Romans 4 Bible Study

Read Romans 4:1-8
1. Who is Paul talking to? (v.1)


2. What came first: Abraham or the Law? Why is this significant? (v.1)


3. How does verse 2 relate to Romans 3:27? (v.2)


4. What was credited to Abraham?


5. What point is Paul trying to make about the man who works for faith vs. the man who doesn’t work but trusts God? (v. 4-5)


6. Who is David talking about? (v.7-8)


Read Romans 4:9-15
7. How does verse 9 relate to Romans Ch. 2? (v.9)


8. Who do the Jews believe are blessed? How is Abraham blessed if he is before circumcision? (v.10)


9. What is verse 11 saying? What is circumcision? (v.11)


10. Who is Abraham the father of? How does this contradict Jewish belief? (v.12)


11. What promise is being talked about here? (v. 13)


12. How did Abraham receive the covenant/promise? (v. 13)


13. Why does faith have no value if you live as if you are an heir to the law? Who were heirs to the law? (v.14)


14. What is verse 15 saying? (v.15)


Read Romans 4:16-25
15. What is Paul saying in verse 16? (v.16)


16. What covenant/promise did God make with Abraham in verse 17? (v.17)


17. What does Paul mean when he says “Against all hope”? (v. 18-19)


18. What was Abraham’s mindset through this situation? How should our lives correlate? (v. 20-21)


19. Why was it credited to Abraham as righteousness? (v. 22)


20. If it was not written for his sake alone, who else was it written for? Why? (v.23-24)


21. What was the point of Jesus’ death and resurrection? How do we receive justification? (v.25)