Verse of the Day
Romans 1:17 NIV
For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.English Standard Version
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,The Message
God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: "The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives." Ignoring God Leads to a Downward SpiralNew King James Version
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."New Living Translation
This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."Romans 1:17 In-Context
15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed-a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,
19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Sunday, January 04
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Read all of Romans 6 NIVSaturday, January 03
2 Corinthians 5:17
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Read all of 2 Corinthians 5 NIVFriday, January 02
Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.
Read all of Proverbs 17 NIVThursday, January 01
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
Read all of Micah 7 NIVWednesday, December 31
James 3:9-10
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Read all of James 3 NIVTuesday, December 30
Matthew 7:7
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."
Read all of Matthew 7 NIVMonday, December 29
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
Read all of Proverbs 10 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Romans 1:16-17
(Read Romans 1:16-17)
In these verses the apostle opens the design of the whole epistle, in which he brings forward a charge of sinfulness against all flesh; declares the only method of deliverance from condemnation, by faith in the mercy of God, through Jesus Christ; and then builds upon it purity of heart, grateful obedience, and earnest desires to improve in all those Christian graces and tempers, which nothing but a lively faith in Christ can bring forth. God is a just and holy God, and we are guilty sinners. It is necessary that we have a righteousness to appear in before him: there is such a righteousness brought in by the Messiah, and made known in the gospel; a gracious method of acceptance, notwithstanding the guilt of our sins. It is the righteousness of Christ, who is God, coming from a satisfaction of infinite value. Faith is all in all, both in the beginning and progress of Christian life. It is not from faith to works, as if faith put us into a justified state, and then works kept us in it; but it is all along from faith to faith; it is faith pressing forward, and gaining the victory over unbelief.