The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Romans
Overview
After sketching the life of one of the New Testament's most zealous missionaries—the Apostle Paul—Moule then discusses the date, authenticity, language of the letter, as well as questions regarding the last few chapters of Romans. Moule lays out the theology of Romans in clear, comprehensive notes, ending with an index to the introduction, notes, and appendices.
- Verse-by-verse exegesis
- Contains helpful notes, indexes, and appendixes
Top Highlights
“The special direction to be taken by this ‘sober-thinking’ was the recognition by each Christian of the limits of his own gifts, the reality of the gifts of others, and the position of the individual as only a part of the great community; as well as the ever-important fact that ‘gifts,’ whether many or few, are the sovereign bounty of God.” (Page 207)
“There, however, the word ‘grace’ is used where ‘faith’ is used here; and ‘faith’ here is not quite easy of explanation. In this Epistle the special aspect of faith (trust in God and His word) as justifying has been consistently in view, rather than its aspect (Heb. 11:1) as laying hold upon invisible realities in general.” (Page 207)
“The language, carefully weighed, points more to God’s acceptance of the sinner than to the sinner’s acceptance of God.” (Page 103)
“Accordingly the ‘prophet,’ in exercising his gift, was to watch over his utterances, and not to allow them to fluctuate with his own independent thinking or wishing, but to see that they were steadily adjusted to the eternal Truth concerning his Lord, already revealed to him as a believer.” (Page 209)
“Better, constituted, ‘put into a position’ of guilt and righteousness respectively. Here the whole context points to not a moral change but a legal standing. In Adam ‘the many’ became, in the eye of the Law, guilty; in Christ ‘the many’ shall become, in the eye of the same Law, righteous.” (Page 110)
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- Title: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Romans
- Author: H. C. G. Moule
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 1891
- Pages: 270
Handley Carr Glyn Moule (1841–1920) succeeded B. F. Westcott as the bishop of Durham. Although he was a profound scholar, he could speak and write for ordinary people. Moule called himself an evangelical but was understanding of other views.
Moule was educated at home prior to attending university at Cambridge. He was ordained in 1867 and was made curate at Fordington before being appointed as dean of Trinity College at Cambridge (1873–1876). During his tenure at Cambridge, he became first principal of Ridley Hall Theological College in 1881 and Norrisian professor of divinity in 1899.
In 1898, he became honorary chaplain to Queen Victoria, and in 1900, he represented evangelicals at the Round Table Conference on Holy Communion. Moule later chaired the missionary section of the Pan-Anglican Congress and was closely associated with the Keswick Convention.
Bishop Moule’s works include expositions and commentaries on nearly all the epistles, as well as books on devotion. He is the author of the popular Doctrine of Man, Outlines of Christian Doctrine (a down-to-earth work on theology), and he contributed to The Fundamentals (4 vols.).