Romans 16:1,2
A RECOMMENDATION, GREETINGS, AND A FINAL ADMONITION. A recommendation of Phoebe:... [ Continue Reading ]
A RECOMMENDATION, GREETINGS, AND A FINAL ADMONITION. A recommendation of Phoebe:... [ Continue Reading ]
I COMMEND UNTO YOU PHOEBE, OUR SISTER, WHICH IS A SERVANT OF THE CHURCH WHICH IS AT CENCHREA,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YE RECEIVE HER IN THE LORD AS BECOMETH SAINTS, AND THAT YE ASSIST HER IN WHATSOEVER BUSINESS SHE HATH NEED OF YOU; FOR SHE HATH BEEN A SUCCORER OF MANY, AND OF MYSELF ALSO. The epistle proper had ended with the fifteenth chapter, but Paul here, in the form of a postscript, adds various personal... [ Continue Reading ]
GREET PRISCILLA AND AQUILA, MY HELPERS IN CHRIST JESUS,... [ Continue Reading ]
Greetings sent by Paul to friends and acquaintances:... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HAVE FOR MY LIFE LAID DOWN THEIR OWN NECKS; UNTO WHOM NOT ONLY I GIVE THANKS, BUT ALSO ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE GENTILES.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE GREET THE CHURCH THAT IS IN THEIR HOUSE. SALUTE MY WELL-BELOVED EPAENETUS, WHO IS THE FIRST-FRUITS OF ACHAIA UNTO CHRIST.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREET MARY, WHO BESTOWED MUCH LABOR ON US.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE ANDRONICUS AND JUNIA, MY KINSMEN, AND MY FELLOW PRISONERS, WHO ARE OF NOTE AMONG THE APOSTLES, WHO ALSO WERE IN CHRIST BEFORE ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREET AMPLIAS, MY BELOVED IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE URBANE, OUR HELPER IN CHRIST, AND STACHYS, MY BELOVED.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE APELLES, APPROVED IN CHRIST. SALUTE THEM WHICH ARE OF ARISTOBULUS' HOUSEHOLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE HERODION, MY KINSMAN. GREET THEM THAT BE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF NARCISSUS, WHICH ARE IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE TRYPHENA AND TRYPHOSA, WHO LABOR IN THE LORD. SALUTE THE BELOVED PERSIS, WHICH LABORED MUCH IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE RUFUS, CHOSEN IN THE LORD, AND HIS MOTHER AND MINE.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE ASYNCRITUS, PHLEGON, HERMAS, PATROBAS, HERMES, AND THE BRETHREN WHICH ARE WITH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE PHILOLOGUS, AND JULIA, NEREUS, AND HIS SISTER, AND OLYMPAS, AND ALL THE SAINTS WHICH ARE WITH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
SALUTE ONE ANOTHER WITH AN HOLY KISS. THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST SALUTE YOU. This is a beautiful passage and most interesting on account of the light which it throws upon the intimacy of love which united the early Christians. Incidentally, the interest which Paul showed in the individual Christians, an... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, MARK THEM WHICH CAUSE DIVISIONS AND OFFENSES CONTRARY TO THE DOCTRINE WHICH YE HAVE LEARNED AND AVOID THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
A warning against false teachers:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT THEIR OWN BELLY, AND BY GOOD WORDS AND FAIR SPEECHES DECEIVE THE HEARTS OF THE SIMPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD UNTO ALL MEN. I AM GLAD, THEREFORE, ON YOUR BEHALF; BUT YET I WOULD HAVE YOU WISE UNTO THAT WHICH IS GOOD, AND SIMPLE CONCERNING EVIL.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE GOD OF PEACE SHALL BRUISE SATAN UNDER YOUR FEET SHORTLY. THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU! AMEN. This warning comes into the postscript in the nature of an after-thought. Very likely the congregation at Rome had not yet been troubled, but Paul feels it necessary to warn his Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
TIMOTHEUS, MY WORK-FELLOW, AND LUCIUS, AND JASON, AND SOSIPATER, MY KINSMEN, SALUTE YOU.... [ Continue Reading ]
Greetings from companions and friends of Paul:... [ Continue Reading ]
I, TERTIUS, WHO WROTE THIS EPISTLE, SALUTE YOU IN THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAIUS, MINE HOST, AND OF THE WHOLE CHURCH, SALUTES YOU. ERASTUS, THE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CITY, SALUTES YOU, AND QUARTUS, A BROTHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL! Amen. In many of the letters of Paul, Timothy's name is associated with that of Paul in the opening salutation, especially if he was personally known in the congregation and had rendered valuable services in some way. This was not the case at Rome,... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW TO HIM THAT IS OF POWER TO ESTABLISH YOU ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL AND THE PREACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY WHICH WAS KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN,... [ Continue Reading ]
The concluding doxology:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST, AND BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE EVERLASTING GOD, MADE KNOWN TO ALL NATIONS FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH:... [ Continue Reading ]
TO GOD ONLY WISE, BE GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOREVER! AMEN. It is altogether in harmony with the rich content of the letter to the Romans that Paul closes it with such a remarkable doxology, a veritable effusion of glowing thoughts, interwoven with a beautiful eulogy of the Gospel. He gives all g... [ Continue Reading ]