Jensens survey of the old testament adam 449
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tell the Roman Christians of his plan to visit
them and enlist their support for his
proposed tour to Spain (15:23-25). The
letter also would pave the way for Paul’s
personal visit by giving instruction to the
Christians regarding the basic truths of
salvation and Christian living. This intent of
setting forth a solid interpretation of the
gospel must be the underlying purpose of
the epistle, and almost two thousand years
of church history have demonstrated
successful ful llment of such a divine
purpose.2
III. SURVEY
A. PREPARING TO SURVEY
1. Keep in mind that a single Bible book is
a structure composed of various parts.
Recall from an earlier study that we are
using the following terms to represent
individual units of that total structure:
a. Paragraph: A paragraph is a group of
sentences (usually verses) making up one
thought unit (e.g., Rom. 9:1-5).
b. Segment: A segment is a group of
paragraphs, often the length of one chapter,
sometimes shorter or longer (e.g., Rom. 2:17
—3:8).
c. Section: A section is a group of
segments, such as Romans 1:18—3:20.
d. Division: These are the largest units of
a book. For Romans, there are four divisions:
prologue; doctrine; practice; epilogue. These
will be located later.
2. Turn the pages of Romans in your Bible,
for quick, rst impressions. How many
chapters in this letter? Are any exceptionally
long? What is the rst and last word of the
letter? Does Paul quote the Old Testament
often? (NASB clearly shows Old Testament
quotes by using all capitalized letters.)
B. FIRST READING
Scan the book of Romans, chapter by
chapter, in one sitting. It is not necessary to
read every word at this time, but it is
important to read the rst and last verses of
each chapter. For this rst reading do not
tarry over the text as though you were
analyzing it. Otherwise, the weight of
sixteen chapters will suddenly bear down
heavily upon you, and you will be
discouraged from pursuing your survey.
Did you observe any repeated words,
especially in the rst verse of each chapter?
Is there a prevailing atmosphere throughout,
or does the atmosphere change along the
way? Regarding the kind of content, how
does chapter 16 compare with all the other
chapters?
C. SURVEYING THE INDIVIDUAL
SEGMENTS
Now refer to Chart 63 (survey of Romans)
and note that the epistle is divided into
twenty segments. Note that all the segments
begin with the rst verse of each chapter,
with these exceptions: 1:18; 2:17; 3:9; 3:21;
9:30; 12:9; 15:14. Mark these segment
divisions in the Bible version that you are
using as the basic text of your survey. Then
scan through Romans segment by segment
and assign a segment title to each. Record
the titles by whatever method you are using
for this.
What new impressions do you have of
Romans? Have key words begun to appear?
