What does Romans 1:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit amonge you also, even as among other Gentiles."
ROMANS 1:13 ouv qe,lw {A} The reading of D* G itd, g Ambrosiaster Pelagius, ouvk oi;omai (“I do not suppose”), was regarded as a scribal modification limited to Western witnesses; ouvk oi;smai is sti...
Verse Romans 1:13. _BUT WAS LET HITHERTO_] The word _let_, from the Anglo-Saxon, [Anglo-Saxon] to _hinder_, signifies _impediment_ or _hinderance_ of any kind: but it is likely that the original word,...
THAT OFTENTIMES I PURPOSED - See Romans 1:10. How often he had purposed this we have no means of ascertaining. The fact, however, that he had done it, showed his strong desire to see them, and to witn...
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...
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...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
WOULD, &C. First of six occurances: Romans 11:25. 1Co 10:1. 1 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13. See the positive form, 1 Corinthians 11:3.Colossians 2:1. WOULD. Greek. _thelo...
The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and to preach the gospel of faith to them...
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 fro...
ΆΓΝΟΕΪ́Ν _praes. inf. act. от_ ΆΓΝΟΈΩ (G50) не знать. _Inf._ как дополнение основного гл. ΑΔΕΛΦΟΊ _voc. pl._ от ΑΔΕΛΦΌΣ (G80) "братья". Это слово обозначало людей, принадлежащих к одной религиозной г...
BUT WAS LET— _Hindered._...
_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. Romans 1:2-6 3. Greetings. Romans...
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. NOW I W...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
οὐ θέλω δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν : a phrase of constant recurrence in Paul, and always with ἀδελφοί (1Th 4:13, 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 2 Corinthians 1:8). Some emphasis is laid by it on the ide...
THE ONLY POWER OF SALVATION Romans 1:13 We owe everything to our Lord, but since we can make Him no direct return, He has made men His residuary legatees. We are to think of others as having a claim...
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...
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...
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto), that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. (14) I am d...
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...
13._I would not that you should be ignorant_. What he has hitherto testified — that he continually requested of the Lord that he might visit them, might have appeared a vain thing, and could not have...
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...
NOW I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN,.... The apostle calls them brethren, because many of them were Jews, his brethren and kinsmen according to the flesh, and all of them were his brethren in...
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Ver. 13. _...
_Now, brethren_ Lest ye should be surprised that I, who am the apostle of the Gentiles, and who have expressed such a desire to see you, have never yet preached in Rome; _I would not have you ignorant...
LET; hindered. SOME FRUIT; be the means of good in Rome, as he had been in other places....
NOW I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN, THAT OFTENTIMES I PURPOSED TO COME UNTO YOU, (BUT WAS LET HITHERTO,) THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOME FRUIT AMONG YOU ALSO, EVEN AS AMONG OTHER GENTILES....
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...
AMONG YOU: Or, in you...
AND. WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN, THAT OFTENTIMES. PURPOSED TO COME UNTO YOU (AND WAS HINDERED HITHERTO), THAT. MIGHT HAVE SOME FRUIT IN YOU ALSO, EVEN AS IN THE REST OF THE GENTILES. At ti...
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 jo...
He prevents a cavil; they might say, If Paul hath such a longing desire to see us, why doth he not come to us? To this he answers, it was not for want of will or affection; for he often intended and a...
And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles. [He...
Romans 1:13 Now G1161 not G3756 want G2309 (G5719) you G5209 unaware G50 (G5721) brethren G80 that G3754 often G4178 planned G4388 (G5639) come G2064 (G5629) to G4314 you G5209 but G2532 hindered G296...
‘And I would not have you ignorant, brothers and sisters (brethren), that many times I purposed to come to you (and was up until now hindered), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the...
_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...
OFTENTIMES I PURPOSED (πολλακις προεθεμην). Second aorist middle of προτιθημ, old verb to place, to propose to oneself, in N.T. only here, Romans 3:25; Ephesians 1:9. See Acts 19:21 for this purpos...
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...
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...
_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...
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. Romans 1:8), and statement of th...
_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 1:1...
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 10:1; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Corinthians 9:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 2:14;...
I would not have you ignorant. An emphatic expression calling special attention to what follows. Compare 1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:13. Have some fruit [τ ι ν α κ α ρ π ο ν σ χ ω]. the phra...
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...
Brethren — A frequent, holy, simple, sweet, and yet grand, appellation. The apostles but rarely address persons by their names; 'O ye Corinthians," "O Timotheus." St. Paul generally uses this appellat...
Here observe, How the apostle obviates an objection, and prevents. reflection upon himself: Some at Rome might be ready to say, If Paul had such. longing desire to see us as he expresses, why did he n...