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Since the time of Luther, Paul’s epistle to the Romans has been understood as an evangelistic letter, where salvation was understood as a synonym for justification. Romans: Deliverance from Wrath, by author Zane Hodges, offers a different perspective. In his careful new translation and commentary, Hodges discusses the difference between justification and salvation, and between eternal destiny...

traditional meaning (i.e., the wrath associated with hell), Paul’s epistle does not support this. In Romans wrath is a manifestation of God’s temporal displeasure. This is clear from 1:18ff. and 2:5–8. Given the close proximity of 1:16 to 1:18, and in the light of 5:9–10, we may conclude that in Rom 1:16 deliverance refers to being rescued, or “saved,” from the divine temporal anger that is so vividly described in Rom 1:18–32. Of course, the final verification of this interpretation will depend on
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