A brief overview of Romans (Stott)

 A brief overview of Romans (John Stott)

Introduction: The gospel of God and Paul’s eagerness to share it (1:1–17)

            1. Paul and the gospel (1:1–6)

            2. Paul and the Romans (1:7–13)

            3. Paul and evangelism (1:14–17)

A. The wrath of God against all humankind (1:18–3:20)

            4. Depraved Gentile society (1:18–32)

            5. Critical moralizers (2:1–16)

            6. Self-confident Jews (2:17–3:8)

            7. The whole human race (3:9–20)

B. The grace of God in the gospel (3:21–8:39)

8. God’s righteousness revealed and illustrated (3:21–4:25)

            9. God’s people united in Christ (5:1–6:23)

            10. God’s law and Christian discipleship (7:1–25)

11. God’s Spirit in God’s children (8:1–39)

C. The plan of God for Jews and Gentiles (9–11)

            12. Israel’s fall: God’s purpose of election (9:1–33)

 13. Israel’s fault: God’s dismay over her disobedience (10:1–21)

14. Israel’s future: God’s long-term design (11:1–32)

15. Doxology (11:33–36)

            16. A manifesto of evangelism

D. The will of God for changed relationships (12:1–15:13)

17. to God: consecrated bodies and renewed minds (12:1–2)

            18. to ourselves: thinking soberly about our gifts (12:3–8)

19. to one another: love in the family of God (12:9–16)

20. to our enemies: not retaliation, but service (12:17–21)

            21. to the state: conscientious citizenship (13:1–7)

            22. to the law: neighbor-love as its fulfilment (13:8–10)

 23. to the day: living in the ‘already’ and the ‘not yet’ (13:11–14)

24. to the weak: welcoming, and not despising, judging or offending    them (14:1–15:13)

Conclusion: The providence of God in the ministry of Paul (15:14–16:27)

            25. His apostolic service (15:14–22)

            26. His travel plans (15:23–33)

            27. His commendation and greetings (16:1–16)

            28. His warnings, messages and doxology (16:17–27)