Monthly Archives: December 2014
a way to God’s righteousness
Romans 3:19-24 19 We have known that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 Because no … Continue reading
all under sin
Romans 3:5-18 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates that God is righteous, what should we conclude? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God … Continue reading
what good is the Bible?
Romans 3:1-4 1 So, what advantage is there to being a Jew, or what is the value of being circumcised? 2 There are many advantages in many ways. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the sayings of God. … Continue reading
inward Judaism
Romans 2:25-29 25 Because circumcision has its value if you are obedient to the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become non-circumcision. 26 For this reason, if the non-circumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the … Continue reading
the burden of light bearing
Romans 2:17-24 17 But if you call yourself a Jew and depend upon the law and are proud of your relationship to God 18 and you know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the … Continue reading
the law of conscience
Romans 2:12-16 12 Because all who have sinned not knowing the law will also perish not knowing the law, and all who have sinned understanding the law will be judged by the law. 13 Because it is not those who … Continue reading
a true case
Romans 2:1-11 1 Consequently, you are without defense, whoever you are, when you criticize someone else. For on whatever grounds you criticize another, you criticize yourself, because you who are accusing practice similar things. 2 Now we know that God’s … Continue reading
a depraved mind
Romans 1:26-32 26 For this reason God gave them over to shameful passions. Because their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 27 and likewise the men also abandoned normal relations with women and were inflamed in their … Continue reading
from emptiness to impurity
Romans 1:18-25 18 Because God’s wrath is now being revealed from heaven against people’s ungodliness and unrighteousness. They suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, 19 because what can be known about God is shown to them, because God has shown … Continue reading
in debt
Romans 1:13-17 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I … Continue reading