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This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also,

Verse ConceptsdesiresSodomySexual PerversionEvil PassionsGod Handing OverWomen Doing WrongExchanging Good For BadAffectionsexLove And RelationshipsWomen's RolesPassionChange And GrowthSame Sex Marriage

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

Verse ConceptsAccepting ChristCommitment, to GodHearingListeningWork, And RedemptionHearing God's WordJustified By WorksWorks Of The LawBlessings Of Obedience

Circumcision does indeed profit, if you obey the Law; but if you are a Law-breaker, the fact that you have been circumcised counts for nothing.

Verse ConceptsRitualIf You Do Not Keep CommandsIf You Keep The Commandments

But if our unrighteousness sets God's righteousness in a clearer light, what shall we say? (Is God unrighteous--I speak in our everyday language-- when He inflicts punishment?

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfGod Has AngerIs God Unjust?Like MenPerspective

But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.

Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentMutenessSilenceUnder The LawAccountabilityGuilt

But now a righteousness coming from God has been brought to light apart from any Law, both Law and Prophets bearing witness to it--

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfRighteousness, As FaithImputed RighteousnessWitness To The GospelWithout The LawWritten In The ProphetsGrace Verse LawWitnessing

Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.

Verse ConceptsSalvation, Boasting ImpossiblePride, Evil OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelJustification By FaithBoasting ExcludedFaithFaith KjvBoastinglaw

whereas in the case of a man who pleads no actions of his own, but simply believes in Him who declares the ungodly free from guilt, his faith is placed to his credit as righteousness.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Removal OfSin, Deliverance From GodImputed RighteousnessJustification By FaithReckoningRighteous By FaithWorks Of The LawRighteousness imputedGrace Verse Law

and the forefather of the circumcised, namely of those who not merely are circumcised, but also walk in the steps of the faith which our forefather Abraham had while he was as yet uncircumcised.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Had Faithfootprints

Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to Abraham or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by faith-righteousness.

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGod's Promise To AbrahamRighteous By FaithPromisesTrust In Relationships

For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfEffect Of The LawGod Has AngerNo SinWithout The LawLegaldisobediencelawwrath

so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham's true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a faith like that of Abraham. Thus in the sight of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, Abraham is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, "I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations."

Verse ConceptsExistenceFaithChaosGod, The CreatorThe Existence Of ThingsExistence Through GodNon ExistenceThe Dead Are RaisedGod's CallCalling

But God's free gift immeasurably outweighs the transgression. For if through the transgression of the one individual the mass of mankind have died, infinitely greater is the generosity with which God's grace, and the gift given in His grace which found expression in the one man Jesus Christ, have been bestowed on the mass of mankind.

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Death has no longer any power over Him. For by the death which He died He became, once for all, dead in relation to sin; but by the life which He now lives He is alive in relation to God.

Verse ConceptsExpiationUniquenessOnceThe Effect Of Christ's DeathOnly OnceChrist's LifeDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of Loved OneJesus DeathFamily Death

In the same way you also must regard yourselves as dead in relation to sin, but as alive in relation to God, because you are in Christ Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBecoming More Like ChristSanctification, Nature And BasisSpiritual Life, Described ByBeing Dead In SinDead To SinAccountancyDeath To SelfLife Through ChristReckoning

But thanks be to God that though you were once in thraldom to Sin, you have now yielded a hearty obedience to that system of truth in which you have been instructed.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodHeart, And Holy SpiritTeachingThanksgivingRenewed HeartObedience To GodThanksgiving, OfferedObeying The GospelSubject To EvilAll Have SinnedThank God!doctrine

But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

Verse Conceptseternal life, experience ofHoliness Of The SaintsHoliness, Purpose OfServants Of The LordSlavery, SpiritualFruitful LabourTargetsSinSubject To GodPromise Of HeavenUniversalismHolinessReligious FreedomFreedomliberation

This accounts for the fact that if during her husband's life she lives with another man, she will be stigmatized as an adulteress; but that if her husband is dead she is no longer under the old prohibition, and even though she marries again, she is not an adulteress.

Verse ConceptsWithout The LawSex Before Marriageadultry

But seeing that we have died to that which once held us in bondage, the Law has now no hold over us, so that we render a service which, instead of being old and formal, is new and spiritual.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Teaching OfRitualService To GodChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureNew LifeOld ThingsDead To SinWithout The Law

Did then a thing which is good become death to me? No, indeed, but sin did; so that through its bringing about death by means of what was good, it might be seen in its true light as sin, in order that by means of the Commandment the unspeakable sinfulness of sin might be plainly shown.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstSin Producing DeathGood WordsEffect Of The LawFar Be It!Sin Produces DeathThe Entrance Of SinLegallaw

For what I do, I do not recognize as my own action. What I desire to do is not what I do, but what I am averse to is what I do.

Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureTemptation, Universality OfHating EvilNot Understanding Other ThingsstruggleHateLife StrugglesDoing The Right ThingStrugglespracticemyself

But if I do that which I do not desire to do, I admit the excellence of the Law,

Verse ConceptsGood WordsExcellent LawTaking The Law To Heart

and now it is no longer I that do these things, but the sin which has its home within me does them.

Verse ConceptsNot MeThe Entrance Of SinLiving In SinLife Struggles

But if I do that which I desire not to do, it can no longer be said that it is I who do it, but the sin which has its home within me does it.

Verse ConceptsThe Sin NatureNot MeThe Entrance Of Sin

For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it)

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Effects Of FallDecayNot My Will But God'sUseless EndeavourThe Universe AffectedliberationMoral Decay

It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

Verse ConceptsHope, As ConfidenceVisionAnticipationThe Faculty Of SightThe Hope Of The GospelUnseen FaithBeing SavedHope And FaithHope Kjv

nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."

Verse ConceptsConcubinesChildren Of AbrahamDescendants ofSeeds

In other words, it is not the children by natural descent who count as God's children, but the children made such by the promise are regarded as Abraham's posterity.

Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfNames And Titles For The ChristianSpiritual AdoptionBelievers As Sons Of GodLiving Not For The MaterialGod's Promise To AbrahamDescendants ofRaising ChildrenPromisesChild Of God

and even then, though they were not then born and had not done anything either good or evil, yet in order that God's electing purpose might not be frustrated, based, as it was, not on their actions but on the will of Him who called them, she was told,

Verse ConceptsElection, Characteristics OfGood Or BadBirthChosen Disciples

No, indeed; the solution is found in His words to Moses, "Wherever I show mercy it shall be nothing but mercy, and wherever I show compassion it shall be simply compassion."

Verse ConceptsCompassionAccepting ChristHeart, DivineGod's MercyGod Will Show MercyGod Works His WillMercypitygraciousness

And from this we learn that everything is dependent not on man's will or endeavour, but upon God who has mercy. For the Scripture said to Pharaoh,

Verse ConceptsGod, Grace OfSalvation Not By WorksNot My Will But God'sNot ToilingThe Will Of MenMercyRaceMercy And Graceeffortimpulsiveness

Nay, but who are you, a mere man, that you should cavil against GOD? Shall the thing moulded say to him who moulded it, "Why have you made me thus?"

Verse ConceptsPresumptionStriving With GodAnswering GodOther Unimportant PeopleMan's Relationship With His CreatorQuestioning GodMan's Relation To God

even towards us whom He has called not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles?

Verse ConceptsThe Gentiles ConversionConsider Your Call To Salvation

And why? Because they were pursuing a righteousness which should arise not from faith, but from what they regarded as merit. They stuck their foot against the stone which lay in their way;

Verse ConceptsProphecies Concerning ChristTrusting In WorksSaved By FaithWorks Of The LawConversion Of Israel

For I bear witness that they possess an enthusiasm for God, but it is an unenlightened enthusiasm.

Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "'Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;

Verse ConceptsImputed RighteousnessGoing Up To HeavenAbasing PeopleRighteous By FaithGoing To HeavenBelieving In Yourselffearless

But what does it say? "The Message is close to you, in your mouth and in your heart;" that is, the Message which we are publishing about the faith--

Verse ConceptsScripture, Purpose OfThe Gospel PreachedGod's Blessings Are NearOther References To The HeartRighteous By FaithSpeaking With The Mouthpreaching

But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

Verse ConceptsNot Believing The GospelDoubting GodUnhearingpreachingCall To Action

But, some will say, they have not all hearkened to the Good News. No, for Isaiah asks, "Lord, who has believed the Message they have heard from us?"

Verse ConceptsNewsUnbelief, As Response To GodNot Believing The GospelDoubting GodAcceptance

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneHearing God's WordThe Gospel WorldwideThe End Of The WorldThe WorldSpreading The Gospel

But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."

Verse ConceptsProvokingFoolish PeopleMaking Israel JealousNot Understanding God's Things

But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistorySeven ThousandBowing To False GodsSurvivors Of Israel

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

Verse ConceptsJustification Under The GospelSalvation Not By WorksSaving GraceSalvation, Boasting ImpossibleJustified By GraceWorks Of The LawGrace Verse LawGod's GraceDebt

How then does the matter stand? It stands thus. That which Israel are in earnest pursuit of, they have not obtained; but God's chosen servants have obtained it, and the rest have become hardened.

Verse ConceptsChristiansReprobatesSeeking For Abstract ThingsNot FindingGod Hardening PeopleIsrael Hardened

I ask, however, "Have they stumbled so as to be finally ruined?" No, indeed; but by their lapse salvation has come to the Gentiles in order to arouse the jealousy of the descendants of Israel;

Verse ConceptsOutsidersDownfall Of IsraelMaking Israel JealousThe Gospel Of SalvationConversion Of IsraelGentiles

But to you Gentiles I say that, since I am an Apostle specially sent to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtMission, Of The ChurchPreaching Gospel To ForeignersGentilesMinistry

For if their having been cast aside has carried with it the reconciliation of the world, what will their being accepted again be but Life out of death?

Verse ConceptsReconciliation, Of The World To GodAcceptance, Of The GospelPeace Made Through ChristReconciliation with GodAcceptanceLosing A FriendReconciliationRejection

And if some of the branches have been pruned away, and you, although you were but a wild olive, have been grafted in among them and have become a sharer with others in the rich sap of the root of the olive tree,

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

Notice therefore God's kindness and God's severity. On those who have fallen His severity has descended, but upon you His kindness has come, provided that you do not cease to respond to that kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off also.

Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessRemindersUnkindnessSeparation From GodAbiding With GodDownfall Of IsraelStrictnessThe Grace Of GodKindness As A Fruit Of The SpiritGoodness

In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers.

Verse ConceptsPatriarchsAmbivalenceAncestorsSuffering For The GospelEnemies Of GodFor The Sake Of God's PeopleGod's Love For Israel

but just as you were formerly disobedient to Him, but now have received mercy at a time when they are disobedient,

Verse ConceptsReceiving God's Mercydisobedience

For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.

Verse ConceptsCommendationRulersSecurityTaxationMagistratesFear Is DueFearDoing The Right ThingBeing ScaredRespecting Authoritybehaviorterrorism

We must obey therefore, not only in order to escape punishment, but also for conscience' sake.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeaders, PoliticalBe Subject To PeopleRespecting Authorityconscience

One man's faith allows him to eat anything, while a man of weaker faith eats nothing but vegetables.

Verse ConceptsSensitivityDietsVegetablesFood DefinedHerbsReligious FreedomWeaknessEating Meatporkconscienceveganism

Who are you that you should find fault with the servant of another? Whether he stands or falls is a matter which concerns his own master. But stand he will; for the Master can give him power to stand.

Verse ConceptsStandingEnabling GracePersonal ResponsibilityAble To StandNot JudgingServants Of PeopleGod Establishes UsQuestioning GodJudging Others Actionsservanthoodcriticism

But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;

Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatStandingJesus Christ, JudgeNot JudgingDo Not DespiseJudgement SeatBelittlingJudging Others Actionscriticism

Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsCommitment, to God's peopleInfluenceOffenceTemptation, Avoiding CausingThe Saints, Without OffenceStumbling BlocksNot JudgingDo Not HinderChristian LibertyHindrancesJudgingJudging Others Actions

As one who lives in union with the Lord Jesus, I know and am certain that in its own nature no food is 'impure'; but if people regard any food as impure, to them it is.

Verse ConceptsConsciences, In Decision Makingdoubt, results ofAssurance in the life of faithPurity, Nature OfRitualConsideration Of OthersLegalismCleaningThinking ArightClean ObjectsUnclean ThingsConfidence And Self Esteem

Do not for food's sake be throwing down God's work. All food is pure; but a man is in the wrong if his food is a snare to others.

Verse ConceptsStumblingCausing Others To StumbleClean ObjectsWorking For GodEating MeatGod Turning Bad Things Into Goodpork

But I write to you the more boldly--partly as reminding you of what you already know--because of the authority graciously entrusted to me by God,

Verse ConceptsBoldness, To PeopleGrace, And Christian LifeRemindersReminders Of The GospelWriting LettersBeing StrongThe Grace Given To MenBoldness