The Basic Bible Commentary series is a 29-volume commentary written to enhance Bible study for all students of the Bible. Based on the NRSV and NIV translations, the commentary covers every book verse by verse. Each volume also contains maps, charts, a pronunciation guide, and a glossary. In Volume 22, Romans is outlined and structured as follows: Outline of Romans, Introduction to Romans, Romans 1:1-15, Romans 1:16-32, Romans 2, Romans 3:1-20, Romans 3:21-4:25, Romans 5, Romans 6, Romans 7, Romans 8, Romans 9-11, Romans 12, Romans 13:1-15:13, Romans 15:14-16:27, Glossary of Terms, Guide to Pronunciation, Map of the Mediterranean World at the Time of Paul.
Robert Jewett taught for 20 years at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and is currently a Guest Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is the author of Mission and Menace: Four Centuries of American Religious Zeal, and is Theologian in Residence at St. Mark's Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.