Epistle to the Romans

A: 1.16-5.21 JUSTIFICATION
1.16, 17. Thesis: ​"The just man will live from faith”
1.18-3.20. Universal failure to attain righteousness
(a) 1.18-2.29. Anger of God; law and nature; the secret Jew (circumcision of the heart)
(b) 3.1-8. Circumcision: belief and disbelief; justice and injustice; good and evil
(c) 3.9-20.​ "No one is just"​; through the law knowledge of sin
3.21-31. Righteousness apart from the law; the law of faith
4.1-25. Faith: Abraham:Isaac::God:Jesus; no transgression apart from law
5.1-21. Effects of the new system
(a) 5.1-4. Hope
(b) 5.5-11. God's love: we the enemy
(c) 5.12-17. Adam and Christ. Adam: Moses::Death:Sin
(d) 5.18-21. Law and Grace

B: 6-8 SIN AND LAW

6-7. Four objections answered
(a) 6.1-14. If more sin means more grace, why not sin more? Likeness and identity:
Crucifixion:Resurrection::Baptism:Eternal life
(1) 6.15-23. If released from law, are we free to sin?
(c) 7.1-12. If release from law means release from sin, are sin and law the same?
7.1-6. Example: Wife:Widow::Law:Freedom from law
(d) 7.13-25. Did law cause death? Two laws: the law of my mind. Spirit:Flash::Will:Action::Inner Man:Outer
8. Salvation through spirit. Conformality with the image of the son of God.

C: 9-11 REJECTION OF ISRAEL

9.1-5. Paul's conscience his wish to be accursed
10.6-20. Justice of the rejection
(a) 9.6-13. God's promise: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Hatred of Esau
(b) 9.14-29. God's justice
(c) 9.30-10.13. God's will: law vs justice. ​"He who does the justice from the law will live in it.”
(d) 10.14-21. No excuse through ignorance
11. Lessening the difficulty
(a) 11.1-10. Not the rejection of all Israel
(b) 11.11-24. Stumbling is falling: Puls ministry to the Gentiles. Olive tree: nature and grafting
(e) 11.25-36. Disbelief of Jews is for universal piety

D: 12.1-13.14 CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE

12.1,2. Toward God
12.3-21. Toward the church
13.1-7. Toward the civil rulers
13.8-10. Toward men in general
13.11-14. The nearness of the end
14.1-15,7. Against misuse of Christian liberty

E: 15.8-13 CONCLUSION
15.8,9a. Duty of Jews and Gentiles
15.9b-12. Four Old Testament passages
15.13. Closing prayer