Romans 5 Bible Study

Read Romans 5:1-11
1. What did we do last week? What does it mean to be justified by faith? (v.1)


2. Who was provided access to our present standing? (v.2)


3. What does it mean to rejoice in the Glory of God? (v.2)


4. Explain verses 3-4. How does suffering produce perseverance, perseverance character and character hope? (v.3-4)


5. Why does God/Jesus not put us to shame/disappoint us? (v.5)


6. Put yourself in Christ’s shoes. Explain verses 6-8 as if you were in Christ’s position. (v.6-8)


7. What has Chris’s blood saved us from? How? (v.9)


8. How are we enemies to God? What is reconciled? How does this relate to us? (v.10-11)


Read Romans 5:12-21
9. How did sin enter the world? How did death enter the world? What death is being talked about here? (v.12)


10. What is the purpose of the law? How can sin exist before the law? (v.13)
11. What is the significance of the time of Moses? (v.14)


12. What does Paul mean by those who sin without breaking a command? (v.14)


13. What is “the gift”? How is God’s grace much greater than sin of one man? (v.15)
(If all have sinned, its more than those who have faith and receive grace numerically speaking)


14. What does “sin” bring and what does “the gift” bring? (v.16-17)


15. According to Paul, how many men brought condemnation and how many brought justification?(v.18-19)


16. How does sin increase with the law? (v. 20)
(Hint: What is the purpose of the law?)


17. Does this mean we should sin more since grace increases with sin? Why? (v. 20)


18. What reigns in death and what reigns in life?(v.21)


19. Sum up Romans 5