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Nothing Can Come Between Us and the Love of God (Romans 8:31-39)

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God is for us, says Paul, having given his own Son for “all of us” (Rom. 8:31–32). Nothing is able to come between...

Eagerly Awaiting Bodily Redemption for Ourselves and God’s Creation (Romans 8:18–30)

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Being “glorified” with Christ (Rom. 8:17) is our hope for the future. But according to Paul that hope is part of a...

Suffering with Christ in Order to Be Glorified with Christ (Romans 8:15–17)

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Paul contrasts life in the Spirit with life under the Jewish law. Paul says believers have received a “spirit of...

Living According to the Spirit Leads to a New Quality of Life (Romans 8:1–14)

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Believers are free from the law, but walking in newness of life is based on a firm moral structure (hence, “the law of...

The Invasive Power of “Sin” (Romans 7)

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In chapter 7, Paul continues to emphasize that newness of life in Christ frees us from being “captive” to the “old...

Walking in Newness of Life in the Workplace (Romans 6)

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What does it mean to be a “slave” of God’s grace in our places of work? It means that we do not make decisions at...

Walking in Newness of Life (Romans 6)

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Although God’s grace has come into the world to bring reconciliation and justice, there are still evil spiritual...

Grace and Righteousness Lead to Eternal Life through Christ (Romans 5:12–21)

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Romans 5:12–21 reflects a dense and complex theological argu­ment involving a number of different contrasts between...

Grace Transforms Suffering in Our Life in Christ (Romans 5:1–11)

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In Romans 5:1–11 Paul offers more encouragement by reminding the Romans that through Christ we have already “gained...

An Exemplary Faith: Abraham Trusted God’s Promises (Romans 4)

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As we have seen in Romans 1–3, the cross of Christ brings salvation to all people—Jews and Gentiles alike. In...

Faith/Faithfulness, the Entry to God’s Justice (Romans 3:27–31)

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In the previous section we looked at Romans 3:22–26 and high­lighted the righteousness/justice that God gives us in...

God’s Justice Through Jesus, the Solution to Our False Judgments (Romans 3:21–26)

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Given that our judgment is false and hypocritical, how can we ever find righteousness and justice? This is the question...