The Epistle to the RomansPaul's letter to the Romans has been called "the quintessence and perfection of saving doctrine." Perhaps the most challenging and thoroughly doctrinal book of the entire New Testament, Romans deals with many issues that are basic to Christian theology and practice. In this volume respected New Testament scholar Douglas J. Moo provides a superb study of Paul's letter to the Roman Christians and restates the enduring message of Romans for Christians today. Based on the English text but bringing into the discussion the underlying Greek at every point, this commentary focuses both on theological meaning and on contemporary significance. Moo contributes to the continuing debate regarding Paul's teaching on such issues as Jewish law and the relationship between Jews and Gentiles in the people of God. He also critically interacts with "the new perspective on Paul," highlights Romans's emphasis on "practical divinity," and traces the theme of gospel throughout the epistle. - Publisher. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Integrity Literary History and Text | 5 |
Audience | 9 |
Nature and Genre | 13 |
Purpose | 16 |
Theme | 22 |
Text and Translation | 30 |
Structure | 32 |
The Heart of the Gospel Justification by Faith 118425 | 90 |
The Assurance Provided by the Gospel The Hope of Salvation 51839 | 290 |
The Defense of the Gospel The Problem of Israel 911136 | 547 |
The Transforming Power of the Gospel Christian Conduct 1211513 | 744 |
The Letter Closing 15141627 | 884 |
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Analysis of Romans with page references | 33 |
TEXT EXPOSITION AND NOTES | 39 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Adam Alexandrian aorist tense argues argument assertion BAGD baptism Barrett believer biblical Calvin chap Christ Christology church circumcision clause clear commandment condemnation connotation context contrast covenant Cranfield dative death denote Deut Dunn E. P. Sanders election eschatological ExpTim faith Fitzmyer flesh focus genitive Gentiles glory God's righteousness Godet gospel grace Greek hardening human interpretation Israel Jesus Jewish Jewish Christians Jews Judaism judgment justification Käsemann Kuss letter Lord meaning mercy Michel Mosaic law Murray NASB nature NRSV obedience occurs paragraph parallel Paul's Pauline Paulus person Phil phrase preposition probably promise purpose question quotation reference relationship revealed Ridderbos Romans Römer salvation history Schlier scholars sense simply sins Spirit Stuhlmacher suggest that Paul TDNT teaching Testament theme Theology Thess think that Paul tradition translation uncial verb verse Wilckens word wrath