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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 38B: Romans 9–16 is unavailable, but you can change that!

See Romans in the light of modern historical and cultural studies with this commentary from ground breaking scholar James D.G. Dunn. Dunn maintains that it is imperative to grasp the coherence of Paul’s thought as it moves with sustained logic and consistent rigor from the opening announcement of God’s righteousness revealed in Christ and the gospel through each interlocking section of this...

discussion about their common faith and its outworking (certainly not while they were settling down and certainly not as a first priority of community concern, though Michel is right in noting that a healthy congregation must engage in some such διάκρισις); and that the majority should not seek to impose their views and practice as being the majority and the more established. The liberty of the Christian assembly should be able to embrace divergent views and practices without a feeling that they
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