Preface:
1. One
Analysis of chapters 5-8, showing that the main theme is not sanctification but the certainty of final salvation - chapter 5: 1-11: the consequences of justification - through our Lord Jesus Christ - 'peace with God' before 'the peace of God'
2. Two
The manward and Godward sides of 'peace with God' - six tests of our justification - peace and assurance - the characteristics of true and false peace
3. Three
Access to God - our once-for-ever introduction into the state of grace - its privileges and blessings - the security of our standing - boldness and assurance
4. Four
Boasting and exulting in hope - 'the glory of God' - glorification and physical resurrection - 'glory begun below' - the sense of glory
5. Five
The Christian's reaction to trials contrasted with that of the cults - not resignation-but glorying - understanding God's purpose in trials - the final result
6. Six
Hope leads not to shame but to overcoming - the direct, experimental assurance of God's love - supporting testimonies - exhortation to seek this knowledge of God's love
7. Seven
The Holy Spirit and assurance - the proof of God's working within us - ­the guarantee of our perseverance in faith - the evidence of the Spirit's presence by his work in us
8. Eight
Verses 6-8 an exposition of the Father's love - no conflict with his justice - God's love commended in relation to the time, the sending and death of Christ and the character of those saved
9. Nine
God's love for sinners - the meaning of ungodliness - the righteous man and the good man - the death of Christ - God's love the ground of our assurance
10. Ten
'Much more then' - salvation past, present and future - Christ's blood the ground of our justification - the finality of God's pronouncement of justification
11. Eleven
Further argument from the greater to the lesser - objective and subjective aspects of enmity - the necessity of Christ's death for reconciliation - the security of those who have been grafted into Christ
12. Twelve
Glorying in God and causes of not doing so - inadequate understanding of justification by faith - lack of meditation - failure to reason from the Scriptures - self-examination and rejoicing
13. Thirteen
New section - connection with preceding verses - linked especially with 'in his life' - passage seen as an introduction to chapters 6-8 - the two heads of the human race - the importance of the section
14. Fourteen
General analysis of the passage - comparison and contrast of Christ with Adam - the universality of sin and death - the contrary explanations of evolutionary philosophy and the Bible
15. Fifteen
The meaning of 'all have sinned' - the imputation of Adam's sin - the parallel with the imputation of Christ's righteousness - the doctrine of original sin
16. Sixteen
Our relationship to Adam - the realistic view and the federal view - the authority of the apostles defended - Adam the type of Christ, the similarities and the differences
17. Seventeen
The contrasts between Adam and Christ - wages and the free gift - the certainty and abundance of God's grace - blessings gained more than Adam lost
18. Eighteen
Universalism, the 'one' and the 'many' - Biblical usage and contextual limits - Paul concerned with the connection, not with numbers - dangers of speculation
19. Nineteen
One offence and many offences - condemnation and justification - the reign of death - the gift of righteousness and our reign in life
20. Twenty
The judicial effects of Adam's sin - the judicial effects of Christ's obedience - our position in Christ, no longer in Adam - the Christian's assurance in spite of sin
21. Twenty-one
The function of the Law - increasing man's knowledge of sin - convicting of sin - inciting to sin - bringing men to Christ - the necessity for a law-work
22. Twenty-two
The superabundance of grace - the source of assurance and joy - man under sin's dominion - sin's reign in modem society - sin and death
23. Twenty-three
The reign of grace - the activity of grace - the inauguration of the kingdom of grace - grace and righteousness - reverence and boldness
24. Twenty-four
The programme of the reign of grace - seen in Biblical history, prophecy and church history - seen in the individual, in the 'ordo salutis' - the power of grace
25. Twenty-five
The power of the reign of grace - spiritual death and irresistible grace - the powerful work of grace in every part of salvation - indelible grace
26. Twenty-six
The munificence of grace - the ultimate victory of grace - the One who makes this reign possible - the triumph of grace in Christ's Kingship