Romans 16:1-27
Paul gives greetings to the five house churches in Rome, issues a two-fold warning and concludes the book with a majestic doxology.

Paul gives greetings to the five house churches in Rome, issues a two-fold warning and concludes the book with a majestic doxology.
Paul shares his strategies and future plans as the Apostle to the Gentiles.
Paul completes his teachings on the principles governing Christian liberty.
Paul begins to lay out the principles governing Christian liberty.
Paul reviews the Christian's ethical duty to government and the fulfilling of the Law though love.
Paul continues his focus on the virtues of the Christian life.
Paul begins to describe the virtues of the justified believer.
Paul begins his exhortation on what the justified life looks like.
Paul calls for the worship of God and introduces his teaching on the godly living that results from sound doctrine.
Paul declares forcefully that God is not done with the Jewish people and will bring them to salvation at the return of His Son.
Paul gives focus to the culpability of Israel in rejecting Jesus as the Messiah.
As Paul explains the sovereign freedom of God, he defends God's justice and His fairness.
Paul expresses his agony that His people have rejected Jesus as their Messiah and then begins his defense of God's sovereign freedom, which extends through chapter 11.
Paul closes this important chapter on sanctification by highlighting the intercessory work of the Spirit, the goal of sanctification and the security of the believer in Christ.
The Holy Spirit confirms we are God's children, is the source of our hope and prays for us when we cannot verbalize a prayer.
Paul counsels on the doctrine of sanctification and the Holy Spirit as his answer to the struggles with the flesh in chapter 7.
Paul details the struggle at the heart of sanctification--between the flesh and the Spirit.
Because we are dead to sin (6:1-14), we are no longer in bondage to sin and we are dead to the Law.
As Paul begins his transition from justification to a discussion of sanctification, he constructs the new identity of those who have been justified by faith.
Paul explains why, in terms of God's redemptive plan, Adam and Jesus are the two most important people in history.
The Apostle Paul develops the doctrine of our reconciliation with God through the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Paul answers the important question, "How was Abraham justified?”
The saving Righteousness and the judging righteousness of God meet at the cross making it possible for God to justify all those who place their faith In Jesus and His finished work.
Paul answers three Jewish objections and then demonstrates the universal depravity of all humanity.
Paul reviews the witness of God's law on our hearts and the witness of human conscience.
Paul details the three consequences of rejecting God's revelation--perverse human sexuality, a depraved mind and the downward spiral of evil.
Paul explains the three reasons for his letter and proposes the thesis of his book: justification by faith.
Romans 1:1-8 - Paul introduces himself as a servant and Apostle of Jesus, who is the Messiah and Son of God, vindicated by HIs resurrection as the Lord.
As Joseph administers relief from the famine, Jacob blesses Joseph's two sons, and then his others sons, securing the promise from Joseph to be buried in the Promised Land.
Joseph reveals his identity to his brothers, brings the clan of Jacob to Egypt where they settle in the rich Nile Delta at Goshen.