1. a week-by-week Bible study for 2017 week 40: Romans 15:1-7

2. Bible study time A gentle proposal

3. Today’s class Reading the text (What does it say?)
Explaining the text (What does it mean?)
Applying the text (So what?)
Personalizing the text (Now what?)
Table prayer time (How can we help?)

4. Condensed ESV outline Righteousness introduced (1:1-17) (3)
Righteous wrath (1:18-3:20) (6)
Saving righteousness (3:21-4:25) (3)
Righteous freedom (5-8) (11)
Righteousness  Jews (9-11) (8)
Righteous living (12:1-15:13) (9)
Paul’s closing (15:14-16:23) (5)
Righteousness summarized (16:25-27) (2)

5. Greek moods (there are others, these are used today)
Indicative: statement of fact
Imperative: a command
Subjunctive: probability or possibility
Optative: less possible than subjunctive
Participle: verbal adjective (can add –ing)
Infinitive: verbal noun (“to” plus the word)

7. Greek Prepositions

8. Table prayer time See the “Weekly Update” at your table
Review and update prior prayer requests
Write down new prayer requests
Lean in, engage, and pray as a table
Clean up and move to the auditorium