Romans

January 17, 2023 – Tuesday  Romans 1:18-20     NIV 18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation…

January 16, 2023 – Monday  Romans 1:16     NIV 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. Comments I literally love how verse 16 begins, For I am not ashamed of the gospel. Somehow it reminds me of the last phrase in…

January 13, 2023 – Friday  Romans 1:5     NIV 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for his name’s sake. Comments Did you know the book of Romans has faith mentioned 40 times in the NIV, one more than Hebrews and twice what Matthew and 1 Timothy each have. In the…

December 14, 2022 – Wednesday  Why Jesus Came – 5                                  Romans 5:8-10    NIV 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were…

July 07, 2022 – Thursday    Romans 12:3     NIV 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. Comments  Here is a thought we can all probably all get…

July 06, 2022 – Wednesday    Romans 11:5-6     NIV 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.  6 And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Comments  Ellicott’s Commentary states, These two things,” grace” and “works,” really exclude each other, when commenting on the two…

July 05, 2022 – Tuesday    Romans 6:15-16     NIV 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means!  16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which…

July 01, 2022 – Friday    Romans 5:20-21     NIV 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,  21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Comments  As this…

June 30, 2022 – Thursday    Romans 5:15-17     NIV 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the graceof the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!  16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s…

June 29, 2022 – Wednesday    Romans 5:1-2     NIV 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,  2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Comments  The first verse of chapter…

June 28, 2022 – Tuesday    Romans 4:16     NIV 16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. Comments  In this chapter Paul argues that we are justified by…

June 27, 2022 – Monday    Romans 3:22-24     NIV 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,  23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,  24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Comments  Paul is…

June 24, 2022 – Friday    Romans 1:5     NIV 5 Through Him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith for His name’s sake. Romans 1:5     NASB 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the…

February 11, 2022 – Friday     Romans 13:12     NIV             12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Comment.  The armor of light, how does one put it on? Before we…

November 19, 2021 – Friday Romans 8:17   NIV 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. Comment.  What an interesting verse. So many things to make sense of starting with Now if we are children? Now means we have to look at what…