The book of Romans: The wonderful book of Romans was written by the great apostle Paul. Some say it’s “the most profound work in existence” (Hindson & Towns, 2013). The book of Romans was written in the winter of AD 56/57, Paul wrote the letter to believers of Rome (Hindson & Towns, 2013). The Romans believed this because his letter was written around the end of his last missionary journey and his incarceration in Jerusalem. In writing this letter his intentions were to prepare the Romans for his ministry upon arrival. His goal was to present the true Christian living and to show the righteousness of God. Paul’s epistle to the Romans is his most extensive theological writing. It stands first among the epistles because it is the longest and …show more content…
It then became the capital of Macedonia in 148 BC and a free city in 42 BC. Paul was summons by a man of Macedonia to preach the gospel there (Acts 16:9). The first convert made by Paul in Europe was Lydia, a “seller of purple,”(Acts 16:13-15) residing in Philippi, the Chief city of the eastern division of Macedonia (Bible History Online, 1995-2014). Macedonia is a large and celebrated country lying north of Greece and is the first part of Europe to receive the gospel by none other than St. Paul himself. The character of Christians in Macedonia is provided in scripture for instance; “And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them (Acts 16:10). When Paul left Trophimus and went to Macedonia there he wrote his first letter to Timothy. Paul also sent Timothy back to Macedonia to check on and encourage the new churches at Thessalonica and Philippi (1 Thessalonians 3:1-5) after being driven out by jealous Jews from Thessalonica. Macedonia was probably visited by Paul at least three times according to scripture (Phil 2:24; 1 Timothy 1:3) near the end of Paul’s first journey he returned from Corinth to Syria, passing through Macedonia (Acts 20:1-6). Alexander, his son and grandson also tried to consolidate much of Macedonian power, but the death of Archelus (399BC) was followed by 40 years of disunion and weakness (Orr, A., D., & Editor,