Romans Corps_Detailed Notes

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ROMANS
V.P. Wierwille

Romans
Table of Contents
REFERENCE Pages
Introduction ................................................................. v-xi
Background & Structure .............................................. 1-7
“Doulos” ................................................................. 9-17
“Genitive of Relationship” .......................................... 19-26
Romans 1:1 “Jesus Christ” ....................................... 27-31
Romans 1:1 “Called” ........................................ 33-36
Romans 1:1-3 “Separated” ......................................... 37-40
Romans 1:1-4 ........................................................ 41-45
Romans 1:4 ........................................................ 47-51
Romans 1:5-7 ........................................................ 53-58
Romans 1:8-12 ........................................................ 59-64
Romans 1:13-15 ........................................................ 65-70
Romans 1:17 ........................................................ 71-76
Romans 1:18-22 ........................................................ 77-80
Romans 1:18-26 ........................................................ 81-88
Romans 1:27-32 ........................................................ 89-96
Romans 2:1-6 ........................................................ 97-102
Romans 2:6-11 ........................................................ 103-107
Romans 2:12-16 ........................................................ 109-112
Romans 2:17-29 ........................................................ 113-118
Romans 3:1-9 ........................................................ 119-125
Romans 3:10-22 ........................................................ 127-131
Romans 3:21-26 ........................................................ 133-142
Romans 3:27-31 ........................................................ 143-147
Romans 4:1-8 ........................................................ 149-154
Romans 4:9-22 ........................................................ 155-165
Romans 4:23-5:11 ........................................................ 167-175
Romans 5:12 ........................................................ 177-182
Romans 5:12-14 ........................................................ 183-186
Romans 5:12-21 ........................................................ 187-199
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Romans 6:1-14 ........................................................ 201-212
Romans 6:15ff ........................................................ 213-221
Romans 6:15-7:6 ........................................................ 223-231
Romans 7:7-12 ........................................................ 233-238
Romans 7:13-25 ........................................................ 239-240
Romans 8:1-4 ........................................................ 241-249
Romans 8:5-11 ........................................................ 251-259
Romans 8:12-17 ........................................................ 261-269
Romans 8:18-21 ........................................................ 271-275
Romans 8:22-28 ........................................................ 277-285
Romans 8:29, 30 ........................................................ 287-295
Romans 8:31-39 ........................................................ 297-302
Romans 9:1-5 ........................................................ 303-308
Romans 9:6-13 ........................................................ 309-314
Romans 9:14-16 ........................................................ 315-319
Romans 9:17-33 ........................................................ 321-327
Romans 10:1-8 ........................................................ 329-334
Romans 10:9-13 ........................................................ 335-341
Romans 10:14, 15 ........................................................ 343-347
Romans 10:15-21 ........................................................ 349-353
Romans 11:1-24 ........................................................ 355-362
Romans 11:25-36 ........................................................ 363-366
Romans 12:1-3 ........................................................ 367-371
Romans 12:3-8 ........................................................ 373-380
Romans 12:9-21 ........................................................ 381-387
Romans 13:1 ........................................................ 389-395
Romans 13:1-8 ........................................................ 397-402
Romans 13:8-10 ........................................................ 403-410
Romans 13:11-14 ........................................................ 411-413
Romans 14:1 ........................................................ 415-419
Romans 14:1-6 ........................................................ 421-424
Romans 14:2-10 ........................................................ 425-432
Romans 14:11-23 ........................................................ 433-440
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Romans 14:17-23 ........................................................ 441-449
Romans 15:1-13 ........................................................ 451-458
Romans 15:13 ........................................................ 459-463
Romans 15:14-29 ........................................................ 465-469
Romans 15:30-33 ........................................................ 471-475
Romans 16:1-16 ........................................................ 477-481
Romans 16:16-18 ........................................................ 483-488
Romans 16:19-27 ........................................................ 489-497
The Meaning & Background of the Names of 499-501
Men and Women in Romans 16
Bibliography ........................................................ 503

ROMANS
INTRODUCTION
Jesus Christ, the man from Galilee, has affected all our lives to the Nth degree. Now the
word, or the words of God, as spoken or written; words of the judges, the prophets, Christ,
Peter, Paul, and all the others who spoke or wrote the Word of God are equal in
importance, otherwise, we reduce the Bible to a level where our respect for the word is
determined by man’s rivalry as to which is most important, rather than the authority of the
word, and the declaration of God which in I Corinthians 2:13 is:
“Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s
wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
The authority of the word is divine. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Spirit, for the prophecy came not in olden time by the will of man, but holy men of
God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. The difference in the word is made
known by observing to whom, when, special persons, circumstances, what administration
it is spoken or written, and many other signposts that must be observed.
In the gospel of John, chapter 16, we read in verse 12-16:
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear
them now
Howbeit when he [it], the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show
you things to come.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show
it unto you.
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he
shall take of mine and shall show it unto you.
A little while, and ye shall not see me, and again a little while
and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.”
A fantastic record about the man, Jesus Christ. He spoke this before the ascension, and
it is truly fantastic what he said. He said he had yet many things that were to be related but
they couldn’t take it at the time. In verse 13, when that spirit of truth, which came on the
day of Pentecost, that spirit will guide you into all truth. First, it’s called the spirit of truth;
secondly, it is going to guide you; thirdly, the guiding will be into all truth. If it is all truth,
how much more truth is there than all truth? None! That spirit is God in Christ in you
today, but going back, it was God in Christ at that time after the day of Pentecost to those
men who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit who gave the words which the
Holy Spirit teaches... first you have to hear it. They were given that word. Furthermore,
this spirit is going to glorify me for that spirit is God, via Jesus Christ, and that is why all
things that the Father hath are mine.
We’re going to be working one of the books of the Bible that begins to make known the
spirit of truth that will guide into all truth. That spirit that they heard, that spoke, and that
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even showed things to come. The greatness of this revelation was so fantastic, and people
were so excited and moving with it, that Acts 19 has that great statement which is
knowledgeable to all of you – Acts 19:10:
“This continued by the space of two years; so that all they which
dwelt in Asia [Minor] heard the word [logos] of the Lord
[Jesus], both Jews and Greeks.”
That was a tremendous time in the history of the world, that something that is all truth
should be made known. What a tremendous thing, that it is possible to have the all truth. It
is exciting and electrifying! How many times have we not had more error than we’ve ever
had truth handed to us? But to think that the word of God declares that there is an all truth
that the spirit will guide into. Under the ministry of Paul and the other apostles and
disciples, the whole province of Asia Minor heard the “logos,” the word in two years and 3
months, and yet, it is a marked contrast when compared with II Timothy 1:5:
“This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned
away from me; ...”
Before the death of the apostle Paul, the one who was responsible, along with others,
that all this province of Asia heard the word of the Lord; before his death, it is recorded in
God’s word that they in Asia had turned away.
Now I, for one moment, do not believe that they turned away from Paul because they
disliked the clothing that he wore, or the way he looked. It was a lot deeper than that.
Before the death of the apostle Paul, that scripture in John 16:12-16 had been fulfilled. The
spirit had come and had guided them into all truth. And therefore, the Adversary went to
work, to chip away at that truth so that they lost the significance of the great mystery. All
the great revelation of God in Christ in you, the hope of glory; having passed from death
unto life; no condemnation; all of those great truths of what God made Christ to be for the
believer; what He made the believer to be in Christ; all of that was gone before the death of
that man. Knowing these great truths documented from God’s word, you can readily see
why the Adversary is always after the word. He doesn’t mind if you talk about witnessing
– as long as you don’t do it. He doesn’t mind if you say “I’m a Christian and I’m going to
heaven” – as long as you don’t move the word. It is the word that disturbs him, it’s the
word that upsets him, and he does everything that is in his power to deter, to hinder, to
obstruct, to destroy the people who have a knowledge of the word, or begin to compromise
on the word. He’ll do anything; and he did that in the first century.
We went through stuff like what they called “apostolic succession.” If you want to see
apostolic succession, you see it in Acts 20:29:
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves
enter in among you, not sparing the flock”
This “grievous wolves,” that’s apostolic succession. That’s what happened after the
apostle Paul’s death. They look nice, they act nice, they sweet talk you, but they have no
word, the word is gone, it’s disappeared. You’ve got to get committed to the word. We’re
going to be in that word where the all truth is made known. I do not know of anything
more because there is no more to know, and it’s all truth! The only problem I will ever
have is with me believing that God’s word means what it says and says what it means, that
it is God’s true word. So I have to get committed to that word. The Cheyenne “dog
soldiers” carried a leather thong, about 20 feet long, around their waist. When they got out
to battle, they would drive down a stake to which they would tie that 20 foot leather thong.