The Epistle to the Romans

by Leon L. Morris

Morris tackles the complexities of faith and interpretation associated with the Epistle to the Romans in this substantial yet easy-to-read commentary, written to be intelligible to the layperson while also taking account of modern scholarship.

Genres: Reference, Theology, Biblical Studies, New Testament, Christianity

586 pages, Hardcover

First published February 5, 1988

Reviews

[Michael Beck]

Morris has a wide swath of good commentaries on various New Testament books. This one on Romans in the Pillar series is very helpful, mixing both good exegesis, historical context, and theology. My only critique is that occasionally on important passages where there were differing interpretations, Morris relied on traditional Reformed understandings rather than make his case from the text. But overall Morris is a great help to the Bible student or pastor-preacher. My 4th favorite commentary. Highly recommended.

[Gage Jordan]

Using this commentary for our sermon series through Romans.

Easy to read. Not so technical that you can’t grab application but scholarly enough for you to understand what various views on the passage are.

Highly recommend.

[Chuck Bonadies]

I enjoy reading Leon Morris; his commentary on John is one of the best I have come across. However, Romans is not his finest work. He fails to interact with the New Perspective on Paul as if it is just a fad.

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[Glenn Crouch]

Morris was a big influence on me in my younger days, and it has been a great pleasure to read this Commentary on Romans - from cover to cover. I had referenced it, and read chunks of it, over the decades. For our recent Bible study on Romans, this was at a nice “middle ground” - more than a devotional commentary, yet not too scholarly. Plus as always, Morris is easy to read. Morris also has a good way of handling relevant Greek issues, and is always gracious when covering different views.

This is a good commentary for anyone wanting to delve deeper into Romans, without getting too deep into the Greek. Also a good choice if you’ve never actually read a commentary. It is also a great reference work, but it is one of those commentaries that is work readying.

[Jess Alex]

Un commentaire très bien fait qui a cette qualité de ne pas seulement faire de l'exégèse mais de se souvenir que celui qui lit ce type d'ouvrage est généralement un croyant qui cherche à recevoir et vivre le message des Écritures.

[Alice]

Easy to understand yet scholarly commentary on Paul's great letter to the Roman church.

[Kingsley Layton]

An absolutely outstanding reference on this wonderful complete theology of Paul. (Book of Romans).