Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Judges+001   Introduction   The books of Joshua and Judges tell the story of the early years of Israel as a nation. They describe how the Israelites conquer and occupy the land of Canaan, and then struggle to live up to their covenant with God. The Bible’s drama here moves to…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+016   Romans 16 English Standard Version (ESV)   Personal Greetings 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+015   Romans 15 English Standard Version (ESV)    The Example of Christ 1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did not please himself, but as it…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+014   Romans 14 English Standard Version (ESV)   Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another 1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+013   Romans 13 English Standard Version (ESV)    Submission to the Authorities 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+012   Romans 12 English Standard Version (ESV)   A Living Sacrifice 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+011   Romans 11 English Standard Version (ESV)   Gentiles Grafted In 11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+010   Romans 10 English Standard Version (ESV)   The Message of Salvation to All 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’”…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+009   Romans 9 English Standard Version (ESV)   God’s Sovereign Choice 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+008   Romans 8 English Standard Version (ESV)   Future Glory 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility,…