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Romans 6:15-18, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5, 6-11, 12-14, 15-18 ] Romans 6:15-18 (NRSV) 15 What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient ...
Romans 6:12-14, Commentary (Now with More Ancient Greek Ethico-Psychology!)
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5, 6-11, 12-14 ] Romans 6:12-14 (NRSV) 12 Therefore, do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. 13 No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedn...
Romans 6:6-11, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5, 6-11 ] Romans 6:6-11 (NRSV) 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For whoever has died is freed from sin...
Romans 6:1-5, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6: Intro, 1-5 ] Okay, it’s time I got back to Romans. I’ve been working on this off and on for a while, and I finally finished it today. ____ Romans 6:1-5 (NRSV) 1 What then are we to say? Should we continue...
Romans 6, Introduction
Paul has created some problems for himself with the end of chapter 5. There, he said that the Law actually led people to sin more — in that people responded to it with rebellion – but that God “responded” in turn with grace...
Romans 5, Summary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Intro, 1-11, 12, 12-14, 15, 16-21, Summary ] After arguing with his listeners that they should see each other as belonging to the same family since they’re all children of Abraham, Paul argues in ...
Romans 5:16-21, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Intro, 1-11, 12, 12-14, 15, 16-21 ] I want to get chapter 5 over with, if that’s okay with you: Romans 5:16-21 (NRSV) 16 And the free gift is not like the effect of the one man’s sin. For th...
Romans 5:15, Commentary
I know I should get back to working out the distinction between decision and consent, but I really want to get through Romans 5 — I want to see what I have to believe about the Doctrine of Original Sin. (I know, I got into this series on Romans...
Romans 5:12-14, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Intro, 1-11, 12, 12-14 ] I usually try not to do commentary two days in a row, but yesterday was more about Genesis 1-3 than about Romans 5. So, I still need to deal with the rest of the chapter (in thi...
Romans 5:12, Commentary (now with more Genesis!)
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Intro, 1-11, 12 ] Romans 5:12-21 is where people usually point for support of the Doctrine of Original Sin specifically, so that’s what I have to deal with today. Except that explaining 5:12 is go...
Romans 5:1-11, Commentary
Romans 5:1-11 (NRSV) 1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 A...
Romans 5, Introduction
[ Romans 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5: Intro ] Are you excited? Well, you should be. This is the chapter from which theologians after Paul developped the Doctrine of Original Sin. But I’ll deal with that when I come to it. Right now...
Romans 4, Conclusion
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3| Romans 4: Intro, 1-8, 9-17, 18-25, Conclusion ] ____ So, Paul has argued three things in Romans 4: Making you righteous was never the point of the Law. You don’t become righteous by following ...
Romans 4:18-25, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3| Romans 4: Intro, 1-8, 9-17, 18-25 ] Romans 4:18-25 (NRSV) 18 Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numer...
Romans 4:9-17, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3| Romans 4: Intro, 1-8, 9-17 ] ____ Romans 4:9-17 (NRSV) 9 Is this blessedness, then, pronounced only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We say, “Faith was reckoned to Abraham as ri...
Romans 4:1-8, Commentary
Romans 4:1-8 (NRSV) 1 What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the scripture say? “Abraham...
Romans 4, Introduction
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3: Intro, vv. 1-18, 19-31, Summary | Romans 4: Intro ] In Romans 4, Paul continues to introduce his audience to new ways of thinking that will help them see each other as equals and live in unity. The div...
Romans 3, Summary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3: Intro, vv. 1-18, 19-31, Summary ] So, while looking for verses relevant to the Doctrine of Total Depravity, I have come to the following conclusions regarding Romans 3: ____ (1) The main question of the cha...
Romans 3:19-31, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3: Intro, vv. 1-18, 19-31 ] The search for Total Depravity continues. Romans 3:19-31 (NRSV) 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silen...
Romans 3:1-18, Commentary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3: Intro, vv. 1-18 ] The search for verses in Romans that are relevant to the Doctrine of Total Depravity continues. Romans 3:1-18 (NRSV) 1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision...
Romans 3, Introduction
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2 | Romans 3: Intro ] To this point, Paul has been focusing on his Jewish brethren in the Roman church, preparing them to accept their Gentile brethren as equals, and thus preparing the way for unity in the church. Unfor...
Romans 2, Summary
[ Romans 1 | Romans 2: Intro, vv. 1-16, 17-29, Conclusion ] Okay, back to Romans. To wrap up Romans 2, I should note once again that the point of the passage is to help the Jewish members of the Roman church to be able to accept their Gentile br...
Romans 2:17-29, Commentary
I’m scouring Romans, looking for verses relevant to my arch-nemesis, the Doctrine of Total Depravity. Right now I’m on the second half of Romans 2. The theme here remains the same as in the first half of the chapter. Romans 2:17-29 (NRS...
Romans 1:28-32, Commentary
Okay, here’s the last part of the last paragraph in Romans 1 (as presented by the NRSV). Then I’ll finally be able to say something about the Doctrine of Total Depravity again. (And the peasants rejoiced.) ____ Romans 1:28-32 (NRSV) 2...
Romans 1:19-25, Commentary
Now for the first half of the final paragraph (as the NRSV presents it) in Romans 1. Romans 1:19-25 (NRSV) 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world ...
Romans 1:8-18, Commentary
Continuing to work through Romans, looking for issues relevant to Reformed theology along the way. ____ Romans 1:8-18 (NRSV) 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9...
Romans 1:1-7, Commentary
Next up in the list of verse relevant to the Reformed Doctrine of Total Depravity are a whole slew from Romans. Unfortunately, they can’t really be dealt with independent of their contexts, and there are so many of them that I might as well jus...
