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I have had trouble balancing Ro 5:1 with Ro 14:5, 23, but it may be that the idea is that the person merely remains in the peace they already had in Ro 5:1, not that they are without peace, and finally obtain rest after doing the things they are convicted are correct.

"this grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of God's glory" : I believe the "stand" relates to "stumble", so that the "stand" refers to righteousness, as we are "under Grace" as the means of service. This approach Paul has to righteousness is the same as... Galatians 5:5For we through...

Jer 23:6 says Christ's Name is "God Is Our Righteousness", so I believe "God Is Our Righteousness"--any idea of "imputation" would have to square itself with that reality. Those who abide in Him, and He in them, have GOD as their righteousness, not merely "His righteousness" "imputed".

Yup, so Paul's instruction on what he wants Timothy to do can't have anything to do with that (it was already done). 1. 1 Jn 2:28 instructs those born of Him "abide in Him", so abiding doesn't happen as you suggest (by being born of Him). If it happened that way, there would be no instruction...

I didn't realize he was condemning you. I honestly don't understand him. I've seen him, I think, say "faith alone", and, also, "faith plus works". I don't think English is his first language, so, in some of those cases, I don't press issues, because the subject matter is already difficult enough...

I'm not really acquainted with the "imputed" concept; I feel safer affirming Jesus' Name is "God Is Our Righteousness" (Jer 23:6), and this is because we are in Him and He is in us, and God is in Him, thus God is in us, and God is our righteousness as we abide in Him. How would you say this...

@Soyeong This understanding of Romans 7:1-6 mirrors the traditional doctrine of the Pharisees (Paul had been a Pharisee) from ancient times that stands to this day : Niddah 61b Our Rabbis taught: A garment in which kil'ayim4 was lost5 may not be sold to an idolater,6 nor may one make of it...

No, I have been studying Japanese, and have been learning Japanese Kanji, though. Enjoy the website! I am sure you will do very well in your English studies!

As I said before, I am not better than you. I do not speak your language better than you speak mine. LOL Have you tried Duolingo.com ?

When Paul says "under Law" in Romans 2, describing Jews, is that "under Law" meaning "under Sin's Law", or "under Torah"? Obviously, he means "under Torah"--so, also, in Romans 6:14. It is BECAUSE they are not under Law that Sin will not master them, because... Romans 7:5For while we were in...

As I said before, and apologized for it, there is a language barrier--you're not even addressing the substance of the argument.

Those verses qualify the Gentiles as those who "sin without law", and who "do not have the Law", but, later, Romans 7:1, we see that they don't know the Law either, which one naturally concludes, it follows logically based on what Romans 2 teaches about the distinctions between Jews and Gentiles...

I got it done, and it wasn't as bad as I had feared it would be--I already did the one in my bathroom (this is another bathroom), so I already knew my way around, plus I knew I needed my face shield with 3M ventilators, and vacuumed to get the loose dust out of the equation. Kind of uneventful...

Yeah, OCD, PTSD, who knows what else.

You already know--Ro 2:6-16,26,27, where the Gentile believers, who neither possess nor know the Law, are deemed "doers of the Law" who "will be justified" on the Day of Judgment and repaid eternal life. I could pick through this, correcting the many errors, but let's cut to the chase : if you...

Thanks, but "salvation" just equates to the Jews' deliverance from Egypt--their behavior AFTER having been saved determined their standing with God, not their having been saved.

Yes. If you say, "If I were to do x, then I would be eligible for loss of salvation, but that could never occur, because Scripture teaches that God will make sure that that doesn't happen," you do not read the Scripture the same way I do, thus you are not impacted by Scripture as I am, do not...

To me, there is no purpose to life other than not getting a beating--and when you claim Christ makes sure I'm not going to get a beating, purpose has been removed from life, and to say "Now, serve out of love", I see no point, but if you say "Well, if you don't serve out of love, you'll get a...

Do you believe "if I TRULY believe I won't walk away--if people walk away it just proves they never TRULY believed"?

As Scripture has already corrected you--and you have furnished no response--if your conclusion is that Gentiles have to learn Torah to be Christian, you are in error, because the New Covenant says God writes His Law (what He wants people to do) on hearts and minds, and we see this coming to...