The Book of Romans
Romans is Paul's grandest and most careful explanation of the gospel, written to a church he had never met. Step by step he shows that every person—Jew and Gentile alike—stands guilty before God, and then unveils the astonishing news that God justifies the ungodly freely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. From the courtroom of justification he leads us into peace with God, victory over sin, and the unbreakable love of God in Christ Jesus; he wrestles with God's faithfulness to Israel; and he calls us, by the mercies of God, to offer our whole lives as living sacrifices. Romans takes us from the depths of human ruin to the heights of God's mercy, and out into streets and households remade by grace.
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Whole-Book Overview
See the whole sweep of Romans, from all humanity condemned under sin to a people justified by faith, alive in the Spirit, and offered to God as living sacrifices.
Open overview → Chapter 1The Gospel and God's Wrath
Paul introduces the gospel he is unashamed of, then shows how humanity suppresses the truth and is given up to the consequences of its rebellion.
Open study → Chapter 2No One Is Exempt
Paul turns from obvious sinners to confident moralists, showing that judging others while doing the same things stores up wrath rather than escaping it.
Open study → Chapter 3Justified Freely by Grace
After proving that all are under sin and no one is righteous, Paul unveils the righteousness of God given through faith in Jesus Christ.
Open study → Chapter 4Abraham Believed God
Paul proves that righteousness has always come by faith, pointing to Abraham who was counted righteous before circumcision and before the law.
Open study → Chapter 5Peace With God
Justified by faith, believers have peace with God and rejoice in hope, secured by Christ whose obedience overcomes the ruin brought by Adam.
Open study → Chapter 6Dead to Sin, Alive to God
Grace is no license to sin; united with Christ in his death and resurrection, believers are freed from sin's reign to live a new life for God.
Open study → Chapter 7The Struggle With the Law
The law is holy and good but cannot free us from sin; it exposes our helplessness and drives us to cry out for deliverance through Christ.
Open study → Chapter 8Life in the Spirit
No condemnation remains for those in Christ; the Spirit gives life, makes us God's children, and nothing can separate us from God's love.
Open study → Chapter 9God's Sovereign Mercy
Grieving for Israel, Paul affirms God's freedom to show mercy, defending his right as the potter over the clay he has formed.
Open study → Chapter 10Salvation for Everyone Who Believes
Israel's zeal lacked knowledge of God's righteousness; salvation comes by confessing Jesus as Lord, and faith comes by hearing the word.
Open study → Chapter 11All Israel Will Be Saved
God has not rejected his people; a remnant remains by grace, Gentiles are grafted in, and God's mercy will reach Israel, ending in praise.
Open study → Chapter 12Living Sacrifices
By the mercies of God, believers offer their whole lives to him, are transformed in mind, serve as one body, and overcome evil with good.
Open study → Chapter 13Love and the Coming Day
Believers submit to governing authorities, owe only the debt of love that fulfills the law, and live in the light as the day draws near.
Open study → Chapter 14Welcome the Weak
Believers differ over disputable matters of food and days; Paul calls them not to judge or despise one another but to pursue peace and mutual upbuilding.
Open study → Chapter 15One Voice of Praise
The strong bear with the weak after Christ's example, Jew and Gentile glorify God together, and Paul shares his ministry plans and longing to visit Rome.
Open study → Chapter 16Greetings and Grace
Paul commends Phoebe and greets a long list of fellow workers, warns against those who cause division, and ends with praise to the only wise God.
Open study →Study together
Gather a group, work through a chapter at a time, and journey through Romans together. Invite a friend to join you.