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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Phenomenon of Romans | |
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| Romans in the New Testament | |
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| Discourse as Letter | |
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| The Structure of the Discourse | |
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| Features of the Epistolary Frame | |
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| The Historical Context | |
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| Significant Clues | |
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| The Letter's Probable Setting and Purpose | |
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| Paul's Theology in Romans | |
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| The Character of Paul's Theology in Romans | |
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| The Pivotal Event | |
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| The Role of Scripture | |
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| Commentary | |
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| The Messenger and the Message (1:1-15) | |
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| Salutation (1:1-7) | |
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| Paul and the Romans (1:8-15) | |
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| The Message for the Human Plight (1:16-8:39) | |
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| The Gospel Stated (1:16-17) | |
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| God's Rectifying Rectitude (1:18-5:11) | |
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| The Impartiality of God's Wrath (1:18-3:20) | |
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| The Human Dilemma: God's Wrath (1:18-19) | |
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| The Dilemma of the Gentiles (1:20-32) | |
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| God's Impartial Rectitude (2:1-16) | |
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| The Dilemma of the Jews (2:17-29) | |
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| The Integrity of God's Rectitude (3:1-18) | |
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| The Human Dilemma: Being Accountable (3:19-20) | |
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| The Impartiality of God's Rectifying Rectitude (3:21-5:11) | |
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| God's Rectifying Rectitude Apart from the Law (3:21-31) | |
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| Abraham, the Prototype (4:1-25) | |
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| Abraham's Rectitude, Earned or Unearned? (4:1-8) | |
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| Abraham as Our "Father" (4:9-12) | |
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| Promise and Law (4:13-17) | |
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| Abraham's Faith (4:18-22) | |
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| Abraham's Faith and Christian Faith (4:23-25) | |
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| Beyond Rectification: Rescued and Reconciled (5:1-11) | |
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| Liberation from Bondage (5:12-8:39) | |
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| The Human Dilemma as Condition (5:12-21) | |
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| Liberation from Sin, Death, and the Law (6:1-7:6) | |
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| Freed from Sin and Death (6:1-14) | |
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| Freed from Sin, Enslaved to Rectitude (6:15-23) | |
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| Freed from the Law (7:1-6) | |
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| The Role of the Law in the Reign of Sin (7:7-25) | |
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| The Unwilling Accomplice (7:7-12) | |
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| The Conflicted Self (7:13-25) | |
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| Liberation by the Resident Spirit (8:1-30) | |
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| The Power of the Spirit (8:1-17) | |
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| Expecting Redemption (8:18-30) | |
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| God's Love Celebrated (8:31-39) | |
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| The Freedom of God's Sovereignty (9:1-11:36) | |
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| The Anomaly and the Apostle's Agony (9:1-5) | |
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| God's Freedom in Election (9:6-29) | |
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| The Identity of Israel (9:6-13) | |
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| God's Justness (9:14-18) | |
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| God's Freedom to Act (9:19-29) | |
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| The Error of the Elect (9:30-10:21) | |
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| Rectitude Misunderstood (9:30-10:3) | |
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| Faith's Rectitude Explained (10:4-13) | |
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| Error as Disobedience (10:14-21) | |
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| God's Freedom as Fidelity (11:1-32) | |
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| God's Way with Israel (11:1-12) | |
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| God's Way with the Gentiles (11:13-24) | |
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| The Mystery of God's Way with All (11:25-32) | |
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| God's Awesome Ways Celebrated (11:33-36) | |
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| Daybreak Ethos (12:1-15:13) | |
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| The Community's Transformed Ethos (12:1-13:14) | |
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| Worship and Transformation (12:1-2) | |
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| Mandates for the New Ethos (12:3-21) | |
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| Submission to Governing Authorities (13:1-7) | |
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| The Obligation to Love (13:8-10) | |
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| The Wake-up Call (13:11-14) | |
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| Disputes Over Freedom (14:1-15:6) | |
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| Paul's Perspective (14:1-12) | |
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| The Responsibility of "the Strong" (14:13-23) | |
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| The Outcome and the Outlook (15:1-6) | |
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| The Grand Horizon (15:7-13) | |
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| The Messenger: Between Past and Future (15:14-33) | |
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| The Completed Mission in the East (15:14-21) | |
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| Now to Spain Via Jerusalem and Rome (15:22-33) | |
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| Concluding Concerns (16:1-27) | |
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| About Phoebe (16:1-2) | |
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| Paul's Greetings (16:3-16) | |
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| Warning and Assurance (16:17-20) | |
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| Greetings from Associates (16:21-24) | |
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| Doxology (16:25-27) | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |