The Letters · New Testament
Romans
Romans is book 45 of 66 and belongs to the Letters in the New Testament. It has 16 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 53 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Romans 1: Romans 1: the gospel Paul is not ashamed of, and the wrath revealed against ungodliness
Paul names himself first, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, "separated unto the gospel of God", and says that gospel was "promised… - Romans 2: Romans 2: judgment without respect of persons, and circumcision of the heart
The argument turns on the person who judges: "Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest", because the judge does the… - Romans 3: Romans 3: the advantage of the Jew, a chain of written charges, and justification by faith
The chapter opens with questions: "What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?" The answer keeps the advantage, "Much… - Romans 4: Romans 4: Abraham reckoned righteous before he was circumcised
The argument tests its case on Abraham, called "our father, as pertaining to the flesh". If he was justified by works he has something to glory in… - Romans 5: Romans 5: peace through justification, and the one man set against the one man
Being justified by faith, "we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ", with access into grace and rejoicing "in hope of the glory of God"… - Romans 6: Romans 6: dead to sin, alive unto God, and two services compared
The chapter begins from an objection it states itself: "Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?", answered at once with "God forbid". Those… - Romans 7: Romans 7: released from the law, and a divided speaker in the first person
The chapter argues from a rule the readers know, that "the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth", and illustrates it with marriage: a… - Romans 8: Hope amid the groaning of creation
Paul speaks of no condemnation in Christ and life through the Spirit, calling his readers to put the deeds of the body to death through that Spirit… - Romans 9: Romans 9: sorrow for Israel, election argued from scripture, the potter, and a remnant
The writer swears to his own grief, "I say the truth in Christ, I lie not", reporting "great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart" and that he… - Romans 10: Romans 10: zeal without knowledge, the word nigh thee, and how they shall hear
The writer states his prayer for Israel "that they might be saved" and grants them "a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge", since being… - Romans 11: Romans 11: a remnant, branches broken and graffed, and mercy upon all
The question is put and refused at once: "Hath God cast away his people? God forbid." The first evidence is the writer himself, "I also am an… - Romans 12: Romans 12: bodies presented, gifts differing, and love without dissimulation
The chapter turns to request: "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy… - Romans 13: Romans 13: subjection to higher powers, love as the law fulfilled, and the night far spent
The instruction is flat: "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of… - Romans 14: Romans 14: the weak in faith, meat and days, and not judging a brother
The instruction opens with reception: "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations." The disagreement is described… - Romans 15: Romans 15: bearing with the weak, Gentiles praising God, and plans for Jerusalem and Spain
The other side of chapter 14 is named: "We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves", each… - Romans 16: Romans 16: a commendation, greetings to named believers, a warning, and a closing doxology
The chapter opens by commending "Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea", asking that they receive her and "assist…
