Has Paul been presumptuous to address a church he did not found and has never visited? Has he given the impression that he regards the Romans’ Christianity as defective and immature? He expresses his confidence in his readers. But then why has he thought it necessary to write to them as he has done? He supplies two reasons. First, “I have written to you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again.” The apostles had been entrusted with the task of formulating the gospel and laying the