Letter to the Romans
by The Bible · Πρὸς Ῥωμαίους
Assigned by 3 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- c. 57 CE
- Era
- Roman Empire
- Form
- Scripture
- Language
- Greek
- Length
- Short · 30 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendThe New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha, New Revised Standard VersionOxford University Press, 2018The standard scholarly study Bible, with introductions and notes for every book.
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Paul's longest letter, written to a Christian community he had not yet visited, sets out his understanding of the gospel. All people, Jew and Gentile, have sinned and stand under God's judgment, and are made right with God not by works of the law but by faith in Christ. Paul argues about Adam and Christ, sin and grace, the struggle of the divided self, the place of Israel in God's plan, and ends with practical advice on love, obedience to rulers and tolerance among believers.
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