"Men Who Know the Law"
What I find interesting in this passage is that the Christian community in Rome (which Paul knew but had not yet visited) contained many people who had a Jewish background or were God-fearers (Gentiles who followed Yehweh with becoming Jews through conversion/circumcision). They weren't mostly Roman. In many ways the Roman church is like IES, global citizens with a worldwide perspective gathered in a huge city.
Were they more receptive to the new revelation of God in Christ because they were cosmopolitan? Did they open their hearts because their travel had already opened their minds?
The theology of the passage is interesting too, but we will look at it later as his argument unfolds.
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