Paul's letters
The book of Romans
Paul’s fullest explanation of the gospel: sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and Israel’s place.
Paul wrote to the church at Rome from Corinth, at the end of his third journey, planning to visit them and go on to Spain (Romans 15:22–29; 16:1, 23). The scribe was Tertius (16:22).
Written at: Corinth (Romans 16:23; Acts 20:2–3)
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
The power of God for salvation. For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16 (World English Bible)
All have sinned; justified freely by his grace. for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:23-24 (World English Bible)
People
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Places
On the timeline
The FallGod's covenant with AbramPaul writes Romans from Corinth
Romans quotes or alludes to the Old Testament 55 times (counted in the site’s Old in the New).
Dating notes
Conventional chronology (Delphi inscription anchors Paul’s dates); Ussher runs two to three years later. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.