God's purpose is to bring Jews and Gentiles together so that they may glorify him with one voice. In this Tyndale Commentary, David Garland offers clear guidance along the rewarding, though sometimes difficult, paths of this great letter. The Tyndale Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural , the takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new New Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: , , and . The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.