Romans 1:8-15

What does Paul focus on to bring the church in Rome to unity and for him to establish a relationship with them? The answer, again, is the gospel, but specifically in this passage Paul will explain how the gospel “affect[s] the Roman Christians to whom he is writing”.[1] Let’s use this passage, therefore, to answer the question, What holds a church together?

[1] Thielman, Romans, 70.