Final Account: Paul’s Letter to the Romans (Biblia.com)

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Krister Stendahl offers a provocative and compelling reading of Paul’s letter to the Romans, the “final account” of the major themes of Paul’s theology. Among these are the conceptual underpinnings of Paul’s mission, the grand divine plan for the mending of creation, the redemption of Israel, the mystery of the inclusion of the Gentiles, and the relation of the “macro” to the “micro” in Paul’s...

Romans is Paul’s final account of his theology of mission. It is not a theological tractate on justification by faith. It is not a pastoral letter dealing with the specific problems in Rome, as the Corinthian correspondence is with respect to Corinth. Romans 15 makes clear that Paul felt he had no authority to interfere with life in the Roman churches. But he was anxious that they have a clear understanding of his apostolic mission as he planned to leave the East and go West to Spain. Thus

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