O U R F E L L O W S H I P I N T H E GOSPEL
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS
Subject:
The Gospel of God - To Make Sinners Sons of God
to Constitute the Body of Christ, Which is Expressed as the Local Churches
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OUTLINE
I. Introduction - The gospel of God - 1:1-17
A. Promised in the Holy Scriptures - vv. 1-2
B. Concerning Christ - vv. 3-4
C. Received by the called ones - vv. 5-7
D. Proclaimed with eagerness and partaken of by faith - vv. 8-15
E. The Power of God's salvation - vv. 16-17
II. Condemnation - 1:18-3:20
A. On mankind generally - 1:18-32
B. On the self-righteous particularly - 2:1-16
C. On the religious specifically - 2:17-3:8
D. On all the world totally - 3:9-20
III. Justification - 3:21-5:11
A. The definition - 3:21-31
B. The example - 4:1-25
C. The result - 5:1-11
IV. Sanctification - 5:12-8:13
A. The gift in Christ surpassing the heritage in Adam - two men, two acts, and two results with four reigning things - 5:12-21
B. Identification with Christ - 6:1-23
1. Identified - vv. 1-5
2. Knowing - vv. 6-10
3. Reckoning - vv. 11
4. Presenting - vv. 12-23
C. Bondage in the flesh by the indwelling sin - 7:1-25
1. Two husbands - vv. 1-6
2. Three laws - vv. 7-25
D. Freedom in the Spirit by the indwelling Christ - 8:1-13
1. The law of the Spirit of life - vv. 1-6
2. The indwelling Christ - vv. 7-13
V. Glorification - 8:14-39
A. Heirs of glory - vv. 14-27
B. Heirs conformed - vv. 28-30
C. Heirs inseperable from God's love - vv. 31-39
VI. Selection - 9:1-11:36
A. God's selection, our destiny - 9:1-10:21
1. Of God who calls - 9:1-13
2. Of God's mercy - 9:14-18
3. Of God's sovereignty - 9:19-29
4. Through the righteousness which is out of faith - 9:30-10:3
5. Through Christ - 10:4-21
a. Christ, the end of the law - v. 4
b. Christ, incarnated and resurrected - vv. 5-7
c. Christ, who is near - v. 8
d. Christ, believed in and called upon - vv. 9-13
e. Christ, proclaimed and heard - vv. 14-15
f. Christ, received or rejected - vv. 16-21
B. The economy in God's selection - 11:1-32
1. A remnant reserved by grace - vv. 1-10
2. The Gentiles saved through Israel's stumbling - vv. 11-22
3. Israel restored through the Gentiles' receiving mercy - vv. 23-32
C. The Praise for God's selection - 11:33-36
VII. Transformation - 12:1-15:13
A. In Practicing the Body Life - 12:1-21
1. By the presenting of our bodies - v.1
2. By the renewing of our mind - vv. 2-3
3. By the exercising of the gifts - vv. 4-8
4. By the living of a life of the highest virtues - vv. 9-21
B. In being subject to authorities - 13:1-7
C. In practicing love - 13:8-10
D. In waging the warfare - 13:11-14
E. In receiving the believers - 14:1-15:13
1. According to God's receiving - 14:1-9
2. In the light of the judgement seat - 14:10-12
3. In the principle of love - 14:13-15
4. For the kingdom life - 14:16-23
5. According to Christ - 15:1-13
VIII. Conclusion - the Consummation of the Gospel - 15:14-16:27
A. The Gentiles offered - 15:14-24
B. The communication between the Gentile and Jewish saints - 15:25-33
C. The concern between the churches - 16:1-24
D. The concluding praise - 16:25-27