# Bible chapter summary 8: the Letters

## Romans

1. Paul greets Rome's saints, unashamed of the Gospel, God's wrath against sin
2. God's righteous judgment, the Jews and the Law
3. God remains faithful, nobody is righteous, righteousness through faith in Christ
4. Abraham justified by faith and received the promise
5. the triumph of faith, Christ's sacrifice for the ungodly, death in Adam and life in Christ
6. dead to sin and alive to God, the payment for sin
7. release from the Law, God's Law is holy, struggling with sin
8. walking by the Spirit, heirs with Christ, future glory, God works in all things, more than conquerors
9. Paul's concern for the Jews, God's sovereign choice, Israel's unbelief
10. the word brings salvation
11. a remnant chosen by grace, the Gentiles' ingrafting, all Israel will be saved, a hymn of praise
12. living sacrifices, love/zeal/hope/hospitality, forgiveness
13. submission to authorities, love fulfills the Law, the day is near
14. the law of liberty and love
15. accept one another, Christ the servant of Jews and Gentiles, Paul the minister to the Gentiles, Paul's travel plans
16. personal greetings and love, avoid divisions, greetings from Paul's fellow workers, doxology

## 1 Corinthians

1. Greetings from Paul and Sosthenes, thanksgiving, call for unity in the church, the message of the cross, the wisdom from God
2. Paul's message is by the Spirit's power, spiritual wisdom
3. God's fellow workers, Christ our foundation, God's temple and God's wisdom
4. servants of Christ, Paul's fatherly warning
5. rebuking their immorality, command to expel the immoral brother
6. lawsuits among believers, members of Christ, the temple of the Holy Spirit
7. principles of marriage, live your calling, the unmarried and widowed
8. food sacrificed to idols
9. an apostle's rights, Paul is the servant to all, run your race to win
10. warnings from  Israel's past, flee from idolatry, do it all to God's glory
11. roles in worship, sharing in the Lord's Supper
12. spiritual gifts, the Body of Christ, the greater gifts
13. the importance of love
14. prophecy and tongues, a call to orderly worship
15. the resurrection of Christ and the dead, the order of resurrection, the resurrection body, death will have no victory
16. the collection for the saints, Paul's travel plans, Timothy and Apollos, concluding exhortations, signature and final greetings

## 2 Corinthians

1. Paul greets the Corinthians, the God of all comfort, Paul's changed plans
2. reaffirm your love, triumph in Christ
3. ministers of a New Covenant, the glory of the New Covenant
4. the light of the Gospel, treasure in jars of clay
5. our eternal dwelling, ambassadors for Christ
6. Paul's hardships and God's grace, do not be unequally yoked
7. Paul's joy in the Corinthians
8. Paul commends their generosity, Paul commends Titus
9. God loves a cheerful giver
10. Paul's apostolic authority
11. Paul and the false apostles, Paul's suffering and service
12. Paul's revelation, Paul's thorn and God's grace, Paul's concern for the Corinthians
13. examine yourselves, benediction and farewell

## Galatians

1. Paul's greeting to the Galatians, no other Gospel, Paul preaches the Gospel
2. the council at Jerusalem, Paul confronts Peter
3. faith and belief, Christ has redeemed, the purpose of the Law, sons through faith in Christ
4. sons and heirs, Paul's concern for the Galatians, Hagar and Sarah
5. freedom in Christ, walking by the Spirit
6. carry one another's burdens, final warnings and blessings

## Ephesians

1. Paul's greeting to the Ephesians, spiritual blessings, spiritual wisdom
2. alive with Christ, one in Christ, Christ our cornerstone
3. the mystery of the Gospel, Paul's prayer for the Ephesians
4. unity in the Body, new life in Christ
5. imitators of God, children of light, wives and husbands
6. children and parents, serving with honor, the full armor of God, final greetings

## Philippians

1. greetings from Paul and Timothy, thanksgiving and prayer, Paul's trials advance the Gospel, to live is Christ, worthy of the Gospel
2. one in Christ, the mind of Christ, lights in the world, Timothy and Epaphroditus
3. righteousness through faith in Christ, pressing on toward the goal, citizenship in heaven
4. rejoice in the Lord, the Philippians' generosity, final greetings

## Colossians

1. greetings from Paul and Timothy, thanksgiving and prayer, the supremacy of the Son, Paul's suffering for the church
2. absent in body and present in spirit, alive with Christ
3. put on the new self, Christian households, serving with honor
4. prayerful speech and actions, greetings from Paul's fellow workers, signature and final instructions

## 1 Thessalonians

1. greetings to the Thessalonians
2. Paul's ministry and longing to visit
3. Timothy's visit, Timothy's encouraging report
4. living to please God, the return of the Lord
5. the day of the Lord, Christian living, final blessings and instructions

## 2 Thessalonians

1. greetings to the Thessalonians, Christ's coming
2. the man of lawlessness, stand firm
3. request for prayer, a warning against idleness, signature and final greetings

## 1 Timothy

1. Paul's greeting to Timothy, correcting false teachers, God's grace to Paul
2. a call to prayer, instructions to women
3. qualifications for overseers, qualifications for deacons, the mystery of godliness
4. a warning against apostasy, a good servant of Jesus Christ
5. reproof and respect, honoring true widows, honoring elders, a charge to Timothy
6. serving with honor, reject false doctrines, godliness with contentment, fight the good fight, a charge to the rich, guard the faith

## 2 Timothy

1. Paul's greeting to Timothy, faithfulness under persecution, holding to sound teaching
2. grace and perseverance, the Lord's approved workman
3. evil in the last days, all scripture is God-breathed
4. preach the Word, personal concerns, the Lord remains faithful

## Titus

1. Paul's greeting to Titus, appointing elders on Crete, correcting false teachers
2. teaching sound doctrine, God's grace brings salvation
3. heirs of grace, avoid divisions, final remarks and greetings

## Philemon

1. greeting from Paul and Timothy, Philemon's faith and love, Paul's appeal for Onesimus, additional greetings

## Hebrews

1. the Son's supremacy
2. salvation confirmed, Jesus like his brothers
3. Jesus our Apostle and High Priest, do not harden your hearts, the peril of unbelief
4. the Sabbath rest, the living word
5. the perfect High Priest, milk and solid food
6. call to maturity, God's unchangeable promise
7. Melchizedek and Abraham, a superior priesthood
8. Christ's eternal priesthood, the new covenant
9. the earthly tabernacle, redemption through his blood
10. Christ's perfect sacrifice, a call to persevere
11. faith and assurance, the faith of many
12. call to endurance, God disciplines His sons, call to holiness, an unshakeable kingdom
13. brotherly love, Christ's unchanging nature, sacrifice/obedience/prayer, benediction and farewell

## James

1. greeting from James, rejoicing in trials, good and perfect gifts, hearing and doing
2. warning against favoritism, faith and works
3. taming the tongue, wisdom from above
4. warning against pride, drawing near to God, do not boast about tomrrow
5. warning to the rich, patience in suffering, the prayer of faith, restoring a sinner

## 1 Peter

1. greeting from Peter, a living hope, call to holiness, the enduring word
2. the living stone and chosen people, submission to authorities, Christ's example of suffering
3. wives and husbands, turning from evil, suffering for righteousness
4. living for God's glory, suffering as Christians
5. instructions to elders, cast your cares on Him, benediction and farewell

## 2 Peter

1. greeting from Peter, partakers of the divine nature, eyewitnesses of his majesty
2. deliverance from false prophets
3. the coming judgment, the day of the Lord, final exhortations

## 1 John

1. the word of life, walking in the light
2. Jesus our advocate, a new commandment, do not love the world, beware of antichrists, remain in Christ
3. children of God, love one another
4. testing the spirits, love comes from God
5. overcoming the world, God's testimony about His Son, effective prayer, the true God

## 2 John

1. greeting from the ender, walking in the truth, beware of deceivers, conclusion

## 3 John

1. greeting from the elder, Gaius commended for hospitality, Diotrephes and Demetrius, conclusion

## Jude

1. greeting from Jude, God's judgment on the ungodly, a call to persevere, doxology