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 1:16-17I 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. For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
• Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 8:38-39For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.