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Romans 16:26

ROMANS—NOTE ON Romans 16:26 prophetic writings. The OT Scriptures (see Romans 1:2).

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 .....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять, проявлять, открывать. ΠΡΟΦΗΤΙΚΌΣ (G4397) пророческий, ΕΠΙΤΑΓΉ (G2003) заповедь, повеление, ΓΝΩΡΙΣΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ ...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    MADE KNOWN TO ALL NATIONS FOR THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH; in order to lead them to exercise faith in Christ and be saved....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The concluding doxology:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    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)...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    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...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Romans 16:26 but G1161 now G3568 manifest G5319 (G5685) and G5037 by G1223 prophetic G4397 Scriptures G1124 known...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    OBEDIENCE See margin reference, (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:5). _ Faith as a system, in contrast with law as a system....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 2 Timothy 1:10; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:46;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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