Careful exegetical attention, a robust command of Reformed systematic theology and an acute awareness of our spiritual needs all mark this work of profound scholarship. John Murray leads the reader through the traditional landscape of a Romans commentary - authorship, purpose, structure, verse-by-verse exposition - engaging the leading scholars of his time.

To that he adds his own depth of understanding, built on years of teaching and studying the letter, and he does not flinch from the long-debated questions that remain live for the church: the nature of justification, the relation between Adam and Christ, and the weak and the strong of the closing chapters. Demanding, and worth the demand.