Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+007   Romans 7 English Standard Version (ESV)   The Law and Sin 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+006   Romans 6 English Standard Version (ESV)   Slaves to Righteousness 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves,[c] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+005   Romans 5 English Standard Version (ESV)    Peace with God Through Faith 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+004   Romans 4 English Standard Version (ESV)   Abraham Justified by Faith 1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+003   Romans 3 English Standard Version (ESV)   The Righteousness of God Through Faith 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction:23 for all have sinned…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+002   Romans 2 English Standard Version (ESV)   17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God 18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; 19 and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Romans+001   Romans Introduction This letter was written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Rome about A.D. 57. The theme of the letter is righteousness. Despite man’s sin, Paul showed that God declares those who believe in Jesus both innocent and right with Him. Even more, through the Holy…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joshua+024 Joshua Chapter 24 (ESV) Choose Whom You Will Serve 14 “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joshua+023 Joshua Chapter 23 (ESV) Joshua’s Charge to Israel’s Leaders 1 A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joshua+022 Joshua Chapter 22 (ESV) 21 Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel, 22 “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in…