1 Corinthians 6:1-8 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “1If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints! 2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge … Continue reading The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
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The Bread of Sincerity and Truth
1 Corinthians 5:1-8 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. 2And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who … Continue reading The Bread of Sincerity and Truth
By Smooth Talk They Deceive
Romans 16:17-18 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. 18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the … Continue reading By Smooth Talk They Deceive
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Romans 13:8-10 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) 8Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your … Continue reading Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
Living Sacrifices to God
Romans 12:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be … Continue reading Living Sacrifices to God
If You Continue in His Kindness
Romans 11:13-24 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) 13I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry 14in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them. 15For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their … Continue reading If You Continue in His Kindness
The Righteous Requirement of The Law
Romans 8:1-4 ESV (English Standard Version) “1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. … Continue reading The Righteous Requirement of The Law
Brought from Death to Life
Romans 6:12-23 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “12Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires. 13Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts … Continue reading Brought from Death to Life
The Good Life
Romans 6:1-11 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer? 3Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4We … Continue reading The Good Life
Growing to Maturity in Christ
Faith in Jesus Christ Romans 5:1-2 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” The … Continue reading Growing to Maturity in Christ
Run With It 