of Israel am I bound with this chain.

(21)Then they said to him, We have neither received letters concerning
thee from Judea, nor hath any one of the brethren who is arrived
reported or spoken any thing evil of thee. (22)But we think it highly
proper to hear from thee what thy sentiments are; for indeed as to this
sect, it is well known to us that everywhere it meets with opposition.

(23)Then having fixed a day with him, still more of them came to him at
his lodging, to whom bearing his testimony, he set forth the kingdom of
God, and persuaded them of the things relating to Jesus, both out of
the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening: (24)and
some were convinced by the things which were spoken, but others
continued in their unbelief. (25)So being divided in sentiment among
themselves, they broke up, Paul adding one word, That well had the Holy
Ghost spoken by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, (26)saying, Go to
this people, and say, "In hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see, yet in nowise perceive. (27)For
the heart of this people is waxed gross, and with their ears they are
thick of hearing, and their eyes have they shut; lest at any time they
should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand
with their hearts, and become converts, and I should heal them[48]."
(28)Be it known therefore unto you, that to the Gentiles is the
salvation of God sent, and they will hear. (29)And when he had thus
spoken, the Jews went away, and had much disputing among themselves.

(30)But Paul abode two whole years in his own hired apartment, and
received all who came to him, (31)preaching the kingdom of God, and
teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all
freedom of discourse, and without the least interruption.

THE EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE, TO THE ROMANS.

CHAP. I.

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the
Gospel of God, (2)(which he had promised before by his prophets in the
holy scriptures,) (3)concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; made
from the seed of David after the flesh, (4)definitively marked out as
the Son of God by miracle, according to the spirit of holiness, by the
resurrection of the dead: (5)through whom we have received grace and
apostolic mission among all nations for his name, to bring them to the
obedience of faith: (6)among whom are ye also the called of Jesus
Christ.

(7)To