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1Paul announces God’s saving power in the gospel, then exposes humanity’s rejection of the Creator and the judgment that follows.2Paul exposes the failure of religious privilege and moral judgment to shield anyone from God’s impartial judgment.3Paul brings everyone under God’s judgment, then shows how God justifies those who have faith in Jesus.4Paul shows that God counts believers righteous by grace through faith, tracing Abraham’s promise to Jesus’ death and resurrection.5Romans 5 grounds hope in Christ’s reconciling death and shows how God’s grace overcomes the reign of sin and death.6Romans 6 grounds freedom from sin’s rule in union with Christ and calls believers to serve God with their bodies.7Romans 7 defends God’s law while exposing sin’s power and locating deliverance in Jesus Christ.8Romans 8 grounds believers’ freedom, holiness, and hope amid suffering in God’s saving work through Christ and the indwelling Spirit.9Paul defends God’s faithfulness to his promises, grounding salvation in God’s mercy and tracing Israel’s stumbling to unbelief.10Paul proclaims righteousness through faith in Christ for everyone who believes, while confronting Israel’s resistance to the message it has heard.11Paul traces God’s mercy toward Israel and the Gentiles, confronting pride and ending in worship before God’s wisdom.12Paul connects God’s mercies with whole-life worship, humble service within Christ’s body, and love that refuses revenge.13Paul places public duties and love of neighbor under God’s authority, then calls believers to live in Christ’s approaching daylight.14Paul places disagreements about food and days under Christ’s lordship, calling believers to protect one another’s faith and pursue peace.15Paul joins mutual acceptance, hope from Scripture, and service among the nations under Christ’s work for God’s glory.16Paul’s closing greetings show a church bound together through shared service, guarded by sound teaching, and dependent on God’s grace.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).