The Bible In Paintings: PAUL'S LETTER TO THE ROMANS, CHAPTER 1

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PAUL’S LETTER
TO THE ROMANS,
CHAPTER 1

1Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God—
2the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
3regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David,
4and 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.
5Through 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. 6And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
7To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.
9God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
11I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—12that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
14I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.
16I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.””
18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.
Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

²⁸FURTHERMORE, SINCE THEY DID NOT THINK IT WORTHWHILE TO RETAIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, HE GAVE THEM OVER TO A DEPRAVED MIND, TO DO WHAT OUGHT NOT TO BE DONE. ²⁹THEY HAVE BECOME FILLED WITH EVERY KIND OF WICKEDNESS, EVIL, GREED AND DEPRAVITY. THEY ARE FULL OF ENVY, MURDER, STRIFE, DECEIT AND MALICE. THEY ARE GOSSIPS, ³⁰SLANDERERS, GOD-HATERS, INSOLENT, ARROGANT AND BOASTFUL; THEY INVENT WAYS OF DOING EVIL; THEY DISOBEY THEIR PARENTS; ³¹THEY ARE SENSELESS, FAITHLESS, HEARTLESS, RUTHLESS.

32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

New International Version ©1984, EMPHASES added
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[etabeta]

Powerful message! Thank you, Dan.

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Don’t have many “paintings” of it, Alba, but it badly needs portraying anyway.

[etabeta]

I like this by Valentin de Boulogne.

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That is a good one.

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and greetings to all.

A powerful message indeed, and well presented.

Romans; one cornerstone of our shared truth. Thank You Dan, for your teaching ministry!

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Thanks, Leon, for your encouragement.

[Big Red Badger]

and I saw the ‘New Jerusalem’...
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Morning Dan

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It will take another month before this series finally reaches Revelation 21. Very much looking forward to that....

[telescope115]

I don’t comment much Dan, but I do see every one of your posts and appreciate them all. The messages you posted today have NEVER been more relevant than they are now.

Can’t wait for the rest!

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Amazing, isn’t it, Pete, to see Scripture unfold before our eyes. The divide between the godly and the godless has never been sharper.

[telescope115]

It absolutely is amazing. Not a little unsettling, either, but our eyes and hearts are looking ahead to the finish line.

[Big Red Badger]

You got to Finish the Race
to Win the Race...
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Racing is mentioned frequently
In Scripture.
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Finish Well FRiend !

[Pathfinder]

Well done. Thank you!

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My pleasure.

[SisterK]

Two thumbs up!!!

my turn to lead in prayer this Sunday and I have been rolling first chapter of Romans around in my heart and my head for the last week or two because
Here We Are

As in the days of Noah

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Well said, K. The Holy Spirit will guide you in delivering the prayer He wants to hear.