Messiah (10:1–4) and that then becomes a major theme in chapter 10. Namely, righteousness comes by faith and not by the law or the works of the law. Nothing could be more Pauline, one might say. Yes, of course, but what is often taken as Pauline needs to be set in the context of Paul’s narrative more accurately. At the heart of this “by faith, not by law” is the Strong-Weak controversy and the idea that the way forwards in the Roman house churches is not by way of imposing Torah but by allegiance