Romans

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Chapter 1 — The Gospel of God—From the Seed of David to the Power of Salvation Amidst Human Depravity
Chapter 2 — The Impartial Judgment of God upon the Religious Man and the Inward Nature of True Judaism
Chapter 3 — The Judicial Vindication of God and the Manifestation of Alien Righteousness
Chapter 4 — Justification by Faith: The Way to Inheritance and the Reality of Resurrection
Chapter 5 — The Transition from Judicial Redemption to Organic Salvation: Reigning in Life through the One, Jesus Christ
Chapter 6 — Identification with Christ in His Death and Resurrection as the Basis for Sanctification and Freedom from Sin
Chapter 7 — Deliverance from the Law through Death in Christ and the Discovery of the Indwelling Sin Principle
Chapter 8 — The Law of the Spirit of Life and the Security of the Believer in God's Love
Chapter 9 — God's Selection in His Sovereign Administration and the Stumbling of Israel
Chapter 10 — Israel's Failure to Submit to God's Righteousness and the Universal Accessibility of Salvation by Faith
Chapter 11 — The Selection of Grace and the Grafting of the Gentiles for Israel's Restoration
Chapter 12 — The Transformation of the Believer into the Living Sacrifice for the Body Life
Chapter 13 — Transformation in Civic Duty and the Warfare of Light through the Putting on of Christ
Chapter 14 — The Reception of the Believers and the Life of the Kingdom
Chapter 15 — The Consummation of the Gospel in the Practice of the Body Life and the Universal Offering of the Gentiles
Chapter 16 — The Practical Fellowship of the Body and the Concluding Doxology of the Mystery

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