Study Desk

When they had set a day for Paul, people came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

Now Paul stayed two full years in his own rented lodging and welcomed all who came to him,

which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,

through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles in behalf of His name,

For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

who WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:

and know His will and distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,

So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from people, but from God.

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

because by the works of the Law none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes knowledge of sin.

being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God's merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished;

for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb;