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For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith |
Romans 1 Intro the the themes of Romans |
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For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God... |
Romans 3 Christ is the way we are justified, grace associated with justification |
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... does not the scripture say: Abraham put his faith in God and this was reckoned to him as uprightness? Now when someone works, the wages for this.... |
Romans 4 God, as a judge, considers a person just because of their faith, not works (judicial model) |
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Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall they seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead... |
Romans 4 God's promises realized through faith |
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For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person - though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die... |
Romans 5 Reconciliation through Christ by faith |
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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned... but not as the offence, so also is the free gift... |
Romans 5 Adam and Christ, death and Life |
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Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?... |
Romans 6 Redemption salvation model, servant |
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For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband... |
Romans 7 Law of Moses is dead, free to 'marry' Christ |
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For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father... |
Romans 8 spirit of adoption, joint heirs, participation model |
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Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercessions for us... |
Romans 8 Spirit intercedes on our behalf, what we cannot say, the Spirit relays to God |
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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 corporate predestination |
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For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren... |
Romans 8 predestinate, set-apart |
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword...? For i am persuaded, that neither death, nor life.... |
Romans 8 diatribe, God's love is unlimited |
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I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship... |
Romans 12 Christian Ethics, Living Sacrafices |
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For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord... |
Romans 14 Christ is Lord over all |
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For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him... |
1 Thess 4 teaching about 2nd coming and resurrection |
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Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us... |
2 Thess 2 Forgery, apostasy, |
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Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition they received from us. |
2 Thess 3 idleness = "walketh disorderly" don't sit around and wait for the second coming |
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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ... |
Galatians 1 opening defense, they need to stay true |
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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ... |
Galatians 2 Justification by faith in Christ, not law of moses |
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Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham... |
Gal 3 Abraham lived before the law, was justified by faith |
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised... |
Gal 5 Christ justifies us, not the law |
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For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain... For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful to you |
Phil 1 Hope for Deliverance, but not scared of death |
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Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of man... |
Phil 2 Christological hymn (kenosis and exaltation) |
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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure... |
Phil 4 General admonition |
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For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved... |
Phlm 1 intercessory for Onesimus |
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For this reason, though i am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet i would rather appeal to you on the basis of love... |
Phlm 1 Flowery, intercessory for Onesimus |
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For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God |
1 Cor 1 Cross is stumbling block Sosthenes is co-author |
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Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor effeminate, nor abusers... |
1 Cor 6 Sosthenes is co-author Moral Misbehavior of the Corinthians |
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'All things are lawful unto me', but all things are not expedient: 'All things are lawful for me,' but i will not be brought under the power of any... |
1 Cor 6 Quoting Corinthian slogans, diatribe |
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Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall i then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! |
1 Cor 6 Diatribe, Body of Christ |
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What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you... |
1 Cor 6 Church as the body of Christ, middle rhetoric |
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I say therefore to the unmarried widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. |
1 Cor 7 Giving specific advice to groups in Corinthians |
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Now concerning virgins (or people remaining virgins), I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. I think that, in view of the impending crisis, it is well... |
1 Cor 7 impending crisis = present distress = tribulations expected with the Parousia |
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Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols... |
1 Cor 8 Food offered to idols knowledgeable thought that since idols weren't real, eating that meat didn't matter |
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But i would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God |
1 Cor 11 Divine order of things (women in Corinthians were raging feminists) |
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For i have received of the Lord that which also i delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it... |
1 Cor 11 Probably the earliest account of the Lord's supper |
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Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord... |
1 Cor 12
Many gifts, but one Body with many members |
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Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up... |
1 Cor 13 Hymn to Love |
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But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When i was a child, I spake as a child... |
1 Cor 13 glass darkly = mirror dimly |
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For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries... he that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church... |
1 Cor 14 gift of tongues vs prophecy |
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If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let hi keep silence in the church... |
1 Cor 14 Tongues must be edifying in the church |
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Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom of God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and authority and power... |
1 Cor 15 Eschatological drama |
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We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: |
1 Cor 15 Resurrection and the Parousia |
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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us... |
2 Cor 4 God sustains His ministers |
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad |
2 Cor 5 Doctrine of restoration, eternal home |
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.. |
2 Cor 5 Ministry of reconciliation = preach the atonement |
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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness... |
2 Cor 6 Temple of living God = group |
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For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel... 'super apostles'. i may not be a trained speaker, but i do have knowledge... |
2 Cor 11 Possible Letter E, defense of authority |
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It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, i cannot tell... |
2 Cor 12 Paul's visions, contrast 'super-apostles' |
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And lest I should be exalted above measure though the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest i should be exalted above measure... |
2 Cor 12 Thorn in the flesh = mortal infirmity, checks pride |
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Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: for by him were all things created, that are in heave, and that are in earth, visible and invisible... |
Col 1 Christological hymn, focusing on eternal role as creator and savior |
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As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him... beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world... |
Col 2 Philosophy = syncretist combination of religions Rudiments of the world = divine spirits or demigods between man and God (gnosticism) |
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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself... |
Eph 1 Corporate predestination, spirit of adoption |
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After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. |
Eph 1 earnest of our inheritance = a pledge or downpayment ratifying stamp |
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For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God... |
Eph 2 One in Christ, looks forward to household codes |
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And he gave some apostles; and some prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints... |
Eph 4 Teaching about the unity of the church |
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church... |
Eph 5-6 Household codes |
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For this cause left i thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as i had appointed thee... |
Titus Pastoral advice about elders and bishops |
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This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless... |
1 Tim Pastoral advice to TImothy about bishops |
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Likewise, must the deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre... For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. |
1 Tim Pastoral advice to Timothy about deacons |
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But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown man in destruction and perdition... |
1 Tim warning against greed |
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This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud... |
2 Tim 3 warnings of current and coming apostasy |
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But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures... |
2 Tim 3 Advice to Timothy |
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For i am ready now to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course... |
2 Tim 4 Paul is about to die and shows us how to view death. |
