Charles Hodge lectured on the Pauline epistles at Princeton Theological Seminary for fifty-six years, from 1822 until his death in 1878, and issued the final version of this commentary on Romans in 1864.

It was recognized at once as belonging among the few truly great works on the letter, and that verdict has been upheld by Christian leaders ever since. A classic of Reformed exegesis in the Geneva Series, and still the first stop for many preachers working through Romans.