Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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WRITTEN PROBABLY DURING HIS STAY AT
CORINTH, IN THE COURSE OF HIS THIRD
MISSIONARY JOURNEY, ABOUT 56 A.D.
St. Paul had often wished to visit Rome, but up to the
time of writing this Letter he had been prevented by various
causes from doing so (Rom. 1. 11, 13: Acts 19. 21). At last
there seemed to be a prospect of the realization of his long-cherished
desire. In the course of his third missionary journey
he was in Corinth, and was about to go to Jerusalem to carry
to the poorer Christians there the charitable contributions of
several other Churches. It was his intention, upon leaving
Jerusalem, to visit Spain, and he hoped on his way to spend a
short time in Rome (Rom. 15. 24). He wrote the present
Letter in anticipation of this journey to the West and for the
purpose of putting in writing beforehand a full statement of
certain important truths.
Philosophy, the Apostle teaches, had failed as a means of
Salvation for the Gentile. The Law had failed as a means
of Salvation for the Jew. In this Letter he establishes the
doctrine that faith in Christ is the only ground of acceptance
with God for all mankind.
The extent to which he develops his subject gives the Letter
largely the aspect of a treatise.
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TO THE ROMANS.
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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