The book of Romans was written by Paul to the church in Rome, which was divided on a number of issues between the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers. Paul tries to bring together these different believers as they had forgotten the grace of God in their lives. He calls upon them to learn God’s grace that they may learn to extend grace to one another.
Salvation
Righteousness could be looked as right relationship, that is, those who have right relationship with God are those who have faith in God. In Rom 3: 19-22, Paul shows that the righteousness he is describing in Romans is altogether apart from works and is a faith righteousness and is not by works. Also in Rom 4:5, Paul affirms that righteousness cannot be obedience as it is faith and hence it must be right relationship. As mankind fails to meet God’s standards and are not in the right relationship with God, they are worthy of His wrath. However when Jesus died at Calvary, the wrath of God, which every sinner deserves, are justified by faith in Jesus and their right relationship with God,
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This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood-- to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in