Romans 1

Greetings,

I have already begun the study, so the first few days will be catching up.

The memory passage for Chapter 1 is:

Romans 1:16-18
¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. ¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith."
18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.



(Scriptures quoted will be from the ESV unless otherwise stated)

The outline theme of this chapter is Righteousness in the Gospel.

Paul begins Chapter 1 with a re-statement of his calling as 'an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.' An interesting phrase in this first section is at the end of v5, "to bring about the obedience of faith". Paul would never allow faith to just be belief or opinion; it must be worked out in obedience 'for His name sake'.

The second section focuses on God's righteousness versus man's unrighteousness. Three times Paul describes how people exchange God's righteousness for their own immorality.
1. They exchanged the glory of God for idols.
2. They exchanged normal sexual relations for dishonorable passions.
3. They exchanged righteousness with willful disobedience and unrighteousness.

In each case, God's response was to 'give them up' (GK abandoned) to their evilness.

This chapter concludes with a reminder that willful disobedience to the Word of God AND approval of those who disobey are guilty

Thank the Lord that He has given us true hope through His Gospel, and that He has revealed His righteousness to us.

May your walk be worthy of Him,

Ethan