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Romans 1:8-12
The Introduction to the Letter
Paul's longing to see the Christians of Rome:
The Introduction to the Letter
Paul's longing to see the Christians of Rome:
Verse Romans 1:8. _FIRST, I THANK MY GOD_] From this to the end of Romans 1:17 belongs to the _preface_, in which the apostle endeavours to conciliate the good opinion of the Christians at Rome, and t...
FIRST - In the first place, not in point of importance, but before speaking of other things, or before proceeding to the main design of the Epistle. I THANK MY GOD - The God, whom I worship and serve....
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DOCTRINAL. THE SALVATION OF GOD. Chapter 1-8. CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Apostle and the Gospel of God. (Romans 1:1 .)_ 2. The Greeting. (Romans 1:7 .) 3. The Apostle's Prayer...
PAUL'S INTENTION TO VISIT ROME. Romans 1:8. Of the faith of the Romans the whole world hears: the Apostle thanks God for this, and names them constantly in his prayers. He invokes God as witness, for...
To begin with, I thank my God for you all through Jesus Christ. I thank him that the story of your faith is told throughout the whole world. God, whom I serve in my spirit in the work of spreading the...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
THANK. See Acts 27:35. THROUGH. Greek. _dia_. App-104.Romans 1:1. Compare John 14:6. FOR. Greek. _huper_, as in Romans 1:5, but the t
The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and to preach the gospel of faith to them...
_First, I thank my God_ First, before any other message. Such messages of _thanksgiving_are characteristic of St Paul. See 1 Corinthians 1:4; Ephesians 1:16; Philippians 1:3;...
8–17. Thanksgiving 8–10 _a_ introduces the Occasion 10 _b_–15 and the Subject 16–17 of the Epistle. He gives thanks to GOD for the wide report of their faith as heartily as (9) his prayers for them ha...
ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ͂. S. Paul follows his greeting always with thanksgiving or blessing (εὐλογητός), except in Gal. (θαυμάζω) and 1 Tim., Tit. Peculiar to this place are μου (exc. Philippians 1:3) and διὰ Ἰ. Χ...
A. Romans 1:1-17. INTRODUCTION. ADDRESS 1–7. OCCASION 8–15. SUBJECT 16–17. 1–7. Address. The writer’s (_a_) name and state, (_b_) office, (_c_) commission defined by a statement of (i) the Person from...
ΚΑΤΑΓΓΈΛΛΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΚΑΤΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G2605) провозглашать, сообщать, публично объявлять (Barrett). _Praes._ предполагает длительную деятельность....
DISCOURSE: 1819 A MINISTER’S JOY OVER HIS PEOPLE Romans 1:8. _I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all_. AS a title of honour, a minister may assume the character of an ambassador from God....
FIRST, I THANK, &C.— In the very entrance of this epistle are the traces of all spiritual affections; but of thankfulness above all, with the expression of which almost all St. Paul's epistles begin....
_TEXT_ Romans 1:8-13. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in t...
_RETHINKING IN OUTLINE FORM_ PART ONE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15 I. Salutation. Romans 1:1-7 1. The Author. Romans 1:1 2. The Gospel in Review....
_FIRST, I THANK MY GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOR YOU ALL, THAT YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1 Paul dates his apostleship from the commission he received at Antioch (Act_13:2) when he was severed from the rest to preach the evangel of God to the nations. Hitherto only Jews and proselytes like...
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE NEED OF THE WORLD. THE GUILT OF THE HEATHEN In his salutation the apostle emphasises his commission, and the greatness of the Person whose servant he is and who is the...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ABOUT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN ROME Rome was the most important city in the world at the tim...
(8-17) The Apostle congratulates the Romans on the good report of them that he had heard. He had long and earnestly desired to visit them in person. Yes, even in Rome he must preach the gospel — of wh...
I THANK MY GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. — How can the Apostle be said to thank God _through_ Jesus Christ? Christ is, as it were, the medium through whom God has been brought into close relation to man....
CHAPTER 3 GOOD REPORT OF THE ROMAN CHURCH: PAUL NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL Romans 1:8 HE has blessed the Roman Christians in the name of the Lord. Now he hastens to tell them how he blesses God for...
πρῶτον μέν. Nothing can take precedence of thanksgiving, when Paul thinks of the Romans, or indeed of any Christian Church in normal health. πρῶτον μὲν suggests that something is to follow, but what i...
THE APOSTLE'S BURNING DESIRE Romans 1:1 Upon the threshold of his greatest Epistle, Paul describes himself as a bond-servant. Such humility as his qualified him to be the medium of God's wondrous rev...
Bringing the first and seventh verses together, we find the called apostle writing to the called saints. As for himself, Paul declared, first, that he was debtor, because a gift had been bestowed on...
(4) First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is (p) spoken of throughout the (q) whole world. (4) He obtains their favourable patience, in that he points out what it is...
_In the whole world. That is, to all, or almost all the Roman empire. (Witham)_...
PREFACE. 1:1-15. THE framework of the Epistle to the Romans is, as we have seen, the same as that of the most of Paul's other Epistles: 1. An epistolary preface; 2. The body of the letter; 3. An epis...
“ _First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ on account of you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world._ ” The apostle knows that there is no more genuine proof of sincere affect...
SECOND PASSAGE (1:8-15). THE INTEREST LONG TAKEN BY THE APOSTLE IN THE CHRISTIANS OF ROME. The address, had drawn a sort of _official_ bond between the apostle and the church. But Paul feels the need...
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. (9) For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that w...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
8_. I first _(28) _indeed_, _etc. _Here the beginning commences, altogether adapted to the occasion, as he seasonably prepares them for receiving instruction by reasons connected with himself as well...
There is no epistle in which the apostle places his apostleship on more positive and formal ground than in this; for at Rome he had no claim in virtue of his labours. He had never seen the Romans. He...
FIRST, I THANK MY GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, FOR YOU ALL,.... After the inscription and salutation, follows a thanksgiving, which begins the epistle: it is usual with the apostle in all his epistles t...
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. Ver. 8. _Your faith is spoken of_] See Romans 16:26, and Juvenal, Tacitus, and other p...
_I thank_ In the very entrance of this one epistle are the traces of all spiritual affections, but of thankfulness above all, with the expression of which almost all Paul's epistles begin; _my God_ Th...
The salutation (unusually long) occupies seven verses, - laying down distinctly, as it does, the complete foundation of that Gospel of which Paul was a messenger - thus introducing him with the Gospel...
ROMANS 1:1-17 1. How did Paul gain the ear of the Roman church? a. How did Paul establish a common tie with the Jews at Rome? i. Prophets ii. Quote from Scripture iii. Jesus was the seed of David...
FIRST,. THANK MY GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOR YOU ALL, THAT YOUR FAITH IS PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD. 'I thank my God' -a sound, active Church in. metropolitan area such as Rome was somet...
8-15 We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them, but by praising God for them. As in our purposes, so in our desires, we must remember to say, If the Lord will, James 4:15. Our j...
FIRST, here, is not a word of order, for there follows no secondly, &c.; but it serves to show, that here the Epistle begins, for all before was but a preface or inscription: q.d. In the first place....
First [i. e., before I proceed to other matters, I wish you to know that], _I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world_. [Through the med...
Tertullian Against Praxeas Paul, in like manner, everywhere speaks of "God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ." When writing to the Romans, he gives thanks to God through our Lord Jesus Christ.[40...
Romans 1:8 First G4412 G3303 thank G2168 (G5719) my G3450 God G2316 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ...
‘First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.' He wants them first of all to know that he thanks ‘my God' through Jesus Christ for...
PAUL EXPLAINS TO THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS HIS DESIRE TO SEE THEM AND THE REASON FOR IT (1:8-12). Paul stresses to the Roman Christians that he thanks God for the effectiveness of their testimony and uncea...
_Introduction_, _Giving the Occasion of the Epistle_. After the full and formal address and greeting, the Apostle, as usual, begins with thanksgiving on behalf of the Christians addressed. (In Galatia...
Romans 1:8. FIRST OF ALL. Some find the second thought in Romans 1:10, or Romans 1:13; others translate ‘chiefly.' As the absence of ‘secondly' suggests a slight emphasis, we render as above (comp. ch...
FIRST (πρωτον μεν). Adverb in the accusative case, but no επειτα δε (in the next place) as in Hebrews 7:2 or επειτα as in James 3:17 follows. The rush of thoughts crowds out the balanced phraseology...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.)_ Paul had not seen the R...
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,_ Paul has many titles, and he delights to mention them in writing to these Christians at Rome....
CONTENTS: Words of comfort to the church at Rome. The universe a revelation of the power and deity of God. The deplorable condition of a lost world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul. CONCLUSION: God has...
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,_ in the sense he himself illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your s...
FIRST, I THANK MY GOD. Paul made it a habit to thank God through Jesus Christ for each and every believer. Here he directs these words to the Christians at Rome to show his deep interest in their spir...
_First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all._ TRUE CHRISTIAN ZEAL I. As it respects God is-- 1. Thankful. 2. Sincere. 3. Constant. 4. Prayerful. 5. Dependent (Romans 1:8). II. As i...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:1 The Gospel as the Revelation of God’s Righteousness. This first section includes Paul’s opening greeting (vv. Romans 1:1), thanksgiving (vv....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:8 THANK. Paul typically follows the greeting in his letters with a thanksgiving (compare 1 Corinthians 1:1;...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 1:8. YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF, ETC.—Rome frequented by strangers, and so the faith of the Church easily made known. κόσμω, the beautiful order of the visible world. Romans 1:10...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 1:1 I. INTRODUCTORY. ROMANS 1:1 A. _Salutation_ with long interposed parenthesis, suggested by "gospel of God." The parenthesis, expressing thoughts of which the writer's mind is...
This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens his epistle to the Romans declaring: Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God...
1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:9;...
First [π ρ ω τ ο ν μ ε ν]. Not above all, but in the first place. The form of the phrase leads us to expect a succeeding clause introduced by secondly or next; but this is omitted in the fullness and...
THE GOSPEL OF GOD Romans 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening statement of the first chapter of Romans gives us sufficient basis for our introductory word. The statement reads thus: "Paul, a SERVANT...
I thank — In the very entrance of this one epistle are the traces of all spiritual affections; but of thankfulness above all, with the expression of which almost all St. Paul's epistles begin. He here...
Observe here, 1. The great and wonderful success of the gospel; it had produced faith in the hearts, and obedience in the lives of the Romans, which had made them famous throughout the world: YOUR FAI...