Paul flips the script in chapter 2 by changing the pronoun "them" to "you." He stops talking about the actions of the Gentiles and starts talking about the thoughts of the religious folks, the Jewish people. And he's talking to us, the folks who take their faith seriously, today.

If you're just checking us out or if you dropped off at some point, you can start here with a short explanation of the daily devotional and with a short recap of Chapter 1 of Romans.

Paul ends chapter 1 by explaining that we are doubly to blame for God's wrath, because we feed unrighteousness on earth by not only sinning ourselves, but giving approval to others who sin. We're still approving of sin today. How can we fix that?

Paul finishes his list of ways that we are unrighteous here in verse 31. We talk about how serious sin is, and why we have to acknowledge sin in our lives.

Paul continues his list of ways in which we act unrighteously, including being boastful.

Paul writes in verse 29 that the unrighteous were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, and then lists ways that people are unrighteous. We dig in on the final one listed in verse 29: gossiping. 

This verse has the third of three times where Paul writes that God "gave them up" to some consequence. We talk about what this verse means and why God lets us suffer consequences.

Paul continues to call out one way that the Greco-Romans were dishonoring their bodies. We talk about sin and the best way to handle sin in ourselves and others.

Paul gives an example of what he wrote about in verse 24, how we dishonor our bodies, by writing in verse 26 about one specific way that the Greco-Roman world was dishonoring their bodies. That's what we're talking about today.

Paul gives the second of three "exchanges" in this section, the exchange of truth for a lie. We talk about what truth is and how we trade it for the lies that continue to this day. And we talk about Paul's exuberance for his Creator by throwing in a phrase, "who is blessed forever! Amen." We talk about how we can reflect Paul's exuberance in our lives.