# St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans: A Practical Exposition. Vol. I

Author: Gore, Charles, 1853-1932

Genre: Category: Religion/Spirituality

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32673

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## Summary

It was the custom in the days of the Romans to begin a letter with a brief indication from whom it came and to whom it was addressed, in the form of a complimentary salutation, thus--to take an example from the New Testament--'Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix, greeting[1].' We are familiar in our day with the like forms for beginning and ending letters, serving the same purpose and generally no other. St. Paul then accepts the epistolary form of his day, but pours into it an increasing wealth of personal meaning[2]. Thus in this place the necessary address--'Paul the apostle {47} to the believers in Jesus Christ which are in Rome, greeting'--is expanded into a saluta...

## Chapters

- [chapter i, so here--ascribe in part to men's own wills. In this very](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/st-paul-s-epistle-to-the-romans-a-practical-exposition-vol-i-32673/chapters/5/index.md)
- [liv. 17, 18: 'From time to time ye have rejected the understanding of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/st-paul-s-epistle-to-the-romans-a-practical-exposition-vol-i-32673/chapters/3/index.md)
- [xvii. 30: 'The times of ignorance God overlooked (winked at); but now](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/st-paul-s-epistle-to-the-romans-a-practical-exposition-vol-i-32673/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I. 8-17.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/st-paul-s-epistle-to-the-romans-a-practical-exposition-vol-i-32673/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I. 1-7.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/st-paul-s-epistle-to-the-romans-a-practical-exposition-vol-i-32673/chapters/1/index.md)