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Romans · read by Dana Congdon
106 verses, in order. Only the verses Dana read aloud are shown.
Romans 1
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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.Read from ESV · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."Read from NKJV · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
Romans 2
Romans 3
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But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,Read from KJV · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
Romans 5
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Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.Read from NASB1995 · (Presenting Christ #3) Fullness and Glory
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For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
Romans 6
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So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from KJV · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
Romans 7
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Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, "Do not covet."Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
Romans 8
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For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.Read from NASB1995 · (Presenting Christ #3) Fullness and Glory
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hopeRead from ESV · (Presenting Christ #3) Fullness and Glory
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that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.Read from NASB1995 · (Presenting Christ #3) Fullness and Glory
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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As it is written: "For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
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neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Read from NASB1995 · Called to Sonship
Romans 9
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For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, "The older will serve the younger."Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For He says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."Read from ESV · God's Severe Mercy
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So then, it does not depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.Read from NASB1995 · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
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Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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as it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame."Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
Romans 10
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Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.Read from KJV · First Love: A Sign of Sonship
Romans 11
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I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."Read from ESV · God's Severe Mercy
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That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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so they too have now disobeyed, in order that they too may now receive mercy through the mercy shown to you.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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"Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?"Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
Romans 12
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Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one's gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with diligence; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
Romans 14
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Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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So then, let us pursue what leads to peace and to mutual edification.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
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Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
Romans 15
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We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy
Romans 16
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Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.Read from NASB1995 · God's Severe Mercy