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2. The Christians At Corinth

3. The Epistle…  A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14  Yet, with doses of sharp sarcasm & rhetoric  He answers charges he is “bold in writing” but “weak when present” 10:1-11  He states his “apostolic credentials” 11:1-33

4. The Christians At Corinth The Epistle…  A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14  He “boasts” of his revelations 12:1-10  Yet, God gave him a “thorn in the flesh”  He chides the Corinthians for believing & accepting what they heard about him that they knew was not true 12:11-21

5. The Christians At Corinth The Epistle…  A “reluctant” self-defense 10:1 – 13:14  He warns about his upcoming visit and gives some final exhortations 13:1-14  “When I arrive, I will not spare anyone”  “Examine yourselves…”  “Rejoice…be complete…be in peace”

6. Lesson 48 – In Achaia & Greece 20:2-3 Leaving Macedonia, Paul goes to Greece… namely, Achaia (Corinth) v. 2a He came to Corinth just as he had said he would 1 Cor 4:19 16:5 He stayed 3 months v. 3a The winter months 1 Cor 16:6

7. The Christians In Rome

8. Events Leading Up To This Epistle… WWritten from Corinth on the 3rd journey PPaul came to “Greece” (Achaia) after passing through Macedonia Acts 20:2 HHe spent 3 months there before sailing to Syria Acts 20:3 TThe winter months earlier mentioned 1 Cor 16:5-6

9. Events Leading Up To This Epistle…  Written from Corinth on the 3rd journey  He commends Phoebe to them 16:1  She was from Cenchrea…Corinth’s seaport  His host was Gaius 16:23  Possibly the same “Gaius” as in 1 Cor 1:14  The collection was being gathered 15:25-27

10. The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle…  Paul had never been to Rome  He had tried to come, but had been hindered 1:11-13 15:22-23  He still maintained plans to go Acts 19:21  He would later be told by the Lord he would in fact go to Rome Acts 23:11

11. The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle…  Thematically, some see this as Paul’s grandest epistle  The most O.T. quotations of any he wrote  It addresses some important topics…  …A complete presentation of sin  …Justification by grace through faith, not by works of law

12. The Christians In Rome Events Leading Up To This Epistle…  Thematically, some see this as Paul’s grandest epistle  The most O.T. quotations of any he wrote  It addresses some important topics…  …Practical instruction on how people justified by grace through faith ought to live

13. The Christians In Rome The Epistle… GGreetings & Thematic Statement 1:1-17 OOpening acknowledgements vv. 1-7 TThankfulness & plans re: Rome vv. 8-15 TTheme Ù the gospel is God’s power to save…justification is by faith vv. 16-17

14. The Epistle…  Man’s Sin Problem & Remedy 1:18 – 5:21  Indictment #1 Ù all Gentiles guilty 1:18-32  Indictment #2 Ù all Jews guilty 2:1-29  They are not better off than the Gentiles just because of the former covenant  Indictment #3 Ù all men guilty 3:1-23

15. The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Man’s Sin Problem & Remedy 1:18 – 5:21  God’s remedy Ù justification by God’s grace & man’s faith 3:24 – 5:21  Salvation by faith, not “law keeping” 3:24-31  Case study to prove Ù Abraham 4:1-22  Follow Abraham’s example 4:23 – 5:11  God’s power to save illustrated 5:12-21

16. The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #1 Ù “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?” 6:1-14  Sin increases…grace abounds more  God forbid!! We’ve died to sin

17. The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #2 Ù “Shall we sin because we’re not under law, but under grace?” 6:15 – 7:6  Sin is no longer our master…Christ is  Law (“1st husband”) has died

18. The Christians In Rome The Epistle…  Questions Asked & Answered 6:1 – 11:36  Objections anticipated from Jewish view  Question #3 Ù “Is the Law sin?” 7:7-23  Law is not to blame for man’s sin  Sin uses Law to deceive, kill man  Law only frustrates the man trying to be justified by it