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Romans: An Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Romans has been described as the theological epistle par excellence. The apostle Paul emphasizes that salvation is by God’s grace alone, and gives the assurance that freedom, hope, and the gift of righteousness are secured through Christ’s death on the cross, with the promise of a new and glorious destiny. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, believers can discern and do the will of God in...

(6:16–19); Christ (2 Cor. 10:5); and God (11:30–32). If they obey, it means that they are in a right relationship with God. If they do not, they are destined to experience divine vengeance with fiery flames (2 Thess. 1:8). Another goal of Paul’s preaching to the Gentiles is for the sake of his name, for them to ‘glorify God for his mercy’ (15:9). God intends for his name to be proclaimed ‘in all the earth’ (9:17), but unfaithful Jews have caused it to be ‘blasphemed’ among the Gentiles (2:24). He
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