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Paul’s epistle to the Romans is often seen as a difficult text to understand. Some of that difficulty is the result of context and culture, so Morgan helps the modern reader understand what Paul intended his original audience to understand. The religious language of the epistle, its impact on first-century Christians in Rome, and its use of scripture and tradition are all clearly discussed here.

1 INTRODUCTION What’s it All About? ANYONE WHO TRIES TO READ through St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans will soon discover it is a dense and difficult text. Modern translations conceal many of the problems by paraphrasing and choosing possible meanings for ambiguous phrases, but the serious student who compares translations or consults a more literal version faces an exegetical minefield. It is wise to be carried through it on the back of a trusted translator, until the text and its background are
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