Romans Series

Paul ends his letter by greeting disciples in Rome and giving his final instructions. ROMANS 16 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon, of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she…

Paul teaches how to live in the grey areas of Christianity and to understand the Gentiles place in the gospel. ROMANS 14 Disputable Matters 1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.…

Learn to submit to righteous governments, fulfill the law with love, and be clothed with Christ! ROMANS 13 Submission to Governing Authorities 1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels…

Be encouraged to live out the new life God has given us in love! ROMANS 12 Renewing the Mind 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform…

Paul applies the gospel message of faith in Christ to both Jew and Gentile. ROMANS 10 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based…

Paul explains to the Jews how God is right in including the Gentiles into the gospel by faith- despite being cut off by their unbelief [vs. 10-13]. He reminds the Jews that they had been cut off in the time of the Kings and were able to come back in [vs. 25-29]– but sadly, they…

Paul teaches us how to live in the Spirit and rest in God’s great love for us! ROMANS 8 1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin…

Paul describes what trying to follow the moral law is like without being born again and ends with gratefulness for Jesus setting him free from condemnation. ROMANS 7 Released from the Law, Bound to Christ 1 Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has…

Paul teaches us how to live by faith as a slave to righteousness. ROMANS 6 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it…

Paul begins to apply the message of salvation by faith to the whole human race. Just like all were made sinful in Adam, all are made righteous in Christ. However, it is only those who receive Christ as Lord are imputed Jesus’ righteousness (Romans 5:17). ROMANS 5 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through…