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'God' in the Bible

[I am writing] to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called to be saints (God’s people) and set apart for a sanctified life, [that is, set apart for God and His purpose]: Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithBenedictionsBelovedHoliness, Believers' Growth InSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianChurch, Examples OfAll Believers Are SaintsGod's Love In ChristGrace Be To YouPeace And ComfortGod's Love For UsLoving EveryoneMissing SomeoneGods LoveBeing LovedBeing Positivechristianityfatherhoodreality

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith [your trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] is being proclaimed in all the world.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingRomeThankfulnessThanksgiving, OfferedComplimentsStrong Faith In ChristThanking God For PeopleThe Gospel WorldwideThank YouBeing GratefulGrateful HeartSpreading The GospelGiving ThanksThanksadoration

because that which is known about God is evident within them [in their inner consciousness], for God made it evident to them.

Verse ConceptsManifesting (making Something Clear)Knowing God's CharacterAtheism, Description OfGeneral Revelationconscience

and exchanged the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God for an image [worthless idols] in the shape of mortal man and birds and four-footed animals and reptiles.

Verse ConceptsIncorruptibleImmortality, In NtNations DescribedBirds, Features OfNature DecayingNo DecayPeople Are CorruptibleIdolatryExchanging Good For BadNature Of IdolatryBirdscatsimage

Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their own hearts to [sexual] impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin],

Verse ConceptsCondemned Heartsevil, origins ofdesiresHeart, Fallen And RedeemedSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualitySin, Causes OfImpurityGod Handing OverIdolatryThey Committed ImmoralitysexDishonoring God

For this reason God gave them over to degrading and vile passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural [a function contrary to nature],

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

slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,

Verse ConceptsBackbitingSuperiorityPride, CharacteristicsBoastersDisobedient To ParentsHating GodRespecting Parentshatersdisobediencearrogancegossiping

And we know that the judgment of God falls justly and in accordance with truth on those who practice such things.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfCondemnation Of The WickedJudgmentsJudging Others Actions

For it is not those who merely hear the Law [as it is read aloud] who are just or righteous before God, but it is those who [actually] obey the Law who will be justified [pronounced free of the guilt of sin and declared acceptable to Him].

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

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God,

Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfBoasting In GodUnder The LawTrust In RelationshipsBoasting

You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob [pagan] temples [of valuable idols and offerings]?

Verse ConceptsChastitySacrilegeHating EvilNature Of IdolatryRobbing GodsThose Who Committed AdulteryInfidelityadultry

You who boast in the Law, do you [repeatedly] dishonor God by breaking the Law?

Verse ConceptsReproachSin, Nature OfThey Do Not Keep CommandsBoastingdisobedienceDishonoring God

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and [true] circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by [the fulfillment of] the letter [of the Law]. His praise is not from men, but from God.

Verse ConceptsChanged HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPaul, Teaching OfTypesWorthinessRenewed HeartNew Birth, Described AsThe Holy Spirit, And RegenerationThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureThe Inward BeingPeople Commended By GodJews

Great in every respect. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God [His very words].

Verse ConceptsHeirsWord Of GodBible, Names OfGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodUse Of The ScripturesRespect

What then? If some did not believe or were unfaithful [to God], their lack of belief will not nullify and make invalid the faithfulness of God and His word, will it?

Verse ConceptsDoubtDoubting GodFaithfulnessGod's FaithfulnessFaith In God

Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture],“That You may be justified in Your words,And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”

Verse ConceptsHonestyReliabilityFar Be It!God SuingThose Who Are LiarsMan's Relation To GodOvercomingTelling The Truth

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not wrong to inflict His wrath [on us], is He? (I am speaking in purely human terms.)

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

Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!Judging Others Actions

“There is no fear of God [and His awesome power] before their eyes.”

Verse ConceptsImpietyEvil EyesNo Fear Of GodFearing God

Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].

Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentMutenessSilenceUnder The LawAccountabilityGuilt

But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets.

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

and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,

Verse ConceptsSalvationAccepting ChristGenerosity, God'sAssurance, nature ofBlood Of Christ, Basis OfTypesGod, Grace OfGrace, The Source OfJustification Under The GospelSaving GraceJustified By GraceGraceRedemptionMercy And Gracepotential

Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not also the God of Gentiles [who were not given the Law]? Yes, of Gentiles also,

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In NtBlessings For Jew And GentileGentilesJews

since indeed it is one [and the same] God who will justify the circumcised by faith [which began with Abraham] and the uncircumcised through [their newly acquired] faith.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualMonotheismJustification Under The GospelGod Is OneNecessity Of CircumcisionRighteous By FaithThe Gospel To Jew And Gentile

For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God.

Verse ConceptsSelf Righteousness, And The GospelJustification By FaithBoasting ExcludedJustified By WorksWorks Of The LawBoastingJustification Is Not By The LawJustification Is Not By WorksJustification Excluding Boasting

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed in (trusted, relied on) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living, right standing with God).”

Verse ConceptsdecisionsAbrahamRighteous By FaithScripture SaysRighteousness imputedAbraham Believed God

But to the one who does not work [that is, the one who does not try to earn his salvation by doing good], but believes and completely trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God).

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

And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

Verse ConceptsReckoningWorks Of The LawRighteousness imputed

He received the sign of circumcision, a seal or confirmation of the righteousness which he had by faith while [he was still] uncircumcised—this was so that he would be the [spiritual] father of all who believe without being circumcised—so that righteousness would be credited to them,

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, spiritualPraiseSealsAbraham, God's Covenant WithAbraham, New Testament ReferencesReckoningRighteous By FaithRighteousness imputed

If those who are [followers] of the Law are [the true] heirs [of Abraham], then faith [leading to salvation] is of no effect and void, and the promise [of God] is nullified.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionSaved By FaithGod's Promise To AbrahamValue

(as it is written [in Scripture], “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

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

Therefore his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God).

Verse ConceptsReckoningRighteousness imputedAbraham Believed God

but for our sake also—to whom righteousness will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead—

Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationReckoningGod Raising ChristBelief In GodRighteousness imputedFaith In Godaccounting

Not only that, but we also rejoice in God [rejoicing in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received and enjoy our reconciliation [with God].

Verse ConceptsAtonementJoy, Of The ChurchAlienation, OvercomingPeace Made Through ChristYou Will Rejoice In SalvationRejoicing In ChristAccess to GodReconciliation with GodFriendship And LoveLove And RelationshipsReconciliationPatience In Relationships

So then as through one trespass [Adam’s sin] there resulted condemnation for all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

Verse ConceptsAtonementJesus Christ, Obedience OfJustification Under The GospelSalvation, Possible To All MenLife In ChristCondemnation Of The WickedAll PeopleLife Is In ChristPatience In Relationships

For just as through one man’s disobedience [his failure to hear, his carelessness] the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of the one Man the many will be made righteous and acceptable to God and brought into right standing with Him.

Verse ConceptsAdam, Results Of SinGospel, Historical Foundation OfResponsibility, Examples OfRestitutionSin, Universality OfImputed RighteousnessMany Seeking SalvationOnly One PersonSin Clings To The SinnerObedienceRighteousness imputeddisobedience

so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness which brings eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Verse Conceptseternal life, gift ofSin, Causes OfSin, Universality OfGrace, Description OfComplicityJustified By GraceExercise

For the death that He died, He died to sin [ending its power and paying the sinner’s debt] once and for all; and the life that He lives, He lives to [glorify] God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].

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

Even so, consider yourselves to be dead to sin [and your relationship to it broken], but alive to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.

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

Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.

Verse ConceptsPersonal ConsecrationBodily LimbsSurrenderingDedication In NtBodyHealthHoliness Of The SaintsResurrection, SpiritualRighteousness, As FaithSatan, Resistance ToSin, Causes OfBeing DevoutUnburied BodiesContinuing In SinOur ResurrectionThe Surrendered lifeSurrenderTaking Care Of Your Bodyinstruments

Do you not know that when you continually offer yourselves to someone to do his will, you are the slaves of the one whom you obey, either [slaves] of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness (right standing with God)?

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillSin, Causes OfSin, Effects OfSin Producing DeathContinuing In SinSin Produces DeathSubject To EvilObedienceThe Surrendered lifeslaverySurrenderObeying Godobeying

But thank God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed.

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

But now since you have been set free from sin and have become [willing] slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification [being made holy and set apart for God’s purpose], and the outcome [of this] is eternal life.

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

Thanks be to God [for my deliverance] through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind serve the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness, my sinful capacity—I serve] the law of sin.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillThank God!The MindServing God

For what the Law could not do [that is, overcome sin and remove its penalty, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit], God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son],

Verse ConceptsExpiationAtonement, in NTGod, Suffering OfGospel, Historical Foundation OfIncarnationLikenessPower, God's SavingSin, God's Remedy ForSin OfferingSinnersUnion With Christ, Nature OfWeakness, PhysicalJustification Under The GospelSalvation Not By WorksPowerlessnessPeople's Inability To Serve GodCondemnation Of The WickedChrist Like PeopleWeaknesscondemnationimpossible

And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with God’s will.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual UnderstandingSaintsSearchingChristians, Names OfGod, All knowingGod Searching HeartsAll Believers Are SaintsPrayer, And God's Willmindset

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect (His chosen ones)? It is God who justifies us [declaring us blameless and putting us in a right relationship with Himself].

Verse ConceptsConfidence, God's CallingGod, Righteousness OfGuilt, Removal OfJustification, Necessity OfSin, Deliverance From GodChristians, Names OfGod VindicatesPeople Accusing PeopleChargeaccusationsSatan Accuses Believers

Who is the one who condemns us? Christ Jesus is the One who died [to pay our penalty], and more than that, who was raised [from the dead], and who is at the right hand of God interceding [with the Father] for us.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, SpiritualGospel, Historical Foundation OfHand Of GodPeace, Divine In NtPrayer, For OthersRight Hand Of GodSin BearerResurrection Of Christ, Necessary ForRight SidesGod Raising ChristJesus PrayingThe Fact Of Christ's DeathDecision Makingcondemnation

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Verse ConceptsdepthLove, Nature OfChrist, Names ForAgape LoveSpiritual DepthsNothing MissingGod's Love For UsGod's Creation

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Verse ConceptsAmenFlesh, Description OfAncestorsDepravity Of ManDivinity Of ChristPatriarchsJesus Christ, Deity OfNames And Titles For ChristChrist, Names ForEternal PraiseChrist's OriginLife In A Material WorldBless The Lord!Race

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

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

What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness [who did not seek salvation and a right relationship with God, nevertheless] obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness which is produced by faith;

Verse ConceptsGospel, Promises OfJustice, In Believers' LivesImputed RighteousnessPursuing GoodForeigners Saved By FaithRighteous By FaithGentiles

whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.

Verse ConceptsSelf Righteousness, And The GospelPursuing GoodIsrael HardenedPeople In RighteousnessJustification Is Not By Works

For I testify about them that they have a certain enthusiasm for God, but not in accordance with [correct and vital] knowledge [about Him and His purposes].

Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God

For not knowing about God’s righteousness [which is based on faith], and seeking to establish their own [righteousness based on works], they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Description OfLegalismSelf Righteousness, Nature OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelSpiritual IgnoranceTrusting In WorksSeeking For Abstract ThingsIgnorance of GodignoranceFutile Faith

But the righteousness based on faith [which produces a right relationship with Him] says the following: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into Heaven?’ that is, to bring Christ down;

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

For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.

Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanMouthsBelievingAcknowledging ChristPowers Of SpeechSalvationOther References To The HeartRighteous By FaithSpeaking With The MouthBelieving In ChristConfessionRighteousnessConfession of sinconfessing

I say then, has God rejected and disowned His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, From GodAcceptance, divineAbraham, Family And DescendantsGod Not ForsakingFar Be It!Prayer For Jerusalemisrael

God has not rejected His [chosen] people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingForeknowledgeCastawaysGod's ForeknowledgeGod Not ForsakingIsrael HardenedScripture Says

just as it is written [in Scripture],“God gave them a spirit of stupor,Eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear,[a spiritual apathy that has continued] to this very day.”

Verse ConceptsDrowsinessGospel, Responses ToHearingSleep, SpiritualSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfInsensibilitySleep, Warnings AgainstAnaestheticRefusing To HearGod BlindingFalse Religion To This DayGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of God

For if their [present] rejection [of salvation] is for the reconciliation of the world [to God], what will their acceptance [of salvation] be but [nothing less than] life from the dead?

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

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