romans

paul and the power of the spirit

by robert brow  (www.brow.on.ca)

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13).

contents

• introduction
• chapter one
• 1: 1- 17 GOOD NEWS about the Spirit as the power of God
• 1:18-21 WRATH as bad consequences without the Spirit
• 1:22-32 GREEK WISDOM instead of the Spirit
• chapter two
• 2:1-24 LEGALISM instead of the Spirit
• 2:25-29 CIRCUMCISION of the Spirit
• chapter three
• 3:1-20 SIN as the human condition without the Spirit
• 3:21-31 FAITH and the Spirit
• chapter four
• 4:1-25 ABRAHAM and the Spirit
• chapter five
• 5:1-11 LOVE by the Spirit
• 5:12-21 LIFE by the Spirit
• chapter six
• 6:1-11 BAPTISM into Christ by the Spirit
• 6:12-23 FREEDOM of the Spirit
• chapter seven
• 7:1-13 LAW and the Spirit
• 7:14--25 FLESH and the Spirit
• chapter eight
• 8:1-13 MINDSET on the Spirit
• 8:14-17 ADOPTION by the Spirit
• 8:18-25 FIRSTFRUITS of the Spirit
• 8:26-27 PRAYER in the Spirit
• 8:28-30 PERFECTING by the Spirit
• 8:31-39 GOD FOR US by the Spirit
• chapter nine
• 9:1-33 ISRAEL and the Spirit
• chapter ten
• 10:1-21 GOODNEWSING the Spirit
• chapter eleven
• 11:1-36 REMNANT of the Spirit
• chapter twelve
• 12:1-10 TRANSFORMATION by the Spirit
• 12:11-21 ETHICS of life in the Spirit
• chapter thirteen
• 13:1-10 THE STATE and the Spirit
• 13:11-14 THE COMING and the Spirit
• chapter fourteen
• 14:1-23 JUDGING in the Spirit
• chapter fifteen
• 15:1-12 UNITY of the Spirit
• 15:13 BLESSING of the Spirit
• 15:14-33 MISSION of the Spirit
• chapter sixteen
• 16:1-24 COWORKERS in the Spirit
• 16:25-27 DOXOLOGY of the Spirit
• conclusion.