It may seem a little odd to start a commentary onRomans 3by quoting fromRomans 2, but remember that Ipreviously statedthat my “reflections” on Romans series was an attempt to describe my impressions of this epistle as a complete unit, that is, a letter intended to be read all at once...
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And in Romans, chapter8, he says that, through the flesh, the law is weakened. He saysthis, not of unchastity, but of all sins, most of all of unbelief,which is the most spiritual of vices.On the other hand, you should know enough to call that person"spiritual"who is occupied ...
After the same sort, Paul, in his Epistle unto the Romans, (Romans 3:26,) after he hath set down the law of works, to the end that the contrary may answer on the other side, he useth the law of faith for faith itself. Acts 1:6-8 6. And when they, were gathered together, ...
(Romans 3:10 NSV). It is important to acknowledge and accept these truths: we are sinners and our sin has fractured our relationship with God. The prophet Isaiah exclaims, “It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, He has turned away and will not listen...
Professor Beard’s commentary, written in a highly entertaining style, is part of a BBC series called “Meet the Romans.” April 23, 2012 NPR Report on the Bible and Economic Systems Read or listen to this National Public Radio report on how both conservatives and liberals appeal to the ...
(The most famous occurrence is in Romans 8:30: “those whom he justified, these he also glorified”.) Most commentators interpret verse 16 in this way: for example, Leon Morris says, “It refers rather to its certainty, for Paul is thinking of wrath in an eschatological setting. It is ...
Romane means that Anchises especially urged the modern Romans who were busy building the empire to show compassion. Romane makes these lines a functional reference to Augustus’ lack of compassion. As Putnam (2011, 116-117) puts it in his elucidating chapter on the ending (of the Aeneid): ...
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2. To add to his misery, they obliged him as long as he was able, to carry his cross (v. 17), according to the custom among the Romans; hence Furcifer was among them a name of reproach. Their crosses did not stand up constantly, as our gibbets do in the places of execution, bec...