According to the commandment — The foundation of the apostolical office. Of the eternal God — A more proper epithet could not be. A new dispensation infers no change in God. Known unto him are all his works, and every variation of them, from eternity. Made known to all nations — Not barely that they might know, but enjoy it also, through obeying the faith.
ROMANS 16:25-27 _The Doxology_ {C} While recognizing the possibility that the doxology may not have been part of the original form of the epistle, on the strength of impressive manuscript evidence (î...
Verse Romans 16:26. _BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST_] Now, under the New Testament dispensation, and by my preaching. _BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS_] Hints relative to this important work being scatt...
BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST - Is revealed, or made known; that which was so long concealed is now divulged, that is, God’s plan of saving people is now made known to all nations. AND BY THE SCRIPTURES .....
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. ...
THE CLOSING DOXOLOGY. As to the _place_ of this passage, see Introd. § 4. At first sight, it looks like a paragraph strayed from Ephesians, Colossians, or the Pastorals (see the Revised parallel refer...
A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
Now unto him who is able to make you stand firm, in the way that the gospel I preach promises and the message Jesus brought offers, in the way which is now unveiled in that secret, which was for long...
_now_ In the days of Messiah, and in Him as the Propitiation. Cp. Colossians 1:26. _by the scriptures_, &c. Lit. BY MEANS OF (THE) PROPHETIC SCRIPTURES. This Epistle, and e.g. Acts 13, are the best co...
ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ. Cf. Romans 3:21 where exactly the same relation between the manifestation and the witness of prophets is expressed. The secret was manifested in the Person and history of Christ; He is t...
Final ascription of praise to GOD through Jesus Christ, summing up the fundamental thought of the Epistle. 25–27. It appears from Romans 16:22 that the whole letter was written by Tertius from dictati...
ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять, проявлять, открывать. ΠΡΟΦΗΤΙΚΌΣ (G4397) пророческий, ΕΠΙΤΑΓΉ (G2003) заповедь, повеление, ΓΝΩΡΙΣΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ ...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD, &C.— All the other epistles of St. Paul end with a similar benediction. When St. Paul says _my Gospel,_ Romans 16:25 he cannot be supposed, says Mr. Locke, to have used such an...
_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:...
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: BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST....
25 The importance of this closing benediction is apparent from the fact that it was written by the apostle with his own hand after Tertius had finished the epistle. Paul characterizes the great themes...
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...
BY THE SCRIPTURES] cp. Romans 1:1.; Romans 3:21. FOR THE] RV 'unto,' i.e. leading to the obedience which faith implies: cp. Romans 1:5. SUBSCRIPTION. The subscriptions to the Epistles are said to have...
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...
BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST. — The first clause of this verse goes with the last clause of the preceding “mystery,” which before was kept secret, but now has been “made manifest.” The rest of the verse a...
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...
The doxology. St. Paul's letters, as a rule, terminate with a benediction, and even apart from the questions of textual criticism, connected with it, this doxology has given rise to much discussion. T...
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...
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...
But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, (m) made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: (m) Offered and exhibit...
Now to him that is able, &c. These three last verses, in divers Greek copies, were found at the end of the 14th chapter, where we find them expounded by St. John Chrysostom. --- According to the....my...
With these times of silence there is contrasted that of divine speaking. The word νῦν, _now_, strongly expresses this contrast. The participle φανερωθέντος, _manifested_, refers to the inward revelati...
THIRTY-FIRST PASSAGE (16:25-27). THE LOOK UPWARD. Could the apostle have closed such an Epistle with the words: “and the brother Quartus”? After the final benediction, he had added the salutations of...
Timothy my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. (22) I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. (23) Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, salu...
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 SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS_ ‘The mystery which … 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...
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...
BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST,.... In these last days, in which God has spoken by his Son, by whom the doctrines of grace are most clearly revealed, and fully dispensed; and by his apostles, who were bless...
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: Ver. 26. _According to the...
_Now to him that is of power_, Τω δυναμενω, that is able, _to establish you according to my gospel_ That is, in your belief of the great and important doctrines contained in it, particularly those tha...
MADE KNOWN TO ALL NATIONS FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH; in order to lead them to exercise faith in Christ and be saved....
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:...
The concluding doxology:...
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...
Closing prayer -- God is: Power Able to establish you Reveal the mystery 26 Make manifest Scriptures Prophets Commandments Make known to all men Lead to obedience of faith (see Romans 1:5)...
BUT NOW IS MANIFESTED, AND BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF THE ETERNAL GOD, IS MADE KNOWN UNTO ALL THE NATIONS UNTO OBEDIENCE OF FAITH: 'but now is manifested' -'t...
25-27 That which establishes souls, is, the plain preaching of Jesus Christ. Our redemption and salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, are, without controversy, a great mystery of godliness. And yet, bl...
Concerning the _revelation_ of this _mystery, _ four things are further recorded: 1. The means whereby it was made known; viz. THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS; see ACTS 10:43, ACTS 16:32 28:23. 2. Th...
but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith [Comp. Colossians 1:26; Coloss...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV On this ground Pythagoras seems to me to have said that God alone is wise, since also the apostle writes in the Epistle to the Romans, "For the obedience of the...
Romans 16:26 but G1161 now G3568 manifest G5319 (G5685) and G5037 by G1223 prophetic G4397 Scriptures G1124 known...
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...
‘Now to him who is able (tow dunamenow - 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 has been k...
Romans 16:26. BUT NOW IS MADE MANIFEST. The emphasis rests on ‘made manifest;' the whole thought is explanatory of the ‘revelation of the mystery,' and in contrast with the long silence just spoken of...
4. _Concluding Doxology._ In no other Epistle does the Apostle conclude with a _doxology,_ but this need occasion no difficulty. The passage bears every internal evidence of genuineness, and is exceed...
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...
BUT NOW IS MANIFESTED (φανερωθεντος δε νυν). First aorist passive participle of φανεροω, to make plain, genitive case in agreement with μυστηριου.BY THE SCRIPTURES OF THE PROPHETS (δια γραφων προ...
OBEDIENCE See margin reference, (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:5). _ Faith as a system, in contrast with law as a system....
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...
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...
NOW, HOWEVER. Compare Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44-47. That _Truth_ is God's salvation centered in One Person Jesus Christ. See Acts 4:12; 1 John 5:11;...
_Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel._ APOSTOLIC PRAISE What a doxology! Full of Divine melody; full of grace and truth! I. The stablishing. He is the Creator. (1) H...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:26 PROPHETIC WRITINGS. The OT Scriptures (see Romans 1:2)....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:25 Final Summary of the Gospel of God’s Righteousness. Many of the themes in the introduction reappear in the conclusion. ⇐
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 16:25.—Editors are divided as to the position of the doxology, but its genuineness is substantiated by external and internal evidence. This concluding sentence contains the ker...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co
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,...
1 John 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 2 Timothy 1:10; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:46;...