Romans 9:1
I am speaking the truth in Christ; I am not lying. My conscience offers testimony to me in the Holy Spirit,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
In Context
2because the sadness within me is great, and there is a continuous sorrow in my heart.
Cross References
Romans 2:15For they reveal the work of the law written in their hearts, while their conscience renders testimony about them, and their thoughts within themselves also accuse or even defend them,
2 Corinthians 1:12For our glory is this: the testimony of our conscience, which is found in simplicity of heart and in sincerity toward God. And it is not with worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that we have conversed with this world, and more abundantly toward you.
2 Corinthians 11:10The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.
2 Corinthians 12:19Have you ever thought that we should explain ourselves to you? We speak in the sight of God, in Christ. But all things, most beloved, are for your edification.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how, within the heart of Jesus Christ, I long for all of you.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the goal of instruction is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.
Matthew Henry on Romans 9:1
The apostle, having plainly asserted and largely proved that justification and salvation are to had by faith only, and not by the works of the law, by Christ and not by Moses, comes in this and the following chapters to anticipate an objection which might be made against this. If this be so, then what becomes of the Jews, of them all as a complex body, especially those of them that do not embrace Christ, nor believe the gospel? By this rule they must needs come short of happiness; and then what becomes of the… Read the whole commentary →