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Romans: Verse by Verse
Paul’s letter to the church in Rome explains the gospel: how sinners are made right with God by faith, how that faith changes daily life, and how believers live together. The class studied it one passage at a time from January to May 2026.
Lessons, in order
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Romans 1: The Righteousness of God Revealed
January 4, 2026
Romans is one of the towering works of Scripture: influential, sophisticated, comprehensive, and theologically rich.
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Romans 2: God’s Righteous Judgment
January 11, 2026
Romans is Paul’s manifesto, his most concentrated and deliberate explanation of the gospel. In chapter 2 Paul pivots from the obvious sins of chapter 1 to a quieter danger: religious self-confidence and arrogance.
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Romans 3: Justification by Faith
January 18, 2026
Romans 3 exposes the depth of the human problem and the brilliance of God’s solution. The teacher’s preview quoted Leon Morris, who described it as the turning point where the darkness of human sin gives way to the blazing light of God’s righteousness.
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Romans 6:1–14
February 15, 2026
This chapter is a turning point in Paul’s argument. After the depth of human sin and the glory of God’s grace in chapters 1–5, Paul asks a rhetorical question: are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound?
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Romans 6 (part 2): Progressive Sanctification
February 22, 2026
Grace not only saves us; it changes us. A common misunderstanding of the Christian life is that because we are saved by grace, growth in holiness is optional.
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Romans 7:1–13: The Law Exposes Sin
March 1, 2026
Romans 7:1–13 speaks honestly to the tension every believer feels between God’s good law and the stubborn reality of sin.
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Romans 7 (part 2): The Internal Struggle
March 8, 2026
Romans 7:14–25 is one of the most honest and searching passages in Scripture. Paul pulls back the curtain on the inner conflict of the believer: loving God’s law, yet struggling with sin that still clings so closely.
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Romans 8:1–17: Life in the Spirit
March 15, 2026
Romans 8:1–17 brings Paul’s argument into stark reality. He moves from no condemnation to new life, from who we were to who we now are in Christ.
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Romans 8 (part 2): Suffering, Predestination, and the Unbreakable Love of God
March 22, 2026
Romans 8:18–39 is one of the richest and most comforting passages in Scripture. Paul addresses suffering head on.
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Romans 10: Israel’s Unbelief
April 12, 2026
In Romans 10 Paul writes with deep anguish for his fellow Jews, and he exposes a tragic irony: zeal for God without submission to God’s righteousness.
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Romans 11: Israel’s Future
April 19, 2026
Romans 11 makes us slow down and wrestle with big questions about Israel’s future and where Gentile believers fit into God’s redemptive plan.
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Romans 12: Living Sacrifices
April 26, 2026
Romans 12 marks a major turning point in Paul’s letter. After eleven chapters on what God has done for us in Christ, Paul turns to how the gospel shapes everyday life.
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Romans 13: Submission to Authorities
May 3, 2026
Romans 13 carries the renewed mind of chapter 12 into real life. Paul moves from personal transformation to public obedience, especially how believers relate to governing authorities.
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Romans 14: Liberty and Conscience
May 10, 2026
In Romans 14 Paul addresses something every church and every believer meets: how to navigate differences in conviction among sincere Christians.
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Romans 16: A Portrait of the Early Church
May 24, 2026
Romans 16 can look at first like a roll call of names that are hard to pronounce, but the teacher invited the class to treat it as a window into the real people who made up the early church.