Study Desk

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."

So then he has mercy upon whomever he wills, and he hardens the heart of whomever he wills.

For man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.

So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching of Christ.

Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me."

So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.

let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs for ever."

So I ask, have they stumbled so as to fall? By no means! But through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.

If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.

You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.

and so all Israel will be saved; as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";

so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy.

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all.

No, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head."

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

So each of us shall give account of himself to God.

So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.