Introduction After 51 studies we've come to the end of Paul's letter to the Romans. This is our 52nd and last study in the book of Romans for the time being at least. Last time we began to look at the final chapter and we reached verse 20. And if you glance back, you can … Continue reading Romans 16(21–27) →

Introduction We're very close to the end of Romans. My plan is to cover verses 1 to 20 of chapter 16 today; and then to deal with verses 21 to 27 tomorrow. Verses 1+2 Having written about his travel plans at the end of chapter 15, Paul spends most of chapter 16 on greeting various … Continue reading Romans 16(01–20) →

Introduction So, we're getting near the end of Paul's letter to the Romans. After all the doctrine of chapters 1 to 11, and after the instructions on how to live the heavenly life in chapters 12 to the middle of chapter 15, we come to the concluding part of his letter. And the passage we … Continue reading Romans 15(14–33) →

Introduction In Romans chapters 12 to 16 Paul explains to us how we ought to live in light of the gospel of the grace of God to sinners like us. And really, he's explaining to us how to live the heavenly life. You see, back at the beginning of chapter 12, he instructed us to … Continue reading Romans 15(01–13) →

Summary From verse 1 of chapter 14 until verse 13 of chapter 15 Paul is dealing with the subject of how the weak and the strong in the church ought to treat one another when it comes to disputable matters. Do you remember? He referred to three points of contention in the church in Rome: … Continue reading Romans 14(13–23) →

Summary We're still in that part of Romans where Paul is instructing us on what it means to live the heavenly, Sprit-filled life. I'm calling it the heavenly life because through faith in Christ we're been delivered from this present evil age and we've been raised with Christ to sit with him in the heavenly … Continue reading Romans 14(01–12) →

Introduction Paul has been teaching us how to live the heavenly, Spirit-filled life. Through faith in Christ, we've been delivered from this present evil age and we now belong in the heavenly realms where Jesus Christ is now seated. And so, instead of being conformed to this present evil age, we're to be transformed by … Continue reading Romans 13(08–14) →

Introduction Paul has been teaching us how to live the heavenly life. Remember? Christ has delivered us from this present evil age. We've been raised up with him to the heavenly realms to live a new kind of life, so that instead of being conformed to this age, we're to be transformed by the renewing … Continue reading Romans 13(01–07) →

Introduction As I said last time, we're in that part of Paul's letter where he's explaining to us how to live a heavenly life and a life of grateful obedience to the Lord. Chapters 1 to 11 were all about God's grace to sinners like us. And chapters 12 to 16 are about how we're … Continue reading Romans 12(14–21) →

Introduction We're in that part of Romans where Paul has moved away from explaining the gospel to teaching us how we're to live as God's people. Chapters 1 to 11 are all about what God has done and is doing for sinners like us by his Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. And chapters … Continue reading Romans 12(09–13) →