Romans 1:5:
Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. (NIV)
through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake, (NASB)
By whom we have [...]

Romans 1:4:
and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. (NIV)
who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, (NASB)
And declared [...]

Romans 1:3:
regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, (NIV)
concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, (NASB)
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; (KJV)
Here, Paul continues on the digression [...]

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. (Rom 6:13)
It is interesting that the word translated as “instruments,” hoplon (Strong’s [...]

Pastor John did a great job highlighting the original meaning of Romans 6:11:
In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
“Count” as it is translated in the NIV is the word logizomai (Strong’s G3049), which translates as “to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over; metaphorically, to pass to [...]