ἔχω οὖν καύχησιν : I have therefore ground of boasting. In spite of the apologetic tone of Romans 15:14 f. Paul is not without confidence in writing to the Romans. But there is no personal assumption in this; for he has it only in Christ Jesus, and only τὰ πρὸς τὸν θεόν in his relations to God. Cf. Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 5:1.
Verse 17. _I HERE THEREFORE WHEREOF I MAY GLORY_] Being sent of God on this most honourable and important errand, I have matter of great exultation, not only in the _honour_ which he has conferred upo...
I HAVE THEREFORE ... - I have cause of glorying. I have cause of rejoicing that God has made me a minister to the Gentiles, and that he has given me such success among them. The ground of this he stat...
CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The Example of Christ. (Romans 15:1 .)_ 2. The Ministry of Christ. (Romans 15:8 .) 3. Paul's Personal Ministry. (Romans 15:14 .)...
THE PRESENT JUNCTURE IN PAUL'S MINISTRY. Paul resumes the thread dropped at Romans 1:15. Romans 15:14. He does not think the Roman Christians in need of correction; he has written, however, and in par...
THE MARKS OF THE FELLOWSHIP (Romans 15:1-6)...
Brothers, I myself am quite sure that you, as you are, are full of goodness and replete with all knowledge and well able to give good advice to one another. I write to you with a certain amount of bol...
GLORY. See Romans 3:27. THOSE. the. WHICH PERTAIN. pertaining to. App-104....
_I have therefore_, &c. Lit., with the best reading, I HAVE THEREFORE MY EXULTATION IN CHRIST JESUS AS TO THINGS GOD-WARD. The words "_I have_" are slightly emphatic, indicating the reality of his com...
The letter passes to personal matters (_a_) 14–21 a delicate apology and justification of the letter itself: it is not sent with a view to supplementing deficiencies of the Roman Christians, but partl...
ἜΧΩ ΟΥ̓͂Ν. οὖν refers to the preceding statement of his mission—being in this relation to Christ Jesus and engaged on this work for Him, I am bold beyond what I should be if I were acting on my own ac...
ΟΎΝ (G3767) теперь, следовательно; делает вывод из предыдущего, ΚΑΎΧΗΣΙΣ (G2746) похвала, прославление....
THINGS WHICH PERTAIN TO GOD— We have the same phrase, Hebrews 5:1 where it signifies the things that were offered to God in the temple ministration. St. Paul, by way of allusion, speaks of the Gentile...
_TEXT_ Romans 15:14-33. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. Romans 15:15 But I wr...
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. I HAVE THEREFORE WHEREOF I MAY GLORY - or with the article (which seems the true reading), 'I have m...
PAUL'S PREVIOUS MINISTRY 8 Contrast the two ministries of Christ and Paul (16). Christ was the Servant of the _ Circumcision_. Paul was a minister for the _ nations_. Christ confirms the patriarchal p...
JEW AND GENTILE ALIKE THE OBJECT OF GOD'S LOVE. THE APOSTLE'S PLANS 1-13. The subject of Romans 14 is continued. 'Strength' should be displayed in helping the 'weak' after Christ's example (Romans 15:...
WHEREOF I MAY GLORY] RV 'my glorying.'...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 15 DO NOT TRY TO PLEASE YOURSELF 15:1-6 V1 Because we are strong, we should assist weak people. Our *faith is strong,...
This is really the title on which I rest my claim. I _can_ boast of a specially sacred office and ministry, given to me by Christ, and not merely of my own devising. The sphere of this office is a rel...
A PREACHER WHO FOUND HIS OWN FIELD Romans 15:14 A superficial judge of the Apostle's life at the time to which he refers might have supposed him to be a mere Jewish traveler, hurrying to and fro, und...
The most powerful argument for Christian conduct is the example of Christ. He pleased not Himself. The injunction to receive one another is an injunction addressed to Jews and Gentiles. Throughout the...
(9) I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. (9) He commends his apostleship highly by the effects, but yet in such a way that even though he sp...
TWENTY-NINTH PASSAGE (15:14-33). PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS. This passage is intended to convey to the minds of his readers full light as to the apostle's conduct toward them. These explanations relate fi...
EPISTOLARY CONCLUSION. 15:14-16:27. WE have said that the Epistle to the Romans is a didactic treatise, doctrinal and practical, contained in a letter. The treatise is now closed, and the letter begin...
“ _I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in the service of God. For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, for the obedience of the Ge...
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. (15) Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the mor...
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...
17._I have then, etc. _After having in general commended his own calling, that the Romans might know that he was a true and undoubted apostle of Christ, he now adds testimonies, by which he proved tha...
These instructions close the epistle. From Romans 15:8, it is the exordium, the personal circumstances of the apostle, and salutations. In Verses 8 to 12 (Romans 15:8-12), he sums up his thoughts resp...
I HAVE THEREFORE WHEREOF I MAY GLORY,.... Not in himself, for he that taught others not to glory in men, would not glory in himself; not in his carnal descent and fleshly privileges; nor in his knowle...
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. Ver. 17. _I have therefore, &c._] So have all God's faithful ministers at this day against the contempt...
_And I myself am persuaded of you_ The apology which the apostle here offers for writing to a church with which he was not personally acquainted was the more necessary, because, in his letter, he had...
WHEREOF I MAY GLORY; ground for rejoicing and giving praise to God, that he had been made a minister and his efforts crowned with success....
I HAVE, THEREFORE, WHEREOF I MAY GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST IN THOSE THINGS WHICH PERTAIN TO GOD....
Paul's praise of his apostleship:...
The subject of Romans 14:1 continues through verse 7 of Romans 15:1. We have seen first the Lord's authority in regard to men's consciences, then love toward our brethren a reason for considering thei...
I have written more boldly Reminding you Because of the gift I have (revelation) 2 Corinthians 12:7 16 Paul was chosen to minister to the Gentiles Acts 9:15 chosen vessel Ministering the gospel...
ROMANS 15:17. HAVE THEREFORE MY GLORIFYING IN CHRIST JESUS IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD. 'in things pertaining to God' -(1 Corinthians 1:31; Jeremiah 2:23). 'Paul found personal gratification not in s...
14-21 The apostle was persuaded that the Roman Christians were filled with a kind and affectionate spirit, as well as with knowledge. He had written to remind them of their duties and their dangers,...
q.d. Having received this grace of apostleship, anti having had great success in my labours, multitudes being converted by my ministry: _I have whereof to glory, _ or, I have matter of glorying and re...
I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God. ["Therefore" refers back to verse 15. I have therefore a right to address you boldly in things pertaining to God, for I am not...
Romans 15:17 Therefore G3767 have G2192 (G5719) glory G2746 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 to G4314 God...
‘I have therefore my glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.' That is why he has something to glory of in the Messiah Jesus (Romans 9:1) in things pertaining to God, because his ‘offer...
THE EXTENT AND FOCAL POINT OF PAUL'S OWN MINISTRY TO THE GENTILES (15:14-21). Paul sees his own ministry as an extension of the ministry of Christ, the Messiah (Romans 15:16). He has gone out in the N...
3). THE MINISTRY OF THE MESSIAH IS TO BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES (15:7-33). Paul now demonstrates that the Messiah has come in order to minister to both Jews and Gentiles, and that this has been in part a...
Romans 15:17. I HAVE THEREFORE MY (lit., ‘the') GLORYING; the same word we render ‘boasting' in chap. Romans 3:27; here used in a good sense. IN (not, ‘through') CHRIST JESUS; only in fellowship with...
1. _Personal Explanations._ This section forms an ‘epilogue' (Meyer), corresponding in matter with the introductory paragraph; chap. Romans 1:8-15. The Apostle first expresses his confidence in the Ro...
IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD (τα προς τον θεον). Accusative of general reference of the article used with the prepositional phrase, "as to the things relating to (προς, facing) God....
Romans 15:13. Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, tha...
CONTENTS: Jewish and Gentile believers under one salvation. Paul speaks of His ministry and coming journey. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The self-denial of our Lord...
Romans 15:4. _Whatsoever things were written afore-time,_ by Moses and the prophets concerning Christ, and the calling of the gentiles, were written in order to afford us the greatest comfort, by demo...
IN UNION WITH CHRIST JESUS. See Philippians 3:3-14. I CAN BE PROUD. Paul did an amazing job of missions for Christ. Yet only his union with Christ made it possible for him to be _proud_ (1 Corinthians...
_And I myself also am persuaded of you._ PAUL’S TESTIMONY TO THE CHURCH IN ROME I. Its substance. Fall of-- 1. Goodness. 2. Knowledge. 3. Sanctified ability. II. Its value. 1. Honest. 2. Inspi...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 15:14 The Extension of God’s Righteousness through Paul’s Mission. Paul focuses on his calling as the apostle to the Gentiles, adding some greetings and final instructions....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 15:17.—The things of the ministry committed to Paul of God are the things in which he will glory. Romans 15:18.—St. Paul will not take any glory to himself. There is nothing...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 IV. SUPPLEMENTARY. Questions have been raised and much discussed as to the connection of the last two chapters, 15. and 16., with the rest of the Epistle. The facts and the o...
Shall we turn to the fifteenth chapter of Paul's epistle to the Romans. In the fourteenth chapter Paul was dealing with the subject of walking in love within the body of Christ. Recognizing that we ha...
2 Corinthians 11:16; 2 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 12:11; 2 Corinthians 2:14;...
Whereof I may glory [τ η ν κ α υ χ η σ ι ν]. Rather, as Rev., my glorying, denoting the act. The ground of glorying would be kauchma as in ch. 4 2; Galatians 6:4, etc. Those things which pertain to Go...
I have whereof to glory through Jesus Christ — All my glorying is in and through him....