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Romans 1:5 open_in_new
for obedience
Unto obedience to faith, that is, faith as a principle, or method of divine dealing.
Compare (Romans 10:1-11).
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Romans 1:16 open_in_new
salvation
The Hebrew, and (Greek, "sōtēria", meaning "safety", "preservation", "healing", and "soundness"). Salvation is the great inclusive word of the Gospel, gathering into itself all the redemptive acts and processes: as justification, redemption, grace, propitiation, imputation, forgiveness, sanctification, and glorification. Salvation is in three tenses:
(1) The believer has been saved from the guilt and penalty of sin (Luke 7:50); (1 Corinthians 1:18); (2 Corinthians 2:15); (Ephesians 2:5); (Ephesians 2:8); (2 Timothy 1:9) and is safe.
(2) the believer is being saved from the habit and dominion of sin (Romans 6:14); (Philippians 1:19); (Philippians 2:12); (Philippians 2:13); (2 Thessalonians 2:13); (Romans 8:2); (Galatians 2:19); (Galatians 2:20); (2 Corinthians 3:18).
(3) The believer is to be saved in the sense of entire conformity to Christ. (Romans 13:11); (Hebrews 10:36); (1 Peter 1:5); (1 John 3:2).
Salvation is by grace through faith, is a free gift, and wholly without works; (Romans 3:27); (Romans 3:28); (Romans 4:1-8); (Romans 6:23); (Ephesians 2:8).
The divine order is:
first, salvation,
then, works; (Ephesians 2:9); (Ephesians 2:10); (Titus 3:5-8).
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Romans 1:28 open_in_new
did not like
Refused to have. Literally, did not approve God.