The Life and Times of the Early Church

A verse-by-verse study of Romans 4:1-25. 

Paul offers an example that illustrates his teaching that salvation comes by God’s grace through faith, and he doesn’t mess around—he picks the most prestigious of all the patriarchs for his example. He chooses the very first father of the faith, father Abraham.

May the Lord bless your study of His Word!

A verse-by-verse study of Romans 3:21-31. 

The third chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans explains where humanity stands with God, and it is not a pretty picture. All have sinned, and all will be without excuse on judgment day. But despite the grim facts, all is not lost. Beginning in v21, Paul describes a way out of our predicament—a path the prophets spoke of and the law pointed to. 

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A verse-by-verse study of Romans 3:5-20. 

In his presentation of the Gospel, Paul has met strong opposition to his declaration that both Jews and Gentiles are unrighteous. False teachers have been twisting his teaching about salvation being the result of faith alone.

Paul calls David, Solomon, and Isaiah as witnesses and challenges his opponents with an avalanche of Scripture quotes that support his teaching. 

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A verse-by-verse study of Romans 2:17—3:4. 

In chapter 2, Paul turns from the Gentiles’ rejection of God to the plight of the Jews. After confronting the Jewish attitude of exemption and exclusion in vv1-16, in verses 17-29 Paul explains that true Jewishness is not about geneology and circumcision. True Jewishness is inward.  

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A verse-by-verse study of Romans 2:1-16. 

In chapter 1, Paul explained why and how the Gentiles had drifted from God.  In chapter 2, Paul turns from the Gentiles’ rejection of God to the plight of the Jews, who Paul says are just as guilty as the Gentiles, but for a different reason. 

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A verse-by-verse study of Romans 1:18-32. 

Paul explains how and why all of us—Jew and Gentile alike—are hopelessly estranged from God. He first describes how the Gentiles drifted away from God, and the picture he paints is not pretty. 

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A verse-by-verse study of Romans 1:1-17. 

In this lesson we will look at the background of Paul’s letter to the Christians in Rome and his opening declaration: the gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.    

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A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 12:14—13:14. 

Paul brings his letter to a close with a request and some parting exhortations.   

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A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 11:22—12:13. 

Paul confronts the false teachers with their own rhetoric and defends the Gospel they are attacking. 

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A verse-by-verse study of 2 Corinthians 11:1-21. 

Paul describes the men who are misleading the church as deceitful workmen who are disguising themselves as apostles of Christ and servants of righteousness. And we should not be surprised by this, Paul says, because even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 

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