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Romans 13:8-10 (view passage online)
Believers owe no one anything except to love one another, because love fulfills the law and does no harm to a neighbor. We must put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh. We awake from sleep because salvation approaches nearer than when we first believed.
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Romans 13:1-7 (view passage online)
Every soul must subject itself to governing authorities because God appoints all existing authorities. Rulers act as God’s ministers to maintain order and justice. Believers must render taxes, customs, fear, and honor to those who deserve them.
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Romans 12:3-21 (view passage online)
Believers must think of themselves with sober judgment. God gives grace and unique gifts to each member of the body for different functions. Every part matters, so believers must use their gifts to build up others and fulfill the law of love.
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Romans 12:3-21 (view passage online)
Believers must estimate their gifts with humility. The body principle from First Corinthians 12 shows how every member functions together. Believers use their unique gifts for the edification of the church.
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Romans 12:1-2 (view passage online)
Believers must present their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. They must stop conforming to the world and instead transform their lives by renewing their minds. The battle for holiness takes place in the mind through the Word of God.
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Romans 11:11-29 (view passage online)
Israel stumbled, but God used their fall to bring salvation to the Gentiles. The olive tree illustration shows Gentiles as wild branches grafted into the supportive root. Believers must not boast because Israel faces only partial and temporary blindness before God saves them completely.
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Romans 11:1-10 (view passage online)
God never casts away His people, and Paul stands as proof of an Israelite saved by grace. A remnant always exists according to the election of grace, while the resistant majority faces judicial hardening. God keeps His promises to Israel and to believers in Christ.
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Romans 10:1-13 (view passage online)
God counted Abraham’s belief as righteousness, showing that justification comes by faith apart from works. The promise comes through faith, making salvation available to all who believe, not only to those under the law.
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Romans 9:30-10:4 (view passage online)
God provides a righteousness apart from the law which comes through faith in Jesus Christ. All people have sinned, but God justifies us freely by His grace because Christ’s death satisfied God’s justice. This justification is available to everyone and establishes the law.
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Romans 9:1-6 (view passage online)
God’s sovereign plan for Israel shows that He has not cast away His people, as their rejection is not final. His gifts and calling are irrevocable, and He will save all of Israel in the end.