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God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path (Psalm 119:105), and no part of it shines more brilliantly than the book of Romans. The truth of God’s Word sets us free (John 8:32) and Romans teaches us the most liberating of all truth. God’s Word is sharp and piercing like a sword (Hebrews 4:12), and no blade penetrates more deeply into our hearts than Romans. Martin Luther called the...

This section, which serves as the conclusion to the second main section of Romans (3:21–5:21), has a reputation for difficulty. No passage in the New Testament, says Barclay, “is more difficult for a modern mind to understand” (77). Long ago Lard (162–163) acknowledged these difficulties, but regarded them as “exaggerated.” In a real sense Lard is right. There are some genuine exegetical problems here; but once four key questions are answered,
Romans 5:12–21