Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Oct Romans 12:1-21 21 02-Oct Romans 13:1-14 14 03-Oct Romans 14:1-23 23 04-Oct Romans 15:1-33 33 05-Oct Romans 16:1-27 27 06-Oct Acts 20:1-16 16 07-Oct Acts 20:17-38 22 08-Oct Acts 21:1-26 26 09-Oct Acts 21:27-40 14 10-Oct Acts 22:1-29 29 11-Oct Acts 22:30-23:35 36 12-Oct Acts 24:1-27 27 13-Oct Philippians 1:1-30 30 …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
September 30 / Romans 11:1-36
Romans 11:1-36 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. (vv. 13-14) I have been fascinated and confused all along about Paul speaking about the Jews in …
September 29 / Romans 10:1-21
Romans 10:1-21 …they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. (vv. 2-3) Here Paul is speaking of the Jews, and while he seemingly lauds their zeal, he also points out that …
September 28 / Romans 9:1-33
Romans 9:1-33 I did not count how many times my Study Bible used the word “faith” in its notes to today’s reading. But as I read the text without the notes, what seems clear to me is not an issue of faith, but one of obedience. So now I’m struggling with trying to understand faith …
September 27 / Romans 8:18-39
Romans 8:18-39 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good… (v. 28a) My Study Bible also offers a second translation for the second half of this verse: …God works all things together for good… Either translation supports the notion that when we pray for particular situations or outcomes, …
September 26 / Romans 8:1-17
Romans 8:1-17 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. (v. 11) Most of us would like to interpret this verse as God promising eternal life …
September 25 / Romans 7:1-25
Romans 7:1-25 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. (vv. 22-23) Particularly in these two verses, but also throughout the …
September 24 / Romans 6:1-23
Romans 6:1-23 In verse 16b Paul contrasts sin and obedience, …you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness, making them almost opposites. Since the clear opposite of obedience is disobedience, by extension we see that sin equals disobedience. That is, …
September 23 / Romans 5:1-21
Romans 5:1-21 Much more… This phrase (and its similarities) occurs six times in today’s reading (Rom. 5:9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 20). Paul is really emphasizing the extent of Jesus’ sacrifice as so much greater than mankind’s sin. I’m imagining Paul (or any preacher) speaking these words out loud. Each occurrence of this phrase suggests …
September 22 / Romans 4:1-25
Romans 4:1-25 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” (v. 3, quoting Genesis 15:6) My Study Bible had this to say as a comment on this verse: “Abraham had kept no law, rendered no service, and performed no ritual that earned credit to his account …