he became poor, that ye through his poverty you. 15. Thanks be unto God for his unmight be rich. 10. And herein I give my ad-speakable gift. vice: for this is expedient for you, who have Gal. 2:10. Only they would that we should begun before, not only to do, but also to be remember the poor; the same which I also forward a year ago. 11. Now therefore per- was forward to do. form the doing of it; that as there was a Phil. 4:10. But I rejoiced in the Lord greatreadiness to will, so there may be a perform-ly, that now at the last your care of me hath ance also out of that which ye have. 12. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 13. For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: 14. But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: 15. As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. 24. Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. 2 Cor. 9:1. For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2. For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. 3. Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: 4. Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. 5. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. 6. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you: that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: 9. (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 10. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 11. Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12. For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; 13. Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; 14. And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in flourished again; wherein ye were also care- 18. 1 Tim. 5:8. But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own. house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. 16. If any man or woman. that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. 1 Tim. 6:18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Heb. 6:10. For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Heb. 13:16. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Jas. 2:15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 1 John 3:17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? See ALMS; LIBERALITY; POOR, DUTIES TO; RICH; RICHES. INSTANCES OF: The old man of Gibeah, Judg. 19:16-21. Boaz, Ruth 2. The returned exile Jews, Neh. 5:8-12; 8:10,11. Job, Job 29: 11-17; 31:16-23. The Temanites, Isa. 21:14. The good Samaritan, Luke 10:33-35. Zac BENEFICENCE. chæus, Luke 19:8. The first Christians, Acts 2:44-46; 4:32-37. Cornelius, Acts 10:2,4. Onesiphorus, 2 Tim. 1:16-18. See ALMS; POOR, DUTY TO. GEBER. BENE-JAAKAN. A tribe that gave its name to certain wells in the wilderness, Num. 33:31,32. Called BEEROTH, Deut. 10:6. BENEVOLENCE. See ALMS; BENEFICENCE; CHARITABLENESS; LIBERALITY; LOVE. BEN-HADAD. 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I., 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3,24,25; Amos 1:4. BEN-HAIL, a prince of Judah, 2 Chr. 17:7. BEN-HANAN, a son of Shimon, 1 Chr. 4:20. BEN-HUR [R. V.]. See HUR. BENJAMIN. 1. Son of Jacob by Rachel, Gen. 35:18,24; 46:19. Taken into Egypt, Gen. chapters 42-45. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:27. Descendants of, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38-41. 2. TRIBE OF: Census of, at Sinai, Num.1: 37; in the plain of Moab, Num. 26:41. Clans of, Num. 26:38-40; 1 Chr. 7:6-12; 8. Position of, in camp and march, Num. 2:18,22. Moses' benediction upon, Deut. 32:12. Allotment in the land of Canaan, Josh. 18:11-28. Reallotment, Ezek. 48:23. Did not exterminate the Jebusites, Judg. 1:21. Join Deborah in the war against Sisera, Judg. 5:14. Territory of, invaded by the Ammonites, Judg. 10:9. Did not avenge the crime of the Gibeonites against the Levite's concubine, the war that followed, Judg. 19; 20. Saul, the first king of Israel, from, 1 Sam. 9:1,17; 10:20,21. Its rank in the time of Samuel, 1 Sam. 9:21. Jerusalem within the territory of, Jer. 6:1. A company of, joins David at Žiklag, 1 Chr. 12:1,2,16. Not enrolled by Joab when he took a census of the military forces of Israel, 1 Chr. 21:6. Loyal to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, 2 Sam. 2:9,15,31; 1 Chr. 12:29. Subsequently joins David, 2 Sam. 3:19; 19: 16.17. Loyal to Rehoboam, 1 Kin. 12:21; 2 Chr. 11:1. Military forces of, in the reign of Asa, 2 Chr. 14:8; of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 17: 17. Skill in archery and as slingers of stones, Judg. 3:15; 20:16; 1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2. Return to Palestine from the exile in Babylon, Ezra 1:5. Saints of, seen in John's vision, Rev. 7:8. Paul, of the tribe of, Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5. See ISRAEL. 3. Grandson of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:10. 4. A son of Harim, Ezra 10:32; probably identical with the man mentioned in Neh. 3:23. 5. A Jew who assisted in purifying the wall of Jerusalem, Neh. 12:34. 6. A gate of Jerusalem, Jer. 20:2; 37:13; 38: 7; Zech. 14:10. BEREAVEMENT. BENO, a descendant of Merari, 1 Chr. 24: 26,27. BEN-ONI, name given Benjamin by Rachel, Gen. 35:18. BEN-ZOHETH, son of Ishi, 1 Chr. 4:20. BEON, a place E. of Jordan, probably same as BAAL-MEON, Num. 32:3,38, which see. BEOR. 1. Father of Bela, Gen. 36:32; 1 Chr. 1:43. 2. Father of Balaam, Num. 22:5. Called BOSOR, 2 Pet. 2:15. BEQUESTS. See WILLS. BERA, king of Sodom, Gen. 14:2. BERACНАН. 1. An Israelite, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:3. 2. A valley in the S. of Judah, where the Is raelites blessed the Lord for a victory, 2 Chr. 20:26. BERACHIAH. See BERECHIAH. BERAIAH, son of Shimhi, 1 Chr. 8:21. BEREA, a city in the S. of Macedonia, Acts 17:10,13; 20:4. BEREAVEMENT. From God, Ex. 12: 29; Hos. 9:12. Mourning in, forbidden to Aaron, on account of his son's wickedness, Lev. 10:6; and to Ezekiel, for his wife, Ezek. 24:16-18. INSTANCES OF: Abraham, of Sarah, Gen. 23:2. Jacob, of Joseph, Gen. 37:34,35. Joseph, of his father, Gen. 50:1,4. The Egyptians, of their firstborn, Ex. 12:29-33. Naomi, of her husband, Ruth 1:3,5,20,21. David, of his child by Bath-sheba, 2 Sam. 12:15-23; of Ab salom, 2 Sam. 18:33; 19:4. RESIGNATION IN: 2 Sam. 12:22. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23. But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. Job 1:18. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19. And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21. And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. Eccl. 7:2. It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. are 1 Thess. 4:13. But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. See AFFLICTION, COMFORT IN; TION IN. See also RESIGNATION. BERECHIAH. BETHANY. A village on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, John 11:18. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus dwell at, Luke 10:38-41. Lazarus dies and is raised to life at, John 11. Jesus attends a feast in, Matt. RESIGNA-26:6-13; John 12:1-9. The colt on which Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem obtained at, Mark 11:1-11. Jesus sojourns at, Matt. 21:17; Mark 11:11,12,19. 1. Father of Asaph, 1 Chr. 15:17,23. Called BERACHIAH, 1 Chr. 6:39. 2. A warrior of Ephraim, 2 Chr. 28:12. 3. A brother of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:20. 4. Son of Asa. 1 Chr. 9:16. 5. Son of Iddo, Zech. 1:1,7. 6. Son of Meshezabeel, Neh. 3:4,30; 6:18. BERED. 1. A town in the S. of Pales tine, Gen. 16:14. 2. A son of Shuthelah, 1 Chr. 7:20; probably same as BECHER, Num. 26:35. BERI, son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:36. BERIAH. 1. Son of Asher, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:44,45; 1 Chr. 7:30. 2. Son of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 7:20--23. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:13. 4. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 23:10,11. BERITH. See BAAL-BERITH. BERNICE, daughter of Agrippa, Acts 25:13,23; 26:30. BERODACH-BALADAN. RODACH-BALADAN. BETH-ARABAH. A city in the valley of the Dead Sea, Josh. 15:6,61; 18:22. Called ARABAH, Josh. 18:18. BETH-ARAM. A fortified city of Gad, Josh. 13:27. Probably identical with BETH HARAN, Num. 32:36. BETH-ARBEL, a city spoiled by Shal man, Hos. 10:14. BETH-AVEN, a place on the mountains of Benjamin, Josh. 7:2; 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5; 14: 23; Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5. BETH-AZMAVETH. A town of Benjamin, Neh. 7:28. Called AZMAVETH, Neh. 12:29; Ezra 2:24. BETH-BAAL-MEON. A place in the tribe of Reuben, Josh. 13:17. Called BAAL MEON, Num. 32:38; Ezek. 25:9; and BEON, Num. 32:3; and BETH-MEON, Jer. 48:23. Subdued by the Israelites, Num. 32:3,4. Assigned See ME-to the Reubenites, Josh. 13:17. BEROTHAH, part of the northern boundary of Canaan, Ezek. 47:16. BEROTHAI, a city of Zobah, 2 Sam. 8:8. BERYL. A precious stone, Song 5.14; Ezek. 1:16; 10:9. Set in the breastplate, Ex. 28:20; 39:13. John saw, in the foundation of the new Jerusalem, Rev. 21:20. BESAI, one of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:49; Neh. 7:52. BESODEIAH, father of Meshullam, Neh. 3:6. BESOR, a brook near Gaza, 1 Sam. 30:9, 10,21. BESTIALITY. Ex. 22:19. Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. Lev. 18:23. Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Lev. 20:16. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt 2. A city of Asher, Josh. 19:27. BETH-EL. 1. A city N. of Jerusalem. The ancient city adjacent to, and finally em. braced in, was called Luz, Josh. 18:13; Judg. 1:23-26. Abraham establishes an altar at Gen. 12:8; 13:3,4. The place where Jacob saw the vision of the ladder, Gen. 28:10-22; 31:13; Hos. 12:4; and builds an altar at, Gen. 35:115. Deborah dies at, Gen. 35:8. Conquered by Joshua, Josh. 8:17, with chapter 12:16; by the house of Joseph, Judg. 1:22-26. Allotted to Benjamin, Josh. 18:13,22. Court of jus. BETH-EL. tice held at, by Deborah, Judg. 4:5; by Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:16. Tabernacle at, and called HOUSE OF GOD, Judg. 20:18,31; 21:2. Jeroboam institutes idolatrous worship at, 1 Kin. 12:25-33; 2 Kin. 10:29. Idolatry at, Jer. 48:13; Amos 4:4. Shalmanezer sends a priest to, 2 Kin. 17:27,28. Prophecies against the idolatrous altars at, 1 Kin. 13:1-6,32; 2 Kin, 23:4,15-20; Amos 3:14. The school of prophets at, 2 Kin. 2:3. Children of, mock Elisha, 2 Kin. 2:23,24. People of, return from Babylon, Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32. Prophecies against, Amos 5:5. 2. A city in the S. of Judah, 1 Sam. 30:27. 3. A mountain, 1 Sam. 13:2. BETH-EL-APHRAH [R. V.], APHRAH [A. V.], a place in Philistia, Mic. 1:10. BETH-EMEK, a city of Asher, Josh. BETH-HARAN. A fortified city E. of Jordan, Num. 32:36. Probably identical with BETH-ARAM, Josh. 13:27. BETH-HOGLA, a place on the border of Judah, Josh. 15:6; 18:19,21. BETH-HORON. Two ancient cities of Canaan, near which Joshua defeated the Amorites, Josh. 10:10,11; 16:3,5; 18:13; 1 Sam. 13:18; 1 Chr. 7:24. Solomon builds, 1 Kin. 9: 17: 2 Chr. 8:5. Taken from Judah by the ten tribes, 2 Chr. 25:13. BETH-JESHIMOTH. A place in Moab, Josh. 12:3; 13:20; Ezek. 25:9. Called BETHJESIMOTH, Num. 33:49. BETH-JOAB. See ATAROTH. BETH-LEBAOTH. A town of Simeon, Josh. 19:6. Called LEBAOTH, Josh. 15:32, and BETH-BIREI, 1 Chr. 4:31. BETHLEHEM. A city S. W. of Jerusalem, Judg. 17:7; 19:18. Called EPHRATAH and EPHRATH, Gen. 48:7; Psa. 132:6; Mic. 5:2; and BETH-LEHEM-JUDAH, Judg. 17:7-9; 19:1, 18; Ruth 1:1; 1 Sam. 17:12. Rachel dies and is buried at, Gen. 35:16,19; 48:7. The city of Boaz, Ruth 1:1,19; 2:4; 4. Taken and held by the Philistines, 2 Sam. 23:14-16. Jeroboam converts it into a military stronghold, 2 Chr. 11:6. The city of Joseph, Matt. 2:5,6; Luke 2:4. Birthplace of Jesus, Mic. 5:2; Matt. 2; Luke 2:4,15. Herod slays the children of, Matt. 2:16-18. 2. A town of Zebulun, six miles W. of Nazareth, Josh. 19:15, Israel judged at, Judg. 12:10. BETRAYAL. BETH-MAACHAH, a city of Manas seh, 2 Sam. 20:14,15,18; 2 Kin. 15:29. BETH-MARCABOTH. A town of Simeon, Josh. 19:5; 1 Chron. 4:31. Probably identical with MADMANNAH, Josh. 15:31. BETH-MEON. See BAAL-MEON. BETH-NIMRAH. A fenced city E. of Jordan, Josh. 13:27. Called NIMRAH, Num. 32:3. BETH-PALET. A city in Judah, Josh. 15:27. Called BETH-PHELET, Neh. 11:26. BETH-PAZZEZ, a town of Issachar, Josh. 19:21. BETH-PEOR. A place in the tribe of Reuben, Deut. 3:29; 4:46; 34:6. Near the burial place of Moses, Josh. 13:20. BETHPHAGE, a village on the Mount of Olives, Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. BETH-PHELET. See BETH-PALET. BETH-RAPHA, son of Eshton, 1 Chr. 4:12. BETH-REHOB. A place in Dan, Judg. 18:28; 2 Sam. 10:6. Called REHOB, v. 8. BETHSAIDA. 1. A city of Galilee. The city of Philip, Andrew, and Peter, John 1:44; 12:21. Jesus visits, Mark 6:45; cures a blind man in, Mark 8:22; prophecies against, Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13. 2. Desert of, E. of the sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds five thousand people in, Luke 9:10; Matt. 14:13; Mark 6:32. BETH-SHAN. See BETH-SHEAN. BETH-SHEAN. A city of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 7:29; Josh. 17:11. Not subdued, Judg. 1: 27. Bodies of Saul and his sons exposed in, 1 Sam. 31:10,12. Called BETH-SHAN, 1 Sam. 31:10,12; 2 Sam. 21:12. District of, under tribute to Solomon's commissariat, 1 Kin. 4:12. BETH-SHEMESH. 1. A sacerdotal city of Dan, Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15; 1Chr. 6:59. On the northern border of Judah, Josh. 15:10; 1 Sam. 6:9,12. In later times transferred to Judah, 2 Kin. 14:11. Mentioned in Solomon's commissary districts, 1 Kin. 4:9. Amaziah taken prisoner at, 2 Kin. 14:11-13; 2 Chr. 25:21-23. Retaken by the Philistines, 2 Chr. 28:18. Called IR-SHEMESH, Josh 19:41. 2. A city near Jerusalem, Josh. 19:22. 3. A fortified city of Naphtali, Josh. 19:38; Judg. 1:33. 4. An idolatrous temple, Jer. 43:13. BETH-SHITTAH, a place near the Jordan, Judg. 7:22. BETH-TAPPUAH, a town of Judah, Josh. 15:53. BETHUEL, son of Nahor, father of Rebekah, Gen. 22:22, 23; 24:15,24; 25:20; 28:2,5. BETHUL. A city of Simeon, Josh. 19:4. Called CHESIL, Josh. 15:30, and BETHUEL, 1 Chr. 4:30. BETH-ZUR, a town in Judah, Josh. 15: 58; 1 Chr. 245; 2 Chr. 11:7; Neh. 3:16. BETONIM, a town of Gad, Josh. 13:26. BETRAYAL. Of Jesus, Matt. 26:14-16, 45-50; Mark 14:10,11; Luke 22:3-6; 22:47,48; John 13:21. Of others, foretold, Matt. 20:18; 24:10. Of David, by Doeg, 1 Sam. 22:9, 10, with chapter 21:1-10. Of cities, Judg. 1:24,25. See CONFIDENCE BETRAYED. BETROTHAL. Of Jacob, Gen. 29:1830. Exempts from military duty, Deut. 20:7. A quasi marriage, Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27. FIGURATIVE: Isa. 62:4; Hos. 2:19,20; 2 Cor. 11:2. See MARRIAGE. BETTING, by Samson, Judg. 14:12-19. BEULAH, Isa. 62:4. BEZAI. 1. Head of a Jewish family, which returned from Babylon, Ezra 2:17; Neh. 7:23. 2. A family that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:18. BEZALEEL. 1. A divinely inspired mechanic and master workman, who built the tabernacle, Ex. 31:2; 35:30-35; 36:1; 37:1; 38:1-7,22. 2. Son of Pahath-moab. Ezra 10:30. BEZEK. 1. Residence of Adoni-bezek, Judg. 1:5. 2. A rendezvous of Israel under Saul, 1 Sam. 11:8. BEZER. 1. A city of refuge, E. of the Jordan, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chr. 6:78. 2. Son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:37. and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Acts 10:28. And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 45. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 18:12. And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, 13. Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. PAUL'S ARGUMENT AGAINST: Rom. 3:1. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3. For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4. God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5. But if our unrighteousness com BIBLE. See LAW OF MOSES; WORD OF mend the righteousness of God, what shall GOD. BICHRI, a Benjamite, 2 Sam. 20. BIDKAR, Jehu's captain, 2 Kin. 9:25. BIER, 2 Sam. 3:31; Luke 7:14. BIGAMY. See POLYGAMY. BIGOTRY. Isa. 65:5. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Mark 2:16. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? Luke 15:2. Luke 9:49. And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. 50. And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. Luke 18:9. And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee and the other a publican. 11. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6. God forbid for then how shall God judge the world? 7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. 9. What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17. And the way of peace have they not known: 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22. Even the righteousness of |