Commentary on Romans by David Brown

David Brown’s commentary on Romans is part of the handbooks for Bible Classes and Private Students series. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation.

David Brown [1803-1897], The Epistle to the Romans with Introduction and Notes. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1950. Hbk. pp.152. [Click to visit the Romans page for the download link for this title and other free resources]

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Authenticity of the Epistle
2. The Traing of the Writer
3. When and Where this Epistle was Written
4. Origin of the Roman Church
5. Was the Roman Church a Jewish or a Gentle Church
6. The Plan and Character of this Epistle

• Address and Salutation
• Theme of the Epistle
• Salvation needed alike by all, and first, by the whole gentile world
• The Jew under condemnation no less than the gentile
• Jewish objections answered
• The doctrine of justification by faith illustrated from the Old Testament
• The blessedness of the justified
• Comparison and contrast between Adam and Christ in their relation to the human family
• The fruits of justification in the new life
• The completedness of them that are in Christ Jesus stretching over all time into eternity
• The true Israel has not been rejected—How Israel after the flesh has has fallen—and how, in the case of both, and in the calling of the Gentiles, the word of God has taken effect
• The ultimate infringing of all israel to form, with the Gentiles, one kingdom of God on the earth
• Christian service
• Political and Social Relations
• Christian Forbearance
• Conclusion