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Verse Romans 1:10. _MAKING REQUEST_, c.] By this we see how earnestly
the apostle longed to see Rome. It had long been a subject of
continual prayer to God, that he might have a prosperous journey to...
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MAKING REQUEST - It was his earnest desire to see them, and he
presented the subject before God.
IF BY ANY MEANS - This shows the earnest desire which he had to see
them, and implies that be had desi...
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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...
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PAUL'S INTENTION TO VISIT ROME.
Romans 1:8. Of the faith of the Romans the whole world hears: the
Apostle thanks God for this, and names them constantly in his prayers.
He invokes God as witness, for...
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A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
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To begin with, I thank my God for you all through Jesus Christ. I
thank him that the story of your faith is told throughout the whole
world. God, whom I serve in my spirit in the work of spreading the...
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MAKING REQUEST. Greek. _deomai._ App-134.
IF BY ANY MEANS. Greek. _eipo_ s. App-118.
MIGHT... JOURNEY. Greek. _euodoumai._ Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 16:2; 3
John 1:2.
WILL. Greek. _thelema_. App-102...
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_making request_ Connect this with the previous verse, and read
WITHOUT CEASING I MAKE MENTION OF YOU, ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS MAKING
REQUEST, IF BY ANY MEANS, &c. The special "request made known to God...
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The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and
to preach the gospel of faith to them...
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ἘΠῚ, at. ΔΕΌΜΕΝΟΣ ΕἼ ΠΩΣ. Cf. Acts 8:22; cf. Blass,
p. 216. ἬΔΗ ΠΟΤῈ, at long last.
ΕΥ̓ΟΔΩΘΉΣΟΜΑΙ, “in passive always tropical; to prosper,
be successful,” Thayer; 1 Corinthians 16:2; 3 John 1:2; but...
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8–17. Thanksgiving 8–10 _a_ introduces the Occasion 10 _b_–15
and the Subject 16–17 of the Epistle.
He gives thanks to GOD for the wide report of their faith as heartily
as (9) his prayers for them ha...
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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...
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DISCOURSE: 1820
PAUL’S LOVE TO THE CHURCH AT ROME
Romans 1:9. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the
Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always
in my prayers;...
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_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....
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_TEXT_
Romans 1:8-13. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all,
that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in t...
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Making request if by any means now at length I might have a
prosperous journey by the will of God to Making request, if by any
means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of
God...
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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...
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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 gra...
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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...
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HAVE A PROSPEROUS JOURNEY] RV 'be prospered.' He knew his journey to
Jerusalem would be dangerous, cp. Romans 15:30, but did not foresee
that he would visit Rome as a prisoner: cp. Acts 27:24;...
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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...
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IF BY ANY MEANS NOW AT LENGTH. — Note this accumulation of
particles, denoting the earnestness of his desire. “All this time I
have been longing to come to you, and now at last I hope that it may
be p...
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(8-17) The Apostle congratulates the Romans on the good report of them
that he had heard. He had long and earnestly desired to visit them in
person. Yes, even in Rome he must preach the gospel — of wh...
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(9-11) It is the constant subject of the Apostle’s prayers that he
may succeed in making his way to Rome; so anxious is he to open his
heart to that Church in personal- apostolic intercourse....
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CHAPTER 3
GOOD REPORT OF THE ROMAN CHURCH: PAUL NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
Romans 1:8
HE has blessed the Roman Christians in the name of the Lord. Now he
hastens to tell them how he blesses God for...
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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...
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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...
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With the thanksgiving there is connected, as a second matter which he
has to communicate to them, his not less unwearied _prayer_ that he
might be able soon to visit them. The words: _always in my pra...
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SECOND PASSAGE (1:8-15). THE INTEREST LONG TAKEN BY THE APOSTLE IN THE
CHRISTIANS OF ROME.
The address, had drawn a sort of _official_ bond between the apostle
and the church. But Paul feels the need...
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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...
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First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your
faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. (9) For God is my
witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that
w...
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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...
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10._Requesting, if by any means, etc. _As it is not probable that we
from the heart study his benefit, whom we are not ready to assist by
our labors, he now adds, after having said that he was anxious...
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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...
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MAKING REQUEST, IF BY ANY MEANS NOW AT LENGTH,.... A principal thing,
which be incessantly and importunately requested at the throne of
grace, was, that he might have an opportunity of coming to them;...
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Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a
prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Ver. 10. _I might have a prosperous journey_] This he prayed, and
this he had by s...
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_For God is my witness_ In saying I am thankful for your conversion, I
might be well supposed to speak the truth, such an event being
perfectly agreeable to the continual tenor of my petitions to God;...
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TO COME UNTO YOU; for the apostle had not yet been in Rome....
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THE INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER
Paul's longing to see the Christians of Rome:...
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MAKING REQUEST IF BY ANY MEANS NOW AT LENGTH I MIGHT HAVE A PROSPEROUS
JOURNEY BY THE WILL OF GOD TO COME UNTO YOU....
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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...
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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...
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MAKING REQUEST, IF BY ANY MEANS NOW AT LENGTH. MAY BE PROSPERED BY THE
WILL OF GOD TO COME UNTO YOU.
'God is my witness' -he is not making. light statement, he is dead
serious. Another indication th...
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8-15 We must show love for our friends, not only by praying for them,
but by praising God for them. As in our purposes, so in our desires,
we must remember to say, If the Lord will, James 4:15. Our j...
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MAKING REQUEST; this was one thing he requested of God, that what he
had long desired and designed might happily (if it seemed good in
God's sight) be at last accomplished, that he might come in perso...
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making request, if by any means now at length I may be prospered by
the will of God to come unto you. [Since he could call no other
witness as to the substance or contents of his secret prayers, he
re...
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Romans 1:10 request G1189 (G5740) means G1513 now G2235 last G4218 way
G2137 (G5701) in G1722 will...
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‘Making request, if by any means now at length I may at some time be
prospered by the will of God to come to you.'
And his continuing request to God is with a view to at last being able
to visit them...
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PAUL EXPLAINS TO THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS HIS DESIRE TO SEE THEM AND THE
REASON FOR IT (1:8-12).
Paul stresses to the Roman Christians that he thanks God for the
effectiveness of their testimony and uncea...
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Romans 1:10. MAKING REQUEST. How unceasingly he remembers them is
evident from this constant petition, the purport of which is next
expressed.
IF HAPLY, etc. Instead of saying, ‘that I may come,' th...
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_Introduction_, _Giving the Occasion of the Epistle_.
After the full and formal address and greeting, the Apostle, as usual,
begins with thanksgiving on behalf of the Christians addressed. (In
Galatia...
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IF BY ANY MEANS NOW AT LENGTH
(ε πως ηδη ποτε). A condition of the first class in the
form of an indirect question (aim) or elliptical condition like Acts
27:12 (Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 1024). Not...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FIRST, I THANK MY GOD. Paul made it a habit to thank God through Jesus
Christ for each and every believer. Here he directs these words to the
Christians at Rome to show his deep interest in their spir...
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_First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all._
TRUE CHRISTIAN ZEAL
I. As it respects God is--
1. Thankful.
2. Sincere.
3. Constant.
4. Prayerful.
5. Dependent (Romans 1:8).
II. As i...
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_Making request, if by any means … I might have a prosperous
journey._
PROSPEROUS JOURNEY
What is necessary to render a journey, or a voyage, prosperous in the
estimation of a real Christian? Is he s...
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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....
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 1:8. YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF, ETC.—Rome frequented by
strangers, and so the faith of the Church easily made known.
κόσμω, the beautiful order of the visible world.
Romans 1:10...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 3:10; 1
Thessalonians 3:11;...
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I might have a prosperous journey [ε υ ο δ ω θ η σ ο μ α
ι]. Rev., I may be prospered. The A. V. brings out the etymological
force of the word. See on 3 John 1:2....
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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...
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Always — In all my solemn addresses to God. If by any means now at
length — This accumulation of particles declares the strength of his
desire....