Romans 9:1
I speak the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
Revised King James New Testament
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 heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Cross References
Romans 2:15They show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or perhaps defending them.)
2 Corinthians 1:12For our boast is in this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and still more toward you.
2 Corinthians 11:10As the truth of Christ is in me, no man in the regions of Achaia shall stop me from this boasting.
2 Corinthians 12:19All this time have you been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your strengthening.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:5Now the aim of this commandment is love from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and a sincere 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 →