Romans Devotionals
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- Romans 1: The Power That Saves
Paul introduces himself as someone set apart for the good news God promised long before through the prophets, news about his Son, born in David's line and shown to be the Son of…
- Romans 2: The Kindness That Calls Us Back
Paul has just described a world that has turned from God, and now he turns to the reader who has been nodding along. Whoever condemns others while doing the same things has no…
- Romans 3: Justified as a Gift
Romans 3 closes the case Paul has been building. Jews and Gentiles alike are under sin, and he strings together lines from the Scriptures to show it: nobody is in the right before…
- Romans 4: Credited to the Ungodly
Paul now calls a witness every Jewish reader respected: Abraham. If Abraham had been made right with God by what he did, he would have grounds to boast, but Scripture says his…
- Romans 5: Loved While Still Enemies
What does it mean to be made right with God? Peace, to begin with. Those justified through faith now have peace with God, they stand in grace, and they hope to share his glory…
- Romans 6: United to a Risen Lord
If grace grows wherever sin grows, should we keep sinning to get more grace? Paul's answer is no (6:1-2). Those who belong to Christ have been joined to him. In baptism they were…
- Romans 7: A Rescuer for the Divided Heart
Believers have died to the law through Christ's body, Paul says, the way a widow is free to marry again, so that they now belong to the risen Christ and bear fruit for God…
- Romans 8: Held by an Unbreakable Love
Romans 8 begins with a verdict. For those joined to Christ Jesus, the sentence of condemnation is gone (8:1). What the law could not do, God did by sending his own Son as an…
- Romans 9: Mercy That Rests on God
Romans 9 opens with grief. Paul carries constant sorrow for his own people Israel, so deep he would accept being cursed and separated from Christ if it could help them, and he…
- Romans 10: Near Enough to Call On
Paul's longing and prayer for Israel is that they be saved (10:1). He grants their zeal for God, but they tried to set up a righteousness of their own instead of submitting to the…
- Romans 11: Grafted In by Kindness
Has God rejected his people? Paul answers with a firm no (11:1-2). As in Elijah's day, when God had kept seven thousand who refused to worship Baal, there is now a remnant chosen…
- Romans 12: Made New by Mercy
After eleven chapters on what God has done, Paul turns to how believers should live, and he grounds every word of it in God's mercy (12:1). The response he asks for is total:…
- Romans 13: The Debt That Stays Open
Romans 13 begins with the governing authorities. Paul tells believers to submit to them, because no authority exists except by God's appointment (13:1). He calls rulers God's…
- Romans 14: Servants of One Master
The church in Rome disagreed over food and special days. Some ate anything, while others ate only vegetables; some honored certain days, and others treated every day alike (14:2,…
- Romans 15: Welcomed by Christ First
Paul continues his word to the strong. They should bear with the weak and seek their neighbor's good, because Christ himself did not live to please himself but took on the insults…
- Romans 16: A Family Known by Name
Romans ends not with theory but with people. Paul commends Phoebe, who has helped many, including him (16:1-2). He greets Prisca and Aquila, who risked their lives for him, and…