Paul addresses objections regarding Jewish advantage, affirming the value of the oracles of God entrusted to Israel while maintaining that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, as substantiated by a catena of Old Testament quotations. He introduces the doctrine of justification by faith apart from works of law, declaring that God's righteousness is manifested through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, with Christ set forth as a propitiation through His blood.
Greeting, desire to visit, gospel summary.
All humanity guilty before God.
Righteousness by faith, Abraham's example, Adam and Christ.
Paul wrote his longest epistle to the Romans from the city of Corinth around AD 57 during his third missionary journey. He had never visited Rome when he wrote this comprehensive theological treatise.
RomansPaul dictated Romans to a scribe. Near the end, that scribe suddenly speaks up in his own voice: 'I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord' (Romans 16:22). A brief, human 'fourth-wall' moment slipped right into Scripture.
Romans 16:22
