Author: Clark Brown

Rom 6:1-2     In the previous verses Paul argued that the purpose of the law was so that transgression might increase and sin be shown for what it really is.  However, as awful as the power of sin is, God’s grace is even greater to overcome it.  Hence man’s inability to keep the law actually magnifies…

Rom 5:1-5     What is the result of being justified by faith?  Is it possible to have true peace while trying to be justified by the works of the Law?  What three things does Paul say a Christian can exult in?  See Rom 5:2,3,11.  Note: Paul’s words in Rom 5:1-3 may also be translated as “let…

Rom 4:1-8    What was the importance of Abraham to the Jewish nation?  See Rom 4:1, Gen 12:1-3, Mat 3:9, John 8:33.  How is that important to Paul’s argument that the righteousness of God is from faith to faith and to the Jew first (Rom 1:16-17)?  What does it mean “to reckon”?  Note: this is the…

Rom 3:21-24 How is “the righteousness of God” that has been revealed in the gospel different from what Paul’s opponents supposed it to be?  See also Rom 1:17.  What is the significance to his Jewish opponents that this righteousness was “witnessed by the Law and the Prophets?  Where is it witnessed in the Law and…

Rom 3:1-2     In these and the following verses Paul answers several objections to his understanding that the Jews were as guilty as the Gentiles in failing to live up to the light that they had, and therefore equally under condemnation and in need of the righteousness that is by faith.  What is the first objection…

Rom 2:1-3     What sort of man would be considered qualified to pass judgment upon such as those whom Paul has just described in the previous chapter?  See Rom 2:17-20.  Why does he say that those who do so actually condemn themselves?  See Rom 2:1, 2, 3.  Is a person just in the eyes of God…

Rom 1: 18-19 What is the great significance that Paul uses the present tense in saying God’s wrath is revealed?  Is the judgment of God only a future event?  What is the connection between the righteousness of God being revealed (Rom 1: 17) and the wrath of God being revealed (Rom 1: 18)?  Can man…

Rom 1:1-2       What does it mean to be a bond-servant of Christ Jesus?  See 1 Cor 6:19-20.  Why was it necessary for Paul to mention his apostolic authority in this letter to the Romans, whereas it was unnecessary to do so in his letters to the Thessalonians and Philippians?  See Rom 1:10.  For what specifically had…

Toward the end of his 3 year ministry in Ephesus on his third missionary journey Paul wrote 1 Corinthians before traveling north to Troas and then on to Macedonia, visiting and strengthening the churches he had established there on his second missionary journey.  From Macedonia he wrote 2 Corinthians to prepare the believers there in Achaia for…