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Literary Context Assignment
Romans 3:21-26
The Book of Romans is the first culmination of Apostle Paul's Letters. Romans 3:21–26 is a powerful and assertive governance passage of the Letter to the Romans. Romans 3:21–26 conveys the Scepter of Righteousness that God Yahweh possesses in the Kingdom of Heaven, and the justification of authority from the Blood of the death of Jesus Christ covers all human sin
in the world. The depiction of the passage of God's Righteousness and justification expresses to the reader that the power of God's divine laws supersedes the laws of humanity. The Book of Romans to Rome is one of the seven Letters that Apostle Paul wrote to the many different cities. However, the Book of Romans literary structure conveys the opening of Apostle Paul's Letters in
Chapter 1:1–17; the body of the Letter in Chapters 1:18–15:13; and the closing of the Letter in Chapters 15:14–16:27. The literary context of Romans 3:21 – 26 highlights words and phrases such as "God's, Righteousness of God, His Righteousness, and His Blood," which lets the reader know, realize, and understand that God is the One in control and His laws are final. Romans 3:21 – 26 parallels with the rest of Romans Chapter 3 permits the reader to know, realize, and understand that sin is the workings of the flesh and will not be tolerated by God. Paul presents God's laws to the readers, revealing the truth of God's warnings and wrath towards sin. However, he also counteracts his narrative by exposing God's grace and tolerance to the reader, saying that no one is righteous but God in Romans 3:9–20 that parallels with Romans 3:21 – 26. And other Chapters in the Book as well, for instance, Paul states, "Righteousness comes when one dies in the man of Adam and becomes alive in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:12–6:14), and obedience toward God leads people in the way of Righteousness (Romans 6:16).
