Don’t just pretend to love others.

Really love them.

Hate what is wrong.

Hold tightly to what is good.

Love each other with genuine affection,

and take delight in honoring each other.

Romans 12:9-10

Don’t copy the customs and behaviors of this world,

but let God transform you into a new person

by changing the way you think.

Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,

which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Romans 12:2

…who can know the LORD’s thoughts?

Who knows enough to give him advice?

And who has given him so much

that he needs to pay it back?

For everything comes from him

and exists by his power

and is intended for his glory.

All glory to him forever!

Amen.

Romans 11:34-36

Oh, how great are God’s riches

and wisdom

and knowledge!

How impossible it is for us

to understand his decisions

and his ways!

Romans 11:33

…not everyone welcomes the Good News,

for Isaiah the prophet said,

“LORD, who has believed our message?”

So faith comes by hearing,

that is,

hearing the Good News about Christ.

Romans 10:16-17

…how can they call on him to save them

unless they believe in him?

And how can they believe in him

if they have never heard about him?

And how can they hear about him

unless someone tells them?

…”How beautiful are the feet of messengers

who bring good news!”

Romans 10:14, 15

If you confess with your mouth

that Jesus is Lord

and believe in your heart

that God raised him from the dead,

you will be saved.

For it is by believing in your heart

that you are made right with God,

and it is by confessing with your mouth

that you are saved.

Romans 10:9-10

…Christ has already accomplished the purpose

for which the law was given.

as a result,

all who believe in him

are made right with God.

Romans 10:4

…Christ himself was an Israelite

as far as his human nature is concerned.

And he is God,

the one who rules over everything

and is worthy of eternal praise!

Amen.

Romans 9:5

Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love?

Does it mean he no longer loves us

if we have trouble or calamity,

or are persecuted,

or hungry,

or destitute,

or in danger,

or threatened with death?

…

No, despite all these things,

overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,

who loved us.

Romans 8:36-37