Romans 1 Scofield
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1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
“seed”
See note on the Davidic descent of Christ, (See Scofield "Luke 3:23").
1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
“for obedience”
unto obedience to faith, i.e. faith as a principle, or method of divine dealing. Cf. Rom 10:1–11.
1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
“world”
kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield "Matt 4:8").
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
“salvation”
The Heb. and (Greek - ἀλεκτοροφωνία, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness). Salvation is the great inclusive word of the Gospel, gathering into itself all the redemptive acts and processes: as justification, redemption, grace, propitiation, imputation, forgiveness, sanctification, and glorification. Salvation is in three tenses:
(1) The believer has been saved from the guilt and penalty of sin Luke 7:50; 1 Cor 1:18; 2 Cor 2:15; Eph 2:5; Eph 2:8; 2 Tim 1:9 and is safe.
(2) the believer is being saved from the habit and dominion of sin Rom 6:14; Phil 1:19; Phil 2:12; Phil 2:13; 2 Thess 2:13; Rom 8:2; Gal 2:19; Gal 2:20; 2 Cor 3:18.
(3) The believer is to be saved in the sense of entire conformity to Christ. Rom 13:11; Heb 10:36; 1 Pet 1:5; 1 John 3:2. Salvation is by grace through faith, is a free gift, and wholly without works; Rom 3:27; Rom 3:28; Rom 4:1–8; Rom 6:23; Eph 2:8. The divine order is: first salvation, then works; Eph 2:9; Eph 2:10; Titus 3:5–8.
1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
“did not like”
refused to have. Lit. did not approve God.
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Introduction to Romans
WRITER: The Apostle Paul (Rom 1:1).
DATE: Romans, the sixth in chronological order of Paul's Epistles, was written from Corinth during the apostle's third visit to that city. 2 Cor 13:1 in A.D. 60. The Epistle has its occasion in the intention of the apostle soon to visit Rome. Naturally, he would wish to announce before his coming the distinctive truths which had been revealed to and through him. He would desire the Christians in Rome to have his own statement of the great doctrines of grace so bitterly assailed everywhere by legalistic teachers.
THEME: The theme of Romans is "the Gospel of God" (Rom 1:1), the very widest possible designation of the whole body of redemption truth, for it is He with whom is "no respect of persons"; and who is not "the God of the Jews only," but "of the Gentiles also"; Rom 2:11; Rom 3:29. Accordingly, "all the world" is found guilty Rom 3:19, and a redemption is revealed as wide as the need, upon the alone condition of faith. Not only does Romans embody in the fullest way the doctrines of grace in relation to salvation, but in three remarkable chapters (Romans 9-11.) the great promises to Israel are reconciled with the promises concerning the Gentiles, and the fulfilment of the former shown to await the completion of the church and coming of the Deliverer out of Zion Rom 11:25–27. The key-phrase is "the righteousness of God"; Rom 1:17; Rom 3:21; Rom 3:22.
The Epistle, exclusive of the introduction (Rom 1:1–17), is in seven parts.
1. The whole world guilty before God, Rom 1:18 to Rom 3:20.
2. Justification through the righteousness of God by faith, the Gospel remedy for guilt, Rom 3:21 to Rom 5:11.
3. Crucifixion with Christ, the resurrection life of Christ, and the walk in the Spirit, the Gospel provision for inherent sin, Rom 5:12 to Rom 8:13.
4. The full result in blessing of the Gospel, Rom 8:14–39.
5. Parenthesis: the Gospel does not abolish the covenant promises to Israel, Rom 9:1 to Rom 11:36.
6. Christian life and service, Romans 12:1-15:33. The outflow of Christian love, Romans 16:1-27.