The Best Bible Verses in Romans (ESV)
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Romans
• Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes”
• Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness &unrighteousness of men, who … suppress the truth.
• Romans 1:20 For his invisible attributes…have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world…So they are without excuse.
• Romans 1:22–23 Claiming to be wise, they became fools
• Romans 1:25 they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator
• Romans 1:26–27 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations…and the men likewise
• Romans 1:32 Though they know God’s righteous decree…they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
• Romans 2:1 For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
• Romans 2:7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life
• Romans 2:8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
• Romans 3:10-12 None is righteous, no, not one…no one seeks for God. All have turned aside…no one does good, not even one.
• Romans 3:19 “whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped”
• Romans 3:20,23 “through the law comes knowledge of sin … for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
• Romans 3:28 “For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.”
• Rom4:7-8 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, &whose sins are covered…against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”
• Romans 4:16 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring
• Romans 4:19–21 He [Abraham] did not weaken in faith…No unbelief made him waver…he grew strong in his faith…fully convinced that God was able
• Romans 5:1 "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
• Rom5:3–5 we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, &endurance produces character, &character produces hope
• …and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
• Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 5:10 “while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son”
• Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, &death through sin, &so death spread to all men because all sinned
• Rom6:4 We were buried therefore w/him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised…we too might walk in newness of life.
• Rom6:6 our old self was crucified w/him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved
• Romans 6:11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
• Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Rom7:2–3 a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage
• …Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive.
• Rom7:4 you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another…in order that we may bear fruit for God
• Romans 7:12 “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good”
• Romans 7:13 in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
• Rom7:15 "I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.”
• Romans 7:18 nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
• Romans 7:21-22 when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being
• Romans 7:25 I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
• Romans 8:1 "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
• Romans 8:6 “For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.”
• Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.
• Romans 8:9 Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
• Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
• Romans 8:15 you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons
• Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
• Rom8:18 “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
• Romans 8:26-27 “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness…the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.”
• Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
• Romans 8:30 those whom he predestined he also called, &those whom he called he also justified, &those whom he justified he also glorified.
• Romans 8:31 “What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
• Romans 8:37 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
• Romans 8:38 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons …will be able to separate us from the love of God”
• Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
• Romans 9:6–8 For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel…it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God
• Romans 9:15 “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
• Romans 9:16 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
• Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
• Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.
• Romans 10:9 if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord & believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• Romans 10:13 everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
• Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
• Romans 10:21 But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”
• Romans 11:6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
• Rom11:22 Note then the kindness & severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue
• Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
• Romans 12:1 “in view of God's mercy…offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy &pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.”
• Romans 12:2 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
• Romans 12:3 I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment
• Romans 12:9–10 "Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection.”
• Romans 12:11 “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord”
• Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
• Rom12:18–21 "If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably w/all...Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
• Rom12:19 “Do not take revenge…but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord”
• Romans 13:1 "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God”
• Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
• Rom13:9,14 You shall love your neighbor as yourself...put on the Lord Jesus Christ &make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires
• Romans 13:12–14 let us cast off the works of darkness & put on the armor of light...make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires
• Romans 14:1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.
• Romans 14:10, 12 “we will all stand before the judgment seat of God...each of us will give an account of himself to God.”
• Romans 14:12,23 “So then each of us will give an account of himself to God. ...For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.”
• Rom14:13 “let us not pass judgment on one another...but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother”
• Romans 15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• Romans 15:2-5 “Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up... live in such harmony with one another”
• Romans 15:7 welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
• Rom15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy & peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
• Romans 16:17 watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.
• Romans 16:17-19 watch out for those who cause divisions … I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
• Rom16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Romans 16:25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ