Study Guide To Paul's Epistle To The Church in Rome Copy 2

Study Guide on
Paul’s
Epistles to the
Romans
By
Dr. J Hernes M Abante

August 2012
Study Guide to Paul’s Epistle to the Church in Rome
Introduction:
The epistle to the Church in Rome is considered the most scholarly work of
the Apostle Paul according to the opinions of most Bible scholars because of his
clear and accurate presentation of the gospel and the doctrines we consider today
as the foundations of Christianity. As a brilliant lawyer he states the facts and his
arguments plainly and truthfully about the doctrine of Justification of Faith. This
came; I believe, from his personal relationship with the Savior, his sensitivity to the
working of the Holy Spirit, and his knowledge of the canon laws and the Old
Testament Scriptures. This is the reason why the book of Romans is considered the
Magna Charta of the Christian faith.
A serious student of the Word of God must earnestly consider this book as
the focus of attention for no prudent Bible student can disregard its message and
asserts having the knowledge of the “faith once delivered unto the saints.” This book
must be a required reading for all Pastors and preachers to have the full
understanding and the wherewithal needed to preach and teach the Word of God.
It is for this reason I considered writing this study help - not to assert my
expertise on the book of Romans for I am not; but to present a study help that is
simple enough to read and understand by everyone who studies this Epistle. It is
my desire to expound its message fully by following the literal rule of
interpretation in order for the readers to have a refreshing appreciation for the
book that is considered by some only reserved to the serious Bible students.
As you go through the study note, I suggest that you have the book of
Romans by your side to frequently refer back to it. Remember that this study is
merely a tool and is not the source of understanding, comfort, and inspiration.
God’s Word through the Holy Spirit does that.
Authorship:
Most Bible scholars agree to the Pauline authorship of the book of Romans.
But the most credible proof of its authorship is not from the opinions of the
scholars but from the epistle itself. The Apostle Paul identified himself as its writer
(Romans 1:1). He wrote this epistle at the end of his 3 rd missionary journey while in
the city of Corinth in approximately A.D. 57 as he was planning to visit the Church
in the city of Jerusalem with the love offering he has collected for the believers
there.
At the time of its writing, while in Corinth, he was staying in the house of
Gaius, who served as his host (Romans 16:23), and was one of the prominent
converts of his ministry in Corinth (I Corinthians 1:14). Tertius, (Romans 16:22)
served as Paul’s secretary and was probably a slave based on his name. Phoebe, a
godly and faithful woman was the one who delivered the epistle to Rome (Romans
16:1,2). She was a member of the Church in Cenchrea, a harbor town near the city
of Corinth.
Paul’s literary style is apparent and consistent with his other epistles. At this
time, his understanding of the Old Testament Scriptures and the person and the
works of Jesus Christ have fully developed. Perhaps through the years of travelling,
ministering and relating with other people of God and the Churches he started and
other Churches he visited. He was totally submissive and obedient to the
inspiration and revelation of the Holy Ghost that through him many mysteries have
been disclosed, which clarified so many questions about the grace and the plan of
God through the ages.
With his desire to present an accurate illustration of divine truths, he has

used his own spiritual struggles to point out the reality of sin in the life of a
believer. God has used him in a tremendous way to help us understand that despite
our sinfulness, God’s grace through His work of justification has enabled us to live a
victorious life and to anticipate the glorious hope in the eternity to come.
Setting:
The Apostle Paul or any of the other Apostles did not start the Church in
Rome. It began through the instrumentality of ordinary, lay people, majority of
whom were Jewish, who were saved in Jerusalem after they heard the glorious
gospel preached by the Apostle Peter during the day of Pentecost (Acts 2). When
they returned to Rome they shared the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. It did
not stop there. They wanted a permanent witness of the gospel in the city that was
strongly influenced by paganism and polytheism. They started a local Church.
The birth of the Church in Rome proves that God’s plan of reaching the
world with the glorious gospel of Christ can never be frustrated by any means. God
can use ordinary people with a willing heart to fulfill the works and greater works
through the local Church. We can surmise that after these people were baptized in
Jerusalem, they showed great interest in sharing the gospel by immediately
following the mandate and the mission of the Church. They must have returned to
Rome already equipped and ready with the knowledge and with the authority
coming from the Mother Church in Jerusalem.
Theme:
The theme of the book of Romans is expressed in Romans 1:16 & 17:
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto
salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is
written, the just shall live by faith.”
Justification by faith is one of the essential foundations of Christianity. It is

wrought by the gospel of Christ – the message that is considered vital and precious
for all the people of the world to hear in order to experience the eternal
relationship with the father. It is a message we ought not to be ashamed to preach
and share with the whole world.
The doctrine of Justification points out the grand and essential truth that
man’s salvation is purely God’s effort based on His grace through the finished work
of His Son. It teaches that nothing can be attributed to man. It firmly declares man’s
unworthiness and total depravity. Salvation is never earned but simply received
because of the grace and the mercy of the Lord.
Therefore, it is a message that needs to be preached to the entire world by

those who claim to possess this grace. It is the Good News or the Gospel we all must
carry and manifest in our lives. It is the only power that can provide equal
opportunity to all.
Review Question on Introduction
1. The Epistle to Rome is considered the most scholarly work of the Apostle
Paul because:
A. He was a brilliant lawyer who stated his facts and his arguments
plainly and truthfully.
B. Of his clear and accurate presentation of the gospel.
C. Of his relationship with the Savior and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit,
and his personal knowledge of the canon laws and the OT Scriptures.
D All of the above
2. A serious student of the Word of God must consider studying this Epistle.
A. True
B. False
3. The most credible proof of the authorship of the book of Romans comes
from:
A. The opinions of Bible scholars.
B. The pronouncement of the Church
C. The statement of the other Apostles
d. The book of Romans where the Apostle identified himself as the
writer.
4. The Apostle wrote the Epistle when:

A. He was in his 3rd missionary journey.
B. He was in the city of Corinth.
C. All the above
D. None of the above
5. Apostle Paul was on his way to the city of Jerusalem to primarily:

A. Deliver the love offering he collected.
B. Take care of the problems in the Church in Jerusalem.
C. Ordain elders there.
D. Preach the Gospel.
6. In Corinth, the Apostle stayed with:

A. Priscilla & Aquila
B. Ananias & Sapphira
C. Phoebe
D. Gaius
7. The individual who served the Apostle as his secretary was:

A. Gaius
B. Phoebe
C. Tertius
D. Luke
8. The Epistle was delivered to the Church in Rome via:

A. By a courier
B. By Philip
C. By Phoebe
D. By Tertius
9. The Church in Rome was started by:

A. Peter
B. Paul
C. Laymen who were saved in Jerusalem at the Pentecost.
10. God can only use Pastors and Missionaries to start a congregation.
A. True
B. False
11. The authority of the Roman Church came from:

A. The Church in Antioch
B. The Church in Jerusalem
C. The Church in Philadelphia
D. God directly.
12. The theme verse of the Epistle is:

A. Romans 1:16
B. Romans 1:17
C. Romans 3:23
D. Romans 8:28
E. A&B
F. C&D
13. Justification by works is one of the essentials of Christianity.

A. True
B. False
14. The doctrine of Justification –
A. Points out the grand and essential truth that man’s salvation is purely
God’s based on His grace.
B. Is based on the finished works of the Lord Jesus Christ.
C. All of the above
15. I have read the whole book of Romans and can recite by memory Romans
1:16-17.
A. Yes
B. No
Chapter One:
1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the

gospel of God,
2. (Which He had promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures.)
3. Concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh;
4. And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5. By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the
faith among all nations, for His name:
6. Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace be to you
and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
8. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is
spoken of throughout the whole world.
9. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son,
that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
10. Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a
prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you,
11. For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to
the end ye may be established;
12. That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith
both of you and me.
13. Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I
purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some
fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
14. I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise,
and to the unwise.
15. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are
at Rome also.
16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek.
17. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as
it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.
19. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God
hath shewed it unto them.
20. For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21. Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
22. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping
things.
24. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of
their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26. For this cause God gave them un unto vile affections: for even their
women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that
which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their
error which was meet.
28. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
29. Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers,
30. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents,
31. Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful:
32. Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such
things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in
them that do them.
The Outline of Chapter 1:
The Gospel
The Book of Romans establishes the gospel as the power of God “unto
salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greeks.” It is the vehicle by which man
receives the saving Grace. It declares the Gospel as more than the good news – it is
Jesus Christ: His life, His works, His passion, and His grace (I Corinthians 15:1-4). It
is the story of the Savior according to the Scriptures.
The Gospel is the ‘good news’. It is good because it comes from God, the true
source of everything that is good and the only ONE who is good (Mark 10:18). It is
the “good news” because it carries a message that is unlike anything in this world.
It declares a life who has sacrificed everything because of His love that is
completely unconditional and grace made available to all who believe.
I. The Salutation: 1-7
A The Apostle Paul introduces himself. 1

1. As a Servant
2. As an Apostle
3. As one separated unto the gospel of God
a. The gospel as promised by the prophets in the Old
Testament, the known and available Scriptures at the time. 2
b. The Gospel is about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, who was made of the seed of David to describe His
humanity. 3
B. The Apostle invoking the name of Jesus, the Son of God, who is equal
with the Father and manifested by His resurrection from the dead. 4
1. It is through the power of Christ the Apostle received grace
and apostleship (In our time this is not apostolic succession but the
authority through the local Church) in order to obey and fulfill the
mandate to declare His faith among all nations for His namesake. 5
C. Apostle’s personal greetings to the Church or the Saints in Rome,
1. Called unto obedience for the sake of Christ. 6
2. The writer describes the Church as the beloved of God and the
saints of God.
D. Paul extends the grace and the peace of God that come from the
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. To show the equality of the two persons in the godhead. 7
II. The Apostle’s Commendation to the Church in Rome: 8-15
A. Their Spiritual victory and Christian testimony.

1. Their sparkling testimony of faith that is known throughout
the whole world. 8
B. His prayer for the Church unceasingly. The prayer he constantly
utters to God on their behalf while he remains passionate of the
gospel. 9
C. His desire to visit the Church. Paul prays to grant him an opportunity
to have a prosperous journey not only in terms of traveling mercy
but also of his anticipation of a wonderful and fruitful time with the
Church in Rome. 10
D. His aspiration to impart to them some spiritual gifts. He expressed
his longing to see that they get more established in the faith. 11
E. His longing to comfort and edify them. While he declares his desire to
help them, Paul also believes that he will also be blessed and edified
by the Church. 12
F. His excitement to visit them but was hindered because of his desire
to share the gospel to other places where Christ was not known.
While he loved to reach others, it was also his desire to have a fruit
among them. 13
1, He has to preach the gospel to all: to the learned and the
unlearned. 14
2. Just as much as he was willing to go to places where the
gospel is not known, he is also willing to go to Rome where the
gospel is obviously known. 15
III. The Importance and the Universal Need of the Gospel. Here he
presents his arguments why he has to declare the gospel. Apostle Paul carries the
gospel without shame for the following reasons (16-32):
A. Because it is the power of God unto Salvation to all who believe: to

the Jews first and also to the Greeks. (Gentiles) 16
B. Because it is the righteousness (acts and character) of God
that is only known through faith and manifested by living faith. 17
1. It is by faith alone and not of works.
2. It is the faith that produces good works not the other way
around.
C. Because of the wrath (divine indignation) of God against all forms of
ungodliness. 18-25
1. All men are accountable to Him who hates all unrighteousness
and all those who hate the truth. (18)
2. Man is without excuse because God has revealed Himself
through His creation and His works. (19-20)
3. They glorified Him not as God and unthankful unto Him
despite of their claim to know Him. (21)
4. Their knowledge of God showed their foolishness. (22)
5. They change God’s image like into corruptible man and other
creatures. (23)
6. Their wickedness led them to be given up to their own evil
ways. (24, 26, 28)
7. They change the truth of God into a lie by serving the creature
more than the Creator. (25)
D. Because man is intrinsically and essentially wicked. Paul presents the
evidence of man’s depravity and hopelessness. 26-31
1. They changed the use or the purpose of the women, which is
against nature. (26)
2. Their sin of homosexuality. (27)
3. Man’s refusal to retain God in their knowledge. (28)
4. They are filled with all forms of unrighteousness:
a. Fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness
b. Full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity,
whisperers. (29)
c. Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters,
inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents. (30)
d. Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without
natural affection, implacable (truce-breaker), unmerciful. (31)
E. Because there is a time of judgment for those who do them and
have pleasure in doing them. 32
Review Questions on Chapter One
16. The True Gospel is:

A. The Good News
B. Jesus Christ: His life, His works, His passion, His grace, and His story
according to the Scriptures.
C. All of the above
17. In his salutation, the Apostle introduced himself as:

A. A Servant
B. An Apostle
C. As one separated unto the Gospel
D. All of the above
18. The gospel was promised by the prophets in the OT Scriptures.

A. True
B. False
19. In Romans 1:7, the phrase …”God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” It
reveals that:
A. The Father is the only ONE God and Jesus is not.
B. The Father and Jesus Christ are equal in deity and power.
C. Jesus is NOT equal with the Father.
D. None of the above.
20. The Church in Rome was known throughout the whole world because of
their faith.
A. True
B. False
21. Apostle Paul loved to visit the Church at Rome because:

A. He wanted to comfort and establish them in the faith.
B. He wanted to be blessed and be comforted by them.
C. All of the above
22. His excitement to visit them was hindered because:

A. He had to go to the people where the gospel was not known.
B. He experienced shipwreck.
C. He was delayed in Jerusalem.
D. All of the above.
23. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone.

A. True
B. False
24. “The just shall live by faith” means:

A. Salvation is by grace and through faith alone.
B. Saving faith results to living faith manifested by good works.
C. All of the above
25. The wrath of God means:

A. He hates the sinners.
B. He hates all forms of unrighteousness and ungodliness.
C. He hates sins.
D. He hates the unbelievers.
E. A&D
F. B&C
26. Romans 1:24 says, …God gave them up…” It means:

A. God gave them up unto condemnation.
B. Salvation is not available for them anymore.
C. God chose them unto condemnation.
D. God gave them up to vile affection and to suffer the consequences of
their sins.
27. The sin of homosexuality is described in Romans 1:27.

A. True
B. False
28. Humanity is intrinsically and essentially wicked.

A. True
B. False
29. There is good in man.

A. True
B. False
30. Implacable means:

A. Unforgiving
B. Envious
C. Backbiter
D. Truce-breaker
Chapter Two:
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.
2. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things.
3. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and
doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4. Or despiseth thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance?
5. But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself
wrath against the say of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of
God;
6. Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7. To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and
honour and immortality, eternal life:
8. But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9. Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew
first, and also of the Gentile;
10. But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the
Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11. For there is no respect of persons with God.
12. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law:
and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13. (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the
law shall be justified.
14. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things
contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their
conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while
accusing or else excusing one another;)
16. In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.
17. Behold, thou are called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God.
18. And knowest His will, and approvest the things that are more excellent,
being instructed out of the law;
19. And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of
them which are in darkness,
20. An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of
knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself?
Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22. Thou sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23. Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law
dishonorest thou God?
24. For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as
it is written.
25. For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a
breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26. Therefor if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall
not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27. And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law
judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28. For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that
uncircumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of
God.
The Outline of Chapter 2:
No one escapes the Justice of God
After the Apostle focuses on the natural man’s hopelessness without the
glorious gospel, he now includes another group of people – the religionists who
claimed to know God and the law. These were the Jews who sought shelter in the
Church but remained loyal to their former religion and kept their judgmental
attitude to those who were not Jews. Apostle Paul addresses his concern because
he was aware that the Church in Rome was predominantly Jewish. There are two
possible reasons why he specifically addressed them:
1. Because some Jewish members might have joined the Church

through mere profession of faith without the real repentance and
faith.
2. To warn the Church of the influence of the proselyte Jews not to
corrupt others. Some of them considered themselves better since
they were not heathens (Gentiles).
I. Everyone is subject to the judgment of God. No one is excusable -

that includes the Jews. Apostle Paul turns to the people who consider themselves
favored because of their religion. 1-11
A. The Chapter opens with a concluding statement (therefore) that no

one is excused. That includes the Jews who judged others and yet
guilty of the same. 1-3
1. They can never escape the judgment of God.
B. It includes those who despise the goodness, forbearance, and
longsuffering of God. 4-6
1. God continues to extend patience to give them opportunity to
realize His goodness that will cause them to repent.
2. If they will not repent they will realize the anger of the Lord
because of their impenitent heart.
3. They will be judged in the Day of Judgment.
4. God will judge everyone according to what they have done.
II. Everyone is subject to the perfect justice of God, including all

believers. 7-11
A. The believers who are patient and righteous show that they seek
God’s glory and honor, manifesting their desire to be with Him
eternally. They will be rewarded .7
B. The believers who are contentious and disobedient will suffer
tribulation and anguish.
1. There are greater expectations from those who claim to know
the truth.
2. The Gentiles who have received the grace of God and who
manifest righteousness will receive reward.
3. God is no respecter of persons. 11
III. Everyone is subject to the laws of God. 12
A. It includes those who do not know the law.

B. And those who know the law.
C. The laws were given not only to be heard and be known but also to
be fulfilled and obeyed. 13-15
1. Those who are justified are those who obey and fulfill the
laws, not those who only hear and know them. Their obedience to
the law proves that they are justified.
2. Those who are not the recipients of the law but live according
to the law are also justified. They are also subject to the law,
whether they have the law or not.
3. Those who do not know the law but live according to the law
shows that the laws are written in their hearts. Their conscience
serves as a witness that they live according to the laws of God.
4. We are all judge according to how we submit ourselves to the
laws of God.
IV. Everyone’s motives and true character will be revealed and

established on the day when Christ sits as judge according to the
Gospel Paul preaches. 16
V. The Message to the Jews who claim to know the law. 17
A. What they should be: 17-20

1. They should rest on the laws and take pride in knowing God
through the knowledge of the law.
2. They should know the will of God.
3. They should approve of the more excellent things being
instructed by the law.
4. They should be confident in being a guide to the blind and a
light to those in darkness.
5. They should be instructors to the foolish.
6. They should be teachers to the babes.
7. They should have the knowledge of the truth.
B. What they have become: 21-24

1. They do not practice what they preach and teach.
a. They steal.
b. They commit adultery.
c. They are guilty of idolatry and sacrilege.
d. They dishonor God by breaking the law.
e. They blaspheme God before the Gentiles who do not
have the laws of God.
VI. Their attitude shows the futility of religion. 25 - 27
A. Circumcision does not guarantee justification.

1. It is only meaningful when one keeps the law. It is a sign that
indeed they are justified.
2. But if a person who is circumcised breaks the law it only
shows that he is not. You are no better off than those people who are
not circumcised.
3. However, those who are not circumcised and yet obey the law,
they only show that they are the true people of God. They are as
good as those who are truly circumcised.
B. Those who have never been circumcised and yet obey will judge
the Jews who disobey the laws of God.
VII. Who are the true People of God? 28
A. They are those who are circumcised inwardly, not outwardly.

B. They are those who are circumcised in the heart.
C. They are those who have the spirit of the law and not only the letters
of the law.
D. They are those who obey the laws of God.
E. They are those who praise God and not men.
Review Questions for Chapter Two
31. Chapter Two of Romans focuses on the hopelessness of Man.

A. True
B. False
32. The Church of Rome was predominantly Jewish.

A. True
B. False
33. All Jews in the Church of Rome remained loyal to Judaism.

A. True
B. False
34. Some Jews in the Church of Rome considered themselves better than the
Gentiles.
A. True
B. False
35. As God’s chosen nation, the Jews are excused from God’s judgment.
A. True
B. False
36. Despite God’s hatred to sin He extends patience to give everybody the
opportunity to confess, repent, and believe.
A. True
B. False
37. The religionist Jews were guilty because they despised the goodness,
forbearance, and the blessings of God.
A. True
B. False
38. God will judge them simply because they were Jews.
A. True
B. False
39. The people were patient and righteous because they wanted the favor from
God.
A. False
B. True
40. The believers who are contentious and disobedient will suffer eternal
condemnation.
A. False
B. True
41. There are greater expectations from those who know the truth.
A. False
B. True
42. Those who do not know the written law are not subject to the laws of God.
A. False
B. True
43. The laws have the power to change man.

A. False
B. True
44. Circumcision is a sign that a man is justified.

A. False
B. True
45. The true people of God are those who have the spirit of the law and not only
the letters of the law.
A. False
B. True
Chapter Three
1. What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there of

circumcision?
2. Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the
oracles of God.
3. For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief make the faith of God
without effect?
4. God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That
thou mightiest be justified in thy sayings, and mightiest overcome when
thou art judged.
5. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall
we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6. God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7. For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory;
why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8. And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that
we say,) Let us do evil that good may come? Whose damnation is just.
9. What then? Are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11. There is none that understandeth. There is none that seeketh after God.
12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become
unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13. Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used
deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15. Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16. Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17. And the way of peace have they not known:
18. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them
who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the
world may become guilty before God.
20. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his
sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference.
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just,
and the justifier of him which he believeth in Jesus.
27. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay:
but by the law of faith.
28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the
deeds of the law.
29. Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the
Gentiles also:
30. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
31. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law.
The Outline of Chapter Three:
The Universality of Sin
The Apostle Paul proceeds to declare the advantages or blessedness of being

a Jew. They are more blessed with greater opportunity because they were the
stewards of God’s oracles before. Since the stewardship of God’s oracles is now
given to the Church, the non-Jews or the Gentiles are now in equal footing.
Although there is no doubt that everyone is equal before God, the Jews still
cannot reject the fact that they have the advantage because of their knowledge of
the law. But they have forgotten that they are also sinners in need of the gospel of
Christ. They are no different from those people they despise.
I. The Jews have several advantages: 1
A. Mainly because unto them were committed the oracles of God.

B. They were the chosen race for the Messiah.
C. They were blessed with everlasting covenants from God that no
other race enjoys.
II. However, these advantages did not make them better than
any one else. 2-8
A. Their advantages cannot excuse them for not believing in the new
covenant of grace. Their unbelief of the justification of faith in Christ cannot
render His grace ineffective or without effect. 3
B. God will never allow their unbelief to turn His grace powerless. God’s
Word will always be proven true. 4
1. Its truthfulness will be manifested:
a. Through the justification of those who believe because
they will overcome in the coming judgment. 5
b. The unrighteousness of those who refuse to believe
will prove the truthfulness and the righteousness of God. They
will suffer the consequence pronounced by the Word of God. 6
2. The truth about God manifests through their lies and deceit.
7
a. They will be judged of their sins according to the Word
of God. 7
b. God’s judgment upon them is a just act of God because
of their evil hearts and deeds. 8
III. No man is better and greater than others for all are under
sin. 9
A. No one is righteous. 10
B. There is none that understands and none seeks God. 11
C. All is gone out of the way. Everyone is unprofitable. No one is good.
12
D. Everyone’s throat is an open sepulcher. Everyone uses deceit. 13
E. Everyone’s mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. 14
F. Everyone’s feet are swift to shed blood. 15
G. Destruction and misery are in their ways. 16
H. No one knows peace. 17
I. There is no fear of God. 18
IV. What the Law does: 19
A. It reveals man’s depravity by showing man’s sinfulness before God. It

shows man’s guilt.
B. The law only guides us but it has no power to save or justify. No one
is justified by fulfilling the law. 20
V. Justification is not by the deeds of the law but through faith

in Christ. 21
A. Christ is the righteousness of God without the law. However, the law
declares Christ and is a witness for Christ. 21
B. Christ is available to all who believe regardless of background and
behavior. 22
C. Man has no power to save himself because all have sinned and come
short of God’s standard. Men will always miss the mark. 23
D. In Christ those who are saved are justified or given a new standing or
declared righteous because of Christ’s completed work of redemption
(Christ purchased our freedom through His blood) on the cross. 24
E. Christ is our propitiation (“hilasterion”). He atoned for our sins. He
satisfied the justice of God. He appeased the wrath of God. He died a
vicarious death: on our behalf. 25-26
F. No man can therefore boast. Our justification is not by the deeds of
the law but by faith in Christ alone. 27
G. The conclusion is that we are justified by faith not because we obey
or do the law. 28
VI. Justification is available to all who believe, whether they are

Jews or Gentiles. 29-30
A. He is the God of the circumcision as well as of the uncircumcision by

faith in Christ.
B. He is the One and the same God who justifies.
VII. The Law, however, is not rendered hopeless and ineffective

by faith. 31
A. Faith makes the law more credible and powerful. The obedience of
the law is the result of faith.
Review Questions on Chapter Three
46. The Jews think they have greater advantage because:

A. The oracles of God were committed to them.
B. They were the chosen race for which the Messiah was born.
C. They were blessed with everlasting covenants that no other races
enjoy.
47. Their advantage did not make them better than any one else because:
A. It did not excuse them from believing in the covenant of grace.
B. God will not allow their unbelief to turn His grace powerless.
C. Even their lies will prove the truth about God.
D. All of the above
E. A&B
48. All men are sinners before God means:

A. No one is righteous
B. There is none that understands and none seeks after God,
C. Their mouth is sometimes full of cursing and bitterness,
D. No one knows peace.
E. All of the above
F. A, B, & C
49. The law is good because:

A. It reveals that man is good.
B. It guides or points us to the Savior but it has no power to save.
C. All of the above
50. “Justification is not by the deeds of the law but through faith in Christ.”
A. For Christ is the righteousness of God without the law.
B. For Christ is only available to some.
C. For man has the power to save himself.
D. Justification is by the deeds of the law.
51. God will never allow their unbelief to turn His grace powerless. It is because:
A. God’s Word will always be proven true.
B. The truth about God will manifest despite their lies and deceit.
C. All of the above
52. “For all have sinned and come short…” means:

A. All men are sinners.
B. No one has the ability to save himself and anyone.
C. All of the above
53. “There is none that seeks God” means:

A. No one can know God.
B. No one does good works.
C. All of the above
54. The law cannot point anyone to the Savior.

A. True
B. False
55. The law does not declare Christ.

A. False
B. True
56. Christ is our propitiation means:

A. He is the Savior.
B. He is the Answer.
C. He is our Appeasement.
D. He is our Mediator.
57. Justification or “being justified” means:

A. The saved are given a new standing or declared righteous.
B. The saved have never been guilty.
C. All of the above.
58. Christ is available to all.

A. True
B. False
59. Justification is available to all.

A. True
B. False
60. Faith makes the law void.

A. True
B. False
Chapter Four
1. What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh,
hath found?
2. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not
before God.
3. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted
unto him for righteousness.
4. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works.
7. Saying, blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are
covered.
8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
9. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the
uncircumcision also? For we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
10. How was it then reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of
the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the
father of all them that believe, though they not be circumcised; that
righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
12. And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham,
which he had being yet uncircumcised.
13. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of
faith.
14. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect:
15. Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no
transgression.
16. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise
might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to
that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
17. (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him
whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those
things which be not as though they were.
18. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of
many nations; according to that which was spoken, so shall thy seed be.
19. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of
Sarah’s womb:
20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but he was
strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21. And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able
also to perform.
22. And therefore it was imputeth to him for righteousness.
23. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputeth to him;
24. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our
justification.
The Outline of Chapter Four:
Justification by Faith
To make his argument persuasive and acceptable to the Jews, Apostle Paul
used Abraham, the Old Testament Scriptures, and King David’s writings as
illustrations to prove and explain the doctrine of Justification by faith. Abraham
was considered the Father of the nation of Israel. The Jews regarded the Old
Testament Scriptures as credible. David was a king they highly respected. Here, the
beloved Apostle presented these arguments that they could never reject.
I. It was true in the case of their father Abraham. 1-2
A. He was justified by faith. 1

B. If he was justified by works then he had something to brag
about.
II. It was revealed in the Old Testament Scriptures (Genesis

15:6).
A, If justification is by works then it is not of grace but of debt. Reward

as a result of work is not a gift but earned. 4
B. Justification is not by means of works but by believing Him who died
for the ungodly. “His faith is counted for righteousness.” 5
III. It was expressed in the writings of King David. 6-8
A. “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are
covered.” Psalm 32:1
B. “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” Psalm
32:2
IV. It was not only for the circumcision (Jews) but also for the
uncircumcision (Gentiles). 9
A. Abraham was reckoned or considered justified before his
circumcision. 10, Genesis 12:1-4 compared with Genesis 17:1-14.
B. Abraham’s circumcision was a sign that he was justified. 11
C. Abraham became the father of all those who believed. 12
V. It fulfilled the promise through Abraham that “all the

families of the earth should be blessed.” 13, Genesis 12:3
A. It was not through his obedience of the law but of his faith in God. 13
B. If the blessings and the promise were earned by obedience of the
law, faith therefore is made void and the promise would be of no effect. 14
C. What the law does is to show our transgression. 15
1. There is no evidence of transgression if the law does not exist.
15
2. It means that the law can never result in justification but
condemnation for those who break it.
VI. Therefore justification is only of faith. 16-18
A. By the grace of God. 16-18

B. Those who receive the offer of God’s grace through faith are
following the example of Abraham.
C. Those who have the faith are the children of Abraham by faith. Thus,
he became the “father of many nations.” 17
D. This was the fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham who believed
in God, Who quickens the dead and the One who calls and creates new life.
17
VIII. Because Abraham was justified by faith; he was able to

believe when everything seemed hopeless. 18-23
A. His faith remained strong so that when he was 100 years old and
Sarah being barren, he believed in God’s promise of giving him a child. 19
B. He never staggered at that promise.
C. He gave God all the glory. 20
D. He was convinced and certain that God would fulfill His promise. 21
E. “Therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.” 22
IX. Justification by Faith was not only promised to Abraham. 23

A. It is also for those of us who exercise faith in the finished work of
Christ. 24-25
Review Questions on Chapter Four
61. To make his argument acceptable to the Jews, Apostle Paul used:
A. Moses
B. Jacob
C. Abraham
D. Elijah
62. Abraham was justified by faith through works.

A. True
B. False
63. If justification is by works then it is not of grace but of:

A. Faith
B. Love
C. Debt
D. Service
64. Faith is “counted for righteousness” because:

A. Christ fulfilled all righteousness
B. Christ died for the ungodly.
C. All of the above
65. David describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth
righteousness without works in the following passages:
A. Psalm 32:1, 2
B. Psalm 23
C. Psalm 100:1
D. Psalm 1:3
66. Abraham was reckoned justified –

A. After his circumcision
B. During his circumcision
C. Before his circumcision
67. Abraham’s circumcision was –
A. A sign that he was justified
B. A sign that he might be the father of all that believed.
C. All of the above
68. Abraham’s justification fulfilled the promise that:

A. The Jews will inherit the land
B. All Jews will reign with Christ
C. All the families of the earth be blessed
D. All of the above
69. Abraham is the father in the faith of all who are saved.
A. False
B. True
70. Abraham is the Father of all nations.

A. False
B. True
71. Because Abraham was justified by faith -

A. He believed in the promise of God that his barren wife would bore a
child.
B. He never staggered at the promise.
C. He gave all the glory to God.
D. All of the above
72. Justification by faith was only and exclusively promised and fulfilled in
Abraham
A. False
B. True
73. Complete the verse: “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven…
A. …and whose sins are conquered.”
B. …and whose sins are forgiven.”
C. …and whose sins are forgotten.”
D. …and whose sins are covered.”
74. Complete the verse: “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord…
A. …will not condemn.”
B. …will impute sin.”
C. …will forgive.”
75. Fill in the blank: “And therefore it was _______ to him for righteousness.”
A. Given
B. Assigned
C. Appointed
Chapter Five
1. Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ:
2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation
worketh patience;
4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is give unto us.
6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the
ungodly.
7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good
man some would even dare to die.
8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us.
9. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
10. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the atonement.
12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
13. (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.
14. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that
had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the
figure of him that was to come.
15. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence
of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment
was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto
justification.
17. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they
which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18. Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon
all men unto justification of life.
19. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where
sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
21. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Outline of Chapter Five:
Justification is through Faith in Christ
Justification by faith provides all the believers the eternal and precious
promises, including the opportunity to overcome all forms of persecutions and
trials in this world. These blessings come instantaneously, progressively and
completely. The Justification by faith has also given to us the eternal relationship
with God, which secures our eternal position in Christ
This chapter compares Adam and the Lord Jesus Christ. Adam, the first man
sinned, which brought death unto all men, including us today. However, through
the Lord Jesus Christ, those who exercise faith in Christ is reconciled back to God.
I. The benefits of our justification by faith. 1-11
A. We have peace with God, which also gave us the peace of God. 1
B. We were given access by faith to His grace, wherein we stand. 2
C. We can now rejoice in hope, not only in this life but hope for the
glory with God hereafter. 2
D. We can now glory in tribulation, whereas before, tribulation was an
unwelcomed experience. 3
1. As God’s children, we now appreciate and rejoice in
tribulation. 3
a. Because it worketh patience or helps us endure. 3
b. This trying experiences help us grow and build our
character. 4
c. It strengthens our hope, which caused to look forward
to the glorious and blessed hope. It gives us confidence for the
future, knowing that hope will never disappoint us. 4-5
2. We have totally changed our perspective on tribulation
because of the love of God shed abroad in our hearts through the
indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. 5
E. We have been completely reconciled with God through the sacrifice
of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. We are no longer at enmity with God but
have now become His children and friends.
1. Our justification was fulfilled because Christ died for us at the
right time according to the plan of the Father. 6
a. When we were without strength and while we were yet
sinners. 7-8
b. Rarely one is willing to die for the righteous, maybe
even for a good man. But Christ died for us. 7
2. Through His death on the cross He showed or
manifested His love for us. 8
F. We will be saved from the wrath to come because of His shed blood
on the cross. 9
G. We are assured that our Salvation is eternal because of the life or
advocacy of Christ. 10
H. We now have the “joy in God”. 11
II. The Contrast between Adam and Christ. 12-21
A. Adam sinned. Sin was already present before the law. However sin
was not pronounced or declared when the law was not present. 13
1. All men became sinners. Consequently death passed upon all
men. 12
a. Death reigned and had power over all who lived from
Adam to the time of Moses, even if they did not sin like Adam
sinned. 14-15
2. Adam’s sin led to punishment. 16
3. Adam’s sin allowed death to rule. 17
4. Adam’s sin judgment and condemnation came upon all men.
18
5. Adam’s disobedience many were made sinners. 19
6. Adam’s sin gave power to the law because sin much more
abounded. 20
7. In Adam sin reigned unto death. 21
B. Christ was different than Adam. He provided grace.
1. Christ offered the free gift of grace to many. 15
2. God’s grace made us acceptable unto God, despite our
sinfulness. 16
a. His grace is powerful than all the sins in this world. 16
3. By Christ’s grace we received the gift of righteousness and life
began to reign within us. 17
4. In Christ we were made righteous and we were justified. 18
5. By Christ’s obedience, we were made justified. 19
6. Christ fulfilled the law and conquered the law for us. So that
where “sin abound, grace much more abound.” 20
7. In Christ grace reigns through righteousness and eternal life.
21
Review Questions on Chapter Five
76. Justification by faith provides all believers the:

A. Freedom to enjoy life and the riches in this world.
B. Faith to claim all the prosperities in this world.
C. Ability to live without experiencing difficulties and physical illness.
D. Eternal and precious promises to enable us to overcome all the
challenges in life.
77. The benefits of our justification by faith in Christ are:

A. Peace with God and the peace of God,
B. Access to His grace by faith, wherein we stand.
C. Rejoicing in hope not only in this life but hereafter.
D. Glory in tribulation.
E. All of the above
78. To glory in Tribulation means:

A. The believers will no longer suffer tribulations.
B. The believers can appreciate and rejoice in tribulation.
C. All of the above
79. Our justification was fulfilled because:

A. Christ died for our sins
B. Of His love for us.
C. All of the above
D. None of the above.
80. Peace of God leads to Peace with God.

A. True
B. False
81. Anybody has access to His grace.

A. True
B. False
82 Tribulation is a blessing to the believers because:

A. It worketh patience and helps us endure.
B. It allows growth and helps build character
C. It strengthens the believers’ hope
D. All of the above
83 We have been completely reconciled through:

A. The sacrifice of Christ on the cross.
B. The works of faith and labors of love.
C. All of the above
84 The contrast between Adam and Jesus Christ:

A. Adam is a sinner and Christ is perfect.
B. Adam is human and Christ is both God and man.
C. Through Adam we became sinners. In Christ we are made righteous.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
85 Sin was present before the law was given.

A. True
B. False
86 Through Adam death passed upon some men.

A. True
B. False
87 Adam’s sin gave power to the law because sin much more abounded.
A. True
B. False
88 In Christ the believers were made righteous and sinless before man and God.
A. True
B. False
89. Where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. It means:

A. Christ fulfilled the law and conquered the law.
B. Sin has no effect on the believers because of the grace of God.
C. The grace of God can excuse our sins.
D. All of the above
90. Grace reigns through unrighteousness and eternal life.

A. True
B. False
Chapter Six
1. 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?
3. Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?
4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism unto death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so also
should walk in newness of life.
5. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall
be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7. For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath
no dominion over him.
10. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth
unto God.
11. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it
in the lusts thereof.
13. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace.
15. What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under
grace? God forbid.
16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have
obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh:
for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to
iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to
righteousness unto holiness.
20. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death.
22. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye
have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Outline of Chapter Six:
Sin and the Believers
The Apostle Paul in this chapter tackles the question: “Shall we then
continue in sin that grace may abound?” Notice the word “continue” is used. This
means that all believers are still troubled by man’s sinful nature. Although
justification by faith has saved us from the penalty of sin, we are still constantly
plagued with sin. By His grace, we are also being saved from the power of sin and
soon to be saved from the presence of sin.
To experience victory over sin it is important that those of us who are

justified (saved) must realize that we need to constantly “reckon ourselves dead to
sin but alive unto God”, which is the message of this passage.
The abounding grace is a promise only to the believers because they are the
recipients of God’s “saving grace”, which does not immune one from the reality of
sin and from sinning. This justifying grace, however, extends its power to cover the
sins committed after the individual is justified, thus pronouncing the believers
positionally righteous before the Father. The abounding grace is not a license to sin
but to help the believers realize that God’s grace abounds and extends its power
until he is completely saved from the power of sin.
I. We believers should no longer continue in sin for

Justification did not only save us from the penalty and the
bondage of sin but it also saves us from the power of sin. 1-10
A. Positionally believers are dead to sin. They therefore should no

longer live in sin. 1-2
1. As illustrated by water baptism. 3-5
a. We are buried in the “likeness of His death”.
b. We are raised up in the likeness of His
resurrection.
c. We are to walk in the newness of life.
2. Our old man or the old nature is crucified that the body of sin
might be destroyed. 6
B. Positionally believers are freed from sin. 7-8
1. Believers died with Christ we should also be alive with Him.
C. Through the power of Christ’s resurrection death has no more
dominion over all the believers. 9
II. The believers have the duty and with the capability to
manifest the power of justification by faith. 11
A. By reckoning or consider/settle in our minds that we are dead

indeed unto sin and alive unto God through Christ. 11
B. By not letting sin reign and follow its desires. 12
C. By not yielding our members (body) as instruments of
unrighteousness unto sin but yield to God. 13
D. By totally yielding to God our members as instruments of
righteousness. 13
III. The believers are no longer under the law but under grace.
14
A. Being under grace, sin has no more dominion over us.
B. However, not being under the law does not mean believers are free
to sin.
1. When the believer sins he is again under the bondage of the
law. This can result to sin unto death, which is not eternal death.
2. Obedience to God manifests that the believer is truly
justified and is the servant of God.
C. The believers must realize that they are no longer the servants of sin.
It is a fact that they need to thank God for. 17
1. Believers are servants of righteousness. 17-18
a. We are now free from the bondage of sin.
b. Although we still have the infirmity of the flesh to sin
we now have the power to yield our members unto
righteousness 19-23
i. Like how we yielded ourselves to sin before our
justification, now that we are justified we ought to
completely yield ourselves unto righteousness. 19
aa. We can now have fruits unto holiness
and the assurance of everlasting life. 22
c. We have the free gift of eternal life through the Lord
Jesus Christ. 23
d. This fruit of righteousness was not possible before
justification for we were void of righteousness. 20-23
i. Which only gave us death. 21
aa. For the wages of sin is death. 23
Review Questions on Chapter Six
91. The believers are no longer troubled by man’s sinful nature.

A. True
B. False
92. We are still being saved from the power of sin and soon from the presence
of sin.
A. True
B. False
93. To experience victory over sin the believers should:

A. Read the Bible and pray everyday
B. Go to Church regularly
C. Reckon yourselves dead to sin but alive unto God.
D. All of the above
94. The abounding grace is a promise to:

A. All believers
B. Faithful believers
C. Weak believers
D. Servants of God
95. The saving grace does not immune a believer from the reality of sin.
A. False
B. True
96. The justifying grace extends its power to cover the sins committed after the
person is justified.
A. False
B. True
97. The abounding grace is:

A. Not a license to sin
B. It is to help the believers realize that God’s grace abounds and
extends its power until he is completely saved from the presence of
sin.
C. All of the above
98. The believers no longer continue in sin because of justification.

A. True
B. False
99. Water baptism shows that:

A. We are buried in the “likeness of His death”.
B. We are raised up in the “likeness of His resurrection”.
C. We are to walk in the newness of life.
D. All of the above
100. The old man or the old/sinful nature is crucified that:

A. The body of sin might be destroyed.
B. The soul to be saved.
C. The spirit to get quickened.
101. To manifest the power of Christ’s justification:

A. The believers must reckon themselves dead indeed to sin and alive
unto God through Christ.
B. The believers must not let sin reign and follow its desires.
C. The believers must not yield their members as instruments of
unrighteousness.
D. All of the above
102 The believers being under grace and not under the law means:
A. Believers can no longer commit sin.
B. Believers are not anymore subject to the law.
C. Believers no longer need the law.
103. The believers are:

A. Servants of the law
B. Servants of righteousness
C. All of the above
104. Although the believers still have the infirmity of the flesh to sin –
A. They have the power to not yield to temptation.
B. They have the power to yield their members unto righteousness.
C. The have the power to bear fruits unto holiness.
D. All of the above
105. The fruit of righteousness is not possible –

A. From the unbelievers
B. Before justification
C. All of the above
Chapter Seven
1. Know yet 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?
2. For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband
so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law
of her husband.
3. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, shall
be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from the
law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
4. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of
Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised
from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
5. For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law,
did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto God.
6. But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were
held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the
letter.
7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known
sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou
shalt not covet.
8. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner
of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came
sin revived, and I died.
10. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto
death.
11. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it
slew me.
12. Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and
good.
13. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin,
that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that
sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
14. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
15. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that I do not; but
what I hate that I do.
16. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is
good.
17. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for
to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I
do.
20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
21. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my
members.
24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?
25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
The Outline of Chapter Seven:
Freedom from the Law
The Apostle Paul continues his argument about the believers’ freedom from
the law using the example of marriage. This argument however must not be used
to establish a doctrinal position either for or against divorce and re-marriage.
Other passages must be considered to have a better understanding about this topic.
This chapter establishes that there is no problem with the law. In fact the
law is good and helpful. The problem is our sinful nature or the law of sin within us
that reacts to the written laws of God, making it our master and not Christ.
The Bible declares that the law is no longer our schoolmaster and we are not
its servants (Galatians 3:24-25). However, it continues to teach us about the will
and the commandments of the Lord. Its purpose is to show us our spiritual
condition before God and to point us to the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ and to avail
of His grace.
While we are not anymore bound to the written law, we still need to obey
the law to show that we are indeed in Christ and servants of Christ.
I. The Believer’s freedom from the law. 1-6
A. He presents his argument to those who know the law and those who
continue to keep the law for their justification.
1. The law has a dominion over a man as long as he lives for
himself and not for Christ.
a. Just as the wife is bound to her husband as long as her
husband is alive. 2
b. If the wife decides to marry another man while her
husband still lives, she is guilty of adultery. Because it is the
wife that breaks the marriage relationship and therefore the
guilty party.
2. However if the husband is dead, the wife is free to marry
another man. 3.
B. Likewise we are no longer under the bondage of the law for we have
died with Christ. The believers no longer live for self. In Christ we died to
self and now alive in Christ. 4
1. It is us who died in Christ, not the law.
2. This death dissolves our marriage obligation to the law, giving
us the opportunity to have a new relationship with Christ.
a. This permanent relationship enables us to bring forth
fruits unto God.
C. Before our justification, the flesh (our sinful nature) was aroused by
the law. 5
1. So that when the law states, “thou shalt not”, our sinful nature
rebels and desires to do the very thing that the law prohibits.
D Now that we are delivered from the law, our motivation is no longer
to keep the law but to be like Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit by
faith. 6
II. There is nothing wrong with the written law. 7
A. The law is not at fault but us.

1. Men were sinners before the written law came.
B. The law reveals our sinful nature. Without the law sin is not
alive or revealed in us. 8
1. Before the law came, men never knew they were
sinners.
2. When the law came, sin was revealed and we learned
we were spiritually dead. 9
a. Because of sinful nature, the law that was supposed to
give life instead pronounced death. 10
3. Sin used the law to trick us for this reason we died. 11
a. As shown by how Eve was tricked by Satan using
the direct commandment of God in the Garden of Eden.
C. The law is holy, just, and good. 12
1. The law did not cause our spiritual death. It showed that we
were dead in trespasses and sin. 13
D. The law is spiritual. 14
1. We are carnal sold under sin.
2. The law is good for all believers. 15-16
a. It helps show that we still contend with our sinful
nature. 17
b. There is still the strong will of the flesh within us
that without the power of God we can never stop.
c. Oftentimes we find ourselves doing the things we do
not want to do and not do the things we should do.
3. It is the law that shows our total dependency on the power of
Christ. 21
4. We should therefore delight in the law of Christ. 22
a. We should not submit to the law of sin that is within us
that can keep us captive from the laws of God. 23
b. Although oftentimes we are miserable because of
sin that is in us, we have Christ to rescue us. 24
c. With the renewed mind through Christ, we can fulfill
the law of God but with the flesh (body) we will surely serve
the law of sin. 2
Review Questions on Chapter Seven
106. Paul’s argument on the believer’s freedom from the law should not be used
to establish a doctrinal position for or against divorce and re-marriage.
A. True
B. False
107. There is no problem with the law because:

A. The law is good and helpful
B. The problem is the law of sin within man that reacts to written law.
C. All of the above
108. The law is the believer’s schoolmaster.

A. True
B. False
109. If the law is not the believer’s schoolmaster, who then is our schoolmaster?
A. The Word of God
B. The Pastor
C. Jesus Christ
D. The Church
110. When we obey the law, we prove that –

A. I am under the law.
B. The law is my schoolmaster.
C. We are in Christ and the servants of Christ.
D. All of the above
111. The law has a dominion over a man as long as he lives.

A. Yes
B. No
112. The believers are no longer under the bondage of the law because:
A. The believers died with Christ.
B. In Christ we died to self and alive in Christ.
C. This death dissolves our marriage obligation to the law, giving us the
opportunity to have a new relationship with Christ.
D. All of the above
113. Identify the right statements:

A. Before justification, the flesh (our sinful nature), was aroused by the
law
B. So that when the law states, “thou shalt not”, our sinful nature rebels
and desires to do what the law prohibits.
C. Now that we are delivered from the law, the believers’ motivation is
not longer to keep the law but to be like Christ.
D. All of the above
114. God’s law is perfect because:

A. The law is not at fault but man.
B. The law reveals our sinful nature.
C. The law is holy, just, and good.
D. The law is spiritual
E. All of the above
115. The believers are spiritual while the law is carnal.

A. True
B. False
116. The law shows our dependency on the power of Christ.

A. True
B. False
117. The law of sin within us can keep us captive from he laws of God.
A. True
B. False
118. Before the written law came, men never knew they were sinners,
A. True
B. False
119. Because of our sinful nature, the law that was supposed to give life instead
pronounced death.
A. True
B. False
120. To delight in the Word of God, we should:

A. Not submit to the law of sin within us.
B. To trust in the power of Christ to rescue us.
C. Renew our mind through Christ.
D. All of the above
Chapter Eight
1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,

who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the
law of sin and death.
3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
sin in the flesh:
4. That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and
peace.
7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the
law of God, neither indeed can be.
8. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.
11. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you,
he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the
flesh.
13. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16. The Spirit itself beareth witness with out spirit, that we are the
children of God:
17. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so
be that we suffer with them, that we may be also glorified together.
18. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to
be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
20. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by
reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope.
21. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now.
23. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of the body.
24. 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.
26. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession
for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will
of God.
28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he
called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be
against us?
32. He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how
shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that
justifieth.
34. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is
risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us.
38. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come.
39. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Outline of Chapter Eight:
The Preeminence of Christ
The beloved Apostle establishes in this chapter the supremacy of Christ and
everything that He did on the cross - that through Him, all believers can claim
victory over sin and any conceivable enemies they face. Through His death on the
cross and the power of His resurrection He is the only One that can rescue us from
the penalty of sin, the power of sin and from the presence of sin. The completeness
of our salvation through justification by faith is what is being discussed here. This is
the grandest truth that all believers must enjoy and be grateful to God forevermore.
I. Through Jesus Christ our salvation is complete. 1-11
A. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. 2

1. The believers are justified. They walk not after the flesh but
after the Spirit.
2. The law of the Spirit of life has freed us from the law of sin and
death.
a. Accomplished by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. He
was made sin for us, who knew no sin. 3
b. In which the written law has no power to provide. 3
i. It manifests the weakness of the law.
B. The righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us when we walk not after
the flesh but after the Spirit. This is the result of the sanctifying work of the
Spirit through the cleansing of the Word. 4
1. For those who are of the Spirit mind the things of the Spirit. 5
2. Death (loss, not of salvation but of joy and power) is the result
among those who are carnally minded. While those who are
spiritually minded the result is life and peace. 6
3. The carnal mind does not please God. It is enmity against God.
It shows it is not submitting to the law of God. 7-8
4. The believers are no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit. 9
a. Because the Spirit dwells in us. 9
b. Through the Spirit, Christ is in us. 10
c. It is the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. 10
5. Those who do not have the Spirit of God are not of God. They
are spiritually lost. 9
C. The Spirit who dwells in us will quicken our mortal bodies during the
resurrection. This is glorification. 11
II. Through Christ we are no longer debtors to the flesh to live

after the flesh. The believers are no longer slaves of the flesh. 12-14
A. Believers should not anymore submit to the flesh. We are now able to
mortify the deeds of the body. 13
B. Those who are led by the Spirit show that they are the sons of God.
14
III. Through Christ we have been adopted into the family of God.
14-17
A. The believers received the Spirit of adoption that we now have the
confidence to be intimate with our heavenly Father.15
1. This relationship is confirmed by the Spirit bearing witness
with our spirit. 16
B. And because we are God’s children we have the opportunity to
receive inheritance. There are three levels of heirship.
1. Heirs – Based on the promises of God to His chosen people.
They will inherit the New Earth.
2. Heirs of God – Based on the Father’s promise to His Son in the
Covenant. They will inherit the New heaven.
3. Joint-heirs with Christ – the Bride of Christ. They will reign
with Christ. They will inherit the New Jerusalem. 17
C. We will be glorified together. 17
IV. Through Christ we have the glorious hope. 18-25

A. Our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be
revealed.
B. All creations are eagerly anticipating to know all the children of
God. 19
1. God’s creations are waiting for the deliverance from the
bondage of corruption. Knowing that they will also be delivered from
the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of
God. 20-21
a. The whole creation groaneth and travaileth until now.
2. Those who are saved have the confidence that soon our body
will be redeemed. 23
C. This glorious hope should not make us keep hoping. 24
1. This confidence gives us the patience to wait. 25
V. Through Christ the Spirit assists all the believers in prayer.

26-27
A. He helps us with our infirmities by guiding us what to pray for. 26

B. He intercedes for us in times we cannot express ourselves before
God. 26
C. He intercedes for the believers based on the will of God. 27
VI. Through Christ the believers have the blessed Assurances.

28-34
A. They believe that all things work together for good to them who love
God and those who are the called according to His purpose. 28
B. Those He did foreknow, He did predestinate. 29
C. Those He did predestinate, he called. 30
D. Those he called, He also justified. 30
E. Those he justified He glorified. 30
F. Because God is for us, who then can be against us. 31
G. The God who spared not His Son will also give us everything we need.
32
H. No one can ever charge anything against us because our justification
is complete. 33
I. No one can ever condemn us because of the divine advocacy of Christ.
34
VII. Through Christ we are safe in the Incredible, unconditional,

and powerful love of God. 35-39
A. Nothing can separate us from His love. 35
B. Despite the fact that we constantly face death as we serve God daily,
we will be more than conquerors, not simply survivors because of His love.
36-37
C. We are certain that nothing in this world can separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 38-39
1. Not even death.
2. Nor life.
3. Nor angels.
4. Nor principalities.
5. Nor powers.
6. Nor things present.
7. Nor things to come.
8. Nor height.
9. Nor depth.
10. Nor any other creature
Review Questions on Chapter Eight
121. The grandest truth that all believers must enjoy and be grateful to God
forevermore is:
A. The Preeminence of Christ
B. Our victory over sin
C. The completeness of our salvation through justification by faith.
122. Through Christ our salvation is complete:

A. We are saved from the penalty and bondage of sin.
B. We are getting saved from the power of sin.
C. We will be saved from the presence of sin.
D. All of the above
123. Justification is salvation from the presence of sin.

A. True
B. False
124. Sanctification is salvation from the penalty of sin.

A. True
B. False
125. Glorification is salvation from the power of sin.

A. True
B. False
126. To the believers, death refers to:

A. Eternal death.
B. Loss of joy and fellowship
C. Spiritual death
D. Eternal separation from God.
127. The believers are no longer in the flesh but in the Spirit because:
A. The believers are indwelt by the Spirit.
B. Through the Spirit, Christ is in them.
C. The power that raised Jesus is the Holy Spirit.
D. All of the above
128. “If any have not the Spirit of Christ” –

A. “He is none of his.”
B. He is immature.
C. He is a carnal Christian.
D. All of the above
129. We are no longer debtors to the flesh means:

A. We no longer live in the flesh.
B. We are no longer slaves of the flesh.
C. We are spiritual beings.
130 Our sonship is confirmed by:

A. The Spirit bearing witness with our spirit.
B. Our feelings.
C. The Church
131. Because we are the children of God, we have the opportunity to receive
heavenly and divine inheritance.
A. True
B. False
132. The levels of heirship are:

A. Heirs, heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ.
B. Heirs and Joint heirs with Christ
C. Heirs of God and Joint heirs with Christ.
D. Heirs, Joint heirs with Christ, and Heirs of God.
133. The Heirs are the Old Testament Saints who will inherit:
A. The New Earth.
B. The New Heaven.
C. The New Jerusalem
134. The Heirs of God are the New Testament Saints who will inherit:
A. The New Earth
B. The New Heaven
135. The Joint Heirs with Christ are the Bride of Christ who will inherit:
A. The New Heaven
B. The New Earth
Chapter Nine
1. 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 I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my
kinsmen according to the flesh:
4. Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and
the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the
promises;
5. Whose are the fathers, and of whom are concerning the flesh Christ came,
who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6. Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all
Israel, which are of Israel:
7. Neither, because they are the seed of adoption, are they all children: but in
Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8. That is, they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children
of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9. For this is the word of promise, at this time will I come, and Sara shall have
a son.
10. And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by
our father Isaac;
11. (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or
evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of
works, but of him that calleth;)
12. It was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger.
13. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and
I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God
that sheweth mercy.
17. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, even for this same purpose have I
raised thee up, that I shew my power in thee, and that my name might be
declared throughout all the earth.
18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he
will he hardeneth.
19. Thou wilt say then unto me, why doth he yet find fault? For who hath
resisted his will?
20. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing
formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus?
21. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
22. What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23. And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
24. Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the
Gentiles?
25. As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my
people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
26. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living
God.
27. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, though the number if the children
of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved.
28. For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a
short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29. And as Esaias said before, except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30. What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith.
31. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness.
32. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as if were by the
works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
33. As it is written, behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of
offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
The Outline of Chapter Nine:
The Passion of Paul
From a confident and imposing Apostle speaking of the grace of God, he

turns into a concerned individual for his countrymen. He describes his feelings for
them with “great heaviness and continual sorrow” - a character that could only be
ascribed to somebody with a deep compassion for the lost.
Like Moses in the book of Genesis while pleading in behalf of the Israelites
who sinned, asked his name to be blotted out of the book life, Paul also asked to be
accursed for the sake of his kinsmen in the flesh.
He then gives his arguments for the inclusion of the Gentiles into the people
of God by presenting the doctrine of God’s Sovereign Grace (Election).
I. Paul’s deep concern for his countrymen, his kinsmen in the

flesh for their rejection of the gospel. 1
A. His deep heaviness and continual sorrow for them. 2

B. His willingness to sacrifice for their sake. 3
C. His regrets and disappointments, considering the favors they
received from the Lord. 4-5
1. They were the recipients of God’s numerous graces: 4
a. Adoption – As God’s chosen people
b. Glory – It is to them and for them God has shown His
glory
c. Covenants – For them and through them God
established His covenants.
d. Laws – Through them the Law and its stewardship was
given.
e. Service – They were given the privilege of serving God.
f. Promises – They were the recipients of countless
promises from God
2. From them and through them came the fathers of the faith. 5
3. They were the race God has chosen for Christ to be born. 5
4. They were the people whom God has chosen for Christ to rule
and for Him to be praised forever.
II. Paul presents his arguments for their failure to receive

justification. 6
A. It is not because God has not fulfilled His promise.

1. They continued to depend on their biological and physical
relationship to Abraham as the basis of their salvation. 7
B. The promise was only given to Abraham’s spiritual descendants –
only those who are justified by faith as our father Abraham. 7-10
1. Not through blood relationship. John 1:12-13
2. But only by grace through faith as revealed in the life of
Abraham’s son, Isaac. Genesis 22:1-19
a. When Abraham was tried and asked to sacrifice his
son, Isaac, it illustrated the grace and faith that came from
God.
b. In Isaac, the promise was fulfilled through his son,
Jacob. 9
III. Paul shows that Justification is based on God’s Sovereign

Grace and Will, not on the merits of men.10
A. Justification by grace and faith was revealed through Jacob. 10-11

1. God already determined that he would favor Jacob more than
Esau to show His prerogative and His sovereign grace.
a. It was determined before they were born that the
choice was not based on what both of them would do – to
show that it is not because of their works. 11-13
B. God’s prerogative to elect whom He wills was not injustice and an act
of unrighteousness. 14
1. It was based on His sovereign will through His grace. 15
2. It was based on His mercy. 16
3. It was illustrated when God allowed Pharaoh to rule to show
His power and His grace. 17; Exodus 9:16
4. God has the right to offer mercy even to the undeserving. 18
C. No creature can question God’s right to elect. He is our creator. 19
1. As illustrated by the clay that does not have any right to
question the potter. 20
b. The potter has all the right to mold the clay. 21
2. The doctrine of election does not teach that some are better
than others. It simply means that God has all the right to do whatever
He wants based on His own volition.
3. On the other hand, while God has the power to show His
indignation against those who refuse to believe in Him, He continues
to be patient with them. 22
a. God does this to show His glory through His divine
mercy. 23
IV. Paul establishes that the Doctrine of election opens the door
for the justification of both the Jews and the Gentiles. 24
A. To show that God can have mercy on the Gentiles, the heathen
people. They are also the recipients of His mercy and grace. 24
B. This brings the Jews and Gentiles in equal footing before God. 24
1. The salvation of the Gentiles was prophesied by Hosea. 25-26;
Hosea 1:10; 2:23
2. Despite the rejection of most of Israel, a remnant among the
Jews shall be saved. 27-29
a. As prophesied by Isaiah. Isaiah 1:9; 10:22-23
C. The Gentiles became recipients of God’s righteousness not because
they attained it but because they obtained it by grace through faith. 30-31
D. The Jews tried to attain righteousness but failed because it was not
through faith and it is not attained but obtained free from God. 32
1. Because they refused to believe in Jesus Christ, who fulfilled
the law.
2. Instead they considered Christ as the stumbling stone and a
rock of offence. 33
Chapter Nine
136. In this chapter, Paul expressed his deep concern for his countrymen
because:
A. Of their idolatry.
B. Of their apathy.
C. Of their rejection of the Gospel of Christ.
D. Of their pride and arrogance.
137. He expressed his concern with:

A. Anger
B. Frustration
C. Embarrassment
D. With deep heaviness and continual sorrow.
138. The Jews received many favors from the Lord. They are:
A. God’s chosen people
B. God had manifested to them His glory more than any people in the
world.
C. The were the recipients of several covenants and promises.
D. All of the above
139. The Jews failed to receive justification because:

A. God has not fulfilled His promise.
B. They continued to depend on their biological and physical
relationship with Abraham
C. All of the above
140. The promise of justification was only given to Abraham’s spiritual
descendants through Jesus Christ.
A. True
B. False
141. Justification is based on:

A. Man’s acceptance of the gospel
B. Man’s choice to receive Christ.
C. God’s sovereign grace and will.
D. On the merits of men.
142. God has the prerogative to elect whom He wills.

A. True
B. False
143. The doctrine of election teaches –

A. That some are better than others.
B. That some are condemned to hell.
C. That God has all the right to decide.
D. All of the above
144. The doctrine of election opens the door to justify the Gentiles, the heathen
people based on the grace of God.
A. True
B. False
145. The Gentiles became the recipients of God’s righteousness not because they
attained it but because they obtained freely by the grace of God.
A. True
B. False
146. The Jews did not receive the righteousness of God because:
A. They tried to attain through the law.
B. They refused to believe and accept Christ as the promised Messiah.
C. All of the above
147. The salvation of the Gentiles was prophesied by:

A. Isaiah
B. Daniel
C. Amos
D. Hosea
148. Despite the rejection of the most of Israel, a remnant among them shall be
saved. The prophet who prophesied this was:
A. Malachi
B. Jeremiah
C. Isaiah
D. Daniel
149. No creature can question God’s right to elect because:

A. God is the Creator
B. God is the Potter and we are just clay in His hands.
C All of the above
150. God has the power to show His indignation against those who refuse to
believe Him. This is God exercising:
A. His patience
B. To show His glory to His divine mercy and grace.
C. All of the above
Chapter Ten
1. Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might
be saved.
2. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge.
3. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God.
4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that
believeth.
5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man
which doeth those things shall live by them.
6. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in
thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down
from above)
7. Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from
the dead.)
8. But what saith it? The word I nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.
12. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
14. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And
how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher?
15. And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things!
16. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who
shall believed our report?
17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
19. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to
jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger
you.
20. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me
not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
21. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto
a disobedient and gainsaying people.
The Outline of Chapter Ten:
The Apostle’s Concern for Israel
The Apostle Paul maintains his concern for Israel for their inability to
receive the eternal salvation. He expresses his utmost desire to see them get saved,
which cannot be achieved through their personal righteousness by following the
law.
The Apostle to the Gentiles epitomized his concern to reach his “Jerusalem”
by showing a deep burden for his own people, while at the same time also fulfilling
his calling to reach his Judea, Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth – a
mandate given to the New Testament Church.
I. The Need for Israel to receive the righteousness of God. 1-3
A. As expressed by the intense desire of the Apostle Paul.

B. As expressed by the prayer of the Apostle Paul.
C. Their zeal (earnestness, fervor, endeavor, and diligence) is vain to
give them righteousness.
1. Because their zeal is not according to knowledge. 2
D. They are ignorant of God’s righteousness that is in Christ Jesus.
1. Because they established their own righteousness apart from
Christ. 3
2. Because they refused to submit themselves to the
righteousness of God through Christ Jesus.
II. The Need for Israel to realize that righteousness is only
through Christ. For Israel to receive God’s righteousness, they need to totally
put their trust on Christ. 4-10
A. Christ is the end of the law.

1. Christ fulfilled the law. Matthew 5:17
2. The Jews have no power to fulfill the law. 5
a. They have to fulfill all the law to obtain righteousness.
James 2:10
B. If their righteousness was based on faith, they would never question
the Word of God. Those whose faith is in Christ will place their trust on the
written word. 6-8
1. Christ is the promise Savior. Deuteronomy 30:11-14
2. Through Christ, righteousness is nigh (within reach). 8
a. Christ is the Word. John 1:1:14
C. The need to confess with their mouth the Lord Jesus and to believe in
their heart to be saved. 9-10
III. The Righteousness through Christ is available to everyone
who believes in Him. 11-13
A. Whoever exercises his faith in Christ will not be ashamed. 11

B. It includes both the Jews and the Greek (Gentiles).
1. Christ is gracious (generous grace) with anyone who believes
in Him. 12
C. Whosoever will call upon the Lord shall be saved. 13
D. Salvation is based on the grace and will of God.
1. Because the natural man is dead in trespasses and sins and
has no capacity and the will to receive the grace of God.
2. God is the one who provides the ability to believe by means of
His grace through faith in His Word.
3. It starts when the Holy Spirit quicken man’s spirit to receive
the grace of God.
IV. The need to declare the Word of God, the only source of
Faith, through the preaching of God’s Word. 14-17
A. Righteousness is through faith in Christ.

1. Hearing the Word of God and through the agency of the Holy
Spirit quickens the spirit of man to have the opportunity to respond
by faith. 14
B. A preacher is needed to preach the Word.
1. In order for the lost to hear.
C. The preacher is specifically sent by and from God. 15
1. Those who obeyed the calling to preach are declared lovely
before God and man.
a. For they carry the glorious Gospel of peace. 16
D. However, not everyone will respond positively to the Gospel. This
was revealed by the rejection of the Jews. 16; Isaiah 53:1
1. They instead crucified the Savior.
E. Faith cometh by hearing the Word of God. 17
V. Israel has all the opportunity to hear the gospel. 18-21
A. All Israel heard the gospel.

1. By means of the Old Testament Scriptures that point to Christ.
Psalm 19:4
2. The Gospel was preached to the “end of the world” to reach
them.
B. Israel knew all along but they refused to believe, thus provoking God
to anger. 19; Deuteronomy 32:21
1. For this reason God also provoked them to jealousy by
offering His righteousness to those who knew Him not. 19
a. These are people who are “not God’s chosen people” as
the Jews.
b. These are the people they considered foolish and
heathen.
c. These were the people revealed by Isaiah. 20; Isaiah
65:1
C. God has always reached out to Israel and “stretched forth His hands”
to reach them with the Gospel. But they remain disobedient, even today. 21
Review Questions on Chapter Ten
151. Apostle Paul’s concern for his own people symbolizes his desire to reach his:
A. Jerusalem
B. Judea
C. Samaria
D. Uttermost part of the World
152. The need for Israel to receive the righteousness of God were expressed
through:
A. The intense desire of the Apostle.
B. Through the prayer of the Apostle.
C. His willingness to be accursed for them.
D. All of the above
153. Israel’s zeal was vain to give them righteousness because:

A. Their zeal was not according to knowledge.
B. Their zeal was not sincere.
C. Their zeal was not genuine.
D. All of the above
154. For Israel to be saved, they need to:

A. Place their complete trust on the Lord Jesus Christ.
B. Believe that Christ fulfilled the law.
C. Place their Trust on the Written Word.
D. All of the above
155. To be saved there is a need to confess with the mouth and to believe in the
heart.
A. True
B. False
156. To obtain righteousness an individual has to:

A. Fulfill the whole law.
B. Believe the law.
C. All of the above
157. “Whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord”, means:
A. Salvation is based on man’s ability to believe.
B. Salvation is based on man’s decision to receive.
C. Salvation is based on the grace and the will of God.
D. All of the above
158. There is a need to declare the Bible for the following reasons:
A. It is the source of Faith through the quickening power of the Holy
Spirit.
B. It is the source of grace.
C. It contains the Word of God.
159. Israel has all the opportunity to hear the gospel.

A. True
B. False
160. The Old Testaments Scriptures point to Christ.

A. True
B. False
161. Righteousness is through:

A. Faith in the Bible
B. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
C. Faith in the Church
D. Faith in Religion
162. A preacher is needed to preach the Word.

A. True
B. False
163. People with beautiful feet are those who:

A. Come to Church.
B. Give to Charity
C. Preach the gospel of peace.
D. All of the above
164. Everyone will respond positively to the gospel.

A. True
B. False
165. Israel provoked God to anger by refusing to believe.

A. True
B. False
Chapter Eleven
1. I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I am also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the
scripture saith of Elias? How he maketh intercession to God against Israel,
saying.,
3. Lord, they have killed the prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I
am left alone, and they seek my life.
4. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself
seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the
election of grace.
6. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more
grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no
more work.
7. What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
8. (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes
that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
9. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a
stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:
10. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their
back alway.
11. I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but
rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke
them to jealousy.
12. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13. For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle to the
Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14. If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh,
and might save some of them.
15. For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what
shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16. For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches.
17. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive
tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakes of the root and
fatness of the olive tree;
18. Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou nearest not the
root, but the root thee.
19. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be
grafted in.
20. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by
faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21. For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare
not thee.
22. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness:
otherwise thou also shall be cut off.
23. And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall ne grafted in: for
God is able to graft them again.
24. For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and
wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more
shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive
tree?
25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
27. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28. As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as
touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
29. For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
30. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have not obtained
mercy through their unbelief.
31. Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they
also may obtain mercy.
32. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy
upon all.
33. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34. For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his
counselor?
35. Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him
again?
36. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be
glory for ever. Amen.
The Outline of Chapter Eleven:
The Rejection of Israel and the Salvation of the Gentiles
Here, the Apostle Paul continues to present the fact that God was not
negligent in reaching the Jews with the precious gospel. He maintained that God
remained true to the people He had chosen to fulfill His sovereign plan through His
Son. God never abandoned or reneged His covenant with them.
The reason why Israel as a nation was not saved was because of their
rejection of Christ. Their refusal to accept the true Messiah gave way for the
Gentiles to become a part of God’s forever family. This divine privilege has also
allowed the Gentiles to be the carrier and the steward of the gospel in this present
dispensation of grace through the local New Testament Church.
With Israel’s rejection and the inclusion of the Gentiles, the gospel became
available to all individuals and nations, which has also allowed many Jews came to
Christ by faith as seen in the life of the Apostle Paul.
As a fulfillment of God’s promise to His chosen nation, Israel will again be

restored as a favored nation in the Millennium. These are all possible because of
God’s Sovereign grace.
I. God has not cast away His people Israel. It was not God’s plan to
exempt anyone to receive eternal salvation, especially the nation He had chosen to
bring Christ to the world. 1
A. The gospel is always available to any individual who exercise his

faith in Christ, including the Jews and the Gentiles. 1
1. The author was one of those who obtained this grace. He was
an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, and of the tribe of Benjamin.
B. These were the people He foreknew and chosen before the
foundation of the world. 2
1. As shown by how God preserved 7,000 Jews who never
worshipped Baal despite Elijah’s complaint against them. 3-4; I Kings
19:14-18
C. God has preserved a remnant that remained in the grace of God. 5-6
1. It was not based on what they have done.
2. It was based on God’s elective grace.
D. Israel did not receive what they were seeking for because of their
blindness, which led to their disobedience and rejection of the Gospel.
1. It manifested their depravity and guilt. 7
2. However, God’s election obtained it for them. 7
3. God gave them the “spirit of slumber” for their willful
refusal of the grace of God.
a. Their spiritual blindness was a direct consequence of
their sin and not because God has condemned them. 8
i. They were already condemned.
b. To make Israel realize the seriousness of their
rejection and to open the opportunity to the Gentiles, God
allowed them to have a taste of their rejection by blinding
their eyes and causing their understanding to fail.
i. As written in the Old Testaments: 8-10
aa. Deuteronomy 29-4-6
bb. Isaiah 29:10
cc. Psalm 69:22-23
2. Despite their failure, they will again be restored in the future
as a nation. 11
II. Israel’s rejection gave way for the Gentiles to receive

salvation and to receive the stewardship of the Gospel through the
local Church and: 11
A. To provoke the Jews to jealousy. 11

1, To show the Jews what they are missing.
B. Their rejection became a blessing to the Gentiles. 12
1. The rejection of the Jews was a blessing in disguise to the
Gentiles.
2. If their rejection was a blessing, the full restoration of Israel
would even result to a greater blessing. 12
a. Exemplified by the dedication of Paul, who as a Jew
was called to be the disciples to the Gentiles. 13
b. That is why Paul is proud of His calling because He was
a blessing to the Gentiles. 13
3. With this, Paul hopes to provoke his people Israel to believe in
Christ. 14
a. Which includes his testimony of changed life through
the grace of God.
b. And his passion for them and for all the lost in this
world.
C. The rejection of the Jews caused the reconciliation of the Jews and
Gentiles to be one in Christ. It also led all people to receive eternal salvation
in Christ. 14
1. It caused the salvation of the Gentiles.
2. The anticipated return of the Jews would appear as a return
from the dead.
III. The current position of the Gentiles must not cause

them to be proud and become arrogant like the Jews. 16
A. God has consecrated the Jews through Abraham (the first fruit). He
also consecrated the lump (taken from the first fruit) to be saved. 16
B. Since the root (Abraham) was consecrated, the branches (Israel) are
also consecrated, set apart, elected, though some were broken off, unto
salvation because of their rejection. 17
C. The Gentiles who put their faith in Christ, who came from a wild tree,
is now grafted and became a part of the true Olive tree. 17
1. They became partakers of the blessings and the grace of God,
which before were only available to Israel.
D. The grafted cannot boast against the true branches. 18
1. The Gentiles, being grafted are blessed through the root
(Jews).
2. The true branches were broken off because of unbelief, which
allowed the Gentiles to be grafted in. 19
E. The Gentiles must not appear highminded but to fear God. 20
1. For if God can allow the natural branches to fall off, how much
more the grafted. 21-22
a. Should rather remind the Gentiles of the kindness and
grace of God.
b. The spiritual standing of the Gentiles is based on the
goodness of God. 22
IV. The promise of Israel’s restoration as a favored people. 23-
32
A. This mystery (not disclosed before) includes the salvation of the

Gentiles and the restoration of Israel. 24
B. The fulness of the Gentiles is the fulfillment of God’s plan
during the current dispensation of grace through the Church, the
steward of God’s truth. 25
C. The restoration of all Israel will be fulfilled. 26: Isaiah 59:20-21
1. It refers to the restoration of God’s covenant with Israel and
restores her glory as a chosen nation of God. 27
D. The Jews became the enemies of the gospel, but since they are still
the chosen nation, God will bring them back. 28
1. God does not repent or change what He has promised. 29
E. The Gentiles who before rejected the gospel are now in Christ
because of God’s mercy. God will show the same mercy to the Jews. 30-31
1. This proves that all are under the mercy of God. 32
2. That God’s mercy is available to all.
V. The perfect Justice of God and the Sovereign Grace of God. 33
A. Based on God’s richness in His wisdom and knowledge.

B. No one can ever fully explain his judgments and decisions but who
can question Him. 33
C. We do not need to understand Him or to advise him. 34
D. God does not owe us anything, even an explanation. 35
E. God has all the prerogatives. He is entitled to everything.
F. He deserves all the glory and all our praises. Amen!
Review Questions on Chapter Eleven
166. The refusal of Israel to accept Jesus Christ as the true Messiah gave way for
the Gentiles to become apart of God’s forever family.
A. True
B. False
167. This divine privilege allowed the Gentiles to be:

A. The chosen nation.
B. The steward of the Gospel through the Kingdom of God.
C. The carrier and the steward of the Gospel in this present
dispensation of grace through the local New Testament Church.
168. The gospel is always available to any individual who exercise his faith in
Christ except:
A. The Jews
B. The Gentiles
C. The homosexual
169. The Apostle Paul is an Israelite because:

A. He was of the seed of Abraham
B. He was of the tribe of Benjamin
C. All of the above
170. The elect are the people –

A. God foreknew and chosen before the foundation of the world.
B. Who decided to believe in Jesus.
C. Who belong to the empowered Church.
171. God has preserved a remnant that remained in the grace of God based:
A. On what they have done.
B. On God’s elective grace.
C. All of the above
172. Israel did not receive what they were seeking for because of their blindness.
A. It led to their disobedience and rejection of the Gospel.
B. It manifested their depravity and guilt.
C. God’s election obtained it for them.
D. All of the above
173. God gave them the “spirit of slumber” for their willful refusal of the grace of
God in Christ to:
A. Not because God has condemned them for they were already
condemned.
B. To make them realize the seriousness of their rejection.
C. All of the above
174. Despite their failure they will again be restored in the future as a nation.
A. Truth
B. False
175. Israel’s rejection gave way for the Gentiles to:

A. Receive salvation.
B. Receive the stewardship of the Gospel through the local Church.
C. Provoke the Jews to jealousy.
D. A&B
E. All of the above
176. The rejection of the Jews caused the reconciliation of the Jews and the
Gentiles and led all people to receive eternal salvation through Christ
A. True
B. False
177. The current position of the Gentiles in this dispensation must make them
proud.
A. True
B. False
178. The true olive tree is the Jews and the Gentiles is a type of the wild tree.
A. True
B. False
179. The mystery includes

A. The salvation of the Gentiles.
B. The restoration of Israel.
C. All of the above
180. The perfect justice of God and His sovereign grace:

A. Is based on God’s richness in wisdom and knowledge.
B. Shows that no one can fully explain his judgment and decisions.
C. Means that no one can ever question His prerogatives.
D. All of the above
Chapter Twelve
1. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present

your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
reasonable service.
2. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among
you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to
think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith.
4. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the
same office:
5. So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of
another.
6. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
7. Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;
8. Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness.
9. Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that
which is good.
10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour
preferring one another;
11. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13. Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14. Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight
of all men.
18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Outline of Chapter Twelve:
Practical Christian Behavior
Focusing back on the glorious gospel of Christ, the Apostle makes an appeal
for all believers to consecrate their lives for the service of the Lord. Surrendering
your life as a living sacrifice and living a holy life is the most reasonable service we
can do for it reveals the mercy and grace of God. It shows that God is truly alive in
the believer’s life.
This chapter begins with what appears to be the preparation every believer
must do in order to be effective in sharing the Gospel of the Lord. Having
established the believers’ position in Christ, the Christians need to begin to pursue
the will of God by fulfilling the duties before God, the Church, the ministry, and to
all men.
With the Christian duties required to have greater effectiveness as

witnesses of Christ, Paul also gives advice on how a believer must behave before
men.
I. Christian Duties in Relation to God, the Church, and the
ministry. This is the preparation before a believer can testify the Grace of God to
the world. 1-8
A. Present your bodies a living sacrifice. 1

1. Live a holy life.
2. Live a life acceptable unto God.
3. It is the only reasonable service.
B. Be not conformed to this world. 2
1. Be ye transformed by the renewing of the mind.
2. Prove what is good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
C. Not to think highly of yourself. 3
1. Have a right assessment of self.
a. Live according to the amount of grace God gives you.
2. Think soberly.
B. Be one in Christ. 4-8
1. We occupy different offices in one body.
2. Occupy and fulfill your individual roles and gifts in the
Church. 6-8
a. If you are a Preacher, you must preach.
b. Always have opportunity to serve.
c. If you are a teacher, you must teach.
d. If you can exhort or encourage, you must exhort and do
it with simplicity.
e. Give generously.
f. A leader must lead with diligence.
g. Called to offer mercy, do it with cheerfulness.
II. Other Christian Duties and duties towards all men. 9-21
A. Let love be without dissimulation. 9

1. Be sincere in loving.
B. Abhor that which is evil. 9
1. Cleave to that which is good.
C. Be kind to another with brotherly love. 10
1. Preferring one another.
a. Honor others more than self.
D. Be not slothful in business. 11
1. Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.
E. Rejoice in hope. 12
F. Be patient in tribulation. 12
G. Be instant and continue in prayer. 12
H. Distribute to the needs of the saints. 13
I. Be hospitable. 13
J. Bless those who persecute you. 14
1. Curse not.
K. Rejoice with them that rejoice. 15
1. Weep with them that weep.
L. Be of the same mind. 16
1. Mind not high things.
2. Condescend to men of low estate.
3. Be not wise in your own conceits.
M. Recompense to no man evil for evil. 17
N. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 17
O. Live peaceably with all men, including our enemies. 18-20
1. Avenge not yourselves.
2. Never give place to wrath.
3. Vengeance is of the Lord.
4. If your enemy is hunger, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him
drink.
a. Coals of fire on the head is an expression of judgment
Psalm 140:10; 11:6.
i. Doing good to the enemies is the best and the
most effective way of taking avenge.
ii. Doing this will quench all forms of anger.
P. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 21
1. Never allow evil to control you. Allow goodness to take
control.
Review Question on Chapter Twelve
181. Chapter twelve of Romans deals with:

A. Justice of God.
B. Sovereign grace of God.
C. Practical Christian Behavior
D. Depravity of Man
182. The most reasonable service is:

A. Presenting the body as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable unto
God.
B. Not conforming to the world.
C. Confession of sins.
D. Renewing your mind.
Match the duties:
183. Present your bodies a living sacrifice –

A. Occupy and fulfill your individual roles and gifts in the Church
B. Think soberly
C. Have a right assessment of self
D. Live a holy life
184. Be not conform to this world –

A. Live a life acceptable unto God
B. Prove what is good, acceptable, and perfect will of God
C. Live according to the amount of grace God gives you
D. Always grab the opportunity to serve
185. Not to think highly of yourself

A. Have a right assessment of self
B. It is the only reasonable service
D. Occupy different offices in the body
E. Give generously
186. Be one in Christ

A. Be ye transformed
B. Live a holy life
C. A leader must lead with diligence
D. Think soberly
187. Let love be without dissimulation

A. Cleave to that which is good
B. Be sincere in loving
C. Curse not
D. Avenge not yourselves
188. Abhor that which is evil

A. Honor others more than self
B. Weep with them that weep
C. Cleave to that which is good
D. Mind not high things
189. Be kind to another with brotherly love

A. Vengeance is the Lord
B. If your enemy is hungry, feed him
C. Preferring one another
D. Curse not
190. Be not slothful in business

A. Be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord
B. Be patient in tribulation
C. Rejoice in hope
D. Be hospitable
191. Bless those who persecute you

A. Recompense to no man evil for evil
B. Provide things honest in the sight of all men
C. Curse not
D. Never give place to wrath
192. Rejoice with them that rejoice

A. Rejoice in hope
B. Weep with them that weep
C. Mind not high things
D. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
193. Be of the same mind

A. Condescend to men of low estate
C. Prefer one another
D. Distribute to the needs of the saints
194. Live peaceably with all men

A. Curse not
B. Avenge not yourselves
C. Be hospitable
D. Rejoice in hope
195. Be not overcome evil, but overcome evil with good

A. Be instant and continue in prayer
C. Weep with them that weep
D. Allow goodness to take control
Chapter Thirteen
1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but
of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God:
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then
not be afraid of the power? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have
praise of the same:
4. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is
evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of
God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. Where ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience
sake.
6. For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers,
attending continually upon this very thing.
7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom
to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another
hath fulfilled the law.
9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if
there be any commandment, it is briefly comprehend in this saying,
namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
10. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law.
11. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
12. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
13. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting or drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
14. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the
flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
Outline of Chapter Thirteen:
More Christian Duties
The author continues to address the responsibility of the believers. This

time touching the civil responsibility and other duties to men, considering that the
coming of the Lord is near.
Apostle Paul was fully aware that Christians have civil responsibility. This
responsibility goes beyond the duties asked from a citizen, but to show a testimony
of obedience and submission to the rule of law. While we believe that God’s law is
higher than man’s law, the believers are also commanded to obey the laws of the
land, particularly when the laws are in agreement with laws of God.
I. The Christians civil responsibility. 1-7
A. Submit to the Government and the rule of law.

1. It is a power ordained by God.
a. Because they are ordained of God, whosoever resist
them resist God.
B. Rulers ordained by God are not a terror to good works but to evil. 3
1. If you do right you do not need to be afraid of the power.
a. Not because they are always right but because God is
above them.
C. Civil magistrates appointed by God are God’s ministers to guide and
protect us.
1. The responsibility clearly defined that the duty of the civil
government is to protect the citizenry and to execute constitutional
justice.
D. Christians must subject themselves not only for wrath but also for
conscience sake. 5
1. Christians must obey not because of the fear of God’s wrath
but because it is the right thing to do.
E. Christians need to pay taxes or tribute. 6-7
1. Avoid owing man, including taxes, honor, and respect
II. Other related duties to others. 8-10
A. Owe no man anything but to love one another.

1. Be indebted by love instead.
2. Pay back what you owe.
B. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
1. Be faithful in marriage.
C. Thou shalt not kill.
D. Thou shalt not steal.
E. Thou shalt not bear false witness.
F. Thou shalt not covet.
G. Thou shalt love (agape) thy neighbor as yourself.
1. Self-love is not a sin as long as it is also manifested in loving
his neighbor.
2. A person who loves his neighbors never shows ill against
them.
3. Love (agape) fulfills the law of God.
III. The time of reckoning is near. The coming of the Lord is at

hand. 11-14
A. It is time to wake up.

B. Be aware of our Christian behavior for the day of the Lord is near. 11
C. Let us not behave as if we are still in darkness.
1. Cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light.
2. Behave to show that you are in the light.
D. Walk honestly as in the day (living in the light). 13
1. Not in rioting and drunkenness.
2. Not in chambering and wantonness.
a. Not working together with evildoers and do
what is sinful and inappropriate.
b. Have no malicious intent and lasciviousness.
3. Not in strife and envying.
E. Above all, put on Christ and make no provision for the flesh. 14
1. Being Christ-like will help us not satisfy the needs of the flesh.
Review Questions on Chapter Thirteen
196. Christians must not be involved in civil responsibilities because they are not
of this world.
A. True
B. False
197. The believers need to obey all the laws of the land even if the law is against
the law of God.
A. True
B. False
198. All civil magistrates are God’s ministers to guide and protect us.
A. True
B. False
199. The responsibility of the government is to:

A. Provide for the citizens.
B. Protect the citizens.
C. Educated the citizens.
D. All of the above
200. Christians must subject themselves not only to wrath but also for conscience
sake means:
A. Christians must obey because of the wrath of God.
B. Christians must not obey because of God’s wrath but because it is the
right thing to do.
C. Christians must always obey.
201. It is not required for the believers to pay taxes or tribute.

A. True
B. False
202. It is a sin for a believer to borrow money.

A. True
B. False
203. To love self is sin and it is not of God.

A. True
B. Love
204. Thou shalt not kill means:

A. It is wrong to kill in defense of the land.
B. It is wrong to kill for self-defense.
C. Capital punishment is against God.
205. Because the coming of the Lord is at hand, the believers need to:
A. Wake up.
B. Be aware of Christian behavior.
C. Behave to show that you are in the light.
206. To walk honestly as in the day means:

A. Not in rioting and drunkenness.
B. Not in chambering and wantonness.
C. Not in strife and envying.
D. All of the above
207. Not in chambering means:

A. Not working together with evildoers.
B. Have no malicious intent,
C. All of the above
208. Not in wantonness means:

A. Not working together with evildoers.
B. Have no malicious intent.
C. All of the above
209. Love fulfills the law of God.

A. True
B. False
210. Being loving will help us not satisfy the needs of the flesh.
A. False
B. True
Chapter Fourteen
1. Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
2. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth
herbs.
3. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which
eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
4. Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? To his own master he
standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him
stand.
5. One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day
alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
7. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die
unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
9. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be
Lord both of the dead and the living.
10. But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou set at nought
thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
11. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
12. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
13. Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s
way.
14. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing
unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him
it is unclean.
15. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meal, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16. Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and
approved of men.
19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and
things wherewith one may edify another.
20. For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure, but it
is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
21. It Is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby
thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
22. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that
condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
23. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of
faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Outline of Chapter Fourteen:
The Christian Duties towards the weaker Christians
In true Christianity, nobody must be neglected or left behind. All believers

have the responsibility to reach out to all the members of the body, especially the
weak and those who are unable to function according to the will of God.
I. Be considerate and reach out to the believers who are weak

in the faith.
A. Not to doubtful dispositions.

1. There is no reason to argue with them who are weak.
a. It will only result to greater provocation.
b. The mature can receive all things but not the weak.
B. Especially on issues that are not so exact and explicit in the Word of
God.
1. Example is the issue about food. 2-3
2. Other man’s servants. 4
3. Regarding other person’s consideration of a day above
another day.
II. Let every man be persuaded in his own mind. 5
A. Allow anyone to make his own decision on issues that are not so
clear in the Word.
B. We are all personally accountable to God. 7-9
III. Do not judge a brother based on what he eats. 10
A. We will all stand before God in judgment. 10-11

B. We will all give account for everything we do in life.
C. Don’t allow a brother to stumble by having a judgmental attitude. 13
1. On the basis of people’s preference for food. 14-16
a. God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking.
b. It is about pleasing, loving, and serving God.
D. Respect other people’s preference or choices.
1. As long as they do not go against the Word of God.
E. Focus on what unites and what edifies. 19
1. The issue about food should not destroy the work of the Lord.
20
2. It is good if you have discipline about what you eat or drink.
21
a. If what you eat or drink offends others, then don’t eat
or drink before them.
3. Whatever a person eats or does is his own standing before
God. 22
a. Focus on strengthening his faith, not just on man’s
behavior. 22-23
Review Questions on Chapter Fourteen
211. We ought to consider or reach out to the weak in the faith –

A. Not to argue with them to provoke them.
B. But to encourage them and to strengthen them.
C. All of the above.
212. There is no reason to argue or dispute with the weak because:

A. It will only result to greater provocation.
B. The weak cannot receive all things.
C. All of the above
213. Especially on issues that are not clear in the Word of God such as:
A. Issues about food, other man’s servants, consideration of a day above
another day.
B. Issues about Biblical morality, the Church, and the Virgin birth.
C. All of the above
214. Let every man be persuaded in his own mind means:
A. Allow anyone to make his own decision on issues that are not clear in
the Word of God.
B. We are all personally accountable to God.
C. All of the above
215. What a man eats can be an issue of contention.

A. True
B. False
216. The issue on food must not be an issue to argue about.

A. True
B. False
217. God’s kingdom is not about eating or drinking. It is about:

A. Pleasing, loving, and serving God.
B. Being strong in doctrine and practice,
C. Being dogmatic about everything in the Bible.
218. We need to respect other people’s preferences or choices –

A. As long as they do not hurt others.
B. As long as they are good for them.
C. As long as they do not go against the Word of God.
219. Focus on what unites and what edifies means:

A. The issue on food should not destroy the work of the Lord.
B. It is not good to have discipline about what you eat or drink.
C. It is okay to drink or eat anything.
220. If what you eat or drink offends others, then don’t eat or drink before them.
A. True
B. False
221. Whatever a person eats or drinks does not matter before God.
A. True
B. False
222. Focus on strengthening the faith. Not on man’s behavior.

A. True
B. False
223. We will stand before God for everything we do in life and that includes what
we eat or drink.
A. True
B. False
224. Let everyone be persuaded in his own mind means:

A. Make the people accountable of their own decision, right or wrong.
B. Allow them to sin and never rebuke them.
C. Never teach them the right things.
225. Unity is more important than edification.

A. True
B. False
Chapter Fifteen
1. We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not
to please ourselves.
2. Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification.
3. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of
them that reproached thee fell on me.
4. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might
have hope.
5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one
toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6. That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of
God.
8. Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth
of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
9. And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For
this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy
name.
10. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
11. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall
rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are
full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one
another.
15. Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in
some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me
of God,
16. That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering
the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable,
being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17. I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those
things which pertain to God.
18. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed.
19. Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God;
so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully
preached the gospel of Christ.
20. Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was
named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
21. But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and
they that have not heard shall understand.
22. For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23. But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire
these many years to come unto you;
24. Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust
to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by
you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
25. But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
26. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
27. It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is
also to minister unto them in carnal things.
28. When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this
fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
29. And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of
the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30. Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in our prayers to God
for me;
31. That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and
that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
32. That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with
you be refreshed.
33. Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
Outline of Chapter Fifteen:
The Believers Responsibility towards the weak and

neighbors
The believer’s responsibility to the rests and his neighbors is being

addressed here. Since God has not ignored our needs, we ought not also neglect the
needs of others, especially our neighbors.
Here, the Apostle further explains His responsibilities to the Gentiles, which
caused him not to visit the Church in Rome earlier.
I. Proper behavior towards the weak and the neighbor.

1-7
A. Be willing to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please self. 1
1. Help because it is a Christian thing to help not to prove that
you can.
B. We should edify or help build them up. 2
1. The reason for helping is not just offering assistance to those
in need but to also strengthen, empower, and build them up.
C. We should follow the example of Christ. 3
1. Who experienced the same insult and yet He pleased not
Himself but others to win and edify them. Psalm 69:9
2. The Scriptures were written to teach and encourage us to
behave accordingly.
a. To teach us patience and joy in ministering to others.
b. To help us be at peace with them as we continue to
follow Christ. 5
D. Be one in mind and mouth to glorify God.
1. This behavior will result in the praise of God from
those who are strong and the weak. 6
E. Receive one another as Christ has received us unto Himself. 7
II. Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God
to confirm the promises made unto the fathers. 8-10 (Psalm
18:49)
A. That the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy

B. For the Jews and the Gentiles to rejoice together.
C. God has a purpose in history to call the Gentiles and the Jews to unite
in one body, the local Church.
1. That the Jews and Gentiles must glorify God together.
B. The Jews must confess God’s grace to the Gentiles so that together
they can sing and praise God together.
C. So that the Gentiles can rejoice with the Jews.
III. Apostle Paul encourages the Gentiles to praise the Lord to

see them Worship and rejoice with the Jews. 11-14
A. For the Gentiles to have the same boldness to praise the Lord with
the rest of God’s people.
B. Isaiah prophesied that there would rise from the root of Jesse, the
Lord Jesus Christ to reign over them.
1. That the Gentiles would trust.
B. It is Paul’s desire to see them be filled with joy and peace.
C. That they may abound through the power of the Holy Ghost.
D. That they will also experience the fullness of God’s goodness and be
filled with all knowledge.
E. So that they can also admonish one another.
IV. Apostle Paul reiterates his calling to minister to the Gentiles.

15-21
A. A grace given to him by God.

B. To be God’s minister in order for them to also be acceptable and
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
C. The Apostle Paul takes pride of his calling as his service to Christ.
D. It is his desire to see the Gentiles become obedient, by word and
deed.
E. So that he also shared with them the signs and wonders and fully
preached Christ to them.
F. Paul strived to preach where Christ was not yet declared so as not to
build on another man’s foundation.
1. Apostle Paul refused to receive personal credit.
a. He was expressing his “pioneering spirit” in the work
of the Lord.
2. He also did it for the Gentiles to also receive and understand
the grace of God.
V. The Apostle explains the reason why he was so hindered to

visit Rome. 22-32
A. Now that he has fulfilled his calling, he can now see them in Rome.
B. He expressed his desire to visit them on his way to Spain after he
delivers the financial assistance to the Church in Jerusalem that were given
by the Churches in Macedonia and Achaia.
1. We should not only be willing to provide spiritual things. We
must also be willing to provide carnal things, such as physical help.
C. Paul greatly anticipates his visit that it would have the fullness of
God’s blessings. 29
D. Paul asks for prayers:
1. To be delivered from those who do not believe in Judea.
2. That the offerings that he would deliver to the Church in
Jerusalem be accepted gladly by the saints.
3. That he would be able to visit Rome by the will of God to be
refreshed and be blessed together with them.
VI. Apostle Paul’s first benediction pronounced. 33

A. For the peace of God to be with them. Amen!
Review Questions on Chapter Fifteen
226. The believers’ responsibility to his neighbor is also being addressed in

Chapter fifteen.
A. True
B. False
227. Choose the best statement

A. Be willing to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please men.
B. Be willing to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please the
neighbors.
C. Be willing to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please self.
D. Be willing to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to please others.
228. We help because it is a noble thing to help and not to prove that we can,
A. False
B. True
229. To edify means:
A. To encourage
B. To motivate
C. To build up
C. To help
230. The reason to help is not only to offer assistance to those in need but to:
A. Strengthen
B. Empower
C. Build them up
D. All of the above
231. We should follow the example of Christ by:

A. Physically dying on the cross
B. Not pleasing self but others and to win and edify them
C. Experiencing the same insult
D. Wearing the crown of thorns
232. Choose the right statement:

A. Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to
confirm the promises made unto Moses.
B. Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to
confirm the promises made unto David.
C. Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to
confirm the promises made unto the fathers.
D. Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God to
confirm the promises made unto Abraham.
233. These promises were made to:
A. For the Gentiles to glorify God
B. For the Gentiles to rejoice with the Jews.
C. All of the above
234. God has called the Jews and Gentiles to unite in –

A. The government
B. One body, the Church
C. The Family
D. Love & Spirit
235. The Apostle Paul encourages the Gentiles to praise the Lord –
A. To see them worship with the Jews
B. To have the same boldness with the people of God.
C. That they may abound through the power of the Holy Ghost.
D. All of the above
236. The prophet that prophesied that there would rise from the root of Jesse
was:
A. Hosea
B. Daniel
C. Ezekiel
D. Isaiah
237. The Apostle to the Gentiles was:

A. Peter
B. Paul
C. John
D. James
238. Paul strived to preach where Christ was not yet declared so as not to build
on another man’s foundation. He did this:
A. To not receive a personal credit
B. To express his pioneering spirit
C. For the Gentiles to receive and understand the grace of God.
D. All of the above
239 The reason why he was hindered to visit Rome was –

A. Due to personal emergency
B. Due to a shipwreck
C. To preach where Christ was not known and declared
240. To minister in “carnal things” means:

A. To rebuke people of their sins.
B. To teach them against worldliness.
C. To provide financial or physical assistance or support
D. All of the above
Chapter Sixteen
1. I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church
which is at Cenchrea.
2. That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her
in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer
of many, and of myself also.
3. Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
4. Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give
thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
5. Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
6. Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
7. Salute Adronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are
of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
8. Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9. Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
10. Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of
Aristobulus’ household.
11. Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of
Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
12. Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the
beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
13. Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
14. Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the
brethren which are with them.
15. Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and
all the saints which are with them.
16. Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
17. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
18. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own
belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.
19. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore
on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and
simple concerning evil.
20. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
21. Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my
kinsmen, salute you.
22. Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
23. Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the
chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
24. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
25. Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26. But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,
according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all
nations for the obedience of faith:
27. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
The Outline of Chapter Sixteen
The Closing Remarks
This Epistle closes with Commendation, Words of Greetings, Salutations, and

other directives on how to deal with those who were causing problems in the
Church. The author ends with closing benediction, praises and thanksgiving to our
God.
I. Commendation for Phoebe. 1-2
A. A Servant of the Church in Cenchrea.

B. To receive her in the Lord as a saint.
C. Assist her in “whatsoever business she hath need of you.”
D. For being a succourer of many, including Apostle Paul.
II. Words of Greetings. 2-7,8, 11
A. For Priscilla and Aquila. 3-5

1. For being great helpers in Christ Jesus.
2. For laying down their lives for the Apostle Paul.
3. And to the Church in their house.
B. For Mary, who bestowed much labor. 6
C. For Amplias, a beloved in the Lord. 8
D. For the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 11
III. Words of Salutations. 5,7,9-16,21
A. To wellbeloved Epaenetus, who was the firstfruit of Achaia unto

Christ. 5
B. To Adronicus and Junia, the Apostle’s kinsmen and fellowprisoners.
1. Known among the Apostles and who were in Christ before the
Apostle Paul. 7
C. To Urbane, helper in Christ. 9
D. To Stachys, a beloved. 9
E. To Apelles who was approved in Christ. 10
F. To them of Aristobulus’ household. 10
G. To Herodion, Paul’s kinsman. 11
H. To Tryphena and Tryphosa, who both labor in the Lord. 12
I. To the beloved Persis, who laboured much in the Lord. 12
J. To Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who was also a
mother to Paul. 13
K. To Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren,
which are with them. 14
M. To Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, Olympas, and all the
saints which are with them. 15
N. Salute one another with a holy kiss. 16
O. From the Churches of Christ salute 16
P. From Timotheus, Paul’s workfellow, together with Lucius, Jason, and
Sosipater, his kinsmen. 21
Q. From Tertius, the scribe of Apostle Paul. 22
R. From Gaius, Paul’s host and the whole church in his house. 23
S. From Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, and Quartus. A brother. 23
IV. Additional Directives to the Roman Church 17-20
A. Mark them, which cause divisions and offences. 17-18

1. Contrary to the doctrine, which you have learned and avoid
them.
2. For they do no serve Christ but their own belly.
3. By good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the
simple.
B. While their testimony as a Church was known which caused
rejoicing in the heart of the Apostle, but they need to be wise concerning the
good things and simple concerning evil. 19
C. Apostle Paul encouraged them that he is mindful of Satan’s desire but
the grace of God will give them victory over the enemy, Satan, and that he
will be under their feet shortly. 20
V. Closing Benediction 24-26
A. The grace of God to be upon them. 24

B. The power of Christ to establish them according to the gospel and
according of the mystery but now is made manifest and made known to all
the nations for the obedience of faith. 25-26
VI. The epistle ends with all praises to God through the Lord
Jesus Christ. 27
Review Questions on Chapter Sixteen
241. Who was the succourer of many, including the Apostle Paul?
A. Priscilla and Aquila
B. Mary
C. Phoebe
D. Amplias
242. Who laid down their lives for the Apostle Paul?
A. Epaenetus
B. Priscilla and Aquila
C. Phoebe
D. Narcissus
243. Who bestowed much labor according to the Apostle?

A. Phoebe
B. Stachys
C. Urbane
D. Mary
244. The firstfruit of Achaia unto Christ was:

A. Urbane
B. Aquila
C. Phoebe
D. Epaenetus
245. Who was approved in Christ?

A. Apelles
B. Herodion
C. Rufus
D. Tryphena
246. Who was Paul’s kinsman?

A. Timothy
B. Rufus
C. Herodion
D. Tryphosa
247. Who was described by the Apostles both laboring in the Lord?
A. Priscilla and Aquila
B. Adronicus and Junia
C. Tryphena and Tryphosa
D. Ananias and Sapphira
248. Who were known in Christ before the Apostle Paul?

A. Adronicus and Junia
B. Tryphena and Tryphosa
C. Ananias and Sapphira
D. Timothy and Titus
249. The Scribe of the Apostle Paul was?

A. Quartus
B. Tertius
C. Gaius
D. Erastus
250. Gaius served as Paul’s:

A. Assistant
B. Host
C. Secretary
D. Physician
251. The Apostle instructed us to mark them who:

A. Do not agree with us.
B. Do not serve with us.
C. Cause division and offences in the Church.
D. Are not faithful.
252. The enemy, Satan will always be victorious over the believers.
A. True
B. False
253. Avoid them who:

A. Disagree with you.
B. Believe contrary to the doctrines of Christ.
C. Refuse baptism.
D. Are weak spiritually.
254. In his benediction the Apostle mentioned that:

A. God’s mercy to be upon them.
B. God’s love to be upon them.
C. God’s will to be upon them.
D. God’ grace to be upon them.
255. Mystery is:

A. A secret that belongs only to God.
B. A truth that is now manifested and made known.
C. A truth that can never be known.
D. A truth that will be disclosed in eternity.

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Dr. J Hernes M Abante

With his desire to present an accurate illustration of divine truths, he has

Justification by faith is one of the essential foundations of Christianity. It is

Therefore, it is a message that needs to be preached to the entire world by

4. The Apostle wrote the Epistle when:

5. Apostle Paul was on his way to the city of Jerusalem to primarily:

6. In Corinth, the Apostle stayed with:

7. The individual who served the Apostle as his secretary was:

8. The Epistle was delivered to the Church in Rome via:

9. The Church in Rome was started by:

11. The authority of the Roman Church came from:

12. The theme verse of the Epistle is:

13. Justification by works is one of the essentials of Christianity.

1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the

I. The Salutation: 1-7

A The Apostle Paul introduces himself. 1

II. The Apostle’s Commendation to the Church in Rome: 8-15

A. Their Spiritual victory and Christian testimony.

A. Because it is the power of God unto Salvation to all who believe: to

16. The True Gospel is:

17. In his salutation, the Apostle introduced himself as:

18. The gospel was promised by the prophets in the OT Scriptures.

21. Apostle Paul loved to visit the Church at Rome because:

22. His excitement to visit them was hindered because:

23. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation to everyone.

24. “The just shall live by faith” means:

25. The wrath of God means:

26. Romans 1:24 says, …God gave them up…” It means:

27. The sin of homosexuality is described in Romans 1:27.

28. Humanity is intrinsically and essentially wicked.

29. There is good in man.

30. Implacable means:

No one escapes the Justice of God

1. Because some Jewish members might have joined the Church

I. Everyone is subject to the judgment of God. No one is excusable -

A. The Chapter opens with a concluding statement (therefore) that no

II. Everyone is subject to the perfect justice of God, including all

III. Everyone is subject to the laws of God. 12

A. It includes those who do not know the law.

IV. Everyone’s motives and true character will be revealed and

V. The Message to the Jews who claim to know the law. 17

A. What they should be: 17-20

B. What they have become: 21-24

VI. Their attitude shows the futility of religion. 25 - 27

A. Circumcision does not guarantee justification.

VII. Who are the true People of God? 28

A. They are those who are circumcised inwardly, not outwardly.

31. Chapter Two of Romans focuses on the hopelessness of Man.

32. The Church of Rome was predominantly Jewish.

33. All Jews in the Church of Rome remained loyal to Judaism.

43. The laws have the power to change man.

44. Circumcision is a sign that a man is justified.

1. What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there of

The Universality of Sin

The Apostle Paul proceeds to declare the advantages or blessedness of being

I. The Jews have several advantages: 1