The Epistle of Paul to the Romans

Outline

• I. Introduction — the gospel of God
• A. Promised in the Holy Scriptures
• B. Concerning Christ
• C. Received by the called ones
• D. Proclaimed with eagerness and partaken of by faith
• E. The power of God's salvation
• II. Condemnation
• A. On mankind generally
• B. On the self-righteous particularly
• C. On the religious specifically
• D. On all the world totally
• III. Justification
• A. The definition
• B. The example
• C. The result
• IV. Sanctification
• A. The gift in Christ surpassing the heritage in Adam — two men, two acts, and two results with four reigning things
• B. Identification with Christ
• 1. Identified
• 2. Knowing
• 3. Reckoning
• 4. Presenting
• C. Bondage in the flesh by the indwelling sin
• 1. Two husbands
• 2. Three laws
• D. Freedom in the Spirit by the indwelling Christ
• 1. The law of the Spirit of life
• 2. The indwelling Christ
• V. Glorification
• A. Heirs of glory
• B. Heirs conformed
• C. Heirs inseparable from God's love
• VI. Selection
• A. God's selection, our destiny
• 1. Of God who calls
• 2. Of God's mercy
• 3. Of God's sovereignty
• 4. Through the righteousness which is out of faith
• 5. Through Christ
• a. Christ, the end of the law
• b. Christ, incarnated and resurrected
• c. Christ, who is near
• d. Christ, believed in and called upon
• e. Christ, proclaimed and heard
• f. Christ, received or rejected
• B. The economy in God's selection
• 1. A remnant reserved by grace
• 2. The Gentiles saved through Israel's stumbling
• 3. Israel restored through the Gentiles' receiving mercy
• C. The praise for God's selection
• VII. Transformation
• A. In practicing the Body life
• 1. By the presenting of our bodies
• 2. By the renewing of the mind
• 3. By the exercising of the gifts
• 4. By the living of a life of the highest virtues
• B. In being subject to authorities
• C. In practicing love
• D. In waging the warfare
• E. In receiving the believers
• 1. According to God's receiving
• 2. In the light of the judgment seat
• 3. In the principle of love
• 4. For the kingdom life
• 5. According to Christ
• VIII. Conclusion — the consummation of the gospel
• A. The Gentiles offered
• B. The communication between the Gentile and Jewish saints
• C. The concern between the churches
• D. The concluding praise