Table of Contents:
  • 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.