Romans 1:1
1:1 called (f-7) 'A called apostle,' i.e. an apostle by (divine) calling. Cf. ver. 7 'called saints,' and see note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 called (f-7) 'A called apostle,' i.e. an apostle by (divine) calling. Cf. ver. 7 'called saints,' and see note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:2 writings,) (g-11) 'In holy writings.' there is no article in the original. The statement of the apostle is general, addressing himself, as he does, to Gentiles.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:4 Spirit (h-11) In many cases it is impossible to put a small or a large S rightly to the word Spirit, as the presence and power of the Holy Spirit characterizes the state, and that and the state are both included; so it is here. It is divine, not merely human, perfectness, and by the Holy Spirit... [ Continue Reading ]
1:6 called (a-7) 'Called ones of Jesus Christ' is what they are.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:7 called (b-10) 'Called saints' is ambiguous in English, but the sense is that they are saints by the calling of God. The Greek implies that they are already saints, not called to be so.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:10 prospered (c-15) This does not refer to a prosperous journey, but to the hope that God may favour or prosper him so that he may come; he had long wished it, and hoped that at last it might be granted him.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:17 God (d-4) 'Righteousness of God.' The absence of the article may arrest the mind here, and in some other places, in this part of the epistle. It is likely to do so, because _ the_ righteousness of God is now a known doctrine; not so when the apostle taught. The righteousness of God was a wholly... [ Continue Reading ]
1:18 heaven (f-9) 'Wrath of God from heaven is revealed.' see Note d; 'there' is merely the impersonal form, not an adverb, but necessary, as it is difficult to put the words in another order without injuring the sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:19 is (g-3) Or 'may be.' The Greek word here is used for 'may be known.' What is spoken of here is 'knowledge acquirable by nature in contrast with revelation,' it means what is within the capacity of man's apprehension. But 'is known' sufficiently represents that and is more exact.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:20 divinity, (h-30) What is characteristic of God; _ not_ 'Godhead,' as in Colossians 2:9 . render (i-35) The Greek expression does not affirm that they are so, but states the consequence of the display of creative glory in what was seen. 'So that they should,' or 'might be,' is ambiguous in Engli... [ Continue Reading ]
1:21 Because (a-1) This is the second reason. the first is ver. 19. thoughts, (b-19) The 'inward reasonings of the mind,' as Luke 9:46 . The word 'thoughts' in English conveys this best.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:25 who (c-1) The word implies the character. 'who were such as,' see Matthew 7:24 .... [ Continue Reading ]
1:28 good (d-8) Not 'did not like.' The word means 'to assay, test, prove,' and thence 'to approve' as Philippians 1:10 . reprobate (e-21) Or, as some, 'a mind void of moral discernment.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:30 God, (f-4) I doubt that it has the sense of 'God-haters.' It acquired the sense of 'abominably wicked.' as 'cursed children' does not mean that a curse is pronounced, but that they are fit only to be so named. It is the moral state.... [ Continue Reading ]
1:32 who (g-1) As in v. 25, 'who being such as so knew.' judgment (h-5) _ Dikaioma_ . what the righteous will of God requires; hence even an ordinance of his will, or a righteous act meeting his requirement. See ch. 5.18; Luke 1:6 ; and Revelation 15:4 , where it is judgment itself. In ch. 2.5, 'ri... [ Continue Reading ]