Scripture index: Romans

Gospel So what is the gospel?

Slavery Covenant people are slaves to God

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Ro 1:1–15

Romans Outline

Creator-creature distinction We belong to God by virtue of new creation

Ro 1:16–17

Old Testament canon Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)

God is Impassible and Impassioned The Fall

Ro 1:18–3:20

Romans Outline

Ro 1:18–25

Essential doctrines Unbelief and heresy are damnable

Ro 1:18–32

Attributes of God Wrath

Ro 1:19–20

Ro 1:19–23

The Pleasures of God Chapter 3. The pleasure of God in his creation

Vain thoughts False doctrine, worldly wisdom, philosophy is vain, wasted thought

Ro 1:22–23

Idolatry Making idols is foolish in general

Ro 1:22–25

Creator-creature distinction Worship of created things forbidden

Eternal (draft) God’s name, kingdom, works

Ro 2:1–11

No second chance Men are without excuse

The End for Which God Created the World God’s perfections, greatness and excellency are spoken of as his ultimate end in creation (¶¶ 206–218)

Old Testament canon Psalms

Hell “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc.

The End for Which God Created the World Great possessions are sometimes called a person’s glory (¶¶ 245–246)

Ro 2:14–15

Mosaic covenant Continuity with Covenant of Grace

Ro 2:17–24

Boasting Boasting ruled out by fallenness, sin

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Ro 2:26–29

Scripture The church will corporately recognize Scripture

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

The End for Which God Created the World The ultimate end of the goodness of moral agents is the glory of God (¶¶ 154–161)

Ro 3:9–18

Ro 3:10–11

Fourfold state of man Fallen (not able not to sin—non posse non peccare)

Ro 3:10–12

Old Testament canon Psalms

Old Testament canon Psalms

Old Testament canon Psalms

Ro 3:15–17

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Psalms

Ro 3:20–21

Scripture Old Testament canon

Ro 3:21–5:21

Romans Outline

Ro 3:21–22

Ro 3:23–25

Ro 3:23–26

The Pleasures of God Chapter 6. The pleasure of God in bruising the Son

Ro 3:25–26

Order of salvation Faith, repentance result in justification

Ro 3:26–28

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Boasting Boasting ruled out by grace

Ro 3:27–28

Order of salvation Faith, repentance result in justification

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Ro 4:1–25

Scripture NT authors assume OT is easy to understand

Boasting Boasting ruled out by grace

Gospel Free gift juxtaposed against wages

Essential doctrines Salvation by grace through faith in Christ

Old Testament canon Psalms

Ro 4:11–12

Baptism Examples of circumcision/baptism before or without salvation

Ro 4:13–16

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Ro 4:13–17

Subjects of baptism Children/offspring included in virtually every mention of new covenant

Ro 4:13–18

Old Testament canon Genesis

The End for Which God Created the World The ultimate end of the goodness of moral agents is the glory of God (¶¶ 154–161)

Ro 4:20–25

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Old Testament canon Genesis

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Assurance of salvation True assurance

Boasting Boasting in suffering, weakness, humiliation

God is love God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”)

Ro 5:5–10

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Ro 5:8–10

Definite atonement Secures salvation

Ro 5:10–11

Jesus is God “Who can intercede?”

Ro 5:12–14

Ro 5:12–21

Hypostatic union Called a man or “Son of Man” by himself and others (not exhaustive)

Ro 5:18–19

Eternal (draft) Life of believers

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Ro 6:1–8:17

Romans Outline

Subjects of baptism All recipients of baptism have put on Christ

Baptism Signifies admission to covenant community, visible church, ingrafting into Christ

Ro 6:3–14

Baptism Baptism signifies death and resurrection (implying immersion is a necessary symbol)

Amillennialism “First resurrection” is regeneration

Ro 6:15–18

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Slavery Sinners are enslaved to sin

Ro 6:16–22

Slavery Covenant people are slaves to God

Scripture Apostles were agents of canon

Ro 6:22–23

Eternal (draft) Life of believers

Marriage Ends at death

Creator-creature distinction We belong to God by virtue of new creation

Mosaic covenant Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)

Ro 7:7–12

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Gospel “He who does the commandments shall live by them”

Mosaic covenant Continuity with Covenant of Grace

Ro 7:13–20

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Total depravity Unregenerate man cannot not sin (non posse non peccare)

Mosaic covenant Continuity with Covenant of Grace

Union with Christ We are in Christ

Mosaic covenant Discontinuity with Covenant of Grace? (Republication of Covenant of Works?)

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Definite atonement Secures salvation

Fourfold state of man Fallen (not able not to sin—non posse non peccare)

Trinity Spirit proceeds from Father and Son

Ro 8:9–11

Life The Spirit is life

Ro 8:10–11

Trinity Inseparable operations

Ro 8:14–17

Ro 8:15–16

Assurance of salvation Basis of true and false assurance

Ro 8:15–17

Heirs of God Heirs of God

Ro 8:16–17

Trinity Distinction between persons

Heirs of God We will inherit glory, glorified bodies

The End for Which God Created the World Great possessions are sometimes called a person’s glory (¶¶ 245–246)

Ro 8:18–8:39

Romans Outline

Ro 8:18–25

Covenant theology Noahic covenant

Ro 8:19–23

God the Father Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)

Heaven New heavens and new earth

Ro 8:22–23

Heirs of God We will inherit glory, glorified bodies

Ro 8:26–27

Ro 8:28–29

Doctrines of grace Unconditional election

Ro 8:28–34

Definite atonement Secures salvation

Ro 8:28–39

Preservation of the saints Election, predestination are irrevocable

Ro 8:29–30

Ro 8:31–39

Unconditional election Election is a pastoral doctrine, a great comfort to believers

Ro 8:32–34

Definite atonement Propitiation and intercession inseparably linked

Ro 8:33–34

God is love God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”)

Ro 8:35–37

The Pleasures of God Chapter 7. The pleasure of God in doing good to all who hope in him

Old Testament canon Psalms

God is love God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”)

Ro 8:38–39

Doctrines of grace Preservation of the saints

God is love God loves an otherwise unspecified audience (“you” or “us”)

Romans Outline

God the Father Of Israel

Unconditional election Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses elected

Ro 9:6–13

Abrahamic covenant Not all are children of Abraham simply because they are his offspring

Subjects of baptism New covenant belongs to children of promise, not of flesh

God the Father Of believers, the elect (the true Israel)

Old Testament canon Genesis

Ro 9:10–12

The Pleasures of God Chapter 5. The pleasure of God in election

Ro 9:10–13

Unconditional election All occurrences of “election”

Ro 9:14–18

Old Testament canon Exodus

Ro 9:15–16

Effectual grace Regeneration is an act of God

Ro 9:15–18

Unconditional election Election is unconditional

Free will Seemingly explicit denials of free will

Ro 9:17–24

Unconditional election Reprobation is also predestined

Ro 9:18–19

Ro 9:19–24

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Ro 9:20–21

Creator-creature distinction God has absolute rights over creation

Ro 9:22–23

The End for Which God Created the World Great possessions are sometimes called a person’s glory (¶¶ 245–246)

Old Testament canon Twelve Minor Prophets (one book)

Ro 9:25–26

Abrahamic covenant NT church represented as a nation

Ro 9:27–28

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Ro 9:30–33

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Ro 9:31–32

Effectual grace Jesus and apostles pray to God asking that people would be saved

Ro 10:1–13

Five solas of the Reformation Sola fide

Ro 10:3–13

Ro 10:6–8

Old Testament canon Deuteronomy

Attributes of God Immanence

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Deuteronomy

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Ro 11:1–6

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Old Testament canon 1 & 2 Kings (one book)

Old Testament canon 1 & 2 Kings (one book)

Ro 11:4–7

Doctrines of grace Unconditional election

Ro 11:5–6

Unconditional election Election is unconditional

Ro 11:7–8

Unconditional election Reprobation is also predestined

Ro 11:7–10

Deception God blinds eyes and hardens hearts

Ro 11:9–10

Old Testament canon Psalms

Eternal (draft) Punishment of the wicked

Ro 11:11–12

Questions in Romans Questions in Romans

Ro 11:16–24

Abrahamic covenant Old and new covenant communities represented as a single olive tree

Ro 11:17–24

Church Other metaphors

Ro 11:19–22

Subjects of baptism Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”)

Ro 11:26–27

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Ro 11:28–29

Simplicity Act-potency composition

Ro 11:33–34

Ro 11:33–36

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Ro 11:34–36

The Pleasures of God Chapter 2. The pleasure of God in all he does

Ro 11:35–36

Ro 12:1–15:13

Romans Outline

Attributes of God Omnibenevolence (all-good, all-loving)

Ro 12:4–5

Ro 12:4–8

Spiritual gifts Enumeration of spiritual gifts

Ro 12:9–10

Church membership Members obligated to love one another

Old Testament canon Proverbs

Jesus is God Sovereignty

Ro 13:1–7

Ro 13:8–10

Religious dietary rules All things are clean

Ro 14:1–5

Essential doctrines In non-essentials, liberty

Preservation of the saints God is able to preserve

Ro 14:5–6

Lord’s Supper Recurrence, frequency of

Ro 14:5–10

Sabbath Ceremonial aspects done away in Christ

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Essential doctrines In non-essentials, liberty

Definite atonement Some for whom Christ died may not ultimately be saved

Ro 14:17–18

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Essential doctrines In non-essentials, liberty

Ro 14:21–23

Essential doctrines In non-essentials, liberty

Essential doctrines Unbelief and heresy are damnable

Old Testament canon Psalms

Ro 15:5–6

The End for Which God Created the World The ultimate end of the goodness of moral agents is the glory of God (¶¶ 154–161)

Old Testament canon Deuteronomy

Old Testament canon Psalms

Ro 15:14–16:27

Romans Outline

Ro 15:15–16

Priesthood Paul called his ministry “priestly service”

Ro 15:16–17

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Ro 15:17–18

Providence Concurrence in human will

Ro 15:18–19

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Holy Spirit is God Omnipotence (all-powerful)

The Pleasures of God Chapter 4. The pleasure of God in his fame

Old Testament canon Isaiah

Trinity Triadic pattern explicit in NT

Church government Deacon, every occurrence of

Ro 16:1–16

Church membership Other

Church Local and universal

Church government Examples of apostles besides original twelve, Matthias, Paul