McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Romans 1:5
through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake;
Verse Romans 1:5. _GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP_] The peculiar influence and the essential qualifications which such an _office_ requires. Without the GRACE, _favour_, and peculiar help of God, he could not...
BY WHOM - The apostle here returns to the subject of the salutation of the Romans, and states to them his authority to address them. That authority he had derived from the Lord Jesus, and not from man...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. DOCTRINAL. THE SALVATION OF GOD. Chapter 1-8. CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The Apostle and the Gospel of God. (Romans 1:1 .)_ 2. The Greeting. (Romans 1:7 .) 3. The Apostle's Prayer...
THE ADDRESS is elaborate, for Paul is introducing himself to a strange community; and stately, as befits Christ's ambassador approaching the imperial city. Romans 1:1 f., Romans 1:5 f. He is an apostl...
This is a letter from Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart to serve the good news of God. This good news God promised long ago, through his prophets, in the sacred writing...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP. Some see here the Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6), and read "apostolic grace". GRACE. Greek. _charis._ App-184. APOSTLESHIP. See Acts 1:25. OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH. faith...
_by whom_ Lit. THROUGH WHOM. Ultimately from the Father, but through the Son. _we have received_ Better, perhaps, WE RECEIVED; (but see below on Romans 1:19.) "_We_" includes, possibly, all the Apostl...
A. Romans 1:1-17. INTRODUCTION. ADDRESS 1–7. OCCASION 8–15. SUBJECT 16–17. 1–7. Address. The writer’s (_a_) name and state, (_b_) office, (_c_) commission defined by a statement of (i) the Person from...
ΔΙ' ΟὟ. He who is the subject of the Gospel is also the agent through whom GOD dispenses those powers which enable men to minister the Gospel; cf. John 1:17; Galatians 1:1. ἘΛΆΒΟΜΕΝ. The subject of Ro...
ΈΛΆΒΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, принимать. _pl._ относится к одному Павлу. Это стилистический метод, чтобы избежать эмфатического выделения "я" (Kuss). ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΉ (G2532) апостольст...
WE HAVE RECEIVED— This is a modest way of expression; the Apostle meaning himself by the word _we. Grace_ or _favour,_ and _apostleship,_ some think mean the favour of being made an apostle. Hence χαρ...
PART ONE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15 SALUTATION, Romans 1:1-7 _Text_ Romans 1:1-7. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be anapostle, separated unto the gospel of God,...
_RETHINKING IN OUTLINE FORM_ PART ONE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15 I. Salutation. Romans 1:1-7 1. The Author. Romans 1:1 2. The Gospel in Review....
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: BY WHOM WE HAVE RECEIVED, [ elabomen (G2983)] - 'we received;' that is, at the period of...
1 Paul dates his apostleship from the commission he received at Antioch (Act_13:2) when he was severed from the rest to preach the evangel of God to the nations. Hitherto only Jews and proselytes like...
GRACE] In Acts and Epistles this word usually means the unmerited favour of God, shown (1) in forgiveness and salvation, cp. Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7 as opposed to debt, cp. Romans 4:4, to works, cp...
THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE NEED OF THE WORLD. THE GUILT OF THE HEATHEN In his salutation the apostle emphasises his commission, and the greatness of the Person whose servant he is and who is the...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ ABOUT PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ABOUT THE FIRST CHRISTIANS IN ROME Rome was the most important city in the world at the tim...
Through Him — through Christ the Son — he, Paul, had received his own special’ endowment and commission to bring over the Gentiles into that state of loyal and dutiful submission which has its root in...
(1-7) In writing to the Romans, a Church to which he was personally unknown, and which might be supposed, so far as it was Jewish, to be prejudiced against him, the Apostle delivers with somewhat more...
CHAPTER 2 THE WRITER AND HIS READERS Romans 1:1 PAUL, a bondservant of Jesus Christ. So the man opens his Lord's message with his own name. We may, if we please, leave it and pass on, for to the let...
The usual salutation of the Apostle is expanded, as is natural in writing to persons whom he has not seen, into a description both of himself and of his Gospel. Both, so to speak, need a fuller introd...
Through Christ Paul received χάριν κ. ἀποστολήν. The plural, ἐλάβομεν, may mean no more than the singular, or may proceed from the latent consciousness that the writer is not the only person entitled...
THE APOSTLE'S BURNING DESIRE Romans 1:1 Upon the threshold of his greatest Epistle, Paul describes himself as a bond-servant. Such humility as his qualified him to be the medium of God's wondrous rev...
Bringing the first and seventh verses together, we find the called apostle writing to the called saints. As for himself, Paul declared, first, that he was debtor, because a gift had been bestowed on...
(i) By whom we have received (k) grace and apostleship, for (l) obedience to the faith (m) among all nations, for his name: (i) Of whom. (k) This marvellous, liberal, and gracious gift, which is giv...
_By whom, i.e. by this same Jesus Christ, God and man, we, I and the rest of the apostles, have received this grace and apostleship, this mission and commission from him, of preaching his gospel, and...
FIRST PASSAGE (1:1-7). THE ADDRESS. The form of address usual among the ancients contained three terms: “N. to N. _greeting._ ” Comp. Acts 23:26: “Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Feli...
PREFACE. 1:1-15. THE framework of the Epistle to the Romans is, as we have seen, the same as that of the most of Paul's other Epistles: 1. An epistolary preface; 2. The body of the letter; 3. An epis...
“ _By whom we have received grace and apostleship, with a view to the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for the glory of His name: among whom are ye, also, the called of Jesus Christ._ ” The...
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (2) (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the Holy Scriptures), (3) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our...
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...
5._Through whom we have received, etc. _— Having completed his definition of the gospel, which he introduced for the recommendation of his office, he now returns to speak of his own call; and it was a...
There is no epistle in which the apostle places his apostleship on more positive and formal ground than in this; for at Rome he had no claim in virtue of his labours. He had never seen the Romans. He...
BY WHOM WE HAVE RECEIVED GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP,.... That is, either by the Holy Spirit, from whom all grace and gifts come, qualifying for the discharge of any office; or by the Lord Jesus Christ, who...
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Ver. 5. _For obedience to the faith_] That is, to the gospel (that doctrine of faith), or t...
_Concerning his Son Jesus Christ_ The gospel is good news from God, concerning the coming of his Son to save the world. The Son of God, therefore, is the subject of the gospel, as well as its author:...
BY WHOM; Jesus Christ. GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP; the office of apostle, with that special grace which qualifies us to discharge its duties aright. Ephesians 3:8. In using the word "we," he joins himself...
SALUTATION OF THE LETTER....
BY WHOM WE HAVE RECEIVED GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP, FOR OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME;...
The salutation (unusually long) occupies seven verses, - laying down distinctly, as it does, the complete foundation of that Gospel of which Paul was a messenger - thus introducing him with the Gospel...
ROMANS 1:1-17 1. How did Paul gain the ear of the Roman church? a. How did Paul establish a common tie with the Jews at Rome? i. Prophets ii. Quote from Scripture iii. Jesus was the seed of David...
FOR OBEDIENCE TO THE FAITH: Or, to the obedience of faith...
THROUGH WHOM WE RECEIVED GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP, UNTO OBEDIENCE OF FAITH AMONG ALL THE NATIONS, FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE; 'Unto obedience of faith' -Paul's purpose as an apostle involving bringing those f...
1-7 The doctrine of which the apostle Paul wrote, set forth the fulfilment of the promises by the prophets. It spoke of the Son of God, even Jesus the Saviour, the promised Messiah, who came from Dav...
BY WHOM; or of whom; by whom, as Mediator, or of whom, as Author and Giver. GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP: some make these two distinct gifts; the one common, which is grace; the other special, which is apost...
The Teaching of Simon Cephas In the City of Rome In the City of Rome.[3]...
Romans 1:5 Through G1223 Him G3739 received G2983 (G5627) grace G5485 and G2532 apostleship G651 for G1519 obedience...
‘Through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake, among whom are you also called to be Jesus Christ's.' And, says Paul, it is through...
THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD (1:2-6). What that ‘Good News of God' was is now made clear, as is the fact that it had been promised beforetime through God's prophets in the Holy Scriptures. In other words Paul...
Romans 1:5. THROUGH WHOM, _i.e.,_ ‘Jesus Christ our Lord,' which should immediately precede. The two verses should be separated only by a comma. Everywhere Paul speaks of himself as called by God to b...
_ADDRESS AND GREETING_ The Apostle conforms to the usage of his time, beginning his letters with his own name, followed by a designation of the persons addressed, to which a greeting is added. But he...
UNTO OBEDIENCE OF FAITH (εις υπακοην πιστεως). Subjective genitive as in Romans 16:26, the obedience which springs from faith (the act of assent or surrender)....
FOR OBEDIENCE Unto obedience to faith, that is, faith as a principle, or method of divine dealing. Compare (Romans 10:1)....
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.)_ Paul had not seen the R...
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,_ Paul has many titles, and he delights to mention them in writing to these Christians at Rome....
CONTENTS: Words of comfort to the church at Rome. The universe a revelation of the power and deity of God. The deplorable condition of a lost world. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul. CONCLUSION: God has...
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,_ in the sense he himself illustrates to the Corinthians. Ye are not your own; ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your s...
FROM PAUL, A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS. The custom in the first century was for the writer to introduce himself at the beginning of a letter. CHOSEN AND CALLED BY GOD. Paul makes this strong statement o...
_By whom we have received grace and apostleship: _ GRACE AND APOSTLESHIP I. Grace of apostleship, _i.e., _the favour of being an apostle. Given to the twelve (Matthew 10:1); to Paul (Acts 9:15; Acts...
_Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ._ AUTHENTICATION AND SALUTATION I. The apostle. 1. Paul was not the name by which he was always known, but was assumed shortly after the commencement of his mission...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:5 Paul’s mission is to all humanity. His goal is TO BRING ABOUT THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH (see Romans 16:26). Saving faith results in obedience....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 1:1 The Gospel as the Revelation of God’s Righteousness. This first section includes Paul’s opening greeting (vv. Romans 1:1), thanksgiving (vv....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 1:3. TO THE FLESH.—σάρξ denotes a living being in distinction from the dead, which is κρέας. It denotes also body as distinguished from mind (Stuart). OUR LORD.—Supreme Ruler...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 1:1 I. INTRODUCTORY. ROMANS 1:1 A. _Salutation_ with long interposed parenthesis, suggested by "gospel of God." The parenthesis, expressing thoughts of which the writer's mind is...
This time let us turn in our Bibles to Romans, chapter 1. Paul opens his epistle to the Romans declaring: Paul, a bond slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 9:2; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9;...
We have received [ε λ α β ο μ ε ν]. Aorist tense. Rev., we received. The categorical plural, referring to Paul, and not including the other apostles, since the succeeding phrase, among all the nations...
THE GOSPEL OF GOD Romans 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening statement of the first chapter of Romans gives us sufficient basis for our introductory word. The statement reads thus: "Paul, a SERVANT...
By whom we have received — I and the other apostles. Grace and apostleship — The favour to be an apostle, and qualifications for it. For obedience to the faith in all nations — That is, that all natio...
Observe here, 1. St. Paul declares the person from who, he received authority to be an apostle, namely, Christ himself: BY WHOM HE RECEIVED APOSTLESHIP; that is, by Jesus Christ, mentioned in the fore...