Romans

About Romans

Romans is Paul's fullest explanation of the good news about Jesus. He wrote it to believers in Rome, a church he had not yet visited, to introduce his message and to show how God makes people right with Himself through faith, whether they are Jewish or Gentile. In the Bible's big story, Romans gathers the threads of Israel's history and shows how they all meet in Christ, which is why so many readers treat it as a summary of the whole gospel.

Written by

Paul wrote Romans, and his authorship is accepted by virtually all scholars, ancient and modern.

When

It was most likely written around AD 57, near the end of Paul's third missionary journey, probably from Corinth.

Themes

• Righteousness by faith
• Grace greater than sin
• Life in the Spirit
• God's faithfulness to Israel
• Living as a sacrifice

Key verses

• Romans 1:16-17For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
• Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 8:38-39For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.