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Romans 1

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Condemnation: The Need for a Savior 1:1–3:20
Paul Greets the Saints in Rome 1:1–7
Unashamed of the Gospel 1:8–17
God’s Wrath against Sin 1:18–3:20
Unrighteous Nations 1:18–32

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Condemnation: The Need for a Savior 1:1–3:20
Paul Greets the Saints in Rome 1:1–7
Unashamed of the Gospel 1:8–17
God’s Wrath against Sin 1:18–3:20
Unrighteous Nations 1:18–32
Unrighteous Israel 2:1–3:8
God’s Righteous Judgment 2:1–16
The Jews and the Law 2:17–29
God Remains Faithful 3:1–8
There is No One Righteous 3:9–20
Justification: Faith in the Savior 3:21–5:21
Righteousness through Faith in Christ 3:21–31
The Faith of Abraham 4:1–25
Justification by Faith 4:1–12
Abraham Receives the Promise 4:13–25
From Death to Life 5:1–21
The Triumph of Faith 5:1–5
Christ’s Sacrifice for the Ungodly 5:6–11
Death in Adam, Life in Christ 5:12–21
Sanctification: How Ought We to Live 6:1–8:39
Dead to Sin, Alive to God 6:1–14
The Wages of Sin 6:15–23
Function of the Law 7:1–25
Walking by the Spirit 8:1–39
Flesh vs. Spirit 8:1–11
Heirs with Christ 8:12–17
Future Glory 8:18–27
God Works in All Things 8:28–34
More than Conquerors 8:35–39
Restoration: The Plan and Future for Israel 9:1–11:36
Israel In the Past 9:1–33
Paul’s Concern for the Jews 9:1–5
God’s Sovereign Choice 9:6–29
Israel’s Unbelief 9:30–33
Israel in the Present 10:1–21
Israel in the Future 11:1–36
A Remnant Chosen by Grace 11:1–10
The Ingrafting of the Gentiles 11:11–24
All Israel Will Be Saved 11:25–32
A Hymn of Praise 11:33–36
Unification: The Body of Believers 12:1–15:13
Love and Forgiveness 12:1–13:14
Living Sacrifices 12:1–8
Love, Zeal, Hope, Hospitality 12:9–13
Forgiveness 12:14–21
Submission to Authorities 13:1–7
Love Fulfills the Law 13:8–10
The Day is Near 13:11–14
Grace in Jew and Gentile Relationship 14:1–15:13
The Law of Liberty 14:1–12
The Law of Love 14:13–23
Accept One Another 15:1–6
Christ the Servant of Jews and Gentiles 15:7–13
Paul’s Salutation 5:14–16:27
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles 15:14–22
Paul’s Travel Plans 15:23–33
Personal Greetings and Love 16:1–16
Avoid Divisions 16:17–20
Greetings from Paul’s Fellow Workers 16:21–23
Doxology 16:25–27

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1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

2 the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

3 regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.

6 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.

9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

10 in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.

11 For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

17 For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

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