Side-by-side, word-level diff of 10 paired Markdown study guides (Romans 1–6). Text removed from the original is struck through in red on the left; text added in the revised version is highlighted in green on the right. Computed client-side when this page loads.
Executive Summary
All 10 en_-prefixed files are full copyedit rewrites of their originals, not content revisions. Every pair keeps the same section order (Overview, Utley's reading, Guzik's reading, TGC's reading, Synthesis, Reflection & Discussion Questions, Sources), the same commentators, the same five discussion questions per chapter, and identical hyperlinks/citations. Nothing was added, removed, or theologically changed — nearly every sentence was independently reworded for style, and a handful of edits repeat identically across all or most files.
Edits that repeat across (nearly) every file
- Section labels renamed: "Utley's / Guzik's / The Gospel Coalition's Reading" → "…Interpretation" — in all 10 files.
- Ampersand spelled out: "Reflection & Discussion Questions" → "Reflection and Discussion Questions" — in all 10 files.
- Byline reworded: "Study guide synthesizing… Romans Commentary (Donny Ray Mathis II)" → "A study guide synthesizing… commentary on Romans (Donny Ray Mathis II)" — in all 10 files.
- Scripture citations expanded: abbreviations spelled out and spacing standardized, e.g. "Gen. 15:6" → "Genesis 15:6", "Ps. 32:1–2" → "Psalm 32:1–2", "Deut. 10:16" → "Deuteronomy 10:16", "v.2" → "v. 2" (chapters 3, 4, 7, and others).
- Archaic phrasing modernized: "may it never be!" → "By no means!" (chapters 3:27–31 and 6:1–11); "slave of Christ" / "bond-servant" → "servant of Christ" (chapter 1:1–17).
Titles changed
Six of the ten chapter titles were reworded for style; the other four (Romans 4, 5:1–11, 5:12–21, 6:1–11) are untouched:
- 1:1–17 — "The Gospel Defined" → "Defining the Gospel"
- 1:18–32 — "…Communion with God and Neighbors" → "…Fellowship with God and Neighbor"
- Romans 2 — "…Invites God's Wrath" → "…Invites the Wrath of God"
- 3:1–20 — "Just Shut Your Mouth: The Whole World Guilty" → "Every Mouth Silenced: The Whole World Guilty"
- 3:21–26 — "The Facts Changed…" → "The Situation Changes…"
- 3:27–31 — "…the Law Upheld" → "…the Law Established"
Chapter-by-chapter change intensity
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"Lines reworded" counts non-blank lines where the two versions differ at all (including a single swapped word). "% of words touched" is the share of the original's word count that was deleted or replaced. Every difference found was stylistic — no source, link, citation, or commentator attribution was ever removed, and no new claims were introduced.