Which three types of people does Paul show are all under sin in Romans 1-3?
Paul builds a case against three categories of people: the gross immoral person, the moral person, and the religious person. He places all three together and declares there is no difference, because all have sinned and come short in glory.
Les teaches that in the first three chapters of Romans, God through the Apostle's pen proved the whole race utterly sinful, utterly rebellious, and utterly opposite to the things of God. Paul built the case against the gross immoral person, then the moral person, then the religious person, put all three categories together, and said there is no difference; they are all unprofitable, for all have sinned. He finally came to Romans 3:23, 'for all have sinned and come short in glory.' Then chapter 4 begins justification by faith.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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What three groups of people does Paul address in the first part of Romans?
Paul's argument in the opening chapters targets the gross immoral person, the moral person, and the religious person, and then groups all three together, saying there is no difference because they are all unprofitable and all have sinned.