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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Editor’s Note
Table of Contents
Editorial Preface
Author’s Preface
Abbreviations
General Bibliography
Commentary Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
1. The Author
2. The Recipients
3. The Purpose of the Letter
4. The Formal and Theological Coherence of the Letter
5. The New Perspective on Paul
I. Introduction (1:1–17)
A. Introductory Statement and Greetings (1:1–7)
Explanation
B. Personal Explanations (1:8–15)
Explanation
C. Summary Statement of the Letter’s Theme (1:16–17)
Explanation
II–V. The Righteousness of God—from God’s Faithfulness to Man’s Faith (1:18–11:36)
II–III. The Righteousness of God—to Man’s Faith (1:18–5:21)
II. The Wrath of God on Man’s Unrighteousness (1:18–3:20)
A. God’s Wrath on Humankind—from a Jewish Perspective (1:18–32)
Explanation
B. God’s Wrath on Jew First As Well As Gentile (2:1–3:8)
1. The Impartiality of God (2:1–11)
Explanation
2. Possession of the Law No Safeguard (2:12–16)
Explanation
3. Favored Status No Security (2:17–24)
Explanation
4. Circumcision No Guarantee (2:25–29)
Explanation
5. What Then of God’s Faithfulness? (3:1–8)
Explanation
C. Conclusion: God’s Judgment on All without Exception (3:9–20)
Explanation
III. God’s Saving Righteousness to Faith (3:21–5:21)
A. To Faith in Christ Jesus (3:21–31)
1. The Decisive Demonstration of God’s Righteousness in the Death of Jesus (3:21–26)
Explanation
2. The Consequences for the Self-Understanding of the Jewish People (3:27–31)
Explanation
B. Abraham as a Test Case (4:1–25)
Explanation
C. First Conclusions: The New Perspective of Faith in Relation to the Individual and to Humanity at Large (5:1–21)
1. The New Perspective on the Believer’s Present and Future (5:1–11)
Explanation
2. The New Perspective on God’s Righteous Purpose for Humankind (5:12–21)
Explanation
IV–V. The Outworking of This Gospel in Relation to the Individual and to the Election of Grace (6:1–11:36)
IV. The Outworking of the Gospel in Relation to the Individual (6:1–8:39)
A. Does Grace Encourage Sin? (6:1–23)
1. The Believer Has Died to Sin (6:1–11)
Explanation
2. The Believer Should Therefore Live to God (6:12–23)
Explanation
B. What Role Does the Law Play in All This? (7:1–25)
1. The Believer Has Been Released from the Law Which Condemned to Death (7:1–6)
Explanation
2. But the Law Is Still Exploited by Sin and Death, As Experience Demonstrates (7:7–25)
Explanation
C. The Eschatological Tension and Fulfillment of God’s Purpose through the Spirit (8:1–30)
1. The Spirit of Life (8:1–11)
Explanation
2. The Spirit of Sonship (8:12–17)
Explanation
3. The Spirit as Firstfruits (8:18–30)
Explanation
D. Second Conclusion: The Triumph of God His Faithfulness and the Assurance of Faith (8:31–39)
Explanation
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