The theme of justice pervades the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Many turn to Old Testament laws, the prophets, and the life of Jesus to find biblical guidance on justice, but few think of searching the letters of Paul. Readers frequently miss a key source, a writing in which justice is actually the central concern: the book of Romans.

Dr. Douglas Harink is a professor theology at The King's University and is author of Paul Among the Postliberals and 1 & 2 Peter in Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible.