Difference between revisions of "Romans Study"

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'cp' denotes 'compare passage'

1:1-4 What does it mean that Jesus was declared to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead?</br> 1:4 What does the Spirit of holiness refer to here?</br> 1:7 (A) How are saints defined?</br> (B) Who founded the church in Rome?</br> 1:13 What was the fruit Paul referred to here?</br> 1:16-17 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 1:18 How is the wrath of God revealed from heaven here?</br> 1:19-21 Is this teaching that all human beings have a basic knowledge of God?</br> 1:24-28 Are Paul's pronouncements here on homosexuality still morally valid?</br> 1:29-31 How are these sins defined?</br>

2:1-4 How are we to understand this passage of scripture?</br> 2:5 What is the "Day of Wrath" Paul refers to here?</br> 2:6 Does this not teach that salvation is not by faith only but by works also?</br> 2:11-13 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 2:14-16 See comments on</br> 2:17-24 How are we to understand what Paul is saying here?</br>

3:3-4 What does Paul mean by what he says here?</br> 3:5 What does Paul mean here by saying, "I speak as a man?</br>" 3:9 What does it mean that "all are under sin?</br> 3:19-23 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 3:24-26 (A) What great foundational truth of the Christian faith is Paul expounding here?</br> (B) Whose sins are referred to in V25 as the sins that are past?</br> 3:27 Whose boasting is Paul referring to here?</br>

4:1-5 Was Abraham who lived hundreds of years before the law also saved by Jesus' death?</br> 4:3 What was it that was counted unto Abraham for righteousness?</br> 4:9-10 If justification is by faith alone why did God command Abraham to be circumcised?</br> 4:13 What does it mean that Abraham should be the heir of the world?</br> 4:18-22 Did Abraham's faith ever waver?</br> 4:23-25 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br>

5:1 What is meant by "we have peace with God"?</br> 5:3-5 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 5:9-10 What wrath did Christ save us from?</br> 5:12-14 How was sin and death transmitted to the human race by Adam?</br> 5:15 What exactly does Paul mean by what he says here?</br>

6:1 What is the point of Paul's question here?</br> 6:3-5 What baptism is Paul referring to here?</br> 6:6-11 What does Paul mean by what he says here?</br> 6:12-14 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 6:15 What is the purpose of this question. Is it not simply a repeat of V1?</br> 6:16 What profound teaching is underlined by what Paul says here?</br> 6:17-20 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 6:21-23 What does this passage summarise?</br>

7:4 Is this a proof text that the church is the bride of Christ as some claim?</br> 7:7-23 Does what Paul describes here portray the normal Christian life as so many in the church believe?</br>

8:1-2 What exactly does Paul mean by what he says here?</br> 8:3-4 Does V3 teach that Jesus had a human sinful nature?</br> 8:11 What does the phrase "quicken your mortal bodies" (KJV) mean here?</br> 8:12-16 How are we to understand what Paul says here?</br> 8:17 What is the suffering with Christ that Paul refers to here?</br> 8:19-21 What is Paul teaching here?</br> 8:23 See comments on</br> 8:26-27 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 8:28-30 What exactly does this passage teach?</br> 8:33 Who is the "elect" referred to here and how many "elects" of God are there in scripture?</br> 8:35 Whose love is Paul referring to here - our love for Christ or His love for us?</br>

9:1-3 What do we learn from this passage of scripture?</br> 9:5 What profound biblical truth is Paul affirming here?</br> 9:7 How is the phrase, "But in Isaac shall thy seed be called", to be understood?</br> 9:10-13 Does this not prove that God arbitrarily chooses whom He will save and whom He will not?</br> 9:14-18 What exactly is the meaning of all that Paul says here?</br> 9:19-21 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 9:22-24 Who do the vessels of wrath and the vessels of mercy refer to here?</br> 9:25-29 What is the meaning of what Paul says here?</br> 9:30-33 What do we learn from Paul's summing up here of Israel's rejection by God?</br>

10:1-3 See comments on</br> 10:4 What does it mean that Christ is the end of the law?</br> 10:6-11 How are we to understand what Paul is saying here?</br> 10:9 Why is the resurrection of Christ so important to Christians?</br> 10:12-13 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 10:14-17 Does this mean that everyone has to hear the gospel to be saved?</br> 10:18-21 Had the gospel already gone out into all the earth at the time Paul wrote this?</br>

11:1-10 Will God restore Israel as a nation or will a remnant only be incorporated into the New Testament church?</br> 11:2 What does the word "foreknew" mean here?</br> 11:4 Is the figure seven thousand here literal or symbolic?</br> 11:7-10 How are we to understand what Paul says here?</br> 11:13 Are Apostles still in the church today?</br> 11:16 Who does "the first fruit" refer to here?</br> 11:17-24 How are we to understand what Paul says here?</br> 11:29 Does this mean that the gifts and calling of God are without repentance for all Christians?</br> 11:32 What does it mean that God has concluded them all in unbelief that He might have mercy upon all?</br> 11:33-36 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br>

12:1 What does Paul mean that we are to present our bodies a living sacrifice unto God?</br> 12:2 What is God's will?</br> 12:3 What exactly is Paul telling us here?</br> 12:5 What does Paul mean that "We being many are one body in Christ"?</br> 12:9-10 See comments on</br> 12:16 See comments on</br> 12:18 How is this statement to be understood?</br> 12:20 What does "for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head", mean?</br>

13:1-2 Is this teaching that Christians have to obey every law of the state without question?</br> 13:8 Does this prohibit Christians buying anything on credit or borrowing money?</br> 13:11-14 How are we to understand what Paul says here?</br>

14:1-9 What do we learn from what Paul says here?</br> 14:10-12 What is the Judgement Seat of Christ?</br> 14:22-23 What is the actual meaning of what Paul says here?</br>

15:1-3 What are the "infirmities of the weak" referred to here?</br> 15:4 What are the things that were written before for our learning?</br> 15:5 Does this mean that Christians must be in complete agreement on all points of doctrine?</br> 15:15 (A) Where was Paul when he wrote this epistle?</br> (B) Why is the epistle to the Romans so important for Christians to understand?</br> 15:30-32 What happened to Paul in Jerusalem?</br>

16:1-2 Is this teaching that Phebe was a "deacon(ess)" in the church at Cenchrea, as a great many Christians believe?</br> 16:25-26 What was the mystery kept secret since the world began but is now made manifest?</br>