Romans 1:16

For [γ α ρ]. Marking the transition from the introduction to the treatise. "I am ready to preach at Rome, for, though I might seem to be deterred by the contempt in which the Gospel is held, and by the prospect of my own humiliation as its preacher, I am not ashamed of it." The transition occupies vers. 16, 17.

The Gospel. Omit of Christ.

Power [δ υ ν α μ ι ς]. Not merely a powerful means in God's hands, but in itself a divine energy.

First. Not principally, nor in preference to the Greek; but first in point of time. Compare John 4:22; Romans 3:1; Romans 9:1; Matthew 14:24.