For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, Truth to Learn Our salvation is secure! Behind the Words The word translated “persuaded” is the Greek word peithō, meaning “to persuade or convince someone.” This word...
Romans 8:6 – Guarding Our Peace
For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Truth to Learn Guarding our thoughts keeps us at peace with God. Behind the Words We saw in the previous verse that the verb translated “minds” is phroneō, which means “to think or...
Romans 6:22 – Set-apart to Him
But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. Truth to Learn God has set Christians apart and has given them eternal life. Behind the Words Throughout this chapter Paul has been making...
Romans 5:17 – A Reigning Gift
For if by one offence death reigned through one man, much more those who are receiving an abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through one man, Jesus Christ. Truth to Learn We will reign with Christ because of what He has done for us....
Romans 8:38 – No One and Nothing
Romans 8:38 - No One and Nothing For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, Truth to Learn Our salvation is secure! Behind the Words The word translated “persuaded” is the Greek word peithō, meaning “to...
Romans 8:6 – Guarding Our Peace
Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Truth to Learn Guarding our thoughts keeps us at peace with God. Behind the Words We saw in the previous verse that the verb translated “minds” is phroneō, which means “to think...
Romans 8:2 – His Faithful Spirit
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. Truth to Learn The Holy Spirit is continually working in Christians. Behind the Words This verse starts with “For,” a translation of the Greek article gar,...
Romans 7:24 – Winning a Losing Battle
Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Truth to Learn The ever presence of sin will bring a committed Christian to his or her knees … over and over and over and over … Behind the Words The Greek word...
Romans 7:13 – Sinfulness Revealed
Romans 7:13 Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful. Truth to Learn The Law reveals our sinfulness to the fullest...
Romans 7:10 – The Deadly Law
Romans 7:10 And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death. Truth to Learn The Law is supposed to bring life, but it only brings death. Behind the Words The word translated “found” is heuriskō, which means “to find, by having searched or without searching. Metaphorically,...
Romans 7:5 – Fruit of Death
Romans 7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. Truth to Learn Trying to live by a set of laws or rules produces spiritual death, not life. Behind the Words...
Romans 6:23 – The Free Gift
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Truth to Learn God offers all of us a free gift of inestimable value. Behind the Words The Greek word translated “wages” is opsonia, which is the plural...
Romans 6:22 – Set-apart to Him
Romans 6:22 But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. Truth to Learn God has set Christians apart and has given them eternal life. Behind the Words Throughout this chapter Paul has been...
Romans 6:21 – Grace for Shame
Romans 6:21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. Truth to Learn Our sinfulness separates us from fellowship with God. Behind the Words The word translated “fruit” is karpos, which can refer to the...
Romans 6:16 – Obedience by Submission
Romans 6:16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? Truth to Learn We all obey whatever master we submit ourselves to. Behind the Words...
Romans 6:10 – Identity Crisis?
Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Truth to Learn We have identified ourselves with Jesus Christ in His death to sin. We should also identify ourselves with Him in living for...
Romans 6:9 – No Separation, Ever!
Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. Truth to Learn Jesus Christ can never die again! Behind the Words “Knowing” is translated from the Greek word eidō, which can mean either “to see or perceive” or...
Romans 6:5 – My Fellow Sprouts
Romans 6:5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, Truth to Learn Christian actions should bear a resemblance to Jesus Christ. Behind the Words The word translated “united together” is an interesting word....
Romans 6:4 – Raised to New Life
Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Truth to Learn Because of Christ’s resurrection we should live differently. Behind the...
Romans 6:3 – Baptized to Death
Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Truth to Learn We don’t have to let sin control us. We can have the victory! Behind the Words The word “baptized” is translated from baptidzo. It’s...
Romans 5:21 – Eternal – Death or Life
Romans 5:21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Truth to Learn Even though we were ruled over by sin in the past, God’s grace will reign over us because of the righteousness that He...
Romans 5:17 – A Reigning Gift
Romans 5:17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) Truth to Learn We will reign with Christ because of what He has...
Romans 5:14 – Sin on the Throne
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. Truth to Learn Even those who lived before the Law were sinners and suffered death...
Romans 5:12 – Ancestral Sin
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— Truth to Learn Our sinfulness is a result of our being a descendant of Adam. Behind the Words The words “just as” are translated...
Romans 5:10 – Living Salvation
Romans 5:10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. Truth to Learn Our debt was paid by Jesus’ death, but it is his resurrection to life that secures...
2 Peter 1:14 – The Final Doorway
2 Peter 1:14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. Truth to Learn Life here on earth is short and only temporary. What we do during this time, however, will have eternal consequences. Behind the Words The...