Romans

All Have Sinned

Paul unfolds why all humanity—Gentile and Jew alike—stands guilty before God, leaving every mouth silent and the whole world in need of salvation.

9 parts

Righteousness Through Faith

Paul tells the Romans that God has now revealed a righteousness that bypasses law-keeping entirely: every person has sinned and falls short, yet God freely justifies them through the atoning death of Jesus Christ. That same gospel, Paul adds, leaves no room for boasting and holds for Jew and Gentile alike, since the one God justifies both by faith alone.

2 parts

Abraham Believes God's Promise

Paul builds his case from Abraham: faith — not works — was credited as righteousness, and circumcision came only afterward as a seal, making Abraham father of all believers whether circumcised or not; the promise to inherit the world then extends through that same faith to every nation, reaching its climax when Abraham, facing his own dead body and Sarah's barren womb, did not waver but stood fully convinced that God could do what he had promised.

4 parts

Baptism and New Life

Paul answers the question of whether believers should keep sinning by pointing to their baptism: to be baptized into Christ is to die and be buried with him, then rise to walk in newness of life, the old self done away with and sin's power broken. So he calls them to choose their master — presenting themselves to God as people raised from the dead, not as servants of sin that leads to death.

5 parts

Paul's Inner Struggle and Deliverance

Paul lays bare the inner war of a person enslaved to sin — wanting good yet doing evil, a law in his members warring against his mind and dragging him into captivity — then cries out in anguish asking who will deliver him from this body of death, and breaks into thanks to God through Jesus Christ, even as he acknowledges the tension remains: with his mind he serves God's law, but with his flesh he still serves sin's.

3 parts

Life in the Spirit

Paul traces the Spirit-led life from freedom and adoption through suffering and hope to the unshakeable love of God that nothing can separate believers from.

8 parts

Israel's Rejection and Restoration

Paul wrestles with Israel's unbelief, tracing God's sovereign election and mercy through Scripture, Israel's stumbling that opens salvation to Gentiles, and the promise of Israel's ultimate restoration.

6 parts

Israel's Misdirected Zeal

Paul mourns Israel's zeal without knowledge, contrasts law-righteousness with faith, and declares that all who confess and believe in Christ will be saved.

3 parts

Israel Hears But Does Not Believe

Paul shows that Israel heard the gospel through sent preachers yet refused to believe, while Gentiles who never sought God responded — leaving Israel without excuse.

2 parts