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Romans 3 is the third chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was composed by Paul the Apostle , while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius , who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22 .
An abbreviated history of the passage is that the conclusion of the Epistle to the Romans was known in several different versions: about the year 144, Marcion made radical changes in the ending of the Epistle to the Romans, breaking it off with chapter 14. At about the same time someone else made in other manuscripts the addition of verses 16: ...
In Romans, Paul develops justification by first speaking of God's just wrath at sin (Romans 1:18–3:20). Justification is then presented as the solution for God's wrath (Romans 3:21–26, Romans 5:1). One is said to be 'justified by faith apart from works of the Law' (Romans 3:28).
The Letter to the Romans. Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium. Vol. 226. Leuven: Peeters. pp. 179– 195. ISBN 9789042921993. OCLC 781013280. ——— (2010). "On the Calling-into-Being of Israel: Romans 9:6-29". In Wilk, Florian; Wagner, J. Ross (eds.). Between Gospel and Election: Explorations in the Interpretation of Romans 9 ...
Romans 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It was authored by Paul the Apostle, while he was in Corinth in the mid-50s AD, [1] with the help of an amanuensis (secretary), Tertius, who added his own greeting in Romans 16:22. [2] Chapter 8 concerns "the Christian's spiritual life".
Noted in the Pulpit Commentary that the preposition "with" (παρά, para) is used similarly in Romans 2:13 ("For not the hearers of the Law are righteous with God"); 1 Corinthians 3:19 ("The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God"), so it is God himself that justifies the sinner (Romans 3:30; Romans 4:5). [6]
Living as the church in the world (3:1–8) [ edit ] Verses 1–8 address the responsibilities of the church as a community within wider society, from consideration for rulers and authorities to demonstrating "perfect courtesy" or "gentleness" in relation to "all people" (Titus 3:2; cf. Romans 13:1–7, [ 6 ] and 1 Peter 2:13–17).
This chapter concludes the section of the letter in which "St. Paul teaches us about the eternal providence of God" [3] with particular reference to the election of a chosen people, Israel (Romans 9:11), [4] who have become disobedient (Romans 11:31), [5] and in whose place a remnant have been chosen (Romans 11:5) [6] and grafted into place ...