CONTENTS
The Phenomenon of Romans
Romans in the New Testament
Discourse as Letter
The Structure of the Discourse
Features of the Epistolary Frame
The Historical Context.
Significant Clues
The Letter's Probable Setting and Purpose
Paul's Theology in Romans
The Character of Paul's Theology in Romans
The Pivotal
Event
The Role of Scripture
Commentary
The Messenger and the Message (1:1-15)
Salutation (1:1-7)
Paul and the Romans (1:8-15)
The Message for the Human Plight (1:16–8:39)
The Gospel
Stated (1:16-17)
God's Rectifying Rectitude (1:18–5:11)
The Impartiality of God's Wrath (1:18–3:20)
The Human Dilemma: God's Wrath (1:18-19) ..57 The Dilemma of the Gentiles
(1:20-32)
God's Impartial Rectitude (2:1-16)
The Dilemma of the Jews (2:17-29)
The Integrity of God's Rectitude (3:1-18)
The Human Dilemma: Being Accountable (3:19-20).
The Impartiality of God's Rectifying Rectitude (3:21–5:11)
God's Rectifying Rectitude Apart from the Law (3:21-31)
Abraham, the Prototype (4:1-25)
Abraham's Rectitude, Earned or Unearned? (4:1-8)..
Abraham as Our "Father" (4:9-12)
Promise and Law (4:13-17)
Abraham's Faith (4:18-22)
Abraham's Faith and Christian Faith (4:23-25) 130
Beyond Rectification: Rescued and Reconciled(5:1-11). . . . . .
Liberation from Bondage (5:12–8:39)
The Human Dilemma as Condition (5:12-21)
Liberation from Sin, Death, and the Law(6:1-7:6)..
Freed from Sin and Death (6:1-14)
Freed from Sin, Enslaved to Rectitude (6:15-23).
Freed from the Law (7:1-6)
The Role of the Law in the Reign of Sin (7:7-25)
The Unwilling Accomplice (7:7-12)
The Conflicted Self (7:13-25)
Liberation by the Resident Spirit (8:1-30)
The Power of the Spirit (8:1-17)
Expecting Redemption (8:18-30)
God's Love Celebrated (8:31-39)
The Freedom of God's Sovereignty (9:1-11:36)
The Anomaly and the Apostle's Agony (9:1-5)
God's Freedom
in Election (9:6-29)
The Identity of Israel (9:6-13)
God's Justness (9:14-18)
God's Freedom to Act (9:19-29)
The Error of the Elect (9:30-10:21) Rectitude Misunderstood (9:30-10:3) Faith's
Rectitude Explained (10:4-13)
Error as Disobedience (10:14-21) God's Freedom as Fidelity (11:1-32)
God's Way with Israel (11:1-12).
God's Way with the Gentiles (11:13-24)
The Mystery of God's Way with All (11:25-32)
God's Awesome Ways Celebrated (11:33-36)
Daybreak Ethos (12:1–15:13) .
The Community's Transformed Ethos(12:1–13:14) .
Worship and Transformation (12:1-2)
Mandates for the New Ethos (12:3-21)
Submission to Governing Authorities (13:1-7)
The Obligation to Love (13:8-10)
The Wake-up Call (13:11-14)
Disputes Over Freedom (14:1–15:6)
Paul's Perspective (14:1-12)
The Responsibility of “the Strong” (14:13-23)
The Outcome and the Outlook (15:1-6)
The Grand Horizon (15:7-13)
The Messenger: Between Past and Future (15:14-33) . . 359
The Completed Mission in the East (15:14-21) . . . . 359
Now to Spain
Via Jerusalem and Rome (15:22-33)
Concluding Concerns (16:1-27)
About Phoebe (16:1-2)
Paul's Greetings (16:3-16)
