The Epistle to the Romans

LEON MORRIS

The Pillar New Testament Commentary

General Editor

D. A. CARSON

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.

© 1988 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

All rights reserved

Published 1988 in the U.K. by

APOLLOS (an imprint of Inter-Varsity Press)

38 De Montfort Street, Leicester, England LEI 7GP

and in the United States by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Morris, Leon 1914–

The Epistle to the Romans / by Leon Morris

p. cm.

Includes indexes.

Eerdmans ISBN 0-8028-3636-4

1. Bible. N.T. Romans—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS2665.3.M58 1987

227′.107—dc19 87-28076

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Morris, Leon 1914–

The Epistle to the Romans

1. Bible. N.T. Romans—Commentaries. I. Title.

227′.107

APOLLOS ISBN 0-85111-747-3

Unless otherwise stated, Scripture quotations in this publication are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used in USA by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and published in Great Britain by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.

Contents

Preface

Chief Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

Authorship

Destination

Date and Place of Writing

Occasion

Contents

The Shorter Edition(s)

The Destination of Chapter 16

ANALYSIS

TEXT, EXPOSITION, AND NOTES

Romans 1

Additional Note A: THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD

Additional Note B: TRUTH

Romans 2

Additional Note C: THE LAW IN ROMANS

Additional Note D: JUSTIFICATION

Additional Note E: JUDGMENT

Romans 3

Additional Note F: SIN

Romans 4

Romans 5

Romans 6

Romans 7

Romans 8

Romans 9

Romans 10

Romans 11

Romans 12

Romans 13

Romans 14

Romans 15

Romans 16

INDEXES

Subjects

Authors

Preface

Throughout the years I have frequently been occupied with Romans. I have worked with it extensively while writing books on theology (especially on the cross). I have lectured on it many times, and am indebted to students in Britain, Canada, the United States, and Australia for their interaction. But prior to this I have never written at length on Romans. Now in my retirement I have finally had the opportunity to devote time to a commentary on this great epistle. I offer it as my tribute to an apostle to whom I owe so much.

I have included the text of the New International Version as an aid to the reader. Occasionally I have made my own translation (without specifically drawing attention to it) in order to bring out some feature of the original. But the commentary is based on the Greek text, not the translation. It has been my aim to make clear to the general reader what I see in the Greek text, and it is my hope that this will be of some help to others who are grappling with the thought of this great epistle.

LEON MORRIS