From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for November 24   
      
   Romans Chapter 1   
      
   1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated   
   unto the gospel of God,   
      
   2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)   
      
   3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed   
   of David according to the flesh;   
      
   4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit   
   of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:   
      
   5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the   
   faith among all nations, for his name:   
      
   6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:   
      
   7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to   
   you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.   
      
   8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your   
   faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.   
      
   9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of   
   his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;   
      
   10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a   
   prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.   
      
   11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual   
   gift, to the end ye may be established;   
      
   12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual   
   faith both of you and me.   
      
   13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I   
   purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have   
   some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.   
      
   14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the   
   wise, and to the unwise.   
      
   15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that   
   are at Rome also.   
      
   16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of   
   God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and   
   also to the Greek.   
      
   17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:   
   as it is written, The just shall live by faith.   
      
   18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness   
   and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;   
      
   19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God   
   hath shewed it unto them.   
      
   20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are   
   clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his   
   eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:   
      
   21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,   
   neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their   
   foolish heart was darkened.   
      
   22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,   
      
   23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made   
   like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and   
   creeping things.   
      
   24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of   
   their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:   
      
   25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served   
   the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.   
      
   26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their   
   women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:   
      
   27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,   
   burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which   
   is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error   
   which was meet.   
      
   28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God   
   gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not   
   convenient;   
      
   29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,   
   covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit,   
   malignity; whisperers,   
      
   30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of   
   evil things, disobedient to parents,   
      
   31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,   
   implacable, unmerciful:   
      
   32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things   
   are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them   
   that do them.   
      
   Romans Chapter 2   
      
   1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that   
   judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for   
   thou that judgest doest the same things.   
      
   2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against   
   them which commit such things.   
      
   3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things,   
   and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?   
      
   4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and   
   longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to   
   repentance?   
      
   5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself   
   wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment   
   of God;   
      
   6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:   
      
   7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and   
   honour and immortality, eternal life:   
      
   8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but   
   obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,   
      
   9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of   
   the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;   
      
   10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the   
   Jew first, and also to the Gentile:   
      
   11 For there is no respect of persons with God.   
      
   12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law:   
   and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;   
      
   13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of   
   the law shall be justified.   
      
   14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the   
   things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto   
   themselves:   
      
   15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their   
   conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while   
   accusing or else excusing one another;)   
      
   16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ   
   according to my gospel.   
      
   17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy   
   boast of God,   
      
   18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more   
   excellent, being instructed out of the law;   
      
   19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light   
   of them which are in darkness,   
      
   20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form   
   of knowledge and of the truth in the law.   
      
   21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?   
   thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?   
      
   22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit   
   adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?   
      
   23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law   
      
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