OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Greetings (1-7)

• Paul’s desire to visit Rome (8-15)

• Righteous one will live by faith (16, 17)

• Ungodly people inexcusable (18-32)

  • God’s qualities seen in creation (20)

2

• God’s judgment on Jews and Greeks (1-16)

  • How the conscience functions (14, 15)

• The Jews and the Law (17-24)

• Circumcision of the heart (25-29)

3

• “Let God be found true” (1-8)

• Both Jews and Greeks are under sin (9-20)

• Righteousness through faith (21-31)

  • All fall short of God’s glory (23)

4

• Abraham declared righteous by faith (1-12)

  • Abraham, the father of those having faith (11)

• Promise received through faith (13-25)

5

• Reconciled to God through Christ (1-11)

• Death through Adam, life through Christ (12-21)

  • Sin and death spread to all (12)

  • One act of justification (18)

6

• New life through baptism into Christ (1-11)

• Do not let sin rule in your bodies (12-14)

• From slaves of sin to slaves of God (15-23)

  • Sin’s wages—death; God’s gift—life (23)

7

• Release from the Law illustrated (1-6)

• Sin made known by the Law (7-12)

• The struggle with sin (13-25)

8

• Life and freedom through the spirit (1-11)

• Spirit of adoption bears witness (12-17)

• Creation awaits freedom of God’s children (18-25)

• ‘The spirit pleads for us’ (26, 27)

• Foreordination by God (28-30)

• Victorious through the love of God (31-39)

9

• Paul’s grief over fleshly Israel (1-5)

• Abraham’s true offspring (6-13)

• God’s choice cannot be questioned (14-26)

  • Vessels of wrath and of mercy (22, 23)

• Only a remnant will be saved (27-29)

• Israel stumbled (30-33)

10

• How to attain God’s righteousness (1-15)

  • Public declaration (10)

  • Calling on Jehovah means salvation (13)

  • Beautiful feet of preachers (15)

• Good news rejected (16-21)

11

• Rejection of Israel not total (1-16)

• Illustration of olive tree (17-32)

• Depth of God’s wisdom (33-36)

12

• Present your bodies as a living sacrifice (1, 2)

• Different gifts but one body (3-8)

• Advice on true Christian living (9-21)

13

• Subjection to the authorities (1-7)

  • The paying of taxes (6, 7)

• Love fulfills the Law (8-10)

• Walk as in the daytime (11-14)

14

• Do not judge one another (1-12)

• Do not cause others to stumble (13-18)

• Work for peace and unity (19-23)

15

• Welcome one another as Christ did (1-13)

• Paul, a servant to the nations (14-21)

• Paul’s travel plans (22-33)

16

• Paul introduces Phoebe, a minister (1, 2)

• Greetings to Roman Christians (3-16)

• Warning against divisions (17-20)

• Greetings from Paul’s coworkers (21-24)

• Sacred secret now known (25-27)