looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. [hebrews 12:2]   "the shame of my sin is not in my cross to carry." -...

indeed, i count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. for his sake i have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own...

for our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. [2 corinthians 5:21]   the great exchange   do you know yourself loved like this?   once we were slaves to   every wicked thought. every...

  for i am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the jew first and also to the greek. for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by...

for i am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the jew first and also to the greek [romans 1:16]   we are never ashamed   the gospel is life, freedom, healing, and purpose, so why would paul be...

i am under obligation both to greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. so i am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in rome. - [romans 1:14-15]   we are also under obligation   who should we share the gospel with? the answer...

i do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that i have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that i may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the gentiles. [romans 1:13]   confidence in his calling, trust in...

the following night the Lord stood by him and said, “take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in jerusalem, so you must testify also in rome.” [acts 23:11]   they say absence makes the heart grow fonder. in paul’s case, this appears to be...

and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near. [hebrews 10:24-25]   consider….. a verb, to think...

for i long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. [romans 1:11-12]   "mutually encouraged"   what a calling! what a gift! what a ......