Romans

SECOND EDITION

Thomas R. Schreiner

BAKER EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY on the NEW TESTAMENT

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© 1998, 2018 by Thomas R. Schreiner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Schreiner, Thomas R., author.

Title: Romans / Thomas R. Schreiner.

Description: Second edition. | Grand Rapids : Baker Publishing Group, 2018. | Series: Baker exegetical commentary on the New Testament | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018001830 | ISBN 9781540960054 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Romans—Commentaries.

Classification: LCC BS2665.53 .S37 2018 | DDC 227/.1077—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001830

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are the author’s translation.

BAKER EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY on the NEW TESTAMENT

ROBERT W. YARBROUGH and JOSHUA W. JIPP, EDITORS

To John Piper, who has proclaimed to me

the supremacy of God

Contents

Series Preface

Author’s Preface to the Second Edition

Author’s Preface to the First Edition

Abbreviations

Transliteration

Map

Introduction to Romans

I. The Gospel as the Revelation of God’s Righteousness (1:1–17)

A. Salutation: The Gospel concerning God’s Son (1:1–7)

B. Thanksgiving: Prayer for an Apostolic Visit (1:8–15)

C. Theme: The Gospel of God’s Righteousness (1:16–17)

II. God’s Righteousness in His Wrath against Sinners (1:18–3:20)

A. The Unrighteousness of Gentiles (1:18–32)

B. The Unrighteousness of Jews (2:1–3:8)

C. The Unrighteousness of All People (3:9–20)

III. The Saving Righteousness of God (3:21–4:25)

A. God’s Righteousness in the Death of Jesus (3:21–26)

B. Righteousness by Faith for Jews and Gentiles (3:27–31)

C. Abraham as the Father of Jews and Gentiles (4:1–25)

IV. Hope as a Result of Righteousness by Faith (5:1–8:39)

A. Assurance of Hope (5:1–11)

B. Hope in Christ’s Triumph over Adam’s Sin (5:12–21)

C. The Triumph of Grace over the Power of Sin (6:1–23)

D. The Triumph of Grace over the Power of the Law (7:1–8:17)

E. Assurance of Hope (8:18–39)

V. God’s Righteousness to Israel and the Gentiles (9:1–11:36)

A. God’s Saving Promise to Israel (9:1–29)

B. Israel’s Rejection of God’s Saving Righteousness (9:30–11:10)

C. God’s Righteousness in His Plan for Jews and Gentiles (11:11–32)

D. Concluding Doxology (11:33–36)

VI. God’s Righteousness in Everyday Life (12:1–15:13)

A. Paradigm for Exhortations: Total Dedication to God (12:1–2)

B. Marks of the Christian Community (12:3–13:14)

C. A Call for Mutual Acceptance between the Strong and the Weak (14:1–15:13)...