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The Epistle of Paul to the Romans

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I.  Introduction—the gospel of God—1:1-17A.  Promised in the Holy Scriptures—vv. 1-2B.  Concerning Christ—vv. 3-4C.  Received by the called ones—vv. 5-7D.  Proclaimed with eagerness and partaken of by faith—vv. 8-15E.  The power of God's salvation—vv. 16-17II.  Condemnation—1:18-3:20A.  On mankind generally—1:18-32B.  On the self-righteous particularly—2:1-16C.  On the religious specifically—2:17-3:8D.  On all the world totally—3:9-20III.  Justification—3:21-5:11A.  The definition—3:21-31B.  The example—4:1-25C.  The result—5:1-11IV.  Sanctification—5:12-8:13A.  The gift in Christ surpassing the heritage in Adam—two men, two acts, and two results with four reigning things—5:12-21B.  Identification with Christ—6:1-23
1.  Identified—vv. 1-5
2.  Knowing—vv. 6-10
3.  Reckoning—v. 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—8:14-39A.  Heirs of glory—vv. 14-27B.  Heirs conformed—vv. 28-30C.  Heirs inseparable from God's love—vv. 31-39VI.  Selection—9:1-11:36A.  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. 4b.  Christ, incarnated and resurrected—vv. 5-7c.  Christ, who is near—v. 8d.  Christ, believed in and called upon—vv. 9-13e.  Christ, proclaimed and heard—vv. 14-15f.  Christ, received or rejected—vv. 16-21B.  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—11:33-36VII.  Transformation—12:1-15:13A.  In practicing the Body life—12:1-21
1.  By the presenting of our bodies—v. 1
2.  By the renewing of the 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—13:1-7C.  In practicing love—13:8-10D.  In waging the warfare—13:11-14E.  In receiving the believers—14:1-15:13
1.  According to God's receiving—14:1-9
2.  In the light of the judgment 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—15:14-16:27A.  The Gentiles offered—15:14-24B.  The communication between the Gentile and Jewish saints—15:25-33C.  The concern between the churches—16:1-24D.  The concluding praise—16:25-27Outline of Romans
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