D STRUCTURE OF ROMANS The next step in survey study is to look for groups of segments according to content or any turning point in the book Do not refer to the outlines on Chart 63 until you have rst tried to arrive at your own outlines Even if you not arrive at a complete outline for the book, the time spent here in independent study is well spent, for you will begin to get acquainted more intimately with what Paul was writing as you try to discover how he wrote those truths This is the search for structure, or organization, of the book Try answering these questions on the basis of your survey of the twenty segments of Romans: What is the rst segment about? In what ways does it serve as a prologue (introduction) to the book? Paul’s letters are composed mainly of doctrinal and practical passages Which comes rst in Romans? Where does the concentration of the second kind of passage begin? How is the opening sentence of this second kind a clue to what follows in the division? The last two segments (15:14-33 and 16:1-27) make up the epilogue How they conclude the letter? What are the last three verses of the letter? Now you have viewed the four main divisions of Romans: prologue; doctrinal; practical; epilogue Where are they identi ed on Chart 63? Where in the epistle does Paul write much about sin and judgment? about justification? about Israel? Try to group the segments between 1:18 and 11:36 according to similar content These groups are called sections Is there a logical progression of general doctrinal content in the sequence of the sections? If so, what is it? Before referring to the outlines on Chart 63, survey the segments and sections of Romans some more E SURVEY CHART OF ROMANS Observe on Chart 63 that the prologue is made up of three parts: salutation; personal testimony; and introduction of the theme Locate these in the Bible text The rst eleven chapters are mainly doctrinal In those chapters Paul presents the great truths of the gospel What are the main doctrines involved? How does the doctrinal division (1:18—11:36) end? Is that a clue that a change of subject follows? The remaining chapters, 12-16, are mainly practical In those chapters Paul shows the practical working out of the doctrines taught in chapters 1-11 Read Philippians 2:12-13 for what Paul writes about working out one’s salvation There is an ascending progression of subject in the sections of 1:18—11:36, shown by the arrow The progression moves from the wrath of God (God’s holiness in condemning sin) to the glory of God (Gods glory the object of service) Study the other parts of the outline as they t into this progression From the outline of 12:1— 15:13 note also what should be the ultimate object of all Christian service Though the practice of Christianity may involve the most menial of tasks, all such practice is placed by the Bible on a very high plane Observe how the practical ... by the arrow The progression moves from the wrath of God (God’s holiness in condemning sin) to the glory of God (Gods glory the object of service) Study the other parts of the outline as they... and introduction of the theme Locate these in the Bible text The rst eleven chapters are mainly doctrinal In those chapters Paul presents the great truths of the gospel What are the main doctrines... follows in the division? The last two segments (15:14-33 and 16:1-27) make up the epilogue How they conclude the letter? What are the last three verses of the letter? Now you have viewed the four