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Romans 9-11 Bible Study Questions

New blog post! Bible study questions for Romans 9-11

This is part of a series of posts on Romans. Click here for the contents page. Here are some questions for a Bible Study doing an overview of Romans 9-11. Underneath are some suggested answers. The questions are grouped into four sections (see the four headings below). One way to do the study is for everyone to do the first section together, then split into three groups doing one of the…

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Background to Romans 9-11: key teaching from Romans 3:1-4:25

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Having considered the structure of chapters 3-4 (the C1 section), we are almost ready to focus on chapters 9-11 (the C2 section) in detail. Before we do that, we will go through some of Paul’s key teaching from chapters 3-4, which is of foundational importance to understanding the related chapters 9-11.

Chapters 3-4…

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Structure of Romans 3:1-4:25

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Having considered the structure of Romans 1:16-2:29 (the B1 section), we will now move on to Romans 3:1-4:25 (the C1 section). Here is a structure for this section:

The relationship between the sections is not as clear as in some other parts of the letter. I have chosen this structure mainly due to the internal…

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Structure of Romans 1:16-2:29

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After considering the internal structure of Romans 5-8 (the central D section), we will now consider the internal structure of 1:16-2:29 (the B1 section).

The B1 section can be split into two parts:

This division is apparent from the internal structures of both of these sections, as will now be demonstrated, beginning…

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Romans 8:28-30 and its relevance to Romans 9

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A significant number of Christians do not interpret Romans 9:6-29 in the way that I have set out in the previous posts. Very often, Romans 8:28-30 is used to support an argument for a different interpretation of Romans 9. It is therefore important that we consider these verses, to see whether the interpretation I have…

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Romans 9:24-29 – Whom has God “called”? What does “called” mean?

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In the previous post we looked at Romans 9:22-23. Continuing from the end of verse 23:

“…vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— [24] even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles? [25] As indeed he says in Hosea, “Those who were not my people I will call ‘my…

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Romans 9:22-23 – Why does God put up with unbelieving ethnic Israelites? Can ‘vessels of wrath’ become ‘vessels of mercy’?

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Having considered Romans 9:20-21 (about the potter and the clay), in this post we will continue with verses 22-23:

“[22] What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath ready for destruction, [23] in order to make known the riches of his glory for…

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Romans 9:20-21 – Do unbelieving ethnic Israelites have a right to criticise God’s judgement? – The potter and the clay

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Having reached the centre of the structure of Romans 9:6-29 (the B2-B1 section) we are now ready to begin the return journey in this post. Following from verse 20a (‘But who are you, O man, to answer back to God?’), Paul continues with:

“[20b] Will what is moulded say to its moulder, “Why have you made me like this?””

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Structure of Romans 9:6-29

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Having reached up to verse 20a of Romans 9, we will pause to consider the structure of Romans 9:6-29 (the B2-B1 section). This is a good time to do so because, as we will see, verse 20a is in fact the central point of this section. The structure will help us to ensure that we interpret the rest of the section…

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Romans 9:19-20 – Is it right for God to find fault with unbelieving ethnic Israelites?

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To recap, Paul is addressing an anticipated objection from some ethnic Israelites who will not like his teaching that God has decided to save all who have faith in Christ. This means that many of Paul’s fellow ethnic Israelites are not currently receiving God’s blessing, because they are not trusting in Christ. Paul’s…

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Romans 9:17-18 – God’s right to harden – Pharaoh

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In the previous post, we saw how this section (verses 14-18) teaches that God has the right to have mercy on whomever he chooses. After giving the first part of his example in verse 15 (relating to Moses, whom God decided to have mercy on), and making his main point in verse 16 (‘it depends not on human will or…

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Romans 9:14-16 – God’s right to show mercy – Moses

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To recap, Paul has been responding to some ethnic Israelite objectors who will not like his teaching that God has decided to save all who have faith in Christ. They consider that God ought to save ethnic Israelites due to their physical descent from Abraham and/or their works, and that the current situation of many…

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Romans 9:10-13 – “Not based on works” – Jacob and Esau

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This detailed analysis follows from the previous overview of 9:6-13. As we saw in the previous post, looking in detail at the “not by ethnicity” part (9:6-9) of this section, Paul has demonstrated that descent from Abraham is no guarantee of receiving God’s blessing. Now, in the “not based on works” part (9:10-13), he…

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Romans 9:6-9 – “Not based on ethnicity” – Isaac and Ishmael

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Having had an overview of what Paul is saying in Romans 9:6-13, we will now look in more detail at the “not based on ethnicity” part – verses 6 to 9. As explained before, in these verses Paul is demonstrating that physical descent from Abraham is no guarantee of receiving God’s blessing:

“[6] But it is not as though…

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Overview of Romans 9:6-13 – Has God been unfaithful to ethnic Israel?

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In the previous post, we saw that the question, “has the word of God failed?” – i.e. “has God been unfaithful to ethnic Israel?”, is being asked in response to Paul’s clear teaching that God has decided to save all who have faith in Christ. Paul anticipates that this teaching will prompt an objection from some ethnic…

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Structure of Romans – the whole letter

This is part of a series of posts on Romans. Click here for the contents page. Now that we have considered who Paul is addressing in different sections of the letter, we will next consider the overall structure of the letter. In my analysis, I believe there to be an overall structure of the whole letter of Romans. As we will see, the structure will help us to understand the letter, so considering…

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Romans - whom is Paul addressing?

This is part of a series of posts on Romans. Click here for the contents page. In Romans, Paul is writing to both Jew and Gentile Christians, but is the whole letter aimed at both groups or are parts of the letter aimed at one or the other of the two groups? It seems there are definitely some points where he’s very explicitly talking to one group or the other, so it can’t all be aimed at both…

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