“If Abraham was made right by the things he did, he had a reason to boast about himself.
But God knew different. That’s why the Scriptures say, “Abraham believed God, and because of this he was accepted as one who is right with God.””
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.4.2-3.ERV
“I mean we are made right with God through faith, not through what we have done to follow the law. This is what we believe.
So do we destroy the law by following the way of faith? Not at all! In fact, faith causes us to be what the law actually wants.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.3.28.ERV
“But God has a way to make people right, and it has nothing to do with the law. He has now shown us that new way, which the law and the prophets told us about.
God makes people right through their faith in Jesus Christ. He does this for all who believe in Christ. Everyone is the same.
All have sinned and are not good enough to share God’s divine greatness. They are made right with God by his grace. This is a free gift.
They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.3.21-24.ERV
“What the law says is for those who are under the law. It stops anyone from making excuses. And it brings the whole world under God’s judgment,
because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.”
ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.3.19-20.ERV
“So are we Jews better than other people? No, we have already said that those who are Jews, as well as those who are not Jews, are the same. They are all guilty of sin.
As the Scriptures say, “There is no one doing what is right, not even one. There is no one who understands. There is no one who is trying to be with God.
They have all turned away from him, and now they are of no use to anyone. There is no one who does good, not even one.” Psalm 14:1-3
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.3.9-12.ERV
“It is true that some Jews were not faithful to God. But will that stop God from doing what he promised?
No, even if everyone else is a liar, God will always do what he says. As the Scriptures say about him, “You will be proved right in what you say, and you will win when people accuse you.” Psalm 51:4”
ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.3.3-4.ERV
“Those who are not Jews are not circumcised. But if they do what the law says, it is as if they were circumcised.
A true Jew is one who is a Jew inside. True circumcision is done in the heart. It is done by the Spirit, not by the written law. And anyone who is circumcised in the heart by the Spirit gets praise from God, not from people.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.26.ERV
“All this will happen on the day when God will judge people’s secret thoughts through Jesus Christ. This is part of the Good News that I tell everyone.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.16.ERV
“God judges everyone the same. It doesn’t matter who they are.
People who have the law and those who have never heard of the law are all the same when they sin. People who don’t have the law and are sinners will be lost. And, in the same way, those who have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law.
Hearing the law does not make people right with God. They will be right before him only if they always do what the law says.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.11-13.ERV
“Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. They live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give eternal life to them.
But others are selfish and refuse to follow truth. They follow evil. God will show his anger and punish them.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.7-8.ERV
“God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.4.ERV
“So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge them, but you do the same things they do. So when you judge them, you are really condemning yourself.
And since you do the same things as those people you judge, surely you understand that God will punish you too. How could you think you would be able to escape his judgment?”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.2.1.ERV
“They know God’s law says that anyone who lives like that should die. But they not only continue to do these things themselves, but they also encourage others who do them.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.1.32.ERV
“People knew God, but they did not honor him as God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.
They traded the truth of God for a lie. They bowed down and worshiped the things God made instead of worshiping the God who made those things. He is the one who should be praised forever. Amen.
Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex with men and started having sex with other women.
In the same way, men stopped having natural sex with women and began wanting each other all the time. Men did shameful things with other men, and in their bodies they received the punishment for those wrongs.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.1.21.ERV
“There are things about God that people cannot see—his eternal power and all that makes him God. But since the beginning of the world, those things have been easy for people to understand. They are made clear in what God has made. So people have no excuse for the evil they do.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.1.20.ERV
“I am proud of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and now to save those who are not Jews.
The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith. As the Scriptures say, “The one who is right with God by faith will live forever.””
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.1.16-17.ERV
“This letter is to all of you in Rome. God loves you, and he has chosen you to be his holy people. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/rom.1.7.ERV
“Yes, the minds of these people are now closed. They have ears, but they don’t listen. They have eyes, but they refuse to see. If their minds were not closed, they might see with their eyes; they might hear with their ears; they might understand with their minds. Then they might turn back to me and be healed.’ Isaiah 6:9-10”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.28.27.ERV
“Publius’ father was very sick. He had a fever and dysentery, but Paul went to him and prayed for him. He laid his hands on the man and healed him.
After this happened, all the other sick people on the island came to Paul, and he healed them too.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.28.8-9.ERV
“Paul gathered a pile of sticks for the fire. He was putting the sticks on the fire, and a poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit him on the hand.
When the people living on the island saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said, “This man must be a murderer! He did not die in the sea, but Justice does not want him to live.”
But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and was not hurt. The people thought he would swell up or fall down dead.
They waited and watched him for a long time, but nothing bad happened to him. So they changed their opinion. They said, “He is a god!””
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.28.3-6.ERV
“But now I tell you to be happy. None of you will die, but the ship will be lost.
Last night an angel came to me from God—the God I worship and belong to.
The angel said, ‘Paul, don’t be afraid! You must stand before Caesar. And God has given you this promise: He will save the lives of all those sailing with you.’
Now I beg you to eat something. You need it to stay alive. None of you will lose even one hair off your heads.””
Acts 27:22-24, 34 ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.27.22-24.ERV
“But now I tell you to be happy. None of you will die, but the ship will be lost.
Last night an angel came to me from God—the God I worship and belong to. The angel said, ‘Paul, don’t be afraid! You must stand before Caesar.
And God has given you this promise: He will save the lives of all those sailing with you.’”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.27.22-24.ERV
“I began telling people to change their hearts and lives and turn back to God. And I told them to do what would show that they had really changed. I went first to people in Damascus. Then I went to Jerusalem and to every part of Judea and told the people there. I also went to the non-Jewish people.
“This is why the Jews grabbed me and were trying to kill me at the Temple.
But God helped me, and he is still helping me today. With God’s help I am standing here today and telling all people what I have seen. But I am saying nothing new. I am saying only what Moses and the prophets said would happen.”
https://bible.com/bible/406/act.26.20-22.ERV
