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The Roman city of Corinth at first light, tiled roofs and the columns of an old temple in the lower part of the frame, the great rock of the Acrocorinth rising behind under a wide pale dawn sky.

The Book of

Romans Intro

The good news of Jesus, explained from start to finish.

Before chapter 1≈ 2 min16 chapters

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In 30 seconds

Everyone has fallen short. Everyone.

But God makes us right with Him, through faith.

New life in Christ, led by the Spirit.

God keeps His promises to Israel.

So love one another, Jew and Gentile.

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Who wrote it

Paul

Apostle to the Gentiles

  • Paul names himself in the first line, and hardly anyone doubts he wrote it.Romans 1:1
  • Tertius wrote it down for him, and added his own greeting.Romans 16:22
  • Probably written from Corinth around AD 57, in Paul’s three months in Greece.Acts 20:3
  • To Jewish and Gentile believers in Rome, a church he had not yet visited.Romans 1:13

How it’s built

One long argument

The problem1–3:20 · everyoneneeds itThe answer3:21–5 · right withGod by faithNew life6–8 · led by theSpiritGod andIsrael9–11 · His promisesstandLiving it12–16 · one church,Jew and Gentile

Whiteboard

Bad news, good news, new life, God’s faithfulness, and a life that answers His mercy.

Big themes

Four threads to follow

Where it was written

To SpainCorinthRomeJerusalem

Stylised map · locations approximate

On the map

From Corinth to Rome

Written in Corinth and probably carried to Rome by Phoebe of Cenchrea. Paul’s own plan: Jerusalem first with the gift, then Rome, then on to Spain, beyond this map.

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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Romans 1:16–17

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Paul spoke the letter, but someone else held the pen.

Who wrote Romans down for Paul?

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