In his usual confident manner, Eckhard Schnabel concludes his commentary on the Letter to the Romans with this volume. The commentary is characterized by a wealth of historical background information, the processing of a large body of literature, and a balanced, always comprehensible argumentation. On the theologically significant topics of these chapters of Romans, Schnabel presents his own distinct positions. For instance, Romans 6 does not focus on water baptism in the narrow sense; rather, the emphasis is on the connection with Christ through faith. The inner conflict of man between good intentions and evil actions, which Paul describes in Romans 7, represents the situation of humanity without Christ and cannot, contrary to Luther's view, be used to describe the Christian. In Romans 13, Paul does not develop a Christian doctrine of the state, but...