Now some may argue they are good enough to enter heaven on their own merit. But God makes it clear we do not meet His standard. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even the holiest people are unrighteous in the eyes of God. “We are all ...
Ancient Jews, as the Greeks and Romans, had classifications of age groups. While the “seven ages” goes back to Solon, in general there was boyhood, youth and old age. One moved from being at boy to being a youth at about 13. It seems that the earthly time of the Lord, 1st ...
Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.”Romans 13:3-4 Wha...
Scriptures such as Romans 6 are approached with presuppositions that deny the possibility that in water baptism, we truly are buried with Christ into his death and are raised by the glory of the Father (Rom 6:4). “Water can’t do that. Paul is referring to a “spiritual baptism,” ...
"And for sin, condemned sin in the flesh," Romans 8:3. Here Paul plays the Law against the Law, as if to say: "The Law of Moses condemns me; but I have another law, the law of grace and liberty which condemns the accusing Law of Moses." On first sight Paul seems to be ...
— Ed. 15 The decisive engagement referred to was, as Dio Cassius observes, the most important of all that were fought during the civil wars, as it determined the fate of Roman liberty, so that the contest thenceforward was not for freedom, but — what master the Romans should serve. ...
Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (1850 painting by David Roberts). Looking southwest As Jesus and his disciples exited the temple on their visit, he looked back and said the following profound statement about the structure. ...
on Romans 1:3 f.). See generally, Ernesti, Urspr. d. Sünde, I. p. 235 ff.; Weiss, bibl. Theol. p. 317.ἐν ὁμοιώματισαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας] in the likeness of sinful flesh; ἁμαρτ. is the genitive of quality, as in Romans 6:6. ...
As a refresher, here’s how I endedmy commentary on Romans 2: If a Jew fails to perform a mitzvah, does he stop being a Jew? Does he become “uncircumcised?” This used to puzzle me. The whole“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward...
17. While in Strasbourg, Calvin produced an influential commentary on the Book of Romans, oversaw the preparation of a liturgy and a psalm book that he would use later in Geneva, and married the widow Idelette de Bure. 虽然在斯特拉斯堡,制作一个卡尔文有影响力的评注书罗马,负责编制礼仪和诗篇书...