Becker Bible Studies
King James Bible chapter index
Romans
Romans has been called "The Constitution of Christianity," "The
Christian Manifesto," and "The Cathedral of the Christian Faith." It is
known as the most complete compendium of Christian doctrine. The Epistle
of Romans was written by Paul during his third missionary journey to
Corinth. Paul was intending on making a fourth missionary journey to the
western extremity of the Roman Empire. He wanted the Roman church
to assist him with making that journey and wrote this epistle to
establish contact with the Roman church in preparation for the
anticipated visit. The church at Rome was primarily made up of
Gentiles and had very little central organization or local church
government. Small groups of believers met all over the city, and
this is the reason that Paul addressed his epistle to the "saints"
rather than to the "church."
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