Outline of Romans as found in The New Oxford Annotated Bible:
1.1-7: Salutation
1.8-15: Thanksgiving
1.16-17: The theme of the letter
1.18-32: God’s judgment upon sin
2.1-11: Jews are under judgment, as well as pagans
2.12-16: Rule of judgment
2.17-24: Many Jews, though possessing God’s written law, fall short of even ordinary morality.
2.25-29: Circumcision and uncircumcision
3.1-8: The advantage of the Jews as the covenant people cannot be denied.
3.9-20: All are guilty.
3.21-26: The true righteousness
3.27-31: Boasting is excluded
4.1-8: Abraham justified by faith, not by works.
4.9-12: This justification of Abraham occurred before he was circumcised.
4.13-25: The true descendants of Abraham
5.1-11: Consequences of justification
5.12-21: Adam and Christ; analogy and contrast
6.1-14: Dying and rising with Christ
6.15-23: The two slaveries
7.1-6: An analogy from marriage
7.7-13: The law and sin
7.14-23: The inner conflict
7.24-25: Despair and release
8.1-4: God’s saving act
8.5-11: Life in the flesh and in the Spirit
8.12-17: The Spirit and sonship
8.18-25: The hope of fulfilment
8.26-30: Human weakness is sustained
8.31-39: Our confidence in God
9.1-5: The problem of Israel’s unbelief
9.6-13: God’s promise to Israel has not failed
9.14-29: God’s right to choose
9.30-10.13: True righteousness is by faith
10.14-21: Israel responsible for its failure
11.1-16: Israel’s rejection not final
11.17-24: The metaphor of the olive tree
11.25-36: All Israel will be saved.
12.1-8: The consecrated life
12.9-21: The Christian’s duty
13.1-7: The Christian and the state
13.8-10: Love fulfils the law.
13.11-14: The imminence of Christ’s second coming
14.1-23: Love respects the scruples of others.
15.1-13: The strong should bear patiently burdens
15.14-33: Personal notes
16.1-23: Greetings
16.25-27: The benediction
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