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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