New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures Romans Outline ROMANS OUTLINE OF CONTENTS 1 Greetings (1-7) Paul’s desire to visit Rome (8-15) Righteous one will live by faith (16, 17) Ungodly people inexcusable (18-32) God’s qualities seen in creation (20) 2 God’s judgment on Jews and Greeks (1-16) How the conscience functions (14, 15) The Jews and the Law (17-24) Circumcision of the heart (25-29) 3 “Let God be found true” (1-8) Both Jews and Greeks are under sin (9-20) Righteousness through faith (21-31) All fall short of God’s glory (23) 4 Abraham declared righteous by faith (1-12) Abraham, the father of those having faith (11) Promise received through faith (13-25) 5 Reconciled to God through Christ (1-11) Death through Adam, life through Christ (12-21) Sin and death spread to all (12) One act of justification (18) 6 New life through baptism into Christ (1-11) Do not let sin rule in your bodies (12-14) From slaves of sin to slaves of God (15-23) Sin’s wages—death; God’s gift—life (23) 7 Release from the Law illustrated (1-6) Sin made known by the Law (7-12) The struggle with sin (13-25) 8 Life and freedom through the spirit (1-11) Spirit of adoption bears witness (12-17) Creation awaits freedom of God’s children (18-25) ‘The spirit pleads for us’ (26, 27) Foreordination by God (28-30) Victorious through the love of God (31-39) 9 Paul’s grief over fleshly Israel (1-5) Abraham’s true offspring (6-13) God’s choice cannot be questioned (14-26) Vessels of wrath and of mercy (22, 23) Only a remnant will be saved (27-29) Israel stumbled (30-33) 10 How to attain God’s righteousness (1-15) Public declaration (10) Calling on Jehovah means salvation (13) Beautiful feet of preachers (15) Good news rejected (16-21) 11 Rejection of Israel not total (1-16) Illustration of olive tree (17-32) Depth of God’s wisdom (33-36) 12 Present your bodies as a living sacrifice (1, 2) Different gifts but one body (3-8) Advice on true Christian living (9-21) 13 Subjection to the authorities (1-7) The paying of taxes (6, 7) Love fulfills the Law (8-10) Walk as in the daytime (11-14) 14 Do not judge one another (1-12) Do not cause others to stumble (13-18) Work for peace and unity (19-23) 15 Welcome one another as Christ did (1-13) Paul, a servant to the nations (14-21) Paul’s travel plans (22-33) 16 Paul introduces Phoebe, a minister (1, 2) Greetings to Roman Christians (3-16) Warning against divisions (17-20) Greetings from Paul’s coworkers (21-24) Sacred secret now known (25-27)