Book of Romans?

Question

I am doing research on Paul and Romans and I'm alittle confused?
What was the general purpose for Paul writing Romans?

Answer 1

I believe the general purpose was for Paul to introduce himself to the Church in Rome and set forth what he styles in the Letter as "his gospel" (chapter 2:16); that is, the special revelation God gave to Paul to present to the Gentiles, the main theme of which was that justification, or righteousness with God comes through faith in Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice, and not through the keeping of any set of laws, whether it be the Law of Moses or any other set of laws. He expresses his expectation of personally coming to Rome in chapter 15:24ff. He of course did in fact come to Rome (Acts 28), but under quite different circumstances than originally envisioned.
I believe God's purpose in having Paul write the Letter to the Romans was to present the world with the clearest and most concise treatise on the subject of the mission and purpose of God in sending Jesus Christ from heaven to provide salvation to the world. It remains to this day unparalleled as a logical and spiritually profound answer to the question: "How can a man be made right with God?"

Answer 2

First of the doctrinal letters.

ABCs of Christianity.

He wrote this to make the congregations(synagogues) aware of God's Wisdom.

Paul starts early explaining it is by faith not works and then later tell us to be clean so we are righteous before the throne.

There is a great deal of information that is "must learn" for Christians in Romans. This is more than an Answers blub.

Saul, who became Paul, was a persecutor of Christians. He considered Christianity to be the largest threat against Judaism that ever was.

Saul was a Pharisee and had the backing of religious leaders in Jerusalem and the letter of Rome to back him up. He wraught great destruction among the Church.

Think of it like this: The number one prosecutor of Christians converts. What an awesome witness to the power of God Almighty through the teachings of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 3

Many have written entire books on this. If you have time go to jsm.org and buy the 900 page book that picks this apart, if you don't have that much time then buy the expository Bible (2.500 pages) that is normally $125 for like $30, you can not go wrong, just about every verse explained and you'll have a great Bible.

Paul seems to me to address just about everything starting with Jesus and how he was mentioned in the Old testament and goes through laws and no laws and etc, It is just too long to explain here, if you have an expository Bible then check it out, if not you should be able to understand the AV 1611 version. have fun and take care.

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Answer 4

With Romans we begin the 14 books of the Bible that the holy spirit inspired this former Pharisee, now a faithful servant of God, to write. By the time he wrote Romans, Paul had already completed two long preaching tours and was well along on the third. He had written five other inspired letters: First and Second Thessalonians, Galatians, and First and Second Corinthians. Yet it seems appropriate that in our modern Bibles, Romans precedes the others, since it discusses at length the new equality between Jews and non-Jews, the two classes to whom Paul preached. It explains a turning point in God’s dealings with his people and shows that the inspired Hebrew Scriptures had long foretold that the good news would be proclaimed also to the non-Jews.

2 Paul, using Tertius as secretary, laces rapid argument and an astounding number of Hebrew Scripture quotations into one of the most forceful books of the Christian Greek Scriptures. With remarkable beauty of language, he discusses the problems that arose when first-century Christian congregations were composed of both Jews and Greeks. Did Jews have priority because of being Abraham’s descendants? Did mature Christians, exercising their liberty from the Mosaic Law, have the right to stumble weaker Jewish brothers who still held to ancient customs? In this letter Paul firmly established that Jews and non-Jews are equal before God and that men are declared righteous, not through the Mosaic Law, but through faith in Jesus Christ and by God’s undeserved kindness. At the same time, God requires Christians to show proper subjection to the various authorities under which they find themselves.

Answer 5

There is one verse that sums it up. But not entirely.
The Gospel is...'the power of God unto salvation, to the Jew first, but also unto the Greek.' -Romans 1:16.
It was encouragement and evangelistic for the Christian Romans.
There are also the 8 jewels of reconciliation and being justified by faith. But this is a study in itself.
Romans 5:
Peace -verse 1
Access -2
Joy -2
Glory in trial -3
Patience -4
Experience -4
Hope -5
Love -5.

Answer 6

I love the book of Romans, Romans talks alot about Gods love, but im not sure his actual purpose for writing to the romans...

Answer 7

The book of Romans has been called by some the instruction manual for Christianity. You can read the book and pretty much capture in a nutshell the idea of Christian salvation by faith in Christ and it leading to eternal heaven.

It is far and away my favorite book of the bible. It tells me everything I need to know about achieving Salvation through the dead, risen and ascended Christ, Jesus.

Answer 8

Paul was the ultimate conversion to the faith, which is what he was trying to promote to the Romans!!! Paul was an oppressor of the Jews as a tax collector. The Romans were oppressors of the Jews, and Christians as well.

Answer 9

It is one of my favorite books. Romans Chapter 8 captures and summarizes our salvation.

Answer 10

The apostle Paul had three objectives in writing this epistle: 1. to teach them (saints) the fundamental doctrine of salvation in order to fortify them against the Judaizers 2. to explain the unbelief of Israel and vindicate the faithfulness of God in His dealings with Israel and 3. to give practical instruction concerning Christian living in the society of his day.