Session 4.37: October 2, 2026
Study session scripture: Romans 15:14-33
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.
Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.
Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Study session topics:
Greetings, final instructions, and doxology
Paul’s greetings to the Church at Rome (vv. 1-16)
Phoebe
Friends and fellow workers
Paul as an “Ideas” person and a “people” person
Final warning against false teachers (vv. 17-20)
Their motivations
Their methods
Paul’s encouragement that God will soon crush Satan under the church’s feet
Paul’s third benediction (v. 20)
Greetings from Paul’s associates (vv. 21-23)
Timothy
Church representatives
Prominent Corinthian believers
Paul’s scribe, Tertius
Doxology (vv. 25-27)
Benediction vs. doxology
Revelation of the mystery
God’s plan has only recently been revealed in full
Him who is able to strengthen you
This only wise God deserves glory forever! Amen!
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