Romans 15:4 meaning and explanation
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
Romans 15:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes to the believers in Rome, and here he pauses his appeal about bearing with the weak to explain why he quoted Scripture in verse 3. The Old Testament, he says, was written to instruct later generations, not merely to record the past.
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