Preamble The book of Romans is probably the most important of the Epistles of Paul. Romans is not just a letter. It is like a novella, only nonfiction, or a primer, which is a book of elementary principles, or a dissertation, if you will, on Christianity. In it we will find everything we need to [...]

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Romans 2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. Here is where the rubber meets the road. Not only did vile men do these things, but we all have done them and therefore are no [...]

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Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Having spent the entire last chapter explaining that there is no difference between Gentile and Jew in the church, Paul now turns the tables to tell the advantages of the Jew. The question raised is, since physical circumcision and uncircumcision [...]

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Romans 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? In the past discussion (chapters were not in use when Paul wrote the letter) Paul explained that both Jew and Gentile are sinners and can only become righteous through faith in Christ. He now discusses the faith [...]

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  Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: Peace has many shadings of meaning. Definitions include exemption from war, harmony, concord, security, safety, prosperity, felicity, salvation, and contentment. All of these are synonyms of the Greek word ειρηνη, eirene (pronounced aye-rain’-ay, similar to the Queen’s [...]

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Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? (2) God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Grace is so much more abundant than sin, and since sin copiously abounds, grace abounds even more, should we sin so that grace will [...]

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Romans 7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? Who are those that know the law? In Paul’s day they were the Jews. He spoke directly to Jews in this passage. He spoke to us, [...]

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Romans Chapter 8 is a very important chapter in a very important book. The Epistle of Paul to the Romans contains the basic doctrines of Christianity ant the church. Chapter 8 is about our personal relationship with Christ and how He wants us to live. The book of Romans should be the book we all [...]

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Rom 8:24-25 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? (25) But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Have you ever wanted something badly that you could not [...]

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Note: Chapters Nine through Eleven are taken from the series, “The Relationship Between Israel and the Church” and mirrored here. Romans 9:1-5 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, (2) That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. (3) For [...]

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Note: Chapters Nine through Eleven are taken from the series, “The Relationship Between Israel and the Church” and mirrored here. Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Speaking of unbelieving Israel, Paul sincerely desired their salvation. As he said in the first verse of [...]

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Note: Chapters Nine through Eleven are taken from the series, “The Relationship Between Israel and the Church” and mirrored here. Romans 11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. Last objection: Has God, then, abandoned [...]

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