ούσιν praes. act. part. от ειμί (G1510) быть. Praes. описывает их текущее местоположение в Риме. О ранних христианах в Риме см. Peter Lampe, Die stadtromischen Christen in den ersten beiden Jahrhunderten [Tubingen, 1987]; DPL, 850-55).
άγαπητόις (G27) dat. pl. возлюбленный. Об отглагольных adj. с этим окончанием см. Romans 1:1.
ROMANS 1:7 evn ~Rw,mh| {A} A majority of the Committee interpreted the absence of the words evn ~Rw,mh| in several witnesses (G 1739mg 1908mg itg Origen) either as the result of an accident in transc...
Verse Romans 1:7. _CALLED TO BE SAINTS_] Invited to become holy persons, by believing the Gospel and receiving the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Or, here, the word may have the meaning of _made_ or _consti...
TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME - That is, to all who bear the Christian name. Perhaps he here included not only the church at Rome, but all who might have been there from abroad. Rome was a place of vast conc...
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)...
ALL, &C.: i.e. all God's beloved ones in Rome. BELOVED. Greek. _agapetos._ App-135. SAINTS. See Acts 9:13, and compare Psalms 16:3. OUR FATHER. Compare Romans 8:15;...
_to all that be in Rome, beloved of God_ Better perhaps without comma: TO ALL GOD'S BELOVED ONES WHO ARE IN ROME. The Gr. admits either construction. _called to be saints_ Lit. CALLED SAINTS; i.e., pr...
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...
ΠΑ͂ΣΙΝ Κ.Τ.Λ. The local designation comes first, then the foundation of their state in GOD’S love, then the demand thus made on them for response. All Christians in Rome are addressed, whatever their...
THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST, &C.— _Called of Jesus Christ,—called to be saints,_—are but different expressions for professors of Christianity. Any nation or people is _called_ or _invited_ of Jesus Chr...
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....
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. TO ALL (SUCH CALLED ONES) THAT BE IN ROME, BELOVED OF GOD (cf. D...
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...
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....
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...
CALLED _TO BE_ SAINTS] lit. 'summoned saints.' 'Saint' means 'consecrated to God': cp. Exodus 22:31. In this sense all Christians are saints: cp. 1 Peter 2:9. 8-15. The Apostle greatly desires to vis...
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...
IN ROME. — It is to be observed that one MS. of some importance, the Codex Boernerianus, omits these words. The same MS., with some others, alters the next phrase, “beloved of God” to “in the love of...
(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 salutation proper. It is addressed to _all_ who are in Rome, etc., to include Christians of Jewish as well as Gentile origin. They are ἀγαπητοὶ θεοῦ, God's beloved, because they have had experienc...
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...
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...
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: (o) Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (o) God's free good will: by "peace" the Hebrews mean a prosp...
_To all that are at Rome...called to be saints. That is, who not only are named saints, but who by such a call from God, are to be sanctified by his grace, and to become holy, or saints. (Witham)_...
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...
“ _To all the well-beloved of God who are at Rome_, _saints by way of call: Grace be given you and peace on the part of God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ._ ” The dative: _to all those_, might...
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you...
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...
_OUR CALLING_ ‘Called to be saints.’ Romans 1:7 St. Paul is not writing to great, well-known people. The Church of Christ in Rome did not number many of the high and mighty in the world. Most of it...
7._To all of you who are at Rome, etc. _By this happy arrangement he sets forth what there is in us worthy of commendation; he says, that first the Lord through his own kindness made us the objects of...
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...
TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME,.... These words contain both the inscription of the epistle, and the apostle's usual salutation, as in all his epistles, The inscription of it is not to the Roman emperor; nor...
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called _to be_ saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 7. _Called to be saints_] Those then that are called, are sa...
_To all that be in Rome_ To all the Christians residing at Rome. Most of these were heathen by birth, Romans 1:13, though the Jews mixed among them. They were scattered up and down in that large city,...
GRACE-PEACE; in this apostolic prayer Jesus Christ is joined with the Father as the source from which grace and peace flow; which could not be, were he not equal with the Father in power and glory. Gr...
SALUTATION OF THE LETTER....
TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME, BELOVED OF GOD, CALLED TO BE SAINTS: GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Instead of using the usual, conventional form of brief address in t...
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...
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...
TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME; he doth not direct this Epistle to all that there inhabited, as to the emperor and senate, &c.; but to the church, and all the Christians there, as appears by the two following...
to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [The apostle opens his Epistle with one of his characteristic senten...
Tertullian Against Praxeas ."[151]...
Romans 1:7 all G3956 are G5607 (G5752) in G1722 Rome G4516 beloved G27 God G2316 called G2822 saints...
THE RECIPIENTS OF THE LETTER (1:7). After the long but important description of the purpose of the letter, we now learn who are to be its recipients. It is addressed to the church in Rome. ‘To all w...
Romans 1:7. TO ALL THAT ARE IN ROME. This is the address proper, indicating the recipients of the letter. The Christians at Rome, of whatever nationality, are viewed as one community, though not addre...
_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...
IN ROME (εν Ρωμη). One late uncial (G of tenth century) and a cursive omit these words here and one or two other late MSS. omit εν Ρωμη in verse Romans 1:15. This possibly proves the Epistle was cir...
Romans 1:7 I. There is a saintship which lies in the eternal appointment of God, which is the root and beginning of all. There is a saintship in the having been deliberately and designedly set apart b...
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...
_To all that be in Rome._ THE APOSTOLIC GREETING I. Its contents. 1. Grace. (1) Favour bestowed by God in conviction, conversion, sanctification, comfort, help, etc. (2) Consciously enjoyed. Not...
_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 1:7 LOVED BY GOD AND CALLED. God shows his love by calling his people to himself. All believers are God’s SAINTS, his “holy ones.” GRACE means God’s unmerited favor....
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 1:7. GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE, ETC.—εἰρήνη, happiness of every kind; peace with God and man. God first Christ’s Father and then ours. Grace and peace are cause and effect. _MAI...
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 1:2; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Corinthians 16:23; 1 John 3:1;...
In Rome [ε ν ρ ω μ η]. The words are omitted in a MS. Of the tenth or eleventh century, and in a cursive 14 of the eleventh or twelfth. The words ejn Efesw in Ephesus, are also omitted from Ephesians...
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...
To all that are in Rome — Most of these were heathens by birth, Romans 1:13, though with Jews mixed among them. They were scattered up and down in that large city, and not yet reduced into the form of...
Two things are here observable, 1. The general inscription of St. Paul's epistle; and, next, the particular salutations therein given. In the inscription, we have the persons described to whom the ep...