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This commentary on Paul’s letter to the Romans summarizes and completes Ernst Käsemann’s lifelong study of Paul’s theology and of this epistle in particular. As is common in his writings, Käsemann in this commentary has gone his own, frequently provocative way. He has emphasized theological rather than historical questions; as a result, this commentary divides Romans into sections according to...

against this. Both textual tradition and the close relation between vv. 2 and 3 are against reversing vv. 1 and 2 (Müller, “Marginalien,” 251; Michel). Again therefore we are forced to consider the possibility of a gloss (Bultmann, “Glossen,” 199f.; Fuchs, Freiheit, 83) which a later period expanded. In sharp contrast to 7:7–24 but in elucidation of 7:25a, vv. 2–4 characterize the new life of the Christian as grounded in the act of salvation and standing in the sphere of the Spirit, in which the
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