Romans 9:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,”

Romans 9:1 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 9:114 words

GreekMeaning

ἈλήθειανAlētheian

The truthnounG225

λέγωlegō

I speakverbG3004

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

ΧριστῷChristō

ChristnounG5547

οὐou

NotadverbG3756

ψεύδομαιpseudomai

I am lyingverbG5574

συμμαρτυρούσηςsymmartyrousēs

while is bearing witnessverbG4828

μοιmoi

with mepronounG1473

τῆςtēs

thearticleG3588

συνειδήσεώςsyneidēseōs

consciencenounG4893

μουmou

of minepronounG1473

ἐνen

in theprepositionG1722

πνεύματιpneumati

SpiritnounG4151

ἁγίῳhagiō

HolyadjectiveG40

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 9:1

Did I not seem yesterday to you to have spoken some great and exorbitant things of Paul's love toward Christ? And great indeed they were, too great for any words to express. Yet what you have heard today are as far above those things, as those things were above ours. And yet I did not think they could be exceeded, still when I came to what has been read today it did appear far more glorious than the whole of the former. And that he was aware of this himself he shows by his…
Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 16 on Romans

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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