The first Pauline Epistle; the sixth book of the New Testament; the forty-fifth book of the Bible.
Author: Paul, specifically named in Romans 1:1.
Audience: Paul wrote to Christians living in Rome who were primarily Gentiles. They met in house churches, practicing their faith as a minority in a pagan culture of many deities as well as the cult of emperor worship. These believers were likely well educated, in comparison with some of Paul’s other letter recipients. The contents of Romans, especially chapters 1—11, feature some of the most complex writing Paul provides in the New Testament.
Date: Romans was written in approximately AD 56—58, most likely at the end of Paul’s third missionary journey in AD 56.