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In the wake of two magisterial commentaries on first the Gospel of Matthew and then the Gospel of John, noted theologian and exegete Frederick Dale Bruner turns his scholarly attentions to Paul’s letter to the Romans. In this concise commentary, he relays his findings on what he calls the “Fifth Gospel” and its central claim that “through the Father’s love, Jesus’s passion, and the Spirit’s...

he has been describing over two whole chapters (1:18–3:20). In children’s language, Paul’s two introductory words “But now!” mean “Ta dah!” After Paul’s extended 64 verses (in chapters 1b; 2, and 3a), where he lays out in great detail the Sad News of the Human Crisis, Paul now gives us the Glad News of the Divine Solution in 3:21–31’s compact 11 verses. (In my Greek NT there are 10⅓ pages of Sad News and now, tightly compressed, ⅔ of a single page for Paul’s present introduction to his Glad News!)
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