September 21 / Romans 3:1-31

Romans 3:1-31

I’ve always thought of Romans 3 as one of the more difficult chapters in all of Paul’s epistles. But last year we read it in three readings and I was able to break it down more than I could with just a quick read. I would encourage you to read my comments from last year (in the links below); they were helpful to me last year and again today.

According to The Chronological Study Bible, Paul is pulling from Isaiah and four different Psalms in his quotes in verses 10 through 18. My other Study Bible has his quotes as from Isaiah and six different Psalms. His quotes are not word-for-word what we have in our Bibles today, but I am impressed with Paul that he is able to pull these quotes together at all. I doubt that he had a Psalter readily at his disposal; mostly I imagine these verses popping into his head one by one and him writing them down quickly. Which speaks substantially to his upbringing and his training…! Impressive!

See also: June 12 / Romans 3:1-8; June 13 / Romans 3:9-20; June 14 / Romans 3:21-31

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