Romans 7:15: “For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Do you ever ask yourself what is wrong with me? Why can’t I be better? Why did I do that? Take comfort – Paul had the same problem and …
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Romans 6:13: “Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. Remember when you first got married and you thought you had marriage down pat and you knew everything …
Romans 5:2b-5: “We rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has …
Romans 4:18-20: “In hope he (Abraham) believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or …
Romans 4:7-8: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” GOD’S WORD Translation states Romans 4:7 this way: “Blessed are those whose disobedience is forgiven and whose sins are pardoned.” My HCSB Life Essential Bible’s wording of …
Romans 3:10-12: “As it is written: None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” Paul quoted from the Psalms in Romans 3:10-12. Ps. 14:3: declares: “The fool hath said in his heart “There …
Romans 2:15-16: They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.” The definition of the word conscience is: An …
Rom 2:1-2 (ESV) —“Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.” Paul was writing mainly to Jews …
Romans 1:17 NIV: “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:17 is the key verse of Romans, announcing the theme of “the righteousness of God.” The word righteousness and other …
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John 21:22: “If I want him to remain until I come,” Jesus answered, “what is that to you?” As for you, follow me.” Those five words said by Jesus to Peter, in John 21 have stuck out at me – from the last chapter of John – “what is that to you?”. Peter had looked …
