The Reasons For Romans

內容簡介

I. The enigma of Romans -- Romans as a letter -- The destination of Romans -- II. Paul's circumstances -- The unity of Romans -- Paul's past struggles -- The collection and Paul's visit to Jerusalem -- Paul's present situation -- III. The circumstances of the Roman church -- A divided church? -- Judaizing Christianity at Rome -- Claudius' expulsion of the Jews -- The evidence of Chapters 13-15 -- IV. The interrelationship of Paul's circumstances and the Roman church's -- Parakalo -- The Roman Christians' relationship to the collection -- Romans 12.1ff and Paul's visit to Rome -- Romans 9.1-11.36 in its context -- V. The argument of Romans 1-11 in its context -- The opening greeting (Rom. 1.1-7) -- Paul's stated purposes in writing Romans -- The forthcoming visit to Rome and the body of the letter -- The 'righteousness of God' -- The structure of the argument of Romans 1-11 -- VI. Conclusions.