Essay New Testament Bible Dictionary Project

Name:Student ID:Course:Date:New Testament Bible Dictionary Project:RomansEpistle to the Romansof romans is the sixth book of the New Testament, Preceded by the Acts of Apostles, and followed by the First Epistle to the Corinthians. The word ‘epistle’ refers to a letter or a series of letters. Therefore, the book of Romans is a letter. The book was written by Apostle Paul at around 60 A.D from the city of Corinth in Greece. Paul organizes the letter into an introduction(1:1-17), the body and the conclusion (15:14—16:27). In the introduction, Paul begins with a salutation to the people of Rome, expresses concern his willingness and readiness to travel to Rome and preach to the romans about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The majority of the romans did not understand the Old Testament because it only related to the Jewish people. In Roman 1:16, Paul writes that, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” He continues in Roman 10:4, “For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.” The purpose of