Romans W

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/romans-w-131-14/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><i><strong>Romans W</strong></i> (21 minutes) explores chapter 13.</p><p>Passages referred to or alluded to: Daniel 3; 6; Matthew 7:12; Leviticus 19:18; Exodus 20; Deuteronomy 5; 1 Peter 4:1-15; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 5:5.</p><p>Recommended: a number of <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/category/podcasts/various/politics/"><strong>political podcasts</strong></a> -- on how we as believers are to relate to the state.</p><p>Texts on capital punishment:</p><ul><li>“When they know that we cannot endure even to see a man put to death, though justly, who of them can accuse us of murder?… We consider that to see a man put to death is much the same as killing him” (Athenagoras, c.175 AD).</li><li>“Christians do not attack their assailants in return, for it is not lawful for the innocent to kill even the guilty” (Cyprian, c.250 AD).</li><li>Texts about complaints over the Jews, who were viewed as shirking their civic duties: Cicero <i>Flacc</i>. 28.67 and Tacitus <i>Hist</i>. 5.5.5.1.</li></ul><p>Suggested memory passage: "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts" (13:14).</p>