Romans Definitions Alphabetically

Abound – to increase, to be the best it can be

Access – admittance

Baptism of the Holy Spirit – When someone trusts Christ as Savior, the Holy Spirit places that person into the body of Christ.

Bears witness – gives supporting evidence

Beseech – invite, beg

Carnal – acting like an unsaved person; following the urges of the sinful human nature. Carnal is the opposite of spiritual or mature.

Circumcision – a ceremony to identify Israelite males as chosen by God

Condemnation – a guilty verdict, judgment

Debased – rejected, worthless

Edifying – building up, strengthening, encouraging another believer

Elect – chosen

Established – strengthened or set on a firm basis

Esteem – to distinguish, determine, approve, choose

Exhortation – encouragement, comfort

Fervent – zeal for what is good, boiling with heat, hot

Grafted – to place into

Greek – Gentile, non-Jewish person

Heathen – uncivilized person who doesn’t know God

Intercession – going between, petitioning in favor of another

Justification – God declaring me not guilty and declaring me righteous in His sight when I place my faith in Christ’s death and resurrection as payment for my sins.

Lagging in diligence – slow, lazy, hesitating, delaying, “don’t care” attitude

The Law – rules and regulations given to Moses by God and recorded in the first five books of the Old Testament

Mystery – hidden truth that God has revealed

Offend – to entrap, to entice to sin, to hurt or harm

Present – place near or beside, give

Propitiation – the blood of Christ satisfying the requirements of the law. (Christ became our sacrifice by shedding His blood on the cross. He took upon Himself all the filthy, disgusting burden of sin, so that, by faith, we could receive His righteousness.)

Reckon – count, compute, take inventory, consider

Remnant – that which is left, remainder

Repay – to give back, deliver, restore, reward, get even

Righteousness – God’s perfect goodness

Scruples – convictions that are self-made rather than based on Scripture

Sovereignty – supreme authority