Romans
Lesson 1: Theme of salvation/justification
The Desperate Need for Justification – 1:1-4:25Lesson 1: Theme of salvation/justification – 1:1-17 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the…
Lesson 2: Man’s Sin of Non-thankfulness
Lesson 2: Man’s Sin of Non-thankfulness – 1:18-32 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.19 For what can be known about God is plain to them…
Lesson 3: God’s Righteous Judgment
Lesson 3: God’s Righteous Judgment – 2:1-11 1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.2 We know that the judgmen…
Lesson 4: God’s Judgment and the Law
Lesson 4: God’s Judgment and the Law – 2:12-29 12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous bef…
Lesson 5: God’s Righteousness Upheld
Lesson 5: God’s Righteousness Upheld – 3:1-8 1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?2 Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.3 What if some were unfaithful? Does their faith…
Lesson 6: No One is Righteous
Lesson 6: No One is Righteous – 3:9-20 9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;11 no one understands; no…
Lesson 7: The Righteousness of God through Faith
Lesson 7: The Righteousness of God through Faith – 3:21-31 21 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for…
Lesson 8: Abraham Justified by Faith
Lesson 8: Abraham Justified by Faith – 4:1-12 1 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh?2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.3 For what does the Scri…
Lesson 9: The Promise Realized through Faith
Lesson 9: The Promise Realized through Faith – 4:13-25 13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.14 For if it is the adherents of the law wh…
Lesson 10: Peace with God through Faith
The Defining Results of Justification – 5:1-8:39 Lesson 10: Peace with God through Faith – 5:1-11 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.2 Through Him we have also obtained access by…
Lesson 11: Death in Adam, Life in Christ
Lesson 11: Death in Adam, Life in Christ – 5:12-21 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given,…
Lesson 12: Dead to Sin, Alive to God
Lesson 12: Dead to Sin, Alive to God – 6:1-14 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Je…
Lesson 13: Slaves to Righteousness
Lesson 13: Slaves to Righteousness – 6:15-23 15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obe…
Lesson 14: Released from the Law
Lesson 14: Released from the Law – 7:1-6 1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives?2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but…
Lesson 15: The Law and Sin
Lesson 15: The Law and Sin – 7:7-25 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not co…
Lesson 16: Life in the Spirit
Lesson 16: Life in the Spirit – 8:1-11 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.3 For God has done what the law, wea…
Lesson 17: Heirs with Christ
Lesson 17: Heirs with Christ – 8:12-17 12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you wi…
Lesson 18: Future Glory
Lesson 18: Future Glory – 8:18-30 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.20 For…
Lesson 19: God’s Everlasting Love
Lesson 19: God’s Everlasting Love – 8:31-39 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him graciously give us all thing…
Lesson 20: God’s Sovereign Choice
The Dreadful Regrets of Israel for Not Accepting the Gospel – 9:1-11:36 Lesson 20: God’s Sovereign Choice – 9:1-29 1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—2 that I have great sorrow and…
Lesson 21: Israel’s Unbelief
Lesson 21: Israel’s Unbelief – 9:30-10:4 30 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith;31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did…
Lesson 22: The Message of Salvation to All
Lesson 22: The Message of Salvation to All – 10:5-21 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your…
Lesson 23: The Remnant of Israel
Lesson 23: The Remnant of Israel – 11:1-10 1 I ask, then, has God rejected His people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you…
Lesson 24: Gentiles Grafted in
Lesson 24: Gentiles Grafted in – 11:11-24 11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.12 Now if their trespass means riches…
Lesson 25: The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation
Lesson 25: The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation – 11:25-36 25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.26 And…
Lesson 26: A Living Sacrifice
Lesson 26: A Living Sacrifice – 12:1-2 The Desirable Effects of the Gospel on Everyday Life – 12:1-16:27 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is…
Lesson 27: Gifts of Grace
Lesson 27: Gifts of Grace – 12:3-8 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.…
Lesson 28: Marks of the True Christian
Lesson 28: Marks of the True Christian – 12:9-21 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spiri…
Lesson 29: Submission to Authorities
Lesson 29: Submission to Authorities – 13:1-7 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists…
Lesson 30: Fulfilling the Law through Love
Lesson 30: Fulfilling the Law through Love – 13:8-14 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not st…
Lesson 31: Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another
Lesson 31: Do Not Pass Judgment on One Another – 14:1-12 1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.3 Let not the one who…
Lesson 32: Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
Lesson 32: Do Not Cause Another to Stumble – 14:13-2313 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus…
Lesson 33: The Example of Christ
Lesson 33: The Example of Christ – 15:1-7 1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.3 For Christ did not please himsel…
Lesson 34: Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles
Lesson 34: Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles – 15:8-13 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,9 and in order that the Gentiles might gl…
Lesson 35: Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
Lesson 35: Paul the Minister to the Gentiles – 15:14-33 14 I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.15 But on some points I have written to you…
Lesson 36: Greetings, Instructions, and Doxology
Lesson 36: Greetings, Instructions, and DoxologyRomans 16:1-27 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever…
Romans: Salvation and Justification
ROMANS CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: Theme of salvation/justification 4,128Lesson 2: Man’s Sin of Non-thankfulness 4,467Lesson 3: God’s Righteous Judgment 3,765Lesson 4: God’s Judgment and the Law …