Archive for August, 2009

Romans 6:3

Romans 6:3:
Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (NIV)
Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? (NASB)
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus [...]

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Romans 6:2

Romans 6:2:
By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? (NIV)
May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? (NASB)
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? (KJV)
Paul refutes the prolepsis of Rom 6:1: “If grace abounds [...]

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Romans 6:1

Romans 6:1:
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? (NIV)
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? (NASB)
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (KJV)
In chapter 6, Paul is beginning a new avenue [...]

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As Iron Sharpens Iron

Pastor John has been speaking on a series he calls “U Can Change,” in which he has essentially been establishing the fact that there are no excuses for the Christian to not change, especially refuting the assumption that a person “can’t change.”
The specific topic today: Friends. He offered a variety of reasons that friends are [...]

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Romans 5:21

Romans 5:21:
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (NIV)
so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (NASB)
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even [...]

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Romans 5:20

Romans 5:20:
The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, (NIV)
The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, (NASB)
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much [...]

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Romans 5:19

Romans 5:19:
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. (NIV)
For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be [...]

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Romans 5:18

Romans 5:18:
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. (NIV)
So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life [...]

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Romans 5:17

Romans 5:17:
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. (NIV)
For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the [...]

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Romans 5:16

Romans 5:16:
Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. (NIV)
The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from [...]

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