Romans 1 Is a Rhetorical Trap. Here's How It Actually Works
Paul describes pagan idolatry in Romans 1 to get his audience nodding along in judgment — then catches them in Romans 2:1 with "therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others" — meaning that using Romans 1 to condemn people is literally the thing Paul condemns.
Romans is Paul's most carefully structured letter. It builds an argument across sixteen chapters. Pulling verses from chapter 1 without reading chapter 2 is like leaving a courtroom after the prosecution rests and assuming the trial is over.
The Bible Never Says Suicide Sends You to Hell. Here's Why
The teaching that suicide automatically sends someone to hell comes from Augustine (5th century) and was formalized by Thomas Aquinas (13th century). It was a theological conclusion, not a biblical citation. Even the Catholic Church's current Catechism has walked it back, acknowledging diminished responsibility and stating: "We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives."
Romans 8:38-39: "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God."
Neither death. That means the method of death does not override God's love.
*If you are struggling right now:* you are not condemned. Call or text 988. There are doors out of suffering that are not death.