Romans: A New Testament Commentary

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Romans Overview 1:1–32 Paul and the Roman Believers l. Opening Salutation (1–5) ll. Recipients of the Epistle (6–7) lll. Paul’s Attitude Toward the Roman Believers (8–10) lV. Three Purposes of Paul’s Visit (11–13) V. Paul’s Three “I Ams” (14–17) Vl. God Consciousness (18–32) 2:1–29 Self-Righteous and Religious Man l. The Self-Righteous Man (1–11) ll. The Religious Man (12–29) 3:1–31 The Law or Faith l. Advantage of Judaism is the Law (1–4) ll. Righteousness, Unrighteousness, and the Law (5–20) lll. Righteousness Is by Faith (21–31) 4:1–25 OT Salvation and Spirituality l. Salvation and Spirituality of Abraham (1–5) ll. Salvation and Spirituality of David (6-8) lll. Abraham’s Justification Before Circumcision (9–12) lV. Faith and Abraham’s Seed (13–25) 5:1–21 Much More Grace l. Four Results of Justification (1-5) ll. Christ and Our Condition (6–8) lll. Justification and Reconciliation (9–11) lV. The First and Last (12–21) 6:1–23 Temporal Truth or Experiential Sanctification l. The Question of Continuing Sin (1) ll. The Answer to Continuing Sin (2-14) lll. The Question of Occasional Sin (15) lV. The Answer for Occasional Sin (16–23) 7:1–25 Two Husbands and Two Marriage Counselors l. First Husband: Sin (1–3) ll. Second Husband: Jesus Christ (4–6) lll. The Law (5–25) 8:1–39 Deliverance and Freedom l. Experiential Sanctification (1–17) ll. Experiential Suffering (18–39) 9:1–33 Israel and Grace l. Israel (1–11) ll. God and His Man (12–33) 10:1–21 Israel During the Church Age l. Six Points of Introduction to Romans 10 ll. Explaining Israel to the Gentiles (1–13) lll. Church To Do What Israel Did Not (14–21) 11:1–36 Israel: Past, Present, and Future l. Past (1–6) ll. Present (7–25) lll. Future (25–36) 12:1–21 Members of God’s Body l. Living Sacrifice (1–12) ll. Attitude Toward Other Believers (13–21) 13:1–14 Being Spiritual in the Natural l. Responsibility to Authority (1–7) ll. Responsibility to Neighbors (8–10) lll. Responsibility to the Gospel (11–14) 14:1–23 Weak and Strong Believers l. The Weak Believer (1) ll. Characteristics of the Weak Believer lll. Grace Believer versus Legalistic Believer (2–14) lV. The Strong Believer (15–23) 15:1–23 Being Mature in Christ l. Responsibilities (1–14) ll. Paul’s Example (15–33) 16:1–21 Final Words l. Roman’s Hall of Fame (1–16) ll. Avoid Division (17–20) lll. Paul’s Companions (21–24) lV. The Mystery (25-27)