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Commentary on Romans

Commentary on Romans

by John Calvin

John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French theologian who became the leading figure of the Reformation in Geneva. Trained in law and humanist scholarship, he published the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536, at twenty-six, and spent his life preaching, lecturing, and organizing the Genevan church. His commentaries on nearly the whole Bible and the final 1559 Institutes anchor our Reformed collection.

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First published
1564
Category
Theology
Length
169k words · about 11 hours
Chapters
146

About this book

John Calvin's commentary on Romans, the first commentary he published, appearing in 1540 and later revised. Calvin follows Paul's great argument — sin, justification by faith, union with Christ, the Christian life, and God's purposes for Israel and the nations — with unmatched order and clarity. It set the pattern for all his later expositions of Scripture.

Contents

  1. Commentary on Romans
  2. Translator's Preface
  3. Dedication to Simon Grynaeus
  4. The Argument
  5. Romans 1:1
  6. Romans 1:8-12
  7. Romans 1:13-15
  8. Romans 1:16-17 🔒
  9. Romans 1:18-23 🔒
  10. Romans 1:24-32 🔒
  11. Romans 2:1-2 🔒
  12. Romans 2:3-10 🔒
  13. Romans 2:11-13 🔒
  14. Romans 2:14-16 🔒
  15. Romans 2:17-24 🔒
  16. Romans 2:25-29 🔒
  17. Romans 3:1-2 🔒
  18. Romans 3:3-4 🔒
  19. Romans 3:5-8 🔒
  20. Romans 3:9 🔒
  21. Romans 3:10-18 🔒
  22. Romans 3:19-20 🔒
  23. Romans 3:21-22 🔒
  24. Romans 3:23-26 🔒
  25. Romans 3:27-28 🔒
  26. Romans 3:29-30 🔒
  27. Romans 3:31 🔒
  28. Romans 4:1-3 🔒
  29. Romans 4:4-5 🔒
  30. Romans 4:6-8 🔒
  31. Romans 4:9-10 🔒
  32. Romans 4:11-12 🔒
  33. Romans 4:13 🔒
  34. Romans 4:14-15 🔒
  35. Romans 4:16-17 🔒
  36. Romans 4:18 🔒
  37. Romans 4:19-22 🔒
  38. Romans 4:23-25 🔒
  39. Romans 5:1-2 🔒
  40. Romans 5:3-5 🔒
  41. Romans 5:6-9 🔒
  42. Romans 5:10 🔒
  43. Romans 5:11 🔒
  44. Romans 5:12-14 🔒
  45. Romans 5:15 🔒
  46. Romans 5:16 🔒
  47. Romans 5:17 🔒
  48. Romans 5:18 🔒
  49. Romans 5:19 🔒
  50. Romans 5:20-21 🔒
  51. Romans 6:1-2 🔒
  52. Romans 6:3-4 🔒
  53. Romans 6:5-6 🔒
  54. Romans 6:7-11 🔒
  55. Romans 6:12-13 🔒
  56. Romans 6:14-18 🔒
  57. Romans 6:19 🔒
  58. Romans 6:20-23 🔒
  59. Romans 7:1-4 🔒
  60. Romans 7:5-6 🔒
  61. Romans 7:7-8 🔒
  62. Romans 7:8-12 🔒
  63. Romans 7:13 🔒
  64. Romans 7:14-17 🔒
  65. Romans 7:18-20 🔒
  66. Romans 7:21-23 🔒
  67. Romans 7:24-25 🔒
  68. Romans 8:1-4 🔒
  69. Romans 8:5-8 🔒
  70. Romans 8:9-11 🔒
  71. Romans 8:12-14 🔒
  72. Romans 8:15-18 🔒
  73. Romans 8:19-22 🔒
  74. Romans 8:23-25 🔒
  75. Romans 8:26-27 🔒
  76. Romans 8:28-30 🔒
  77. Romans 8:31-34 🔒
  78. Romans 8:35-37 🔒
  79. Romans 8:38-39 🔒
  80. Romans 9:1-5 🔒
  81. Romans 9:6-9 🔒
  82. Romans 9:10-13 🔒
  83. Romans 9:14-18 🔒
  84. Romans 9:19-21 🔒
  85. Romans 9:22-23 🔒
  86. Romans 9:24-29 🔒
  87. Romans 9:30-33 🔒
  88. Romans 10:1-4 🔒
  89. Romans 10:5-10 🔒
  90. Romans 10:11-13 🔒
  91. Romans 10:14-17 🔒
  92. Romans 10:18-21 🔒
  93. Romans 11:1-6 🔒
  94. Romans 11:7-10 🔒
  95. Romans 11:11-15 🔒
  96. Romans 11:16-21 🔒
  97. Romans 11:22-24 🔒
  98. Romans 11:25-27 🔒
  99. Romans 11:28-32 🔒
  100. Romans 11:33-36 🔒
  101. Romans 12:1-2 🔒
  102. Romans 12:3 🔒
  103. Romans 12:4-8 🔒
  104. Romans 12:9-13 🔒
  105. Romans 12:14-16 🔒
  106. Romans 12:17-19 🔒
  107. Romans 12:20-21 🔒
  108. Romans 13:1-2 🔒
  109. Romans 13:3-4 🔒
  110. Romans 13:5-7 🔒
  111. Romans 13:8-10 🔒
  112. Romans 13:11-14 🔒
  113. Romans 14:1-4 🔒
  114. Romans 14:5-6 🔒
  115. Romans 14:7-9 🔒
  116. Romans 14:10-13 🔒
  117. Romans 14:14-18 🔒
  118. Romans 14:19-21 🔒
  119. Romans 14:22-23 🔒
  120. Romans 15:1-3 🔒
  121. Romans 15:4-6 🔒
  122. Romans 15:7-12 🔒
  123. Romans 15:13-16 🔒
  124. Romans 15:17-21 🔒
  125. Romans 15:22-24 🔒
  126. Romans 15:25-29 🔒
  127. Romans 15:30-33 🔒
  128. Romans 16:1-16 🔒
  129. Romans 16:17-20 🔒
  130. Romans 16:21-27 🔒
  131. Translation of Romans · Chapter 1 🔒
  132. Translation of Romans · Chapter 2 🔒
  133. Translation of Romans · Chapter 3 🔒
  134. Translation of Romans · Chapter 4 🔒
  135. Translation of Romans · Chapter 5 🔒
  136. Translation of Romans · Chapter 6 🔒
  137. Translation of Romans · Chapter 7 🔒
  138. Translation of Romans · Chapter 8 🔒
  139. Translation of Romans · Chapter 9 🔒
  140. Translation of Romans · Chapter 10 🔒
  141. Translation of Romans · Chapter 11 🔒
  142. Translation of Romans · Chapter 12 🔒
  143. Translation of Romans · Chapter 13 🔒
  144. Translation of Romans · Chapter 14 🔒
  145. Translation of Romans · Chapter 15 🔒
  146. Translation of Romans · Chapter 16 🔒

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