Those who cause divisions on obsecure points of doctrine are to be avoided, lest they lead us away from the fundamentals. We need to be wise in heavenly wisdom and guileless in regard to evil. The pure, childlike heart is quick to discern the right and wrong, because of the breath that evil leaves on its clear mirror.

In the case of each believer, however weak and helpless, God is pledged to fulfill to us Gen. 3:15. Not merely will he help us to do it, but he will do it for us. It is a remarkable conjunction; God against the devil and peace bruising.

These postscripts, from v. 17, were probably written by Paul’s own hand. See 1 Cor. 16:21. We are not all, as were Gaius and Erastus, men of note and wealth, but we can all resemble Quartus, ‘‘a brother.’? The mystery or secret with which the Epistle closes refers to the redemption wrought out by Jesus during his earthly ministry, 1 Tim. 3:16. But this was no new thing, as

aes been in the mind of God from times eternal, Rey.

What is the great theme of this Epistle? What subjects are treated in what you regard as its three greatest chapters?

Where was this Epistle written? At what time?

How generally is it regarded as the work of Paul?

Why does this Epistle deal so largely with the divine law?

(Each question applies to the paragraph of corresponding

Why did Paul long to see the Christians in Rome?

What does the Apostle state regarding the sins of the heathen world?

Why did special responsibility rest upon the Jew?

If all are under condemnation what advantage does the Jew possess?

Why can no one be justified by the works of the Law?

What is meant by the “righteousness of God”?

How is circumcision seen to be unnecessary to salvation?

Why wa’ the promise made to Abraham a challenge to his faith?

What things are involved in union with Christ?

Why is grace a stronger motive to holiness than the Law?

What is the result of bondage to the flesh? How may deliverance be accomplished?

To what does the Spirit bear witness with our spirit?

What is the Apostle’s supreme confidence?

Why has man no right to question God’s sovereignty ?

How were the Gentiles able to attain that which the Jews missed?

What is the distinction between righteousness and salvation?

What is the Apostle’s great argument for missions?

What is the lesson of the parable of the olive tree?

Why has God shut up all unto disobedience?

How is the physical body a symbol of the Church?

What is the sole means by which evil may be overcome?

Why should governmental authority be respected?

What special obligation rests upon the strong? Why has Christ been made a minister of the circumcision?

Of what things alone does the Apostle dare speak? With what purpose was he going to Jerusalem? What did he earnestly desire of the Christians at Rome? What facts are apparent concerning Phebe? In what terms does Paul speak of the character and work of the Roman Christians who were known to him?

Who was Paul’s helper in writing the Epistle? What is the closing benediction?