Like pointed out earlier this article it mainly focused on Romans 3:21-31, but in order to do justice to these 11 verses, it is important to know what came before it. This is shown by Romans 3:22 which says “The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe”, that when reading the verses up to this one, it gives the reader a better understanding of why Maier and Paul’s main idea was the righteousness with God. This article does not show a conclusion statement from Maier because this is an article of better understanding righteousness and how even though all have sinned that this does not mean one cannot become righteous with god. Although the article was what I had to focus on most in this essay, I first had to understand the purpose of Paul writing Romans, but more importantly the purpose of Chapter 3:21-31. My opinion about this whole chapter is that Paul is carrying on the teachings of Jesus. Even though verse 22 was the main idea, it was also important for Paul to explain that Gods ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, was the act of a “clean slate”. When God sacrificed Jesus, he was doing so in order to forgive the sins that had occurred up until Jesus’
Like pointed out earlier this article it mainly focused on Romans 3:21-31, but in order to do justice to these 11 verses, it is important to know what came before it. This is shown by Romans 3:22 which says “The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe”, that when reading the verses up to this one, it gives the reader a better understanding of why Maier and Paul’s main idea was the righteousness with God. This article does not show a conclusion statement from Maier because this is an article of better understanding righteousness and how even though all have sinned that this does not mean one cannot become righteous with god. Although the article was what I had to focus on most in this essay, I first had to understand the purpose of Paul writing Romans, but more importantly the purpose of Chapter 3:21-31. My opinion about this whole chapter is that Paul is carrying on the teachings of Jesus. Even though verse 22 was the main idea, it was also important for Paul to explain that Gods ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, was the act of a “clean slate”. When God sacrificed Jesus, he was doing so in order to forgive the sins that had occurred up until Jesus’