| | | |---|---| |1. All people are sinners, therefore all, without exception, need to be saved from their sin.|1:18–3:20; 5:12–19| |2. The Mosaic law, though good and holy, cannot counteract the power of sin.|2:12–29; 3:9–20; 5:20; 7:1–25; 9:30–10:8| |3. Through the righteousness of God, sin is judged and salvation is provided.|3:21–26; 5:12–19; 6:1–10; 7:1–6; 8:1–4| |4. With the coming of Jesus Christ, the former age of redemptive history has passed away and the new age of redemptive history has begun.|1:1–7; 3:21–26; 5:1–8:39| |5. The atoning death of Jesus Christ is central to God’s plan of salvation.|3:21–26; 4:23–25; 5:6–11, 15–19; 6:1–10; 7:4–6; 8:1–4| |6. Justification is by faith alone.|1:16–4:25; 9:30–10:21| |7. There is a certain hope of future glory for those who are in Christ Jesus.|5:1–8:39| |8. Those who have died with Christ and who enjoy the work of the Holy Spirit are enabled to live a new life.|2:25–29; 6:1–7:6; 8:1–39| |9. God is sovereign in salvation; he works all things according to his plan.|9:1–11:36| |10. God fulfills his saving promises to both Jews and Gentiles.|1:18–4:25; 9:1–11:36; 15:8–13| |11. The grace of the gospel calls Christians to personal holiness, mutual service, good citizenship, and wholehearted neighbor-love in Christ.|12:1–13:14|