Introduction to Romans 6: part 12 - Other thoughts to Apostle Paul's letter

The book of Romans as a whole is complex, yet simple to understand and read. I feel you could read it over and over throughout your lifetime and never know everything.

As I read through other scholarly work to get more understanding, I found my biggest takeaway was a deeper understanding of the first century time through the reading, and relating to the book of Romans. As I read through three chapters of Greco-Roman World of the New Testament, by author James Jeffers, I delved deeper into the Word as Paul related and taught those he ministered to in the first century.

First of all, I understood from reading through Romans and other studies of the book in the past that Jews and Gentiles struggled to live and serve the same God together. From a deeper understanding in this week’s work, I can now see that Jews faced desires to become a slave to the Roman way of life, yet reflect in their walk that it was a blessing from God, while giving in to worldly desires. Jews were suppressed often, and so I can sympathize to a certain point how this difficult life must have been, especially from chapter one of Jeffer’s book.

More to come as we bring our study and discussion on Romans to a close!