Paul uses the analogy of marriage law to illustrate the believer's release from the law through death, freeing them to be joined to the risen Christ. He provides an intense autobiographical analysis of the internal conflict between the law of the mind and the law of sin in the members, culminating in the anguished cry of the wretched man who finds deliverance only through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Position in Book
IntroductionChapters 1:1-17
Greeting, desire to visit, gospel summary.
Sin's ProblemChapters 1:18-3:20
JustificationChapters 3:21-5:21
SanctificationChapters 6-8
Freedom from sin, law struggle, Spirit's life.
Israel's FutureChapters 9-11
Christian LivingChapters 12-16
Bible Bites
Paul Wrote Romans from Corinth
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.
RomansThe scribe breaks the fourth wall
Paul 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