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Verse Romans 1:12. _THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED TOGETHER WITH YOU_] He
here, with great address, intimates that he longs for this
opportunity, as well on his _own account_ as on _theirs_, and to show
the...
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THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED ... - It was not merely to confirm them that
Paul wished to come. He sought the communion of saints; he expected to
be himself edified and strengthened; and to be comforted by...
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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...
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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...
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A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
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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...
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THAT IS, &C. = But this (imparting some spiritual gift) is (or means)
our being comforted by our mutual faith.
COMFORTED TOGETHER. Greek. _sumparakaleo._ Only here.
MUTUAL. in (Greek. _en)_ one anot...
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_that is, that I may be comforted together_, &c. We have here St
Paul's fine _tact_, to use a word "soiled by ignoble use," because
sometimes associated with insincerity. The tact of the Apostle is on...
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The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and
to preach the gospel of faith to them...
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ΣΥΝΠΑΡ., only here. ἘΝ (cf. ἐπί, 2 Corinthians 7:7), no
|[65], = in my feelings about you.
[65] | parallel to
ΔΙᾺ ΤΗ͂Σ ἘΝ�.Τ.Λ. πίστις has its regular meaning,
faith in GOD through Christ, ἘΝ�., whi...
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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...
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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...
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ΣΥΜΠΑΡΑΚΛΗΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. inf. pass. от_
ΣΥΜΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G4837) ободрять друг друга,
поддерживать взаимно. Здесь это
значит: "я с вами, христиане Рима" (Godet).
_Inf._ выражает цель....
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DISCOURSE: 1820
PAUL’S LOVE TO THE CHURCH AT ROME
Romans 1:9. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the
Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always
in my prayers;...
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THAT IS, THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED— St. Paul, in the former verse, had
said, that he desired to come among them, _to establish them._ In
these words _that is,_ he explains, or as it were recals, what he...
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_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...
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_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....
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That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual
faith both of you and me.
THAT IS, THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED TOGETHER, WITH YOU, [
sumparakleetheenia (G4837) en (G1722) humin (G5213)...
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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...
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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...
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The Apostle will not assume superiority....
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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...
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(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...
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THAT IS, THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED. — A beautiful touch of true
courtesy. He is anxious to see them, that he may impart to them some
spiritual gift. But no! He hastily draws back and corrects himself. H...
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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...
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τοῦτο δὲ ἐστιν : an explanatory correction. Paul
disclaims being in a position in which all the giving must be on his
side. When he is among them (ἐν ὑμῖν) his desire is that he
may be cheered and str...
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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...
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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...
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That is, that (t) I may be comforted together with you by the mutual
faith both of you and me.
(t) Though Paul was ever so excellent, yet in teaching the church, he
might be instructed by it....
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“ _For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual
gift, to the end that ye may be established; or to speak more
properly, that I may be encouraged with you in the midst of you, by
th...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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12.Being not satisfied with this modest statement, he qualifies it,
and shows, that he did not so occupy the place of a teacher, but that
he wished to learn also from them; as though he said, “I desir...
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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...
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THAT IS, THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED TOGETHER WITH YOU,.... This is a
further explanation of his view, in being desirous of coming to them,
and preaching: the Gospel among them; for what makes for
establi...
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That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith
both of you and me.
Ver. 12. _That I may be comforted_] Or, exhorted, _Ad communem
exhortationem percipiendam, _ saith Beza out...
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_For God is my witness_ In saying I am thankful for your conversion, I
might be well supposed to speak the truth, such an event being
perfectly agreeable to the continual tenor of my petitions to God;...
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THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED TOGETHER WITH YOU; lest he should seem
arrogant in making himself a mere giver of spiritual good, he explains
that he means the mutual edification of himself and the Roman
Chri...
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THAT IS, THAT I MAY BE COMFORTED TOGETHER WITH YOU BY THE MUTUAL FAITH
BOTH OF YOU AND ME.
In this introduction Paul pursues the course usually adopted by him in
his epistles, namely, of first placing...
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THE INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER
Paul's longing to see the Christians of Rome:...
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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...
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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...
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WITH YOU:
Or, in you...
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FOR. LONG TO SEE YOU, THAT. MAY IMPART UNTO YOU SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT,
TO THE END YE MAY BE ESTABLISHED;
Romans 1:12 that is, that. with you may be comforted in you, each of
us by the other's faith, b...
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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...
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This is added to qualify what he had said before, lest he should seem
to arrogate too much to himself; he tells them, he hoped not only to
comfort them, but to be comforted by them. The meanest of Chr...
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that is, that I with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the
other's faith, both yours and mine. [Paul here sets forth the reason
why he so earnestly desired to visit the church at Rome; it was...
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Romans 1:12 that G1161 G5124 is G2076 (G5748) together G4837 (G5683)
with G1722 you G5213 by...
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_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...
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Romans 1:12. THAT IS, etc. ‘By this modifying explanation, subjoined
with humility, and expressed in a delicate complimentary manner, Paul
guards himself, in the presence of a church to which he was s...
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THAT IS
(τουτο δε εστιν). "An explanatory correction" (Denney).
The δε should not be ignored. Instead of saying that he had a
spiritual gift for them, he wishes to add that they also have one for
h...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_Making request, if by any means … I might have a prosperous
journey._
PROSPEROUS JOURNEY
What is necessary to render a journey, or a voyage, prosperous in the
estimation of a real Christian? Is he s...
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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....
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 2:1; 2
Corinthians 7:13;...
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That is [τ ο υ ο υ δ ε ε σ τ ι ν]. The A. V. and Rev. omit
de however, thus losing an important shade of meaning. That is is not
merely an explanatory repetition of the preceding phrase, but modifies...
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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...
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That is, I long to be comforted by the mutual faith both of you and me
— He not only associates the Romans with, but even prefers them
before, himself. How different is this style of the apostle from...