How can we who died to sin yet live in it? Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Romans 6:2-3 NABRE Paul is speaking to the community in Rome about coming into a new life in Christ. First he addresses…
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whom God set forth as an expiation, through faith, by his blood, to prove his righteousness because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed, Romans 3:25 NABRE Paul is writing about the righteousness of God. It is something that we cannot obtain on our own, it must be passed onto…
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addressing one another [in] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Ephesians 5:19-20 NABRE Paul is exhorting the community at Ephesus to not act…
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and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:11 NABRE This verse concludes what has been commonly known as the Christ hymn. It is not clear if the hymn is something Paul himself composed or something he heard and modified or…
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Now the natural person does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually. 1 Corinthians 2:14 NABRE Paul recognizes many Corinthian Christians are still acting like a natural person, as if they were…
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