# Matthew 1.23 **Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95 ## Verse > BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL," which translated means, "GOD WITH US. (Matthew 1:23, NASB95) ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **NASB95** ([NASB95](/codex/nasb95/)) > She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: > > **'BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,' which translated means, 'GOD WITH US.'** > > And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. (Matthew 1:21-25, NASB95) ## Setting - **Speaker:** Matthew the Evangelist (narrator), citing Isaiah 7:14 to interpret the angelic announcement to Joseph. - **Audience:** Matthew's audience, primarily Jewish Christians, by traditional reading; Matthew structures his Gospel around fulfillment-of-prophecy (the *plērōthē* formula recurring throughout). - **Location:** the narrative is set in Bethlehem / Nazareth area; compositional setting traditionally Antioch (or Palestine) c. AD 60-80. - **Time period:** the angelic visit to Joseph occurs shortly before Jesus's birth, c. 6-4 BC. Matthew writes c. AD 60-80. ## Theological reading The verse is the **NT charter of the virgin birth doctrine** and the explicit fulfillment of [Isaiah 7.14](/codex/isaiah-7-14/). Three claims: 1. **The virgin shall conceive.** *Hē parthenos en gastri hexei*, citing Isaiah 7:14 LXX directly. Matthew uses the LXX *parthenos* (the unambiguous Greek for *virgin*), not later Jewish revisions (*neanis*, "young woman"). See [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/). 2. **And bear a son.** *Kai texetai huion*, natural maternal birth despite supernatural conception. The full humanity of Christ is preserved alongside the supernatural origin. 3. **They shall call His name Immanuel.** *Kalousin to onoma autou Emmanouēl*, *Imanu* (with us) + *El* (God) = *God with us*. Matthew translates the name explicitly: *meth' hēmōn ho theos*, "God with us." This is a divinity claim by name: the child *is* God with us. **The doctrinal foundation.** Together with Luke 1:26-38 (the Annunciation), Matthew 1:18-25 establishes: - Jesus's conception is **by the Holy Spirit**, without human male agency (1:18, 20). - Mary remains a virgin **until** Jesus's birth (1:25, *eōs hou*, "until", leaving open whether she remained perpetually virgin, a Catholic doctrine; or had subsequent natural marital relations with Joseph, the Protestant reading). - The virginal conception is a **fulfillment** of OT prophecy (1:22-23), grounding Christ's identity in the covenant story. - The child's **dual identity**: *Yeshua* (YHWH-saves) + *Immanuel* (God-with-us). The one who saves is God Himself, present with His people. **Apologetic weight against "myth-borrowing" claims.** ris3n's notes (`Debunking Christian Plagiarism/Buddha`, `Krishna`) cite Matthew 1:23 in the rebuttal context. Pagan parallels in dying-god mythology are sometimes claimed as the *source* of the Christian virgin-birth tradition. Defenses: 1. **The OT prophecy predates pagan parallels in form.** Isaiah 7:14 dates to c. 700 BC. Pre-Christian Jewish translation chose *parthenos* by ~250 BC. Christian use is the **fulfillment trajectory** of an internal Jewish-OT tradition, not borrowed from outside. 2. **The character of the parallels.** Pagan "virgin-birth" stories typically involve gods physically impregnating women (Zeus / Leda; Apollo / various; Krishna). The biblical account is **categorically different**, the Holy Spirit's overshadowing (Luke 1:35) is non-sexual, non-anthropomorphic, theologically distinct. 3. **First-century Jewish hostility to pagan religion.** The Jewish-monotheistic context of Jesus's birth narrative makes deliberate pagan-mythology borrowing implausible. The earliest Jewish-Christian audience would have rejected (and did reject) any taint of pagan-divine-impregnation imagery. **Patristic.** Ignatius of Antioch (*Ephesians* 19, c. AD 110), earliest extra-canonical witness, affirms the virgin birth as one of "the three mysteries shouted in silence." Justin Martyr (*Dialogue with Trypho* 67-84, c. AD 160) develops the lengthy apologetic against Trypho's denial. Tertullian (*On the Flesh of Christ* 17-23, c. AD 210) defends the doctrine against Marcionite docetism, Christ truly took on flesh, of Mary, by the Spirit. The Apostles' Creed: "born of the Virgin Mary." The Nicene Creed: "and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man." The doctrine is credal-essential across all historic Christian traditions. **Reformation.** Calvin's *Harmony of the Gospels* commentary, ad loc.: "the angel does not say that He will be a son of David in some inferior sense, but a son of David such as God had promised: that He would also be the eternal Son of God." **Modern conservative.** J. Gresham Machen's *The Virgin Birth of Christ* (1930) is the foundational 20th-century defense against Bultmannian demythologization. R. C. Sproul (*Knowing Scripture*; *The Mystery of the Holy Spirit*), D. A. Carson and Douglas Moo (*An Introduction to the New Testament*, 2005), and Andreas Köstenberger and Alexander Stewart (*The First Days of Jesus*, 2015) sustain the historic reading. ## Key words - [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/), *parthenos* (virgin), the Matthean term, citing Isaiah 7:14 LXX - [G2316 - theos](/codex/g2316-theos/), *theos* (God), embedded in *Immanuel* / "God with us" - [G3686 - onoma](/codex/g3686-onoma/), *onoma* (name), both *Iēsous* and *Immanuel* are name-revelations - [G4151 - pneuma](/codex/g4151-pneuma/), *pneuma* (Spirit), the agent of the conception (1:18, 20) ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Almah vs Bethulah Objection Defeater](/codex/almah-vs-bethulah-objection-defeater/) - [Argument from Prophecy Fulfillment](/codex/argument-from-prophecy-fulfillment/), via [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/) - [Davidic Inheritance Physical Seed Objection Defeater](/codex/davidic-inheritance-physical-seed-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) - [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objection-defeater/) - [Isaiah 7-14 Was Mistranslated Objection Defeater](/codex/isaiah-7-14-was-mistranslated-objection-defeater/) - [Jesus Has a God Therefore Not God Objection Defeater](/codex/jesus-has-a-god-therefore-not-god-objection-defeater/) - [Virgin Birth Is Biologically Impossible Objection Defeater](/codex/virgin-birth-is-biologically-impossible-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/), [Matthew 1.20-23](/codex/matthew-1-20-23/), [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/) **Concepts:** - [Biblical Prophecy](/codex/biblical-prophecy/), via [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/) - [Christianity](/codex/christianity/) - [Failed Messianic Prophecy Objections](/codex/failed-messianic-prophecy-objections/) - [Incarnation](/codex/incarnation/), via [Matthew 1.18-25](/codex/matthew-1-18-25/) - [Messianic Prophecy](/codex/messianic-prophecy/), via [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/) - [Names of Jehovah](/codex/names-of-jehovah/) - [Two-Stage Messianic Prophecy](/codex/two-stage-messianic-prophecy/) - [Virgin Birth](/codex/virgin-birth/) **People:** - [Isaiah the Prophet](/codex/isaiah-the-prophet/) - [Jesus](/codex/jesus/) **Lexicon:** - [G3933 - parthenos](/codex/g3933-parthenos/) - [H1330 - bethulah](/codex/h1330-bethulah/) - [H5959 - almah](/codex/h5959-almah/) **Passages:** - [1 Corinthians 1.10](/codex/1-corinthians-1-10/) - [1 Corinthians 10.13](/codex/1-corinthians-10-13/) - [1 Corinthians 10.20](/codex/1-corinthians-10-20/) - [1 Corinthians 11](/codex/1-corinthians-11/) - [1 Corinthians 12.4-6](/codex/1-corinthians-12-4-6/) - [1 Corinthians 14.33](/codex/1-corinthians-14-33/) - [1 Corinthians 15.1-11](/codex/1-corinthians-15-1-11/) - [1 Corinthians 15.50](/codex/1-corinthians-15-50/) - [1 Corinthians 2.11](/codex/1-corinthians-2-11/) - [1 Corinthians 2.14](/codex/1-corinthians-2-14/) - [1 Corinthians 3.19](/codex/1-corinthians-3-19/) - [1 Corinthians 6](/codex/1-corinthians-6/) - [1 Corinthians 6.11](/codex/1-corinthians-6-11/) - [1 Corinthians 6.14](/codex/1-corinthians-6-14/) - [1 Corinthians 6.16-20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-16-20/) - [1 Corinthians 6.19](/codex/1-corinthians-6-19/) - [1 Corinthians 6.20](/codex/1-corinthians-6-20/) - [1 Corinthians 6.9-11](/codex/1-corinthians-6-9-11/) - [1 Corinthians 7.25](/codex/1-corinthians-7-25/) - [1 Corinthians 8.1-3](/codex/1-corinthians-8-1-3/) - [1 John 3.1](/codex/1-john-3-1/) - [1 John 3.9](/codex/1-john-3-9/) - [1 John 4.1](/codex/1-john-4-1/) - [1 John 4.2-3](/codex/1-john-4-2-3/) - [1 John 4.3](/codex/1-john-4-3/) - [1 John 4.6](/codex/1-john-4-6/) - [1 John 5.11](/codex/1-john-5-11/) - [1 John 5.19](/codex/1-john-5-19/) - [1 John 5.3](/codex/1-john-5-3/) - [1 Peter 1.1-2](/codex/1-peter-1-1-2/) - [1 Peter 1.3](/codex/1-peter-1-3/) - [1 Peter 3.18-19](/codex/1-peter-3-18-19/) - [1 Peter 4.16](/codex/1-peter-4-16/) - [1 Thessalonians 4.3-5](/codex/1-thessalonians-4-3-5/) - [1 Thessalonians 5.23](/codex/1-thessalonians-5-23/) - [1 Timothy 1.3-4](/codex/1-timothy-1-3-4/) - [1 Timothy 1.4](/codex/1-timothy-1-4/) - [1 Timothy 2.3-4](/codex/1-timothy-2-3-4/) - [2 Corinthians 1.3-4](/codex/2-corinthians-1-3-4/) - [2 Corinthians 10.5](/codex/2-corinthians-10-5/) - [2 Corinthians 4.6](/codex/2-corinthians-4-6/) - [2 Corinthians 5.1](/codex/2-corinthians-5-1/) - [2 Corinthians 9.6-7](/codex/2-corinthians-9-6-7/) - [2 Corinthians 9.7](/codex/2-corinthians-9-7/) - [2 Corinthians 9.8](/codex/2-corinthians-9-8/) - [2 Timothy 1.7](/codex/2-timothy-1-7/) - [2 Timothy 2.15](/codex/2-timothy-2-15/) - [Acts 1](/codex/acts-1/) - [Acts 10.28](/codex/acts-10-28/) - [Acts 10.30-33](/codex/acts-10-30-33/) - [Acts 10.38](/codex/acts-10-38/) - [Acts 11](/codex/acts-11/) - [Acts 15.10](/codex/acts-15-10/) - [Acts 16.14](/codex/acts-16-14/) - [Acts 17.29](/codex/acts-17-29/) - [Acts 18.24-25](/codex/acts-18-24-25/) - [Acts 18.26](/codex/acts-18-26/) - [Acts 2.17-18](/codex/acts-2-17-18/) - [Acts 2.23](/codex/acts-2-23/) - [Acts 2.24](/codex/acts-2-24/) - [Acts 2.33](/codex/acts-2-33/) - [Acts 21.9](/codex/acts-21-9/) - [Acts 28.30-31](/codex/acts-28-30-31/) - [Acts 3.13-16](/codex/acts-3-13-16/) - [Acts 3.22](/codex/acts-3-22/) - [Acts 3.6-7](/codex/acts-3-6-7/) - [Acts 4.11-12](/codex/acts-4-11-12/) - [Acts 5.32](/codex/acts-5-32/) - [Acts 7.42](/codex/acts-7-42/) - [Acts 9](/codex/acts-9/) - [Acts 9.29](/codex/acts-9-29/) - [Colossians 1.4-6](/codex/colossians-1-4-6/) - [Colossians 2.10-14](/codex/colossians-2-10-14/) - [Colossians 3.17](/codex/colossians-3-17/) - [Ephesians 1.17](/codex/ephesians-1-17/) - [Ephesians 2.22](/codex/ephesians-2-22/) - [Ephesians 2.7-9](/codex/ephesians-2-7-9/) - [Ephesians 2.8](/codex/ephesians-2-8/) - [Ephesians 2.8-10](/codex/ephesians-2-8-10/) - [Ephesians 4.31-32](/codex/ephesians-4-31-32/) - [Ephesians 4.5-6](/codex/ephesians-4-5-6/) - [Ephesians 4.6](/codex/ephesians-4-6/) - [Ephesians 5.21](/codex/ephesians-5-21/) - [Ephesians 6](/codex/ephesians-6/) - [Ephesians 6.10-18](/codex/ephesians-6-10-18/) - [Galatians 2.20](/codex/galatians-2-20/) - [Galatians 3.7-9](/codex/galatians-3-7-9/) - [Galatians 4.4](/codex/galatians-4-4/) - [Galatians 4.6](/codex/galatians-4-6/) - [Galatians 5](/codex/galatians-5/) - [Hebrews 1](/codex/hebrews-1/) - [Hebrews 1.1](/codex/hebrews-1-1/) - [Hebrews 1.1-14](/codex/hebrews-1-1-14/) - [Hebrews 1.1-2](/codex/hebrews-1-1-2/) - [Hebrews 1.6](/codex/hebrews-1-6/) - [Hebrews 1.8-10](/codex/hebrews-1-8-10/) - [Hebrews 1.8-12](/codex/hebrews-1-8-12/) - [Hebrews 11.39-40](/codex/hebrews-11-39-40/) - [Hebrews 11.5](/codex/hebrews-11-5/) - [Hebrews 12.22-24](/codex/hebrews-12-22-24/) - [Hebrews 12.29](/codex/hebrews-12-29/) - [Hebrews 2.13](/codex/hebrews-2-13/) - [Hebrews 2.17-18](/codex/hebrews-2-17-18/) - [Hebrews 3.4](/codex/hebrews-3-4/) - [Hebrews 5.12-14](/codex/hebrews-5-12-14/) - [Hebrews 6.4-6](/codex/hebrews-6-4-6/) - [Hebrews 7.25](/codex/hebrews-7-25/) - [James 1.13-15](/codex/james-1-13-15/) - [James 1.19-20](/codex/james-1-19-20/) - [James 4.6](/codex/james-4-6/) - [James 5.14-15](/codex/james-5-14-15/) - [John 1.1-14](/codex/john-1-1-14/) - [John 1.1-18](/codex/john-1-1-18/) - [John 1.12](/codex/john-1-12/) - [John 1.29](/codex/john-1-29/) - [John 1.29-31](/codex/john-1-29-31/) - [John 1.29-34](/codex/john-1-29-34/) - [John 1.44-49](/codex/john-1-44-49/) - [John 10.30-33](/codex/john-10-30-33/) - [John 10.31-33](/codex/john-10-31-33/) - [John 10.34](/codex/john-10-34/) - [John 10.34-35](/codex/john-10-34-35/) - [John 10.34-36](/codex/john-10-34-36/) - [John 10.36](/codex/john-10-36/) - [John 10.36-38](/codex/john-10-36-38/) - [John 11](/codex/john-11/) - [John 11.1-4](/codex/john-11-1-4/) - [John 11.4](/codex/john-11-4/) - [John 14.1-7](/codex/john-14-1-7/) - [John 14.12-14](/codex/john-14-12-14/) - [John 14.13-14](/codex/john-14-13-14/) - [John 14.14](/codex/john-14-14/) - [John 16.23](/codex/john-16-23/) - [John 16.27-28](/codex/john-16-27-28/) - [John 16.30](/codex/john-16-30/) - [John 20.17](/codex/john-20-17/) - [John 20.17-18](/codex/john-20-17-18/) - [John 20.31](/codex/john-20-31/) - [John 3](/codex/john-3/) - [John 3.1](/codex/john-3-1/) - [John 3.3](/codex/john-3-3/) - [John 5](/codex/john-5/) - [John 5.24-27](/codex/john-5-24-27/) - [John 5.25](/codex/john-5-25/) - [John 5.43](/codex/john-5-43/) - [John 6.29](/codex/john-6-29/) - [John 6.46](/codex/john-6-46/) - [John 7.17](/codex/john-7-17/) - [John 7.53-8](/codex/john-7-53-8/) - [John 8.40](/codex/john-8-40/) - [Jude 1](/codex/jude-1/) - [Jude 1.3-4](/codex/jude-1-3-4/) - [Luke 1.29-38](/codex/luke-1-29-38/) - [Luke 1.32](/codex/luke-1-32/) - [Luke 1.34-35](/codex/luke-1-34-35/) - [Luke 1.35](/codex/luke-1-35/) - [Luke 1.47](/codex/luke-1-47/) - [Luke 1.5](/codex/luke-1-5/) - [Luke 1.6](/codex/luke-1-6/) - [Luke 10.25-28](/codex/luke-10-25-28/) - [Luke 15.10](/codex/luke-15-10/) - [Luke 16.19-31](/codex/luke-16-19-31/) - [Luke 17.11-19](/codex/luke-17-11-19/) - [Luke 2.40](/codex/luke-2-40/) - [Luke 2.52](/codex/luke-2-52/) - [Luke 20.34-36](/codex/luke-20-34-36/) - [Luke 22.66-71](/codex/luke-22-66-71/) - [Luke 24.46-47](/codex/luke-24-46-47/) - [Luke 3.23-38](/codex/luke-3-23-38/) - [Luke 3.38](/codex/luke-3-38/) - [Luke 6.12-16](/codex/luke-6-12-16/) - [Luke 6.17-49](/codex/luke-6-17-49/) - [Luke 6.20-22](/codex/luke-6-20-22/) - [Luke 6.27-2](/codex/luke-6-27-2/) - [Luke 8.38-39](/codex/luke-8-38-39/) - [Mark 10.14](/codex/mark-10-14/) - [Mark 10.18](/codex/mark-10-18/) - [Mark 12](/codex/mark-12/) - [Mark 12.28-33](/codex/mark-12-28-33/) - [Mark 12.29-30](/codex/mark-12-29-30/) - [Mark 15](/codex/mark-15/) - [Mark 16.16-18](/codex/mark-16-16-18/) - [Mark 16.17](/codex/mark-16-17/) - [Mark 2.1-12](/codex/mark-2-1-12/) - [Mark 2.5-7](/codex/mark-2-5-7/) - [Mark 2.7](/codex/mark-2-7/) - [Mark 4.11-12](/codex/mark-4-11-12/) - [Mark 6](/codex/mark-6/) - [Mark 7.6-8](/codex/mark-7-6-8/) - [Matthew 1](/codex/matthew-1/) - [Matthew 1.18](/codex/matthew-1-18/) - [Matthew 1.20](/codex/matthew-1-20/) - [Matthew 1.21](/codex/matthew-1-21/) - [Matthew 1.22-23](/codex/matthew-1-22-23/) - [Matthew 14.22-33](/codex/matthew-14-22-33/) - [Matthew 14.33](/codex/matthew-14-33/) - [Matthew 16.16](/codex/matthew-16-16/) - [Matthew 18.20](/codex/matthew-18-20/) - [Matthew 19](/codex/matthew-19/) - [Matthew 19.16-17](/codex/matthew-19-16-17/) - [Matthew 19.16-19](/codex/matthew-19-16-19/) - [Matthew 19.16-30](/codex/matthew-19-16-30/) - [Matthew 19.23-24](/codex/matthew-19-23-24/) - [Matthew 19.26](/codex/matthew-19-26/) - [Matthew 21.9](/codex/matthew-21-9/) - [Matthew 22.30](/codex/matthew-22-30/) - [Matthew 22.37](/codex/matthew-22-37/) - [Matthew 22.37-39](/codex/matthew-22-37-39/) - [Matthew 22.37-40](/codex/matthew-22-37-40/) - [Matthew 26.57-68](/codex/matthew-26-57-68/) - [Matthew 26.63-64](/codex/matthew-26-63-64/) - [Matthew 27.27-35](/codex/matthew-27-27-35/) - [Matthew 27.27-37](/codex/matthew-27-27-37/) - [Matthew 28.18-19](/codex/matthew-28-18-19/) - [Matthew 28.19-20](/codex/matthew-28-19-20/) - [Matthew 3.16](/codex/matthew-3-16/) - [Matthew 3.16-17](/codex/matthew-3-16-17/) - [Matthew 6.24](/codex/matthew-6-24/) - [Matthew 6.25-34](/codex/matthew-6-25-34/) - [Matthew 9.4-8](/codex/matthew-9-4-8/) - [Philippians 2.11](/codex/philippians-2-11/) - [Philippians 2.12-13](/codex/philippians-2-12-13/) - [Philippians 2.5-7](/codex/philippians-2-5-7/) - [Philippians 2.5-8](/codex/philippians-2-5-8/) - [Philippians 2.6-8](/codex/philippians-2-6-8/) - [Philippians 2.8-11](/codex/philippians-2-8-11/) - [Philippians 3.12-14](/codex/philippians-3-12-14/) - [Philippians 4.19](/codex/philippians-4-19/) - [Philippians 4.3](/codex/philippians-4-3/) - [Philippians 4.6-7](/codex/philippians-4-6-7/) - [Philippians 4.7](/codex/philippians-4-7/) - [Revelation 1.5-6](/codex/revelation-1-5-6/) - [Revelation 12.10](/codex/revelation-12-10/) - [Revelation 18.6-8](/codex/revelation-18-6-8/) - [Revelation 19.11-16](/codex/revelation-19-11-16/) - [Revelation 19.16](/codex/revelation-19-16/) - [Revelation 19.9-10](/codex/revelation-19-9-10/) - [Revelation 21.1-3](/codex/revelation-21-1-3/) - [Revelation 21.22](/codex/revelation-21-22/) - [Revelation 21.3](/codex/revelation-21-3/) - [Revelation 21.6-7](/codex/revelation-21-6-7/) - [Revelation 21.7](/codex/revelation-21-7/) - [Revelation 22.1](/codex/revelation-22-1/) - [Revelation 22.18-19](/codex/revelation-22-18-19/) - [Revelation 3.1](/codex/revelation-3-1/) - [Revelation 4.5](/codex/revelation-4-5/) - [Revelation 5.6](/codex/revelation-5-6/) - [Revelation 5.8-9](/codex/revelation-5-8-9/) - [Revelation 6.9-11](/codex/revelation-6-9-11/) - [Revelation 7.9-10](/codex/revelation-7-9-10/) - [Romans 1.18](/codex/romans-1-18/) - [Romans 1.19](/codex/romans-1-19/) - [Romans 1.21-23](/codex/romans-1-21-23/) - [Romans 1.24-26](/codex/romans-1-24-26/) - [Romans 1.24-32](/codex/romans-1-24-32/) - [Romans 1.4](/codex/romans-1-4/) - [Romans 10](/codex/romans-10/) - [Romans 10.17](/codex/romans-10-17/) - [Romans 10.3](/codex/romans-10-3/) - [Romans 10.9-11](/codex/romans-10-9-11/) - [Romans 11.8](/codex/romans-11-8/) - [Romans 12](/codex/romans-12/) - [Romans 12.2](/codex/romans-12-2/) - [Romans 2.28-29](/codex/romans-2-28-29/) - [Romans 2.6-11](/codex/romans-2-6-11/) - [Romans 3.10-12](/codex/romans-3-10-12/) - [Romans 3.10-18](/codex/romans-3-10-18/) - [Romans 3.21](/codex/romans-3-21/) - [Romans 3.5-8](/codex/romans-3-5-8/) - [Romans 3.7](/codex/romans-3-7/) - [Romans 4.17](/codex/romans-4-17/) - [Romans 5.12-15](/codex/romans-5-12-15/) - [Romans 5.3-5](/codex/romans-5-3-5/) - [Romans 6.10](/codex/romans-6-10/) - [Romans 7](/codex/romans-7/) - [Romans 7.14-25](/codex/romans-7-14-25/) - [Romans 8](/codex/romans-8/) - [Romans 8.14](/codex/romans-8-14/) - [Romans 8.17](/codex/romans-8-17/) - [Romans 8.26-27](/codex/romans-8-26-27/) - [Romans 8.33](/codex/romans-8-33/) - [Romans 8.9](/codex/romans-8-9/) - [Romans 9.15-16](/codex/romans-9-15-16/) - [Romans 9.16](/codex/romans-9-16/) - [Titus 1.3](/codex/titus-1-3/) - [Titus 1.4](/codex/titus-1-4/) - [Titus 1.6-9](/codex/titus-1-6-9/) - [Titus 2.11](/codex/titus-2-11/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. 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