Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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
2that there is great sorrow to me and incessant grief to my heart.
Cross References
Romans 2:15who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing, and their thoughts accusing or indeed excusing with one another,
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and purity of God, not in carnal wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have sojourned in the world, and especially towards you.
2 Corinthians 11:10The truth of Christ is in me, that this glorying shall not cease unto me in the regions of Achaia.
2 Corinthians 12:19For a long time you were thinking that I am apologizing to you. We speak before God in Christ; but all things, beloved, are for your edification.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:5but the end of the commandment is divine love out of a clean heart and a good conscience and faith free from hypocrisy:
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 →