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Notice in the following passages the first chapter of Isaiah the 9th verse correlates with the first book among the epistles and the 9th chapter.

Romans 9:29 (KJV) 29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Isaiah 1:9 (KJV) 9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, [and] we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

We previously looked at the 10 commandments in the 10 first chapters of Romans. But when it comes to the 2nd chapter abhorrest idols/sacriledge is mentioned which is similar to the 2nd commandment. But the chapter gives more of a resume of the 2nd book Exodus entirely.

Notice the Law (??µ?? nomos) is first mentioned in Romans 2 as it (??????? towrah) was in the 2nd Book Exodus:

Exodus 12
49 One law (??????? towrah) shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

Romans 2
12 For as many as have sinned without law (??µ?? nomos) shall also perish without law (??µ?? nomos): and as many as have sinned in the law (??µ?? nomos) shall be judged by the law (??µ?? nomos);

Romans 2 and the 2nd Book Exodus
Romans 2 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?	Exodus 34 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?	Exodus 20 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal.
Romans 2 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.	Exodus 24 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

Romans 3 and the 3rd Book Leviticus
Romans 3 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.	Leviticus 4 22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done [somewhat] through ignorance [against] any of the commandments of the LORD his God [concerning things] which should not be done, and is guilty;

Romans 7 and 1Corinthians 7

[Rom 7:1 KJV] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? [Rom 7:2 KJV] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband. [Rom 7:3 KJV] So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. [Rom 7:4 KJV] Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. [Rom 7:5 KJV] For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. [Rom 7:6 KJV] But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter. [Rom 7:7 KJV] What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. [Rom 7:8 KJV] But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was] dead. [Rom 7:9 KJV] For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. [Rom 7:10 KJV] And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto death. [Rom 7:11 KJV] For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me]. [Rom 7:12 KJV] Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. [Rom 7:13 KJV] Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. [Rom 7:14 KJV] For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. [Rom 7:15 KJV] For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. [Rom 7:16 KJV] If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that [it is] good. [Rom 7:17 KJV] Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [Rom 7:18 KJV] For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not. [Rom 7:19 KJV] For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. [Rom 7:20 KJV] Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. [Rom 7:21 KJV] I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. [Rom 7:22 KJV] For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: [Rom 7:23 KJV] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [Rom 7:24 KJV] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [Rom 7:25 KJV] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

[1Cr 7:1 KJV] Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman. [1Cr 7:2 KJV] Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. [1Cr 7:3 KJV] Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. [1Cr 7:4 KJV] The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. [1Cr 7:5 KJV] Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. [1Cr 7:6 KJV] But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment. [1Cr 7:7 KJV] For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. [1Cr 7:8 KJV] I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. [1Cr 7:9 KJV] But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. [1Cr 7:10 KJV] And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband: [1Cr 7:11 KJV] But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. [1Cr 7:12 KJV] But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. [1Cr 7:13 KJV] And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. [1Cr 7:14 KJV] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. [1Cr 7:15 KJV] But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace. [1Cr 7:16 KJV] For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife? [1Cr 7:17 KJV] But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. [1Cr 7:18 KJV] Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. [1Cr 7:19 KJV] Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. [1Cr 7:20 KJV] Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. [1Cr 7:21 KJV] Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather. [1Cr 7:22 KJV] For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant. [1Cr 7:23 KJV] Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. [1Cr 7:24 KJV] Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. [1Cr 7:25 KJV] Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. [1Cr 7:26 KJV] I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be. [1Cr 7:27 KJV] Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. [1Cr 7:28 KJV] But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. [1Cr 7:29 KJV] But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; [1Cr 7:30 KJV] And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; [1Cr 7:31 KJV] And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away. [1Cr 7:32 KJV] But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: [1Cr 7:33 KJV] But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please [his] wife. [1Cr 7:34 KJV] There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her] husband. [1Cr 7:35 KJV] And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. [1Cr 7:36 KJV] But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. [1Cr 7:37 KJV] Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. [1Cr 7:38 KJV] So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better. [1Cr 7:39 KJV] The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. [1Cr 7:40 KJV] But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Romans 11 and the 11th Book 1Kings

Romans 11 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to [the image of] Baal.

1Kings 19 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 18 Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

The 12th Epistle Titus is also in the 12th Spoke of the Biblewheel and the 56th book overall.

Romans 12 and the 12th Epistle Titus

Romans 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Titus 1 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Titus 2 1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 9 [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. Titus 3 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Speaking of hospitality check the 12th book 2Kings:

2Kings 6
19 And Elisha said unto them, This [is] not the way, neither [is] this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these [men], that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, [they were] in the midst of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.


The 15th Epistle James is also in the 15th Spoke of the Biblewheel and the 59th book overall. Therefore it shares many themes associated with the number 15.

Romans 15 and the 15th Epistle James
Romans 15 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. 14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.	James 1 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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