Scripture Studies in the New Testament - A Verse-by-Verse Bible Study

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 8:4-11. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: What “living by the flesh” means -- The difficulty of not “living by the flesh” -- The progression in verses 4 through 8, as reflected in the NASB translation -- Paul’s use of the word “walk” -- The high stakes of “living by the Spirit” vs...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 8:2-4. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.   Topics covered: The meaning of the literary phrases ”the law of the Spirit of life”, and “the law of sin and death.” -- God intervening, because of our weaknesses -- Before Christ, everyone “under the law” -- How we are all under the law, before Christ -- The me...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 8:1. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Introduction to chapter 8 -- The contrast between the end of chapter 7 and the beginning of chapter 8 -- What does the word “Therefore” refer to? -- The word “now” in verse 1, and what it suggests -- Romans 5 as a possible lead-in to Romans 8...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 7:12-25. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The horridness of sin -- Paul’s struggles with sin -- The Christian’s struggle with sin -- The battle within us -- “This body of death” -- Hope for the Christian -- The missing Holy Spirit in chapters 6 and 7 -- Introduction to chapter 8....

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 7:9-13. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: What moment in life in verse 9 referring to? -- Paul’s attitude before he was a Christian -- The moment when Paul recognized he was spiritually dead -- The moment in life, described in verse 9, that everyone on earth experiences: The true...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 7:1-6. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Assuming the Bible says what it means, and means what it says -- Paul’s switch to use the first person -- Multiple levels of meaning in this passage -- How the Law and sin are related -- The Law educates us about sin -- The uniqueness of th...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 7:1-6. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Themes of chapters 7 and 8 -- “… under law…” and “… under grace…” -- Paul’s style of writing -- Paul’s analogy about living under law -- The mechanism by which we are released from the law: death -- The death and new life of Christians -- T...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 6:18-23. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Uses of analogies in the Bible -- The consequences of being a slave to sin -- The slog of sanctification -- Plea for zeal for righteousness -- The Christian’s modified view of the past -- Shame, and its value -- Holiness -- Silence about...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 6:17. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Serving from the heart -- Obeying “the form of teaching to which you were entrusted” -- A fact: we are all “entrusted” with differing levels of teaching about Christ -- The ramifications of that -- This begs the question: What is the fate of...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 6:11-16. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Change of language beginning with verse 11: giving instructions/commands -- The ruler of this world -- Our choice in verse 13 -- The military connotation of verse 13 -- Offering each part of ourselves -- “… not under law, but under grace…...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 6:3-11. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The symbolism of baptism: A death, and a resurrection -- Being united with Christ -- The obstacles to dying to sin -- The slow process of dying to sin -- Mortification, and vivification -- Crucifying the old self -- Freedom from slavery to...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 6:1-4. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The sin of taking advantage of God's grace -- The salvation that begins in this life: Salvation from sin in this world -- The transforming nature of salvation: A new life -- Breaking free from sin's control -- Sanctification -- The Holy Spi...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 5:13-21. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: Review of verses 13 to 21 -- Finishing the sentence of verse 12 -- A purpose of the law -- The written law and the natural law -- Adam as a pattern of Christ -- The basis of the pattern -- Christ’s undoing of Adam’s work -- The vast scope...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 5:12-19. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The difficulty of this passage -- Paul’s purpose in writing -- A summary of Paul’s primary point of the passage -- Guiding principles for interpreting difficult passages -- The difficulties with verse 12 -- The significance of Adam’s sin...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 5:5-11. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The hope of the Christian -- God’s poured-out love -- The Holy Spirit, a token of God’s love -- The ultimate demonstration of God’s love -- Our state when we received God’s love -- The rareness of Christ’s sacrifice -- Who Christ died for...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 5:1-5. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The benefits of being justified -- Peace with God -- Access to God -- The confidence before God that we have through Christ -- Hope -- “...glory in our sufferings…” -- The surety of sufferings -- The purpose of sufferings -- Benefits to our...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:22-25.  These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.   Topics covered: The righteousness Abraham gained by faith, a model for us -- Abraham’s faith that God can “bring life from the dead” (and ours) -- Two ways that Abraham believed in God’s life-giving power -- Two ways that Christians believe in God’s...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:17-21. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The nature of Abraham’s faith: its core, its irrationality (in the eyes of the world), its consistency, its basis, its result -- The promises to Abraham pointed ahead to Christ -- Abraham’s faith in God’s life-giving power -- The relation...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:13-16. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.    Topics covered: The promises to Abraham had nothing to do with the law -- Abraham’s great works rooted in faith -- The “all-or-nothing” aspect of righteousness through the law -- The perfect righteousness required by God’s perfect righteousness -- The pu...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:4-12. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.   Topics covered: The importance of faith, in God’s eyes - God’s crediting of righteousness not a result of any works - An eternal truth: God is a debtor to no one - This implies that salvation will never come from works - God’s surprising willingness to justify...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:3. These studies focus on what the Bible says, and what it means.  This study focuses on reconciling the writings of Paul and James.   Topics covered: The various citations of Gen. 15:6 in the New Testament (besides in Romans 4:3); Galatians 5:8 and Abraham's belief in the Gospel message; Christ's teaching on the road to Emma...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 4:1-3.  The emphasis of this Bible study is to look at what the Bible says and what it means. Topics covered: The New Testament as a continuation of the Old Testament; Christ in the Old Testament; the faith of Abraham; Abraham's three great works, all driven by faith; the three great promises of God to Abraham; Abraham's faith in th...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 3:21-32.  The emphasis of this Bible study is to look at what the Bible says and what it means. For more Bible studies, visit ScriptureStudies.com

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 3:19-26.  The emphasis of this Bible study is to look at what the Bible says and what it means. Topics covered: Accountability to the law, whether Mosaic or natural; no one righteous under the law, whether Mosaic or natural; the importance of the words, "But now"; Paul's the grand declaration of the Gospel, in vss. 21-26; the import...

A verse-by-verse Bible study class. This study covers Romans 3:1-18.  The emphasis of this Bible study is to look at what the Bible says and what it means. Topics include: Paul's answer to objections by the Jews, as to whether they need Christ; the value of the Word of God to the children of Israel; the truth of religion not based on the unfaithfulness of its adherents; absurd arguments of th...