To God only wise; the author of all true wisdom, especially that wonderful display of it made in the gospel. As God is the author of all good, and all our mercies come through Christ, we should be disposed, for all the blessings we receive, especially for the gospel and the hope of heaven, to render to him, through Jesus Christ, glory and honor, thanksgiving and praise for ever. Amen.
ROMANS 16:27 aivw/naj {A} The shorter text (î46 B C Y 33 88 104 614 1739 _Byz_ syrh copsa _al_) was preferred on the ground that the expansion of the doxology by the addition of tw/n aivw,nwn ...
ROMANS 16:25-27 _The Doxology_ {C} While recognizing the possibility that the doxology may not have been part of the original form of the epistle, on the strength of impressive manuscript evidence (î...
Verse Romans 16:27. _TO GOD ONLY WISE_] This comes in with great propriety. He alone who is the fountain of _wisdom_ and _knowledge_, had all this mystery in himself; and he alone who knew the _times...
TO GOD ONLY WISE - The apostle here resumes the doxology which had been interrupted by the parenthesis. The attribute of “wisdom” is here brought into view, because it had been particularly displayed...
CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Greetings to Individuals. (Romans 16:1 .)_ 2. Warning and Comfort. (Romans 16:17 .) 3. The Final Salutations. (Romans 16:21 .) 4. The Conclusion. ...
THE CLOSING DOXOLOGY. As to the _place_ of this passage, see Introd. § 4. At first sight, it looks like a paragraph strayed from Ephesians, Colossians, or the Pastorals (see the Revised parallel refer...
Now unto him who is able to make you stand firm, in the way that the gospel I preach promises and the message Jesus brought offers, in the way which is now unveiled in that secret, which was for long...
A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
_to God only wise_ So certainly; though the Gr. equally allows the rendering TO THE ONLY WISE GOD. But the assertion of His glory as the Only (absolutely) Wise _Being_is far more in harmony with the h...
ΜΌΝΩΙ. Cf. Romans 3:30 where the ‘singleness’ of GOD is the basis of the universality of the Gospel, as here. See note _ad loc_[340] For ΜΌΝΟΣ cf. John 5:44; John 17:3;...
Final ascription of praise to GOD through Jesus Christ, summing up the fundamental thought of the Epistle. 25–27. It appears from Romans 16:22 that the whole letter was written by Tertius from dictati...
THE GRACE OF OUR LORD, &C.— All the other epistles of St. Paul end with a similar benediction. When St. Paul says _my Gospel,_ Romans 16:25 he cannot be supposed, says Mr. Locke, to have used such an...
_TEXT_ Romans 16:17-27. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. Romans 16:...
TO GOD ONLY WISE, [BE] GLORY - `to the only wise God.' THROUGH JESUS CHRIST - `to whom [be]'-q.d., 'To Him, I say, be the glory' FOREVER. AMEN. At the outset of this doxology, it will be observed th...
25 The importance of this closing benediction is apparent from the fact that it was written by the apostle with his own hand after Tertius had finished the epistle. Paul characterizes the great themes...
16:27 whom (f-9) The natural construction would be 'to him.' These breaks, through long parentheses, are common with Paul....
GREETINGS AND WARNINGS 1-16. Commendation and greetings. Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by the g...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 PERSONAL GREETINGS Sometimes a church leader may seem very strict when he *preaches. There are some very serious ma...
TO GOD. — Our English translation has evaded the difficulty of this verse by leaving out two words. The Greek stands literally thus, “To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, _to whom_ be glory for...
CHAPTER 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gai...
μόνῳ σοφῷ θεῷ : this description of God suits all that has just been said about His great purpose in human history, and the hiding and revealing of it in due time. The true text in 1 Timothy 1:17 has...
The doxology. St. Paul's letters, as a rule, terminate with a benediction, and even apart from the questions of textual criticism, connected with it, this doxology has given rise to much discussion. T...
RECEIVE HELPERS: SHUN HINDERERS Romans 16:17 Those who cause divisions on obscure points of doctrine are to be avoided, lest they lead us away from the fundamentals. We need to be wise in heavenly w...
In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spec...
Now to him that is able, &c. These three last verses, in divers Greek copies, were found at the end of the 14th chapter, where we find them expounded by St. John Chrysostom. --- According to the....my...
The dative τῷ δυναμένῳ, _to Him that is able_, in Romans 16:25, has not yet found the verb on which it depends. It is evidently this same dative which, after the long developments contained in Romans...
THIRTY-FIRST PASSAGE (16:25-27). THE LOOK UPWARD. Could the apostle have closed such an Epistle with the words: “and the brother Quartus”? After the final benediction, he had added the salutations of...
Timothy my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. (22) I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. (23) Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, salu...
REFLECTIONS May the faithful Ministers of Christ here learn from Paul, how near, and dear, to the heart, must ever lie the Church of Christ, when the Spirit of Christ dwells in the heart. Not content...
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...
Never having known the Roman Christians as an assembly, Paul sends many personal salutations. This was the link which subsisted. We see how touchingly his heart dwells upon all the details of service...
TO GOD ONLY WISE, BE GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST,.... This may be understood of God the Father, who is the only wise God, originally, essentially, and infinitely; though not to the exclusion of the Son...
To God only wise, _be_ glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. _Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent_ by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea. Ver. 27. _To God only wise, &c._] So say...
_Now to him that is of power_, Τω δυναμενω, that is able, _to establish you according to my gospel_ That is, in your belief of the great and important doctrines contained in it, particularly those tha...
The concluding doxology:...
TO GOD ONLY WISE, BE GLORY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOREVER! AMEN. It is altogether in harmony with the rich content of the letter to the Romans that Paul closes it with such a remarkable doxology, a veri...
COMMUNICATIONS, GREETINGS AND CLOSING This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some sense...
Closing prayer -- God is: Power Able to establish you Reveal the mystery 26 Make manifest Scriptures Prophets Commandments Make known to all men Lead to obedience of faith (see Romans 1:5)...
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE THE GLORY FOR EVER. AMEN. 'only wise God' -the contents of this book demand such. declaration. 'BE THE GLORY FOR EVER' -while men and women in...
25-27 That which establishes souls, is, the plain preaching of Jesus Christ. Our redemption and salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, are, without controversy, a great mystery of godliness. And yet, bl...
The second attribute in the description of God, is his wisdom; he is said to be WISE, and ONLY WISE. See the like, 1 TIMOTHY 1:17 JUDGES 1:25. So he is said to be _only true,_ 1 Thessalonians 17:3
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever. Amen. [Owing to difference in Greek and English construction, the long sentence beginning with Romans 16:25 is grammatically...
Romans 16:27 God G2316 alone G3441 wise G4680 glory G1391 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 forever G1519...
4). FINAL GREETINGS (16:1-27). We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up into three subsections: 1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1). 2) Exhortation to bew...
‘To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever. Amen.' ‘To the only wise God -- to whom be glory for ever and ever'. Paul finishes with praise to the One Who is the only Go...
4. _Concluding Doxology._ In no other Epistle does the Apostle conclude with a _doxology,_ but this need occasion no difficulty. The passage bears every internal evidence of genuineness, and is exceed...
III. CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. This part of the Epistle may be divided into four sections, (1) Personal explanations, similar to those in chap. Romans 1:8-15 (chap. Romans 15:14-33). (2.) Gre...
Romans 16:27. TO THE ONLY WISE GOD, etc. We give the literal rendering, which shows the difficult construction. Efforts have been made to avoid it by rejecting to whom; but a due regard for external a...
TO THE ONLY WISE GOD (μονω σοφω θεω). Better, "to God alone wise." See 1 Timothy 1:17 without σοφω.TO WHOM (ω). Some MSS. omit....
Romans 16:27 The Doxologies of Scripture. I. There are two things included in a doxology the expression of a wish and the performance of a duty. Their essential features are these: (1) They are alway...
CONTENTS: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan. CONCLUSION: Courtesy and Christianity go together. Ackn...
Romans 16:1. _I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church._ Διακονον, a _deaconess_ of the church _at Cenehrea,_ the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified o...
TO THE ONLY GOD. Paul is a "Mono-Theistic Trinitarian." To believe in three gods is paganism. Yet it is a PARADOX in human terms that the One God exists in three persons: The Father, The Son, The Holy...
_Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel._ APOSTOLIC PRAISE What a doxology! Full of Divine melody; full of grace and truth! I. The stablishing. He is the Creator. (1) H...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:27 GLORY FOREVERMORE. God’s glory is to be the theme of Christians’ lives and the joy of their hearts. ⇐...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:25 Final Summary of the Gospel of God’s Righteousness. Many of the themes in the introduction reappear in the conclusion. ⇐
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 16:25.—Editors are divided as to the position of the doxology, but its genuineness is substantiated by external and internal evidence. This concluding sentence contains the ker...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co
Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things. First of all, Paul, commends unto you Phoebe our sister,...
1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 5:11; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16
To whom. God, who, through Christ, appears as "the only wise....
To the only wise God — Whose manifold wisdom is known in the church through the gospel, Ephesians 3:10. "To him who is able," and, to the wise God," are joined, as 1 Corinthians 1:24, where Christ is...