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Verse 19. _FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD_] The apostle gives this
as a reason why they should continue to hear and heed those who had
led them into the path of truth, and avoid those false teacher...
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FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE ... - Romans 1:8. Your mild, obedient disposition
to learn, and to obey the precepts of the teachers of religion.
I AM GLAD ... - I rejoice that you evince such a disposition. But...
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. Greetings to Individuals. (Romans 16:1 .)_
2. Warning and Comfort. (Romans 16:17 .)
3. The Final Salutations. (Romans 16:21 .)
4. The Conclusion. ...
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A POSTSCRIPT OF ADMONITION.
Romans 16:17. Supposing the paragraph in its right place (see Introd.
§ 4), it would seem that Paul, in glancing over his letter and
thinking of the troubles of other churc...
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Brothers, I urge you to keep your eye on those who, contrary to the
teaching which they have received, cause dissensions and put in your
way things which would trip you up. Steer clear of them. Such m...
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A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
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COME ABROAD. Greek. _aphikneomai._ Only here.
AM GLAD. rejoice. See Romans 12:12.
ON... BEHALF. App-104.
YET... HAVE. I wish you indeed to be.
WOULD. App-102.
WISE. See Romans 1:14.
GOOD. the go...
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_For your obedience_, &c. This verse is sometimes explained q. d.,
"You are known to be singularly _docile;_a good thing in itself, but
which may be abused by these false teachers: therefore see that...
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ΓᾺΡ justifies his appeal to them and what they had learnt.
Ἡ—ὙΠΑΚΟῊ. Their response to the teaching—obedience; cf.
2 Corinthians 10:5; above Romans 6:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:8.
ἈΦΊΚΕΤΟ (on
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Warning against mischief-makers and disturbers of the peace.
The grace.
17–20. A brief but pointed warning against teachers, who under fair
seeming introduce divisions and offences. The fundamental s...
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ΆΦΊΚΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΦΊΚΝΈΟΜΑΙ
(G864) достигать, доходить, затем
добираться до (RWP).
ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Inf._
как дополнение основного гл. ΑΚΈΡΑΙΟΣ
(G185)...
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DISCOURSE: 1927
PRACTICAL WISDOM RECOMMENDED
Romans 16:19. _I would have you wise unto that which is good, and
simple concerning evil. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under
your feet shortly_...
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_TEXT_
Romans 16:17-27. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are
causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the
doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. Romans 16:...
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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.
FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE - your tra...
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Paul's Intended Journey
28 During Paul's first three ministries the nations were dependent on
Israel, and received of their spiritual things. Hence they were
indebted to them and sought to pay by...
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16:19 reached (c-5) i.e. 'come to the knowledge of.'...
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GREETINGS AND WARNINGS
1-16. Commendation and greetings.
Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The
fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by
the g...
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FOR] i.e. 'But they ought not to deceive you, for,' etc. SIMPLE] i.e.
harmless: cp. Matthew 10:16....
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 16
PERSONAL GREETINGS
Sometimes a church leader may seem very strict when he *preaches.
There are some very serious ma...
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No harm has been done as yet. Still it is well to be upon your guard.
SIMPLE CONCERNING EVIL. — This is not at all the same word as that
which is translated “simple” above. The first is that freedom f...
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(17-20) Here the Epistle would naturally end, but an afterthought
occurs to the Apostle, His experience of other churches, especially
those at Corinth and in Galatia, suggests to him that he should wa...
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CHAPTER 32
A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY
Romans 16:1
ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine
ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gai...
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Warning against false teachers. This comes in very abruptly in the
middle of the greetings, and as it stands has the character of an
after-thought. The false teachers referred to are quite definitely...
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ἡ γὰρ ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴ : What is the connection? “I
give this exhortation, separating you altogether from the false
teachers, and from those who are liable to be misled by them; for
_your_ obedience (ὑμῶν...
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RECEIVE HELPERS: SHUN HINDERERS
Romans 16:17
Those who cause divisions on obscure points of doctrine are to be
avoided, lest they lead us away from the fundamentals. We need to be
wise in heavenly w...
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In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these
names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the
apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spec...
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(3) For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am glad
therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you (h) wise unto that
which is good, and (i) simple concerning evil.
(3) Simplicity mus...
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“ _For the report of your obedience is come abroad unto all; I am
glad therefore on your behalf.But yet I would have you wise unto that
which is good, and simple unto that which is evil._ ”
This verse...
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In the First Epistle to the Corinthians, the apostle, after a passage
of salutations, Romans 16:19-21, stops all at once to address to the
church, as in the form of a postscript, a solemn warning (Rom...
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Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and
offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid
them. (18) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, b...
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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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19._Your obedience, _(481) _etc. _This is said to anticipate an
objection; for he shows that he did not warn them, as though he
thought unfavorably of them, but because a fall in their case was such
a...
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Never having known the Roman Christians as an assembly, Paul sends
many personal salutations. This was the link which subsisted. We see
how touchingly his heart dwells upon all the details of service...
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FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD UNTO ALL MEN,.... That is, as the
Arabic and Ethiopic versions render it, "the fame" and report of their
obedience to the faith, to the doctrine of the Gospel, and th...
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_For_, &c. As if he had said, This exhortation I give you, to preserve
you in the way in which hitherto you have walked, to the credit of the
gospel: _for your_ ready _obedience_ and conformity to it,...
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YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD; the report of your obedient disposition
and conduct.
WISE-AND SIMPLE; ready and skillful to do good, but unpractised in and
opposed to doing evil. In doing good, Christ...
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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....
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A warning against false teachers:...
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COMMUNICATIONS, GREETINGS AND CLOSING
This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth
subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we
may expect in some sense...
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There is thin line to walk
A. Be wise to what is good.
B. Be simple (not suspicious) concerning evil.
20 God will take care of Satan.
See Genesis 3:15...
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SIMPLE:
Or, harmless...
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FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD UNTO ALL MEN.. REJOICE THEREFORE
OVER YOU: BUT. WOULD HAVE YOU WISE UNTO THAT WHICH IS GOOD, AND SIMPLE
UNTO THAT WHICH IS EVIL.
'obedience' -i.e. to the doctrine....
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17-20 How earnest, how endearing are these exhortations! Whatever
differs from the sound doctrine of the Scriptures, opens a door to
divisions and offences. If truth be forsaken, unity and peace will...
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FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COME ABROAD UNTO ALL MEN: q.d. As for you, your
ready embracing of the gospel, and conformity thereunto, is generally
taken notice of by all that mind such things: see the like,...
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For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I rejoice therefore
over you: but I would have you wise unto that which is good, and
simple unto that which is evil. [I warn you, for your obedience and...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
On account of the hearts of the innocent, the apostle, in the Epistle
to the Romans, owns that he rejoices, and furnishes a kind of
definition of children,...
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Romans 16:19 For G1063 your G5216 obedience G5218 known G864 (G5633)
to G1519 all G3956 Therefore G3767 glad...
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4). FINAL GREETINGS (16:1-27).
We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up
into three subsections:
1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1).
2) Exhortation to bew...
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WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS AND THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST (16:17-20).
That this warning comes at the end of the letter rather than in the
main part suggests that such false teacher...
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‘For your obedience is come abroad to all men. I rejoice therefore
over you, but I would have you wise to what is good, and simple to
what is evil.'
In contrast to the teachers who ‘serve not our Lord...
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3. _Closing Exhortation, with Greetings from Various Persons._
The warning of this section (Romans 16:17-20) indicates, not the
presence of false teachers at Rome, but rather the danger of such
person...
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III. CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE EPISTLE.
This part of the Epistle may be divided into four sections, (1)
Personal explanations, similar to those in chap. Romans 1:8-15 (chap.
Romans 15:14-33). (2.) Gre...
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Romans 16:19. FOR YOUR OBEDIENCE, etc. ‘Obedience' to the gospel,
obedience of faith, is meant, as throughout the Epistle. Because of
their well-known obedience, he does not class them among the
‘guil...
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IS COME ABROAD
(αφικετο). Second aorist middle indicative of
αφικνεομα, old verb, to come from, then to arrive at, only
here in N.T.OVER YOU
(εφ' υμιν). "Upon you." Simple unto that which is evil...
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CONTENTS: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and
benediction.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan.
CONCLUSION: Courtesy and Christianity go together. Ackn...
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Romans 16:1. _I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church._
Διακονον, a _deaconess_ of the church _at Cenehrea,_ the
eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be
purified o...
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EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF YOUR LOYALTY. "You are such loyal Christians
that you should not be fooled by such as these false teachers!" BUT
INNOCENT. Compare Philippians 2:15-16....
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_Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions._
A CAUTION AGAINST SCHISMATICS
I. Their character described. They--
1. Cause divisions.
2. Occasion offences.
3. Pervert doctrines....
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:1 Paul warmly greets those he knows in
Rome. He is able to say something specific about almost every person
greeted.
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 16:17.—No argument here for tradition or the inquisition. For
even common people may discern true doctrine from false. We must seek
for light on God’s revealed word.
_MAIN HO...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 16:1
K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._
ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2
I co
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Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are
going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things.
First of all, Paul,
commends unto you Phoebe our sister,...
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1 Corinthians 14:20; 1 Kings 3:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians
1:3;...
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Simple [α κ ε ρ α ι ο υ ς]. See on harmless, Matthew 10:16....
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But I would have you — Not only obedient, but discreet also. Wise
with regard to that which is good — As knowing in this as possible.
And simple with regard to that which is evil — As ignorant of this...
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As if the apostle had said, "I do not accuse you, but advise and warn
you only;. acknowledge that you the Christians at Rome are famous for
your obedience to the apostolical doctrine, and that you wal...