This work's speaker then laments that knowledge of the law produces the desire to act against it, saying he is a "slave to the law of sin.
This work uses a somewhat belabored simile contrasting an adulteress with a woman who remarries after her husband's death to argue that its addressees have died to the law and are released from it. This work's speaker then laments that knowledge of the law produces the desire to act against it, saying he is a "slave to the law of sin." This letter warns addressees against taking revenge because "Vengeance is mine; I shall repay, says the Lord." It claims that (*) circumcision does not matter, since it becomes invalid for someone who breaks the law. This letter warns that "the wages of sin is death" and that "the righteous shall live by faith," inspiring Martin Luther's doctrine of faith over works. For 10 points, name this first and longest epistle by Paul, addressed to the inhabitants of an empire's capital.
This work uses a somewhat belabored simile contrasting an adulteress with a woman who remarries after her husband's death to argue that its addressees have died to the law and are released from it.
Epistle to the Romans [or Letter to the Romans]