Romans 6;20-20 20.  When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.21.  But then, what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.22.  But now that you have been set free from sin and have...

Romans 6;17-19 17.  But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, 18.  and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. 19.  I am speaking in human terms, because of...

Romans 6;15&16 15.  What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace?  By no means!16.  Do you not know that if you yield yourselves to any one as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death,...

(Dear friends in Christ, Tomorrow and this weekend will be very demanding for me.  Therefore, I am sending in advance the next few commentary/devotions.  GPP) Romans 6;12-14 12.  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.13.  Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness,...

Romans 6;8-11 8.  But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him.9.  For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.10.  The death he died he died to sin, once for all,...

Romans 6;6&7 6.  We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the sinful body might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.7.  For he who has died is freed from sin. Paul is here teaching us more about ‘spiritual time travel’. He teaches that our “old self”...

Roman’s 6;3-5 3.  Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?4.  We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might...

Romans 6;1&2 1.  What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?2.  By no means!  How can we who died to sin still live in it? If we walk in darkness, we do not see what we are stepping into, or about to run into.  If the light...

Romans 5;19-21 19.  For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.20.  Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,21.  so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through...

Romans 5;18 18.  Then as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. We should realize that the sin of Adam was not simply taking a bite of forbidden fruit, no.  His sin which brings death to all...

Romans 5;15&16 15.  But the free gift is not like the trespass.  For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift in the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.16.  And the free gift is not like the...

Romans 5;12-14 12.  Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned—13.  Sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law.14.  Yet death...

Romans 5;9-11 9. Since, therefore, we are now justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.10.  For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we...

Romans 5;6-8 6.  While we were yet helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.7.  Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man—though perhaps for a good man one will dare even to die.8.  But God showed His love for us in that while we were yet sinners...

Romans 5;3-5 3.  More than that, (sharing in The Glory of God) we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4.  and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,5.  and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been...

Romans 5;1&2 1.  Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.2.  Through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we now stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. What exactly is “the glory of...

Romans 4;22-25 22.  That (Abram’s irrational hope in God for whom nothing is impossible) is why his faith was “reckoned to him as righteousness.”23.  But the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone,24.  but for ours also.  It will be reckoned to us who believe in...

Romans 4;19-21 19.  He (Abram) did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb.20.  No distrust made him waver concerning the Promise of God, but he grew...

Romans 4;18-21 18.In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations; as he had been told, “So shall your descendants be.” Hope, can be ‘rational’ and hope can be irrational. If I dig a garden, plant seeds, water and weed it, I rationally hope for tomatoes and...

Romans 4;15-17 15.  For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.16.  That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants— not only to the adherence of the law, but also...

Romans 4;13&14 13.  The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.14.  If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith in null and the promise is void. The early...

Romans 4;9-12 9.  Is the blessing pronounced only upon the circumcised, or also upon the uncircumcised?  We say that faith was reckoned to Abraham as righteousness.10.  How then was it reckoned to him?  Was it before or after he had been circumcised?  It was not after, but before he was circumcised.11.  He...

Romans 4;6-8 6.  So also David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteous apart from works:7.  “Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;8.  blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin.” Notice that the man who is “blessed” by the...

Romans 4;4&5 4.  Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned to him as a gift, but as his due.5.  And to the one who does not work but trusts Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness. Notice in verse five, Paul does not say, “And to...

Romans 4;1-3 1.  What then shall we say about Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?2.  For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.3.  For what does the scripture say?  “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”  If, anyone could keep...

Romans 3;29-31 29.  Or is God the God of Jews only?  Is he not the God of the Gentiles also?  Yes, of Gentiles also,30.  since God is one; and he will justify the circumcised on the ground of their faith and the uncircumcised through their faith.31.  Do we then overthrow the...

Romans 3;27&28 27.  Then what becomes of our boasting?  It is excluded.  On what principle? On the principle of works?  No, but on the principle of faith.28.  For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law. ‘We’ of ourselves have nothing to do with being “justified.”...

Romans 3;25&26 Jesus Christ,25.  whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith.  This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over former sins;26.  it was to prove at the present time that He Himself is righteous and that...

Roman’s 3;22b-24 22b.  …..For there is no distinction;23.  since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24.  they are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. To be ‘redeemed’ is to be purchased from a present owner and restored to the...

Romans 3;21&22a 21.  But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,22.  The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. To ‘believe God,’ is perhaps the single best attempt to define what “faith”...

Romans 3;19&20 19.  Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.20.  For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the...