Romans - Introduction
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Paul planned to make a fourth missionary journey to Rome, and then from there go on to Spain (Romans 15:23-24). But Paul never got to carry out this plan, because he was arrested in Jerusalem (the capital of the province of Judea in Israel), and was imprisoned in Israel for two years. When he finally got to go to Rome, it was as a prisoner, not as a free man. Paul remained in Rome under house arrest for two more years (Acts 28:30-31). After that time, there is no definite record of what happened to Paul. It is believed he was put to death by the Roman emperor Nero in about 67 A.D.
Paul’s letter to the Romans is the most complete statement of the Gospel of Christ in the New Testament. The main theme of the letter is that all men are sinners, but that through faith in Christ man can be made righteous in God’s sight and receive salvation and eternal life.
As with all the other writers of the Bible, Paul wrote his New Testament letters by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. One could equally well say that the Holy Spirit is the author of all the books of the Bible; the human writers were merely the instruments of the Holy Spirit.2 Therefore, as we read Paul’s letters, let us remember that they (and all the books of the Bible) are works specially written and sent to us by God Himself. This letter of Paul to the Romans was written not only for the Romans; it was written also for us.