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This commentary on Romans is a rich gift to the contemporary church, its lay leaders, pastors, and scholars. The eighteenth volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary Series gives new eyes for readers to see what the central message of Romans really is. Growing out of years of scholarship on Romans, professor John E. Toews presents a provocative reinterpretation of Paul's letter.
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This commentary on Romans is a rich gift to the contemporary church, its lay leaders, pastors, and scholars. The eighteenth volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary Series gives new eyes for readers to see what the central message of Romans really is. Growing out of years of scholarship on Romans, professor John E. Toews presents a provocative reinterpretation of Paul's letter.

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Table of Contents

Series Foreword 15
Author's Preface 17
Introduction to Romans 19
Why Romans 20
The Churches in Rome 21
The Pastoral Context in Rome 27
The Purpose of Romans 28
The Perspective of This Commentary 29
The Over-all Plan of Romans 31
The Larger Thought World of Romans 32
The Problem of Language 35
This Commentary 36
Introduction, 1:1-15 37
Prescript, 1:1-7 37
Thanksgiving, 1:8-12 43
Disclosure Formula, 1:13-15 44
The Framing, 1:1-15, 15:14-33 45
Gospel 48
Gospel 49
The Obedience of Faith 49
The Thesis Statement, 1:16-18 50
The Thesis, 1:16 51
The Gospel Reveals the Righteousness of God, 1:17 54
The Gospel Reveals the Wrath of God, 1:18 57
Righteousness 59
God is Righteous 61
Jesus Defines God's Righteousness 61
Righteousness and Ethics are Linked 61
Righteousness Concerns Peoplehood 62
God's Righteousness Again 63
Socio-Political Implication 63
The Argument of the Letter 65
The Revelation of the Wrath of God, 1:18-3:20 67
The Impartial Judgment of God on all Peoples, 1:18-2:11 68
The Inexcusability of Humanity, 1:19-21 69
The Just Retribution of God, 1:22-2:3 70
The Revelation of God's Righteous Judgment, 2:4-5 73
The Judgment According to Works, 2:6-10 73
The Conclusion 74
The Impartiality of God 75
Becoming What We Worship 76
The Challenge of Homosexuality 77
The Impartiality of God 79
The Equality of Gentiles and Jews Before God's Judgment, 2:12-29 79
The General Principle--The Equality of Judgment in Relation to the Law, 2:12-13 80
The First Case of the Gentiles, 2:14-16 81
The First Case of the Jews, 2:17-24 82
The Second Case of the Jews, 2:25 84
The Second Case of the Gentiles, 2:26-27 84
The General Principle--The Relation of Circumcision and Obedience, 2:28-29 85
The Objection of the Jews, 3:1-20 87
The Diatribe, 3:1-9 88
The Scriptural Warrant, 3:10-18 92
The Conclusion, 3:19-20 92
The Picture of God 95
The Family Debate 96
The Faithfulness of God 97
The Language of Criticism 98
The Revelation of the Righteousness of God, 3:21-26 99
The Revelation, 3:21-22a 101
The Means, 3:22b-25a 102
The Parenthesis 3:22b-24a 103
Back to the Main Argument 104
The Purpose, 3:25b-26 105
The "Faith of Jesus" in Paul 108
The "Faith of Jesus" in Romans 111
The Righteousness of God 112
Salvation Effects Change 113
One God Makes Righteous All People, 3:27-4:25 114
The Dialogue, 3:27-4:2 116
The Exposition of Scripture, 4:3-25 119
Abraham 126
Abraham Is Our Father 129
Abraham Faiths God to Do the Impossible 129
Summarizing the Argument, chs. 1-4 130
The Meaning of the Revelation of the Righteousness of God, 5:1-8:39 132
Peace with God, 5:1-11 134
The Basis, 5:1a 135
The Exhortations, 5:1b-8 136
The Basis, 5:9a 139
The Benefits, 5:9b-11 140
Boasting 143
Reconciliation 144
The Problem of Suffering 145
Reframing the Meaning of Christ's Death 146
Salvation from Guilt and Shame 146
The Politics of Peace 149
Victory of Christ Over Sin, 5:12-21 150
Perspectives for Interpreting This Unit 152
Adam in the First Century 152
Apocalyptic Theologies of Sin 152
The Beginning and the End, 5:12 and 21 155
The Relation of Sin and Law, 5:13-14 157
The Comparison of Adam and Christ, 5:15-21 158
Adam and Christ in 1 Corinthians 163
The Preoccupation with Sin 165
The Good News 166
The Death of the Old Humanity, 6:1-7:6 168
Sin that Grace May Abound, 6:1-11 170
Exhortations Based on the Thesis, 6:12-14 177
Practice Sin to Enjoy Grace, 6:15-23 178
To Those Under the Law, 7:1-6 181
Baptism 186
Dying and Rising with Christ 187
The Problem of Sin in the Church 189
The Challenge of Baptism 190
A Narrative Spirituality 191
Victory Over the Flesh/Sin Through Christ and the Spirit, 7:7-8:11 191
The Meaning of "Law" 194
The Meaning of the "I" 194
The Weakness of the Law due to the Flesh/Sin, 7:7-25 197
The Fulfillment of the Law Through Christ and the Spirit, 8:1-11 205
The Story of Galatians 3 212
The Glasses of the Past 214
A Different Reading 215
The Gift of the Law 216
The Gift of the Spirit 216
The Challenge of Worldviews 217
Children of God, 8:12-39 218
The Spirit and Family Relationships, 8:12-17 219
The Triumph of Glory Over Sufferings, 8:18-30 222
The Triumph of God in Christ, 8:31-39 227
Children of God and the Spirit in Galatians 4 231
The New Family of God 233
Living in the Spirit 234
The Church and Creation 235
The Mystery of Suffering 235
Summarizing the Argument, chs. 1-8 236
The Faithfulness of God to Jews and Gentiles, 9:1-11:36 237
The Lament of Paul for Israel, 9:1-5 240
The Oath, 9:1-2 241
The Wish, 9:3 241
The Privileges, 9:4-5 242
God's Word Has Not Failed, 9:6-29 243
God's Call, 9:6-13 245
God's Sovereignty, 9:14-21 247
God Elects a New People, 9:22-29 250
Election and Jewish Identity 253
Displacement Theology 254
Theology of Predestination 255
God's Election of Jewish and Gentile Peoples 255
Election Is About God's Love and Mercy 256
Christ Is the Fulfillment of the Word of God, 9:30-10:21 257
Israel Pursued the Law and Righteousness Incorrectly, 9:30-10:3 259
Christ Is the Goal for Jew and Gentile, 10:4-13 262
The Gospel Is for all Who Hear, 10:14-21 267
Leviticus 18 269
Deuteronomy 30 270
The Church's Historic Grid 271
Jesus Fulfills the Law and God's Promises 272
Preaching the Good News 273
Obedient Hearing 273
God Has Not Rejected Israel, 11:1-36 273
The Remnant and the Rest, 11:1-10 275
The Importance of Israel's Future Salvation, 11:11-24 277
The Divine Mystery of Salvation for Jews and Gentiles, 11:25-32 281
Doxology, 11:33-36 285
The Prophecies of Isaiah 286
Isaiah in Jewish Literature 287
Supersessionism 288
Two Covenant Theology 288
The Rejection of Anti-Judaism 289
The Jewish-Christian Schism and Contemporary Response 290
Summarizing the Argument, chs. 9-11 291
The Living Sacrifice of the Righteous Community, 12:1-15:13 295
The Living Sacrifice, 12:1-2 297
The Renewal of the Mind, 12:3-16 302
The Frame, 12:3 and 16 302
To Live as the Body of Christ, 12:4-8 303
To Love without Hypocrisy, 12:9-15 304
Importance of Renewed Mind 306
Common Mind 308
A Radical and Concrete Ethic 308
A New Value System 309
Repay Only the Good, 12:17-13:10 310
Do Not Repay Evil but Overcome Evil with Good, 12:17-21 311
Be Subject to the Governing Authorities, 13:1-7 313
Be Obligated to No One Except to Love, 13:8-10 319
Non-retaliation 320
Submission to the Authorities 321
Living Nonviolently 324
Church and State 324
Faithful to God and Subject to Government 325
The Renewal of the Mind, 13:11-14 327
The Reason: Knowing the Opportune Time, 13:11-12a 327
The Imperatives, 13:12b-14 328
Baptism as Enlistment 331
Call to Faithfulness 331
Welcome Differences, 14:1-15:13 332
Welcome the Weak One, 14:1-12 334
Do Not Judge One Another, 14:13-23 336
The Strong Bear the Weak, 15:1-6 339
Welcome One Another, 15:7-13 340
Clean or Unclean? 345
Food and Community 346
Boundary Maintenance 347
Rebuilding the Center 347
Criteria for Inclusion 347
The Politics of Paul 348
Conclusion, 15:14-16:27 350
Paul's Mission, 15:14-21 351
Paul's Plans, 15:22-29 353
Paul's Request for Prayer, 15:30-32 355
Letter Closing, 15:33-16:27 356
The Theology of Romans 365
Essays 369
Chiasmus 369
Identity of Chrestus 370
Death in Romans 371
Death/Baptism as Ritual Events 373
Diatribe 374
Faith in Romans 375
Flesh in Romans 379
Grace in Romans 382
Homosexuality 383
Honor-Shame 385
Inclusio 386
Into/With Christ 386
Law in Romans 389
Letter Form 394
Living in the Spirit 395
Natural Theology 397
Obedience 398
Original Sin 398
Righteousness 400
The Righteousness of God 405
Salvation-Judgment by Works 408
Sin in Romans 409
Universalism 411
Works of the Law 413
Wrath 415
Outline of Romans 417
Map of New Testament World 421
Bibliography 423
Index of Ancient Sources 452
The Author 463

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