Surely

All

Christians

Should

Include

Love

Sincerely

Main word to describe

the chapter/s

Sin

all have sinned

Abraham

believed God

Into Christ

from Adam

Struggle

with sin

Israel

not cast away

Living

Christian commands

Salutations

plus warning

Chapters

1, 2, 3

4

5

6, 7, 8

9, 10, 11

12, 13, 14, 15

16

Each capital letter stands for the chief word that describes that chapter or chapters

For example: “S” – Sin for Chapters 1, 2, 3;  “A” – Abraham for Chapter 4;

“C” – Christ for chapter 5; “S” – Struggle with sin for chapter 6, 7, 8 and so on

CHAP

DITTY

TOPIC

EXPLANATION

VERSE

EXPLANATION

SCRIPTURES

4

All

Abraham

The faith of our father Abraham

1-5

Justified by no works 

“But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” (Rom 4:5)

6-8

Blessedness of imputed righteousness

“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” (Rom 4:8)

9-12

Faith being in uncircumcision

“…that the faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.” (Rom 4:12)

13-15

The promise not through the law

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.” (Rom 4:13)

16

The promise by grace to Jew & Gentile

 “…it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed…” (Rom 4:16)

17-22

Believed in

being the father of many

“Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.” (Rom 4:18)

23-24

Imputed for all if we believe

“But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;” (Rom 4:24)