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Romans provides pastors, students, Sunday school teachers, and lay people a clear and compelling exposition of the text in the context of the Bible’s overarching story—God’s story. The author moves away from “application” language, which has been criticized as being too simplistic, instead encouraging discussion of how Romans and the Bible can be lived today.

and the law was conscripted to serve that reign by increasing transgression. But we also heard good news that “grace [will] reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ.” The same sharp contrast was played out in 7:5–6. In 7:5 we observed that for those in the flesh, their sinful passions aroused by the law lead to death, while in 7:6 dying to sin means release from the law and freedom to live in the Spirit. The central claim of 7:5 was about humanity in slavery to sin,
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