanted to visit you for many years,
24 when I go to Spain, I hope to come and see you, and that you’ll escort me there after I have enjoyed visiting with you for a while.
25 But now I’m going to Jerusalem to serve [diakoneo] the faithful there.
26 The Friends from Macedonia and Achaia have been willing to make a contribution to the faithful in Jerusalem who are in need.
27 They were willing because they were indebted to them. Since the nations have come into fellowship with them in spiritual things, they in turn are indebted to serve them in material things.
28 So when I have finished this and have verified the delivery of the fruit, I’ll pass by you into Spain.
29 I know that when I come to you, I’ll come with the abundant blessing of the Good News of the Messiah.
30 Friends, I call on you by our Master Yeshua the Messiah and by the love of the spirit to strive with me in prayers to Yehovah on my behalf;
31 so that I can escape from those in Judea who are disobedient, and that the assistance that I carry to the faithful in Jerusalem will be well received,
32 and that, by the good will of Yehovah, I can come to you with joy, and can enjoy a time of rest with you.
33 May the Aloha of peace be with you all. Aw-mane’.
[1] The KJV translates “didaskalia”, as “doctrine” 19 of 21 times. There is no reason to deviate here.
Romans 16: I commend to you Phebe, our sister, a “deacon” from the assembly in Cenchrea.
2 I ask that you’ll receive her in our Master, in a manner worthy of the faithful, and that you would assist her with anything she might ask you for, because she has assisted so many, as well as me.
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, who work with me for Yeshua the Messiah.
4 They’ve risked their own necks for me. I’m grateful to them, and not I alone, but also all of the assemblies of the other nations.
5 Give my greetings to the assembly that meets in their house. Greet my dear Epenetus who was the firstfruit of Achaia in the Messiah.
6 Greetings to Mary, who has toiled so much with you.
7 Greetings to Andronicus and Junia, my relatives who were in captivity with me and are well known by the envoys and were in the Messiah before me.
8 Greetings to Amplias, my dear Friend in our Master.
9 Greetings to Urbanus, a laborer with us in the Messiah, and my dear Stachys.
10 Greetings to Apelles, selected by our Master. Greetings to the members of the household of Aristobulus.
11 Greetings to Herodion my countryman. Greetings to the members of the house of Narcissus, who are in our Master.
12 Greetings to Tryphena and Tryphosa, who toil in our Master. Greetings to my dear Persis, who toiled greatly in our Master.
13 Greetings to Rufus, selected by our Master, and his and my mother.
14 Greetings to Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the Friends who are with them.
15 Greetings to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas, and all of the faithful who are with them.
16 Greet each other with the kiss ‘of the faithful’. All the assemblies of the Messiah greet you.
17 I implore you, Friends, that you take note [1] of those who cause seditions and scandalous impediments [skandalon] among you, rather than the doctrine that you have learned, and that you avoid them.
18 Anyone who does that sort of thing doesnt serve our Master Yeshua the Messiah, rather they feed their own stomachs. By eloquently prepared oratory [2], they deceive the minds of the ignorant.
19 But your obedience to true requirements is known to everyone. So I’m jubilant for you, and I would have you be sophisticated [sophos] about good things and naive about evil things.
20 The Aloha of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The compassion of our Master Yeshua the Messiah be with you.
21 Timothy, my fellow worker, Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, send their greetings.
22 I Tertius, the one writing this letter for Paul, greet you in Yehovah.
23 I greet Gaius, my host, and host to the entire assembly, and I greet Erastus, the city treasurer, and Quartus a Friend.
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25 Now to Yehovah, who is able to establish you according to my Good News that is heralded concerning Yeshua the Messiah, thru the revelation of the mystery that was hidden for past ages.
26 The eternal Yehovah has commanded that what the Prophetic Scriptures reveal must finally become comprehensible to the people of every nation, leading to the obedience of the faith!
27 Praise belongs to the only true orator [sophos], thru Yeshua the Messiah forever and ever: Aw-mane’.
“24” The compassion of our Master Yeshua the Messiah, be with you all, Aw-mane’.
End of the letter to the Romans, that was written from Corinth and sent by Phebe, a faithful servant.
[1] KJV says “mark”. [2] Listening to eloquent public orators (sophists) was a popular form of entertainment in Greek culture. These celebrities were well paid. Constantine made professional oratory the norm as a way to increase the attendance in the massive church buildings that he built, replacing interactivity. Sophistry evolved into “giving sermons”. Sermons later fell out of use, under Catholicism, until the Protestant Reformation. [A] In the Aramaic, the “24th verse” is at the end of the letter.
1 CORINTHIANS is next.
Compare the 2010, Second Edition of the Gabriel Version’s Romans with the 1851 Murdock Translation of Romans, or compare it with the 1849 Etheridge.
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