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Romans Unlocked is a commentary on Paul’s epistle written with the clear theological insight of faith, and with the conviction that an epistle must be read as a whole. René A. Lopez brings his extensive familiarity with the interpretive literature surrounding Romans, as well as the broader discussion of Paul and second Temple Judaism, to bear in this commentary. Where the literature relates to...

(3:21–4:25), but only in places where it is clearly distinguished from justification (see 5:9 and 10:9–14). Thus, one is hard pressed in Romans to define salvation as justification (as commonly done in Eph 2:8–9). Hence the connection of v 16 with v 18 becomes vitally important since salvation and wrath are linked at the inception and theme of Romans. Paul defines this salvation from the beginning as deliverance from God’s present wrath brought by sins. Therefore, in Romans, it serves the interpreter
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