- ISBN-10:
- 0802837433
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802837431
- Pub. Date:
- 06/14/2012
- Publisher:
- Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
- ISBN-10:
- 0802837433
- ISBN-13:
- 9780802837431
- Pub. Date:
- 06/14/2012
- Publisher:
- Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
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ISBN-13: | 9780802837431 |
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Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
Publication date: | 06/14/2012 |
Series: | The Pillar New Testament Commentary (PNTC) |
Pages: | 669 |
Product dimensions: | 6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Editor's Preface xiv
Author's Preface xvi
Abbreviations xviii
Bibliography xxiii
Introduction
I Rome and Its Population 1
II Christians In Rome 2
III Paul's Situation: A Scenario 3
IV Romans: A Summary of the Content 4
V The Purpose of Romans 6
VI Rhetorical Matters 11
VII Authorship, Place, and Date of Writing 12
VIII The Integrity of Romans 13
IX The Influence of 'The New Perspective' 14
X Theological Themes 22
Commentary
I Letter Introduction, 1:1-17 35
A Greetings, 1:1-7 35
Additional Note: Paul's Use of Credal Material in 1:3-4 47
Additional Note: Paul's Apostleship 56
B Paul's Prayer and Purpose for Writing, 1:8-17 57
Additional Note: From Faith to Faith 75
Additional Note: The Righteousness of God 79
II Exposition and Defense of the Gospel, 1:18-11:36 81
A Humanity under the Power of Sin and Exposed to Wrath, 1:18-3:20 82
1 Primary Focus on the Sins of the Gentile World, 1:18-32 82
a Humanity's Rejection of the Revelation of God in Nature, 1:18-23 86
Additional Note: The Wrath of God 90
Additional Note: Natural Theology 93
b The Divine Reaction to Human Rejection, 1:24-32 98
Additional Note: The Nature of the Homosexual Practice Condemned by Paul 109
Additional Note: Paul's Depiction of the Gentile World 115
2 Primary Focus on the Sins of the Jewish World, 2:1-3:20 117
a God Shows No Favoritism, 2:1-16 117
Additional Note: The Use of Physei in 2:14 135
Additional Note: Gentiles Who Do the Things Required by the Law 136
Additional Note: Conscience 141
Additional Note: Justification for the Doers 142
b Having the Law and Circumcision Provides No Immunity, 2:17-29 144
(i) Bragging about the law while failing to obey it, 2:17-24 145
(ii) True circumcision, 2:25-29 152
c God's Faithfulness Is Not Nullified by Jewish Unbelief, 3:1-20 157
(i) Five rhetorical questions, 3:1-9 158
Additional Note: Life under Sin 164
(ii) Scriptural support, 3:10-18 165
Additional Note: Paul's Use of Scripture in the Catena 167
(iii) Concluding statement, 3:19-20 170
Additional Note: The Works of the Law 173
B God's Saving Righteousness Revealed, 3:21-4:25 176
1 The Righteousness of God Revealed, 3:21-31 176
a The Heart of the Gospel, 3:21-26 177
Additional Note: Grace (Charis) 185
Additional Note: Hilasterion 188
b Jewish Boasting Is Excluded, 3:27-31 193
Additional Note: Nomos in 3:27 195
Additional Note: Justification 200
2 God's Dealings with Abraham, 4:1-25 201
a God Justifies Abraham apart from Works, 4:1-8 202
b God Credits Righteousness to Abraham without Circumcision, 4:9-12 208
c God Makes Abraham the Inheritor of the World without the Law, 4:13-17a 211
d The Essential Nature of Abraham's Faith, 4:17b-22 216
e The Relevance of God's Dealings with Abraham for All Believers, 4:23-25 219
C Justification Brings Freedom and Hope, 5:1-8:39 224
1 Justified by Faith, 5:1-11 224
a The Benefits of Justification, 5:1-2 225
Additional Note: The Glory in Store for Believers 228
b Rejoicing Even in Suffering, 5:3-5 229
c God's Love Demonstrated in Christ's Death for Us, 5:6-11 233
2 The Humanity-Wide Effects of the Actions of Adam and Christ, 5:12-21 239
Additional Note: The Nature of Death That Entered the World through Sin 242
Additional Note: Adam's Sin in Jewish Literature 255
3 Freedom from Sin's Dominion, 6:1-23 257
a Dying and Rising with Christ, 6:1-14 257
Additional Note: Baptism in the Pauline Corpus 270
Additional Note: Dying and Rising with Christ 272
b Slaves of Christ, 6:15-23 279
Additional Note: Eternal Life in the Pauline Corpus 287
4 Freedom from the Law, 7:1-25 288
a Freed from the Law to Bear Fruit for God, 7:1-6 288
b Sin, Not the Law, Is to Blame for the Human Predicament, 7:7-25 297
(i) Israel's historical encounter with the law, 7:7-13 299
(ii) Israel's ongoing experience of living under the law, 7:14-20 304
(iii) Paid's conclusions about Israel, sin, and the law, 7:21-25 308
Additional Note: Classical Parallels regarding Moral Weakness 312
Additional Note: The Identity of the ?I' in 7:7-25 314
5 Life in the Spirit, 8:1-13 321
6 The Spirit of Adoption, 8:14-17 336
7 Present Suffering and Future Glory, 8:18-30 341
a The Groaning and Renewal of Creation, 8:19-22 342
Additional Note: Creation's Bondage to Corruption and Liberation 346
b The Groaning and Redemption of Believers, 8:23-25 349
c The Groaning of the Holy Spirit as He Intercedes for Believers, 8:26-27 351
d God Works All Things Together for Good for Those Who Love Him, 8:28-30 353
8 The Emotive Climax - If God Be for Us, Who Can Be against Us? 8:31-39 358
Additional Note: Hope in the Pauline Corpus 365
D Israel and the Purposes of God, 9:1-11:36 366
1 Paul's Concern for Israel and Her Privileges, 9:1-5 367
2 Israel and God's Election, 9:6-29 374
a God's Word Has Not Failed, 9:6-13 374
b Is God Unjust? 9:14-18 380
c Why Does God Still Blame Us? 9:19-21 383
d God Has the Right to Exercise His Prerogative, 9:22-29 385
Additional Note: Predestination in Romans - Corporate or Individual? 391
3 Jewish Responsibility for Failure to Embrace the Gospel, 9:30-10:21 392
a Why Israel Did Not Attain the Righteousness She Pursued, 9:30-10:4 393
Additional Note: Zeal in Israel and in Paul 398
Additional Note: Telos Nomou 402
b The Testimony of the Law to Faith, 10:5-13 405
Additional Note: Paul's Use of the Old Testament in 10:6-8 413
Additional Note: The Meaning of Salvation in Romans 415
c Has Israel Not Heard? 10:14-21 416
4 Has God Rejected Israel? 11:1-36 421
a The Significance of the Remnant, 11:1-10 421
b Israel Stumbled, but Her Fall Is Not Irrevocable, 11:11-36 427
(i) Israel's transgression means salvation for the Gentiles, 11:11-15 427
Additional Note: Israel's Jealousy 431
(ii) The lump of dough and the olive tree, 11:16-24 432
Additional Note: Paul's Olive Tree Analogy 439
(iii) The mystery: The final salvation of 'all Israel', 11:25-32 441
Additional Note: 'All Israel Will Be Saved' 448
Additional Note: A Contradiction between 9:6-13 and 11:25-32? 451
Additional Note: A Special Way of Salvation for Israel (11:1-32)? 453
(iv) Doxology, 11:33-36 456
III The Ethical Outworking of the Gospel, 12:1-15:13 460
A The Basis of Paul's Ethical Appeal, 12:1-2 460
B The Believers' Relationships with Others, 12:3-21 466
1 Using Different Gifts for the Benefit of the Christian Community, 12:3-8 467
2 Enhancing Relationships within the Christian Community, 12:9-13 474
Additional Note: Hospitality 478
3 Relationships without and within the Christian Community, 12:14-16 479
4 Responding to Hostile People and Their Hostile Acts, 12:17-21 481
Additional Note: The Relationship between Pauline Ethics and Stoic Teaching 486
C Christians and the Roman Authorities, 13:1-7 489
D Love Fulfills the Law, 13:8-10 500
E Living in the Light of the Coming of the Day, 13:11-14 503
Additional Note: Paul's Uses of the Clothing Metaphor 507
F Instructions for the 'Weak' and the 'Strong': Accept One Another, 14:1-15:13 508
Additional Note: The 'Weak' and the 'Strong' 509
1 Accept Those Who Are Weak in Faith, 14:1-12 510
a The Matter of Eating All Foods, 14:1-4 510
Additional Note: Faith and Conscience 514
b The Matter of Observing Special Days, 14:5-8 514
c We Will All Stand before God's Judgment Seat, 14:9-12 517
2 No Passing Judgment and No Placing Stumbling Blocks, 14:13-23 519
3 The 'Strong' to Bear the Failings of the 'Weak', 15:1-6 526
4 Accept One Another, 15:7-13 531
IV Paul's Ministry and Future Plans, 15:14-33 535
A Paul Affirms the Roman Believers and Explains the Nature of His Ministry, 15:14-16 535
B Paul's Pride in What Christ Has Wrought through Him, 15:17-21 539
C Paul's Long-Held Desire and Present Plan to Visit Rome en Route to Spain, 15:22-33 543
1 Paul's Plan to Visit Rome en Route to Spain, 15:22-24 543
2 Paul's Collection Visit to Jerusalem prior to His Trip to Rome, 15:25-29 545
3 Paul's Appeal for the Roman Believers' Support in Prayer, 15:30-33 549
V Conclusion, 16:1-27 552
A Commendation of Phoebe, 16:1-2 552
B Greetings for Twenty-Six Named Individuals, 16:3-16 557
Additional Note: Junia or Junias? 563
Additional Note: 'Well Known among', or 'Well Known to', the Apostles? 565
Additional Note: Kissing 573
Additional Note: The Twenty-Six Named individuals in Romans 16:3-15 574
C Warning, Exhortation, and Affirmation, 16:17-20 575
D Greetings from Eight of Paul's Associates, 16:21-23 581
Additional Note: The Erastus of 16:23 and the Erastus of the Inscription 585
E Concluding Doxology, 16:25-27 587
Indexes
I Subjects 590
II Modern Authors 600
III Scripture References 606
IV Extrabiblical Literature 623