title: Romans: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
author:  Paul J. Achtemeier 
description: <b>Paul J. Achtemeier</b> is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Interpretation at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. He is coeditor of the popular series, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching.
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  > Our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. . .
  > . His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which
  > ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to
  > their own destruction. 2 Peter 3:15-16
  
    
  
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  > Preface 10
  
  > Introduction: Understanding and Interpreting Biblical Texts 13
  
  1\. Is God Wrathful? Romans 1:18 22
  
  2\. One Man's Sin Means My Death? Romans 5:12 27
  
  3\. Increasing Sin Romans 5:20 34
  
  4\. Dead to Sin Romans 6:2, 7 -37
  
  5\. A Slave to Sin Romans 7:14, 19 43
  
  6\. All Things for Good Romans 8:28 47
  
  7\. Is God Unjust? Romans 9:13-15 51
  
  8\. The End of the Law Romans 10:4 56
  
  9\. Israel's Salvation Romans 11:26 63
  
  10\. God Has Bound All to Disobedience Romans 11:32 72
  
  11\. Heap