Romans
Below is a PDF of my worksheet that I've compiled to provide (me) an overview of concepts covered in Romans, how it's organized, etc.
It does not attempt to be a replacement for careful study of Romans, but serves as a single-page, visual reminder of Romans.
Romans - Summary Worksheet
Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. If you develop your own summary (or notes), I'd love to see them.
Thanks.
Be Wise and Innocent
Romans – Chapter 16
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Chapter...
Be of one mind
Romans – Chapter 15
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Chapter...
Individually Accountable to God
Romans – Chapter 14
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Chapter...
Love fulfills the Law
Romans – Chapter 13
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Chapter...
Our Sacrifice – Our Response(s)
Romans – Chapter 12
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated...
Our Ticket, Israel Restored by God’s Grace
Romans – Chapter 11
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation...
Salvation, how?
Romans – Chapter 10
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Chapter 8?
Our Position...
This is God’s show…we’re just players in it.
Romans – Chapter 9
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7?
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers...
We’re not alone…
Romans – Chapter 8
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Chapter 7
Our Motivation – The Law motivates by Fear. God-followers are motivated by Love.
Introduction
What’s your...
Now what? Our motivation…
Romans – Chapter 7
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Chapter 6?
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Alive in Christ, dead to sin.
Where are we?
Chapters 1-5 deal primarily with “becoming” saved? (Justification, Faith through Christ, etc)
Chapter...
Life and Death – Believer’s Style
Romans – Chapter 6
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Chapter 5?
Result of Justification
We receive benefits. Jesus is contrasted (mostly) with Adam
Introduction
What’s your opinion of Romans (thus far)? Easy, hard, straightforward, confusing, basic, advanced, etc?
How did you all do this week reading Romans?
What is...
The Results of Justification
Romans – Chapter 5
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Chapter 4?
Faith
…Of their fathers (Abraham and David)
Shouldn’t be a new concept for them.
Introduction
What’s your opinion of Romans (thus far)? Easy, hard, straightforward, confusing, basic, advanced, etc?
How did you all do this week reading Romans?
What is your opinion of this chapter? Easy or lots of questions, difficult and convoluted?
What...
Faith – Counted as Righteousness
Romans – Chapter 4
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Faith through Salvation, not works
Works are THE FRUIT of Salvation through Faith (in Jesus Christ)
Introduction
What’s your opinion of Romans (thus far)? Easy, hard, straightforward, confusing, basic, advanced, etc?
If it’s filled with basic stuff (so far), why is it often considered such a hard book?
How about for the audience it was (directly) written do? How do you think the Jews felt about...
Justified by Faith, evidenced by Works
Romans – Chapter 3
Review
What was Chapter 1 about?
Gospel
Discusses how bad the Gentiles are (remember: “Greeks and barbarians”)?
What’s Chapter 2 about?
Judgment – God’s Judgment falls on all.
Jews aren’t much better than the Gentiles from Chapter 1
Chapter 3?
Justification
Introduction
How did you all do this week reading Romans?
What is your opinion of this chapter? Easy or lots of questions, difficult and convoluted?
If you had to pick the top 2 issues that you thought Paul believed were plaguing the church in Rome, what would they be?
Self-righteousness, piousness, etc
False-teaching or gossiping (not sure which).
What...
God’s judgment in due time, in due measure
Romans – Chapter 2
Introduction
Describe Adolph Hitler
Describe Charles Manson
Describe Joseph Stalin
Which is worse? Which deserve to be judged?
Describe Mother Theresa
Describe Weird-sign-guy on HW 94
Describe a newborn (or better yet, unborn) baby
Which deserves to be judged
How does God see each of these people?
Sinners
Worthy of Death, condemnation…
Worth saving through His Son, Jesus Christ
Still sinners…
There’s a difference between good and bad and worth judgment. Some may do good or bad things, but we’re all worthy of judgment and the punishment.
How did you all do this week reading Romans?
What is your opinion of this chapter? Easy? Clear? …or...
The Gospel – The Power of God for Salvation
Romans – Chapter 1
Introduction
How did you all do this week reading Romans?
What is your opinion of this first chapter? Easy? Clear? …or difficult and convoluted?
Attempt to break chapters into paragraphs…
Take the next 5 minutes and read/skim for paragraph breaks.
Where did you find them?
1-7
8-15 (“First”)
16-17 (“For”)
18-23 (“For”)
24-25 (“Therefore”)
26-27 (“For”)
28-32 (“And”)
If you have to summarize a movie or book in one sentence, what would that be called?
Theme?
What does the “theme” of a book or movie contain?
Usually the basic storyline – in fact, most storylines, or Themes, are Good vs. Evil.
Does Romans fit this? How? ...
All Roads Lead to Rome
Romans – an Introductory Lesson
Introduction:
What Book of the Bible did you read this week? (Trick question?)
Romans
A.K.A. the Gospel of Paul (considered his best work. Some argue it's the clearest description of the Gospel Message)
Who wrote the Book that we’re going to be studying?
Paul
A.K.A Saul (Acts 7:58, 13:9)
What do we know about him?
Jewish (of Benjamin’s line)
A Pharisee, but also a tent-maker (Acts 18:3) (family job).
Born in Tarsus, likely around 10 years after Christ’s birth.
Roman citizen, probably because Paul’s father bought or was given Roman citizenship.
Used to persecute Christians (Acts 8:3,...