About this book: Though this epistle of Romans is placed immediately following the Acts of the Apostles, it was not the first written. Paul wrote several epistles before this one, such as the two epistles to the Thessalonians, the two to the Corinthians, his first epistle to Timothy, and the one to Titus. This epistle stands first because of its excellency or the dignity of the place where the persons lived to whom it is written, Rome, the imperial city of his time. Its excellence comes from teaching all humanity that eternal life is available for all those who seek it according to the design God established before He created the universe in eternity past.