Romans 4:6–8, “just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from

Romans 4:4–5, “4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.

Illustrations are living examples of abstract truths. They plant the truth in the soil of real life. Even the strongest

Romans 3:29–31, “29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of

Romans 3:27-28, “27 Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of

Romans 3:25–26, “25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to

Romans 3:23–24, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace