Romans 15: The God of Hope…
This chapter falls into two ‘halves’. In the first half (v 1 to 13) Paul concludes his section on Christian living (which began at Romans 12 v 1), drawing to a close his teaching on the role of Israel (Romans 9 to 11) by presenting Jesus as the hope of both Jews and Gentiles.
In the second half (v 14 to 33) Paul resumes his personal letter-style from Romans 1, which he had broken off in verse 15 in order to start his great doctrinal treatise (Romans 1 v 16 to the end of Romans 8)…