John Trapp Complete Commentary
Romans 1:15
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Ver. 15. So as much] Quicquid in me situm est, promptum est. A notable expression.
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Ver. 15. So as much] Quicquid in me situm est, promptum est. A notable expression.
ROMANS 1:15 toi/j evn ~Rw,mh| {A} Two witnesses (the bilingual G and the Latin translation of Origen) omit toi/j evn ~Rw,mh|, either accidentally, or, more probably, deliberately (to make the letter...
Verse Romans 1:15. _I AM READY TO PREACH_] προθυμον; I have a _ready_ mind. I was only prevented by the providence of God from visiting you long _ago_. His time is best: in the mean time I write, by h...
I AM DEBTOR - This does not mean that they had conferred any favor on him, which bound him to make this return, but that he was under obligation to preach the gospel to all to whom it was possible. Th...
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)...
AS MUCH AS IN ME IS. as for (Greek. _kata._ App-104.) me. READY. Greek. _prothumos._ Only here. Matthew 26:41.Mark 14:38. PREACH THE GOSPEL. Greek. _euangelizo._ App-121. YOU, &C. = you also that a...
The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and to preach the gospel of faith to them...
_as much as in me is_, &c. Lit. THAT WHICH RELATES TO ME IS READY, &c.; "_my side_is ready." Perhaps the point of this periphrasis for "I" is the hope of an equal willingness on the side of the Romans...
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...
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...
ΤῸ ΚΑΤ' ἘΜῈ, subject to ΠΡΌΘΥΜΟΝ, sc. ἐστιν. So far as I have to do with the matter—ref. to ἐκωλύθην, Romans 1:13; cf. τὰ κατ' ἐμὲ, Philippians 1:12....
ΤΌ ΚΑΤ' ΈΜ надо рассматривать либо как подлежащее со следующим еловом в качестве сказуемого, "с моей стороны, я целиком и полностью готов" (EGT), либо предлог должен быть воспринят как иносказательное...
I AM READY, &C.— The Greek word προθυμος not only expresses _readiness,_ but in some cases an _eagerness of desire._ "I am ready and desirous to preach the Gospel even at Rome, though it be the capita...
_TEXT_ Romans 1:14-15 I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. Romans 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in R...
_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....
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS, I AM READY [ to (G3588) kat (G2596) eme (G1691) prothumon ...
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...
Accordingly, so far as depends upon his own will, and not upon the external ruling of events by God, the Apostle is ready to preach the gospel, as to the other Gentiles, so also at Rome. SO, AS MUCH A...
Why is the Apostle so eager to come to them? Because an obligation, a duty, is laid upon him. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 9:16, “necessity is laid upon me.”) He must preach the gospel to men of all classes a...
(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...
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...
THE ONLY POWER OF SALVATION Romans 1:13 We owe everything to our Lord, but since we can make Him no direct return, He has made men His residuary legatees. We are to think of others as having a claim...
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...
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at (u) Rome also. (u) He means all those who dwell at Rome, though some of them were not Romans; see the end of the epistle....
St. Paul was even anxious to go and deliver the word to the Romans. Hence Mat. Polus, in his reflections on this verse, puts the following words into the mouth of the Apostle: Lucifuga non sum: ostend...
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...
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...
“ _So, as much as in me is, I have the lively desire to preach the gospel to you also, to you that are at Rome._ ” Of the three explanations by which it has been sought to account for the grammatical...
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. (14) I am d...
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...
_THE SPHERE OF SPIRITUAL SERVICE_ ‘I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise, … I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.’ Romans...
15._I am therefore ready_, (37) _etc. _He concludes what he had before said of his desire — that as he knew it to be his duty to spread the gospel among them, in order to gather fruit for the Lord, he...
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...
SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS, I AM READY,.... This explains what he was a debtor to one and another for, namely, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL; expresses the readiness of his mind to that work, whatever difficulti...
_Now, brethren_ Lest ye should be surprised that I, who am the apostle of the Gentiles, and who have expressed such a desire to see you, have never yet preached in Rome; _I would not have you ignorant...
SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS, I AM READY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU THAT ARE AT ROME ALSO. To the reason given above, that he wanted to impart to the brethren at Rome some spiritual gift and be strengthen...
A further reason for Paul's desire to come:...
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...
SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME IS,. AM READY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU ALSO THAT ARE IN ROME. 'As much as in me is' -he was eager to the limits of his capacity. One writer said, 'I fear we dabble. lot;. fea...
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...
q.d. I have preached it at Antioch, at Athens, at Ephesus, at Corinth, &c.; and I: am ready (if God permit) to preach it in the most splendid city of Rome likewise. So the reason is not in myself, or...
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome. [Paul's knowledge of the good news, and his apostleship as to it, laid upon him the sacred obligation to tell it...
Romans 1:15 So G3779 as G2596 me G1691 ready G4289 gospel G2097 (G5670) you G5213 in G1722 Rome...
‘So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.' And it was this great burden of indebtedness that made him ready, and even eager, to proclaim the Good News to t...
PAUL DESCRIBES HOW HE FEELS A SENSE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL, INCLUDING THOSE IN ROME, AND GIVES THE ESSENCE OF THAT GOOD NEWS. IT IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO ALL WHO...
_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 1:15. So, in accordance with this position of debtor (Romans 1:14). Other explanations are less satisfactory. AS MUCH AS IN ME IS, or,' as far as in me lies.' The phrase is a strong one, as if...
SO AS MUCH AS IN ME IS I AM READY (ουτω το κατ' εμε προθυμον). Literally, "Thus the according to me affair is ready" (προθυμος, old adjective, προ, θυμος). It is an awkward idiom like to εξ υμων in...
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...
_I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians._ I AM DEBTOR The text raises a question on points which, in mercantile phraseology, would be designated-- I. The business. 1. A merchant, emba...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:15 PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU ALSO. The gospel is not just the initial call to saving faith. It is also the call to keep on walking by faith (Romans 6:4;...
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....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 1:16. THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION.—In and by the gospel God shows and exerts moral power. The best equivalent for “unto” is “for.” It signifies direction. The Greek word u...
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 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Kings 8:18; 2 Corinthians 10:15; 2 Corinthians 10:16;...
To you also that are in Rome. To you refers to the christian Church, not to the population generally. In every verse, from 6 to 13, uJmeiv you refers to the Church....
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...