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NASB | Romans 1:15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:15 So, for my part, I am ready and eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome. |
Bible Question: Ephesians 2:9-10 is where I need better understanding as verse 9 (KJV) reads "Not of works,lest any man should boast." However verse 10 tells us "unto good works" What does good works actually mean ? I would really like to get a clearer picture. KJ |
Bible Answer: Ken, Maybe this will help put it in the larger context of Pauls' writing. St. Paul opens and closes his letter with a reference to "the obedience of faith." (Romans 1:5 and Romans 16:26) Paul's whole point in Romans is that we cannot restore our relationship to the Father, which has been shattered by sin, by any kind of ritual works even in obedience to God's law given through Moses. We cannot put God in a position of obligation or owing us anything because of something we have done, even if it is obeying his law. Nor can we oblige God by any good works we do above and beyond the requirements of the law on our own initiative. In Galatians he speaks of "faith working through love." (Gal. 5:6). So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love." (1 Cor. 13: 1-3, 13) Emmaus |