Romans Study

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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