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'If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.'

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel

Paul had a zealous readiness to preach at Rome, and was not dismayed by the contempt he would face. He knew he possessed a mighty bomb, but one of love and grace, that would achieve spiritual conquests to outlast all the power of an empire.

First, Paul's manner of prayer and how he serves with all his heart. Secondly, his longing to reach Rome for souls and to advance their assurance. Thirdly, his sense of indebtedness to the lost, its depths and how we need this also. (Obligation is not enough!)

Paul’s longest letter, chiefly about salvation, full of doctrine and themes filling the heart to overflowing. Here are some of the special riches of verses 1-5, with four compelling reasons why we should be drawn to Christ the Lord.

The apostle now makes two pleas, one to the well-off, showing the sins that may overtake them, and the other to God's servants. Here is our need to guard the faith at a time when decadence and error has engulfed most of the evangelical world.

These famous verses of worship provide an example of how all Scripture is utilised for New Testament praise, not only the Psalms. Here we attempt to draw on the depths of the magnificent statements about Almighty God, lifting us up to the heavenlies.

'But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better.'

'For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.'

'But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel.'