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Romans Unlocked: Power to Deliver is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

deliver or judge His people (Exod 9:16; Ps 77:14–15; Jer 16:21) found in the Old Testament (cf. Moo, Romans, 66). This power is now available to all believers, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Even if this power is equally given to all, Paul continues his customary pattern throughout his ministry to visit the Jew first (2:9–10; Acts 13:14–15, 42; 14:1; 17:1, 10, 17; 18:4, 7, 19, 26, 19:8; 22:19; 26:11). 1:17. Paul clarifies v 16 by using the explanatory For (gar) that further explains a
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