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Romans 12:14-18 (WEL) Bless those who persecute you. Bless; do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Seek to be harmonious with each other. Do not be inclined towards the upper class but condescend to those of lower status. Don’t be conceited in yourselves. 17 Do…
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Romans 12:9-13 (WEL) Love must be genuine. Hate what is evil. Stick tightly to what is good. 10 Have mutual goodwill for one another with brotherly love, in honor showing preference to one another. 11 Don’t be slothful in zeal; be zealous in spirit; be serving the Lord. 12 Be rejoicing in hope, be…
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Romans 12:3-8 (WEL) For I say to everyone among you, through the grace given to me, don’t cherish the thought that you are more important than what you should think [about yourself], but have sober thoughts, since God has dispensed to everyone a measure of faith. 4 For, just as we have many body…
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Constable’s chapter summary: “In contrasting chapters 1-11 with chapters 12-16 of Romans, perhaps the most important distinction is that the first part deals primarily with God’s actions for humanity, and the last part deals with people’s actions in response to God’s. This is an oversimplification of the book, but the distinction is a valid…
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Romans 11:33-36 (WEL) O the depth of the riches of both God’s wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable [are] his judgments and his paths untraceable! 34 For who has known the Lord’s mind, or who has been his counselor? [Isaiah 40:13] 35 Who has given to him first that he would have to repay? [Job…
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Romans 11:30-32 (WEL) For just as in times past you refused to believe in God, yet now you have received mercy through their stubborn disobedience. 31 Even now they refuse to believe, so that through the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. 32 For God has shut them all up in…
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Romans 11:25-29 (WEL) Brethren, I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery (lest you become conceited) that a callous indifference has happened to a part of Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in. 26 Then all Israel will be saved, just as it is written, “The Deliverer will come out…
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Romans 11:19-24 (WEL) You will reply then, “The branches were broken off, so I could be grafted in.” 20 Well, they were broken off because of unbelief, and you continue by faith. Don’t be arrogant but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, [take heed] lest he does not spare…
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Romans 11:15-18 (WEL) 15 For if their rejection [means] the reconciliation for the world, what will their acceptance be if not life from the dead? 16 For if the first fruits [are] holy, the whole lump [is] also, and if the root [is] holy, so [are] the branches. 17 If some of the branches…
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Romans 11:11-14 (WEL) So I ask, “Have they stumbled only to fall permanently?” Absolutely not! On the contrary, through their trespass, salvation [has come] to the Gentiles to provoke [the Jews] to envy. 12 Now if their trespass [means spiritual] riches for the world and their loss [means] riches for the Gentiles, how much…