Romans 9:1
I say the truth in Messiah, and do not misrepresent; and my conscience beareth me witness in the Holy Spirit;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 I have great sorrow, and the sadness of my heart is unceasing.
Cross References
Romans 2:15and they show the work of the law, as it is inscribed on their heart; and their conscience beareth testimony to them, their own reflections rebuking or vindicating one another,)
2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and purity, and by the grace of God, and not in the wisdom of the flesh, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you.
2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of the Messiah is in me, this glorying shall not be made vain as to me in the regions of Achaia.
2 Corinthians 12:19Do ye again suppose, that we would apologize to you? Before God, in the Messiah we speak: and all these things, my beloved, are for the sake of your edification.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how I love you in the bowels of Jesus the Messiah.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the end of the command is love, which is from a pure heart, and from a good conscience, and from true 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 →