ROMANS Lesson 6

John 1:12

^[12] But to all who have received him—those who believe in his name—he has given the right to become God’s children— (NET)

John 3:14-18

^[14] Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, ^[15] so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

^[16] For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ^[17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. ^[18] The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. (NET)

John 20:30-31

^[30] Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book. ^[31] But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NET)

Ephesians 2:8-9

^[8] For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; ^[9] it is not from works, so that no one can boast. (NET)

Romans 10:9

^[9] because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NET)

Hebrews 11

^[11:1] Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. ^[2] For by it the people of old received God’s commendation. ^[3] By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. ^[4] By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. ^[5] By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. ^[6] Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. ^[7] By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

^[8] By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. ^[9] By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. ^[10] For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God. ^[11] By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. ^[12] So in fact children were fathered by one man—and this one as good as dead—like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore. ^[13] These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. ^[14] For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ^[15] In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ^[16] But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. ^[17] By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. ^[18] God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ^[19] and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there. ^[20] By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. ^[21] By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. ^[22] By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

^[23] By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. ^[24] By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ^[25] choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure. ^[26] He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward. ^[27] By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. ^[28] By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. ^[29] By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. ^[30] By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days. ^[31] By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient because she welcomed the spies in peace.

^[32] And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. ^[33] Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, ^[34] quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, ^[35] and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. ^[36] And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. ^[37] They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated ^[38] (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. ^[39] And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. ^[40] For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. (NET)

Romans 2:17, 23, 25

^[17] But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God ^[23] You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

^[25] For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. (NET)

Exodus 20:1-17

^[1] God spoke all these words:

^[2] “I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

^[3] “You shall have no other gods before me.

^[4] “You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. ^[5] You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, ^[6] and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

^[7] “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

^[8] “Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. ^[9] For six days you may labor and do all your work, ^[10] but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. ^[11] For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

^[12] “Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

^[13] “You shall not murder.

^[14] “You shall not commit adultery.

^[15] “You shall not steal.

^[16] “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

^[17] “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (NET)

Romans 6:23

^[23] For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NET)

Romans 13:8-10

^[8] Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. ^[9] For the commandments, “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ^[10] Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (NET)

Romans 3:20

^[20] For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. (NET)

Galatians 3:24

^[24] Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith. (NET)

Romans 3:25-26

^[25] God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. ^[26] This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. (NET)

2 Corinthians 5:21

^[21] God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God. (NET)

Hebrews 2:17

^[17] Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. (NET)

Hebrews 4:15

^[15] For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. (NET)

Romans 8:12-17, 31-34

^[12] So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh ^[13] (for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ^[14] For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. ^[15] For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.” ^[16] The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children. ^[17] And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)—if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

^[31] What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ^[32] Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? ^[33] Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. ^[34] Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. (NET)

Philippians 2:12-13

^[12] So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, ^[13] for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort—for the sake of his good pleasure—is God. (NET)

1 John 1:5-10

^[5] Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. ^[6] If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. ^[7] But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ^[8] If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. ^[9] But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. ^[10] If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. (NET)