Romans 9:1
I am telling you the truth as a Christian man--it is no falsehood, for my conscience enlightened, as it is, by the Holy Spirit adds its testimony to mine--
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
2when I declare that I have deep grief and unceasing anguish of heart.
Cross References
Romans 2:15since they exhibit proof that a knowledge of the conduct which the Law requires is engraven on their hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts, as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence--
2 Corinthians 1:12For the reason for our boasting is this--the testimony of our own conscience that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, and in reliance not on worldly wisdom but on the gracious help of God, that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and above all in our relations with you.
2 Corinthians 11:10Christ knows that it is true when I say that I will not be stopped from boasting of this anywhere in Greece.
2 Corinthians 12:19You are imagining, all this time, that we are making our defense at your bar. In reality it is as in God's presence and in communion with Christ that we speak; but, dear friends, it is all with a view to your progress in goodness.
Philippians 1:8For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.
1 Timothy 1:5But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear 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 →