Romans 3: All Have Sinned, Justified Freely
Paul answers a Jewish hearer's objections, calls the Old Testament to witness that the whole world is guilty before God, and then announces the turning point of the letter: God's righteousness, given freely through faith in Christ, whose blood is the propitiation that lets God be both just and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
Explain Paul's answers in Romans 3:1-8 about Israel's advantage and God's faithfulness.
Trace the Old Testament witnesses of Romans 3:10-18 and explain why every mouth is stopped and all the world is guilty before God.
Explain each phrase of Romans 3:21-26, including justified, freely, redemption, propitiation, and the passing over of sins, and show how God is both just and the justifier.
Give the main readings of “the faith of Jesus Christ” (3:22) fairly, and explain why boasting is excluded and the law established (3:27-31).