Romans 9:1
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Χριστός
Christós
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
συνείδησις
syneídēsis
co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness
נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
עֵד
ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
קֹדֶשׁ
qôdesh
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Study H5375 →עֵד ʻêd
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
Study H5707 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →Cross References
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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;
Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor...
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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;)
The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
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