preaches and approve. They must also be unified behind his gospel. Hence, the presentation of Paul’s gospel with an emphasis on the unity of Jews and Gentiles to a church suffering from tension and conflict over Jew/Gentile relations. Paul had to reckon with these two basic positions (and everything in between) in his presentation of the gospel to the Romans. Certainly Paul wrote to shape the Roman church pastorally according to the will of God and his own apostolate and gospel, but his overarching