Romans 1:24-27
What is the significance of God turning people over to their own sinful desires? Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, […]
1 John 1:8-10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his […]
Romans 7:17-18
What is meant by “it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me”? Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with […]
Romans 7:21-23
What is the interpretation of Romans 7:14-23? Is Paul discussing the concept of a sin nature or his struggle with doing things against his will? I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23But I […]
Romans 8:9-11
What does Romans 8:11 mean? Romans chapter 8 is by many highly misinterpreted and misunderstood. It is a summary of Chapters 1-7 centered on the comparison of the save vs the lost: those with the Spirit dwelling in them and those without the Spirit. Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which […]
Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Romans 8:13 Some misinterpret Romans 8 failing to realize that Chapters 1-8 do not deal with individuals but sets or groups of people: saved/lost, believers/nonbelievers, Jews/Gentiles, God’s righteousness/the Laws […]
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 This verse can and is to be applied everywhere and at all times. It answers the question, “Why do the righteous suffer?” We are not called to a […]
Romans 8:29-30
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29 Romans 8:29-30 are two of the most misunderstood, misinterpreted, sentences in the Bible. John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with […]
Romans 9
Does Romans chapter 9 support predestination of individuals for salvation and others for damnation? If we will look closely at Romans nine we find that three questions are being asked by those who are complaining about God not accepting their self-righteousness, that is in keeping the law they have not obtained or earned the grace […]
Romans 9:13-15
How could God hate Esau before he was born? As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. 14What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 15For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on […]
1 Corinthians 15:29
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 1 Corinthians 15:29 Paul speaks of baptism for the dead. The first thing that has to be acknowledged here is that Paul affirms the existence of the practice of […]
1 John 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. 1 John 5:16 Many have been asked about this […]