Romans: A Commentary

by J. Martin

For the invisible things of him, his eternal power and divinity, are clearly understood by the creation of the world and by the things that are made so that there is no excuse – Romans 1:20A CommentaryMajor The reconciliation of God's sovereignty and man's free will.When Paul wrote the epistle of Romans, his intention was that Romans would read the whole letter in one sitting, and that they would understand what they were reading without further explanation. Sometimes we dig so deep into scripture that we lose the basic meaning of what we're reading. This is not, then, as much a commentary as it is an attempt to revitalize interest in the book of Romans itself – as it was written, and as it was meant to be understood. Attention is drawn to the words and phrases of the text, highlighting things imperative to be understood and claimed for our own.About the Bible Version Used in This CommentaryIn the Jubilee Bible, the usage and context tends to define each key word so you don’t need to depend on theological dictionaries or reference materials. Careful attention has been made to properly translate the first usage of each key word and through to the last occurrence. The Jubilee Bible is the only translation we know of that has each unique Hebrew word matched and mated with a unique English word so that the usage (number of occurrences and number of verses where the word occurs) sets forth a meaningful number pattern and a complete definition of what God means by each word.

Genres: Christian, Reference

140 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2018

Reviews

[BJ Richardson · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can go over to Amazon and get this book for free. I guess you get what you pay for. Probably over a year back, I added this to my kindle shelf and it has been sitting there collecting virtual dust ever since. I'm trying to knock a few of those books off my shelf before the year is up (so I can fill it up again come January), and so I started reading this.

The author is a conservative arminianist evangelical. That much I can tell from his writing. Beyond that, there isn't much to say. The commentary has the feel of someone who sat down and read one chapter from Romans every day. Then he spent 30 minutes each day writing out his thoughts from the scripture he read. It isn't very deep. It isn't very profound. There's no referencing other studies or scholars. If he knows Greek, he isn't using it. But at the same time, there's very little here I would have cause to disagree with either.

If you were to pick this book up for any reason, I would recommend doing so as a guide or template for your own devotional study. What I believe he did is a good idea for all of us to do. Spend some time every day in prayer, read a chapter of scripture, and then write out your thoughts on what you read. To others, those thoughts might seem basic. But to you, they will be profound.

[Stephen Smalley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Misogynistic Commentary

I ordered this for my bible study. I was disappointed with this:
In this day when there is much talk about equality of men and women, and women going beyond what is their natural roles in order to become leaders of businesses, nations, and even churches, it is yet important to note that women have appropriate, biblical opportunity to labor much with the Lord’s workers. There is so much that women can do which doesn’t venture into men’s roles as defined by scripture, that women if they fulfilled all they are given opportunity to do, wouldn’t have time to seek to also fulfill men’s roles, neither would they feel the need to do so. Both men and women will truly be fulfilled in their ministry if we simply apply what the Lord says regarding these matters.
After praise was given to women for their "roles".

[Bob Burger · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting and informed commentary

I was a little leary to get this book. I'd never heard of J. Martin and a quick Google search revealed very little. The fact that he or she does not reveal his or ther first name felt very "woke." The last thing I wanted to read was a social justice version of one of the greatest books on being a true Christian. I still don't know much of the individual J. Martin, but I thank J. Martin for this book. It introduced more to the Jubilee Bible, and an insightful look at Romans. This was not the only book I used in a 1 year dive into Romans, but combined with David Guzick, and Chuck Smith I am glad that i found it.

[Lady Safari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good insight.

This book provided good insight into the book of Romans. It was simple and easy to follow, but also provided one with thoughts to chew on.