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Romans: A Structural, Thematic, & Exegetical Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Encounter Romans on its own terms. Paul’s majestic letter to the Romans has impacted generations of readers. Christians regularly turn to it as a foundation for theology and practice. All too often, however, individual verses are pulled from their context or later doctrinal formulations are mapped onto the text. Are we truly understanding Paul? What if we return to Romans on its own terms? ...

So Rom 10:14 both asks, “Did national Israel perhaps not hear?” and also, “Why did national Israel not obey?” Even, for instance, the “message of peace” (משׁמיע שׁלום) in Isa 52:7a (a phrase skipped by Paul in the citation of Rom 10:15b) becomes in the Greek, “report [ἀκου-] of peace.” Thus, Paul’s upcoming response in v. 16a retorts “not all ἀκου-ed the good news(/gospel)” before then heading into the “report” of Isa 53:1 (= Rom 10:16b). And accordingly, in Rom 10:17 Paul brings forward the same
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