Study Desk

But now I tell you to cheer up because none of you will die. Only the ship will be lost.

The people who lived there were very good to us. Because it was raining and very cold, they made a fire and welcomed all of us.

Paul gathered a pile of sticks and was putting them on the fire when a poisonous snake came out because of the heat and bit him on the hand.

That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel."

But we want to hear your ideas, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this religious group."

because these people have become stubborn. They don't hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.' Isaiah 6:9–10

First I want to say that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because people everywhere in the world are talking about your faith.

I am not ashamed of the Good News, because it is the power God uses to save everyone who believes—to save the Jews first, and then to save non-Jews.

God shows his anger because some knowledge of him has been made clear to them. Yes, God has shown himself to them.

Because they did these things, God left them and let them go their sinful way, wanting only to do evil. As a result, they became full of sexual sin, using their bodies wrongly with each other.

Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do. Women stopped having natural sex and started having sex with other women.

If you think you can judge others, you are wrong. When you judge them, you are really judging yourself guilty, because you do the same things they do.

You know what he wants you to do and what is important, because you have learned the law.

just as the Scriptures say: "Those who are not Jews speak against God's name because of you."

They can do this because a person is not a true Jew if he is only a Jew in his physical body; true circumcision is not only on the outside of the body.

A person might say, "When I lie, it really gives him glory, because my lie shows God's truth. So why am I judged a sinner?"

because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

God makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ, because all people are the same:

Of course he is, because there is only one God. He will make Jews right with him by their faith, and he will also make those who are not Jews right with him through their faith.

because the Scripture says, "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God."