Romans
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, usually referred to simply
as Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical
scholars agree that it was written by the Apostle Paul to
explain that Salvation is offered through the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. It is by far the longest of the Pauline epistles, and
is considered his "most important theolog...
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LITERATURE
This is the greatest, in every sense, of the apostolic
letters of Paul; in scale, in scope, and in its wonderful
combination of doctrinal, ethical and administrative wisdom
and power. In some respects the later Epistles, Ephesians
and Colossians, lead us to even higher and deeper arcana of
revelation, and they, like Romans, combine ...
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1. The date of this epistle is fixed at the time of the
visit recorded in Acts 20:3 during the winter and spring
following the apostle's long residence at Ephesus A.D. 58.
On this visit he remained in Greece three months.
2. The place of writing was Corinth.
3. The occasion which prompted it,,and the
circumstances attending its writing, were ...
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This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom.
16:1)
of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, and Gaius of
Corinth
entertained the apostle at the time of his writing
it (16:23; 1
Cor. 1:14), and Erastus was chamberlain of the city,
i.e., of
Corinth (2 Tim. 4:20).
The precise time at which it was written is not
mentioned in
the epistl...
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AUTHENTICITY, GENUINENESS. Peter (2 Peter 3:15-16) quotes
Romans 2:4, calling it "Scripture." The epistles of Clement
(Cor. 35) and Polycarp (ad Philippians 6) quote respectively
Romans 1:29-32 and Romans 14:10-12. Irenaeus (iv. 27,
section 2) quotes it as Paul's (Romans 4:10-11). Melito's
"Hearing of Faith" is entitled from Romans 10 or Galat...
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