1. Introduction To write about Paul’s letter to the Romans is not an easy responsibility, and I have delayed it for many years. When I wrote the Institutes of Biblical Law, I had kept my convictions in some abeyance for many years. This was not for lack of any belief in the validity of the law. As an Armenian whose family background was in a very old and conservative part of Van Province, I grew up into an acceptance of God’s law as man’s way of life. I have always found it strange that people who