The book of Romans was written by the Apostle Paul while on his third missionary journey. Paul, at the time, had not been to Rome nor visited the believers there. This is why the theme of the whole book of Romans is the basic gospel, or Paul describing God’s plan, for all humankind, the way to accept salvation and righteousness. Because Paul had not yet visited Rome personally, he chose to write this epistle, also known as a letter, to the people preparing both himself and them for the reasons he would travel there in person. While writing this letter Paul was conducting other ministry along the way. During the time he wrote this letter to the roman residents, he was collecting donations from various churches for the less fortunate believers
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The reason this is considered (passive voice)a letter is because Paul maintains a personal stance and even takes into account some of the questions that he might get asked if he were there in person saying all of what he writes to them. Paul’s presentation of the gospel included these topics: “God’s holiness, mankind’s sin, and the saving grace offered by Jesus Christ.”(web 3) Even more than laying the groundwork for his hopeful trip to visit them, he takes the time to acknowledge some of the issues that the believers were dealing with amongst themselves. The city of (passive voice)Rome was already well known (hyphen) to include several idols and practices of idolatry and promiscuous lifestyles that were contrary to the lifestyle Paul was trying to express. Paul spent a lot of time pouring into the churches that were under his care and the people of Rome were by far the most challenging to get to alter that lifestyle because of how debaucherous it really was. The letter to the people of Rome is really one of the best examples of salvation in a literary form. It is much different than (from) the Gospels, because those letters were written (passive voice)by men who not only knew Jesus physically they were with Jesus all the time. This letter is written (passive voice)some twenty-five years after Jesus’ death and resurrection so
The reason this is considered (passive voice)a letter is because Paul maintains a personal stance and even takes into account some of the questions that he might get asked if he were there in person saying all of what he writes to them. Paul’s presentation of the gospel included these topics: “God’s holiness, mankind’s sin, and the saving grace offered by Jesus Christ.”(web 3) Even more than laying the groundwork for his hopeful trip to visit them, he takes the time to acknowledge some of the issues that the believers were dealing with amongst themselves. The city of (passive voice)Rome was already well known (hyphen) to include several idols and practices of idolatry and promiscuous lifestyles that were contrary to the lifestyle Paul was trying to express. Paul spent a lot of time pouring into the churches that were under his care and the people of Rome were by far the most challenging to get to alter that lifestyle because of how debaucherous it really was. The letter to the people of Rome is really one of the best examples of salvation in a literary form. It is much different than (from) the Gospels, because those letters were written (passive voice)by men who not only knew Jesus physically they were with Jesus all the time. This letter is written (passive voice)some twenty-five years after Jesus’ death and resurrection so