Despite Paul's distance from the Roman Christians he speaks powerfully to their community. The gospel creates a family of warmth and fragility for Christ's glory.
Paul's conclusion to his letter to the Romans highlights his call in his life to preach the gospel where Christ is not being confessed as Lord and his travel plans in commitment to his full understanding of the gospel as inherently missional.
The gospel calls out our relational disdain and our judgmental attitudes towards those who are socially different from what we are used to and provides a new social fabric for us to live in community welcoming the other.