Remnant: A Daily Verse-by-Verse Devotional

Paul concludes with the second reason he's writing this letter and spending his life in ministry: God's glory. We explore why God glorifies Himself and how we can glorify Him.

Paul reveals his first of two big purposes behind his letter, and really his entire ministry: to bring about the obedience of faith. We dig into what obedience of faith really means and why we should strive for it.

Paul begins his close-out doxology by returning to themes that he introduced in Chapter 1. We talk about the celebration that is the revealing of Jesus.

Paul sends his final greetings from those around him in Corinth. We explore the three people he mentions and what we can learn from them.

Paul identifies the scribe of the letter, Tertius, who sends his greeting as well. We talk about how we work together as teams to tell people about Jesus.

Paul now sends greetings from four of his partners in ministry. We talk about who those ministry partners were and what we can learn from their lives and work.

Paul finishes a four-verse section that warns the church of those who divide by selfish motivations by promising that God will soon crush Satan under their feet. We talk about how we can crush Satan every day.

Paul gives the secret to staying on God's path and not being led astray by false teachings: obedience. We work through some great examples of people who were obedient to the Holy Spirit.

Paul continues warning against false teachings. How can we guard our hearts against false teachings? The Word!

Paul starts one of his last sections in his letter to the church in Rome with a warning.

Paul finishes this section on greetings with an instruction to greet each other with a holy kiss. We talk about the custom Paul was referring to, and how Paul's real desire was for the churchmembers to show each other their love in some way.

Paul finishes his list of people he wants to greet. We talk about the possible impact these people could have made on the world.

Paul greets five people who we know very little about, and the brothers with those five. We dig into how everyone from every background can tell their friends about Jesus.

Paul greets Rufus, who most believe to be the same Rufus identified to be the son of Simon of Cyrene, who carried Jesus's cross. We talk about how Simon's interaction with Jesus led to his discipleship in his own home, and how we have to start discipline in our own homes.

Paul writes about three women in verse 12. We talk about how women who were enslaved overcame obstacles to become so known for their faith that Paul wants to greet them in his letter, and what we can learn from those women.

Paul greets a kinsman and a group of slaves. We dig into the man who previously owned the slaves, Narcissus, and how his life was based on earthly relationships, and ended very poorly. And we contrast that ending with his slaves, whose faith was renowned so much that Paul heard of it.

Paul greets a household and a man named Apelles. All we know of Apelles is that he was tested and passed the test. We talk about our tests in this world and how we pass them.

Paul greets two other friends in the church in Rome. These two friends have names that were reserved for slaves or freed slaves. We dig into how God lets us overcome our limits set on us by fellow man.

Paul greets Ampliatus, who he describes as beloved. We talk about the greek word we translate to beloved: agapeton.

Paul greets another husband and wife duo, who had previously been imprisoned with Paul. We talk about sacrifices.

Paul greets Mary, who we know has worked hard for the church. We talk about hard work and things worth our hard work.

Paul tells about Epaenetus. All we know about him is that he was the first convert to Christ in Asia. We talk about that legacy and how hard it is to be the first.

On this Valentine's Day, our verse describes a great model for couples in ministry: Priscilla and Aquila. We get in the weeds on everything Priscilla and Aquila did, together, for Christ.

Paul extends his first greeting to the church leaders in Rome to the husband and wife duo of Prisca (or Priscilla) and Aquila. We talk generally about the church leaders known by Paul.

Paul describes Phoebe in several ways, including that she is his patron. We explore how Phoebe's role--to finance missions--is as critical today as it was then, and how many of us are called to be Phoebes.