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Of all of Paul’s letters, Romans is the most immersed in the Old Testament. Romans declares that God’s promises are fulfilled in Jesus. David G. Peterson situates Romans within the grand redemptive story of the Old Testament: creation, fall, Israel, exile, and promised redemption in the Messiah. Peterson reads Romans as Paul’s exposition and defense of the gospel and highlights its unique...

his saving activity rather than a way of describing the activity itself (e.g., Pss 31:1; 35:24; 36:6, 10; 103:17; 143:1). In v. 17 “the righteousness of God” is set between “the power of God for salvation” (v. 16) and “God’s wrath” (v. 18), both of which expressions refer to a divine activity. According to 3:21–26, God’s righteousness has been supremely revealed in the saving work of Christ and the justification of sinners this makes possible. According to 1:17, the revelation of God’s righteousness
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