he believed about repentance and why he used other terms such as ἐπικαλέω (e.g. Rom. 10:12, 13, 14) and πιστεύω (Rom. 10:9, 10) to describe conversion. The result of this study will reveal a sharper profile of Paul’s theology of conversion by showing where the concept of repentance, as he understood it, actually fits. At the outset, let me state my conclusion on Rom. 2:4–5 as argued below. Paul understood repentance in the following way: Paul the Jew loved and cherished repentance as he did the