Questions tagged [romans]
Paul's letter to the church in Rome.
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In 1 Corinthians 9:9;13 why does Paul quote the Torah for justifying fiscal support from the church?
All quotes from the NASB
In canvassing for fiscal support from the church the apostle Paul quotes the Torah to buttress his narrative
1 Corinthians 9:9-10
[9]For it is written in the Law of ...
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What is the “it” in Romans 4:16?
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants (NASB)
Is "it" "the promise" (4:13, 14, 16), or ...
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To what is “this reason” referring in Romans 4:16?
For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace (NASB)
Is "the reason" the fact that "the Law brings about wrath" (4:15)? Or is it something else?
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Is the alternate translation of προέθετο, “foreordained,” in Rom. 3:25 still considered acceptable?
A parallel Bible I used this morning from the 1800s notes that the Greek "προέθετο" from Romans 3:25 can be alternatively translated as "foreordained." However, modern parallel and interlinear Bible ...
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What is the significance of the extra comma in Romans 12:2?
I am puzzled about the placing of a comma.
Romans 12:2 says:
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and ...
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How does Romans 4:15b relate to its context?
Precisely what does Romans 4:15b (bolded below) mean, and how does it relate to its immediate context?
13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not ...
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Is Romans 3:10 a quote from the Septuagint?
Romans 3:10 :
There is none righteous, no, not one:
is usually attributed to Psalm 14 :3
there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
and to Psalm 53:1
there is none that doeth good, no, not ...
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Are true Christians still under or subject to the Ten Commandments? [closed]
Jesus Christ was sent by the Father to redeem us from under the law given through Moses (Galatians 4:5; 3:23-25; Romans 7:6; John 1:17). Why is it that religious groups (like the Catholics, Mormons, ...
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In Romans 16:4, does Paul thank Priscilla and Aquila or does he thank God FOR them?
[Rom 16:3-4 KJV] 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
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In 1 Corinthians 14:15 is Paul alluding to Psalm 46:7-8 LXX?
In 1 Corinthians 14:15 Paul is admonishing the Corinthians for "wasting their breath" by addressing God and others (including unbelievers) in languages that were not understood by the hearers:
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In Romans 16:1 does the fact that “deacon” is masculine suggest an “office” or simply “servant”?
In Paul's reference to sister Phoebe the KJV renders the masculine word διάκονος as "servant":
[Rom 16:1-4 KJV] 1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at ...
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Do Isaiah 64:8-9 and Romans 11 indicate that the vessels of wrath have hope? [closed]
The imagery of a divine potter picking out some Jews to be hardened to the messiah and being reserved for destruction is for many of us unsettling. It is for many a kind of "fly in the ointment" that "...
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Romans 4:5 earliest evidence (P40 Baden Papyrus 57)
Does anyone know where I can get a picture of P40 ( Baden Papyrus 57), specifically the part with Romans 4:5?
I have contacted Heidelberg, Institut fur Papyrologie der Univ., (Inv. 645) but no answer ...
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What does Paul mean by “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness” in Rom 10:4?
KJV Rom 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Is this scripture in regards to righteousness? Is this speaking of Christ as the limit, end or total ...
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What does “mortal bodies” in Romans 8:11 mean?
What does "mortal bodies" in Romans 8:11 mean?
The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal ...
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Who is the one that searches in Romans 8:27?
Who is the who in Romans 8:27?
And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Is it God? or is it the ...
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How can we understand Romans 4:19 in the light of different translations?
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Romans 4:19
19καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα [ἤδη] νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταετής που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας·
American Standard Version
Romans 4:19 (...
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Must literal confession be done before someone is saved according Romans 10:9,10?
In Romans 10:9, 10 Paul said: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart ...
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What is the “due penalty” mentioned in Romans 1:27?
As I went through my study of Romans, I was caught off guard by this verse - because there didn't seem to be any readily apparent answer given the context as far as I could discern it.
26 For this ...
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Why the definite article in 'Abba, Father'?
In both Jesus' prayer :
Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee. Mark 14:36. [KJV.]
and in Paul's epistles :
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have ...
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In Romans 11:19 why did the Jewish branches have to be cut off in order for the gentiles to be saved?
KJV Romans 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
A big part of Paul's theodicy of Romans 9-11 is the notion that it was an essential part of the ...
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Is Romans 11:11 an allusion to Isaiah 8:14?
Romans 11:11 NKJV
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 8:14 NKJV
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Does Romans 13:1-17 teach that it is a sin to disobey any of the laws of the land in which someone is living?
What does the expression “let every one be subject...) from Romans 13:1 mean? Is it used interchangeable with the Law of God?
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In Romans 12:3 what is the μέτρον that God has allotted to each believer and how is one to use it to “think soberly” about one's gift?
Disclaimer: I have no formal education in Greek.
Setup (If you are familiar with Romans 12 you can skip to "The question" below)
Throughout the Roman empire (and in all the world) both Jews and ...
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Can Romans 1:26-27 'unnatural use' be understood as temple prostitution? Also, is lesbianism condemned here?
NOTE 1: I see people showing me their resoning that homosexuality deserves condemnation, I know that and fully endorse, the question is about meaning of these verses, not judgement of homosexuals, as ...
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In Romans 7:9 what does Paul mean by “I died”?
Is Paul suggesting that Adam did not directly bring death on all men but instead each person dies only when they sin by interacting with the Torah?
ESV Romans 7:
7What then shall we say? That ...
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Does Paul contradict what he said in Acts 17:29-30 in Romans 1:18-25?
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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Who planted the assembly in Rome to whom Paul wrote “Romans”?
It appears evident from the record of Paul's travels in Acts 16ff that when Paul wrote "Romans" he had never visited Rome yet:
NIV Romans 1:10
...in my prayers at all times; and I pray that ...
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In Romans 1:11 why does Paul seem to fudge about his agenda by saying “some spiritual gift”?
NIV Romans 1:
11I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift
to make you strong— 12that is, that you and I may be mutually
encouraged by each other’s faith.
It sounds ...
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How is daily pursuing righteous behavior different from striving for righteous standing ? what role does faith play? [closed]
I am referring to Paul's letter to Romans, Chapter 9 :30-31
30: What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after
righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the ...
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In Romans 8:15 what are “a spirit of bondage” and a “spirit of adoption”?
KJV Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry,
Abba, Father.
Westcott and Hort / [NA27 variants] οὐ ...
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In Romans 1:24 what does Paul mean by παρέδωκεν (“gave them over”)?
NIV Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires
of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies
with one another.
What, in this context does παρέδωκεν ("...
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Does “all things” always mean the same in these seven verses?
John 1:3
All thingsπάντα were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 3:35
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all thingsπάντα into his hand.
Romans 11:36
For ...
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In Romans 1:16 why does Paul say “to the Jew first”?
KJV Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is
the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.
I am looking for a very ...
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In Romans 5:9 why does not say “all” but “many”? [duplicate]
“By one man’s disobedience many were made sinners” (Rom. 5:19).
Why does not say "all" but "many"?
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Possible Word Inversion in Romans 9:5?
I couldn't help but notice, while pondering on another question, that inverting the current word order of the Greek text of Romans 9:4-5 by replacing the final o on from the middle of verse 5 with on ...
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How does the concept of “righteousness” cause the Spirit to be “life” in Romans 8:10?
I've long desired to break-through to an understanding of Romans 8:10, particularly the following emboldened concept:
Romans 8:10 (KJV)
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but ...
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What is the relationship between “be ye doers of the word” (James 1:22) and “the doers of the law” (Romans 2:13)?
James 1:22 (KJV)
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your
own selves.
Romans 2:13 (KJV)
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers
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In Romans 8:3-4 what is “the righteousness which is of the Law”?
Romans 8:3-4 KJV
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh,
God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh: That the ...
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In Romans 11:25 what is “the fullness of the Gentiles”?
Romans 11:25 KJV For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness ...
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In Romans 11:11 who is made jealous of whom?
YLT Rom 11:11 I say, then, Did they stumble that they might fall? let
it not be! but by their fall the salvation is to the nations, to
arouse them to jealousy;
Do the fallen Jews make the ...
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Does the grammar of Romans 5:9 suggest from whose wrath “we will be saved”?
Romans 5:9 ends with the phrase σωθησόμεθα δι’ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς -- "we will be saved by him from the wrath".
Most, though not all, English translations add "of God" to qualify "wrath".
What ...
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In Romans 9:6 what is the promise that Paul is assuring the Romans did not fail?
Paul has just made grandiose claims about the indomitable purposes of God in the life of the believer:
KJV Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for
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is Gaius in Romans 16 the same as the one in 3 John 1?
Paul mentions a certain Gaius who hosted him as well as the church
Romans 16:23 (NKJV)
23 Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets ...
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In Romans 11:28 to whom does Paul refer when he speaks of elect Jews who are enemies of the gospel?
Is Paul referring to particular people when he speaks of elect Jews who are nonetheless enemies of the gospel?
KJV Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant
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In Romans 1:16 is the “power of God” power from God or power to God?
KJV Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it
is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom 1:17 For therein ...
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In Romans 6:5-11 is the resurrection of the believer a fait accompli?
Paul seems unambiguous that the believer died with Christ but seems to suggest that the resurrection of the believer is still future. But in verse 11 it sounds like a fait accompli. Which is it?
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What are the implications of Paul's use of the present tense of the verb δικαιόω (to justify) in Romans 3:24, 26, 28, and 4:5?
In four verses (Romans 3:24, 3:26, 3:28, and 4:5) the apostle Paul used present tense verbs when describing justification. What makes this harder is all four are either infinitives or participles, ...
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Is there a parallelism intended in Romans 9:4?
Paul lists a string of six blessings on Israel in Romans 9:4 (NIV):
Theirs is the adoption to sonship; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the ...
