Romans 15:7

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. WHEREFORE (RETURNING TO THE POINT), RECEIVE YE ONE ANOTHER, AS CHRIST ALSO RECEIVED US - `received you' is clearly the true reading, TO THE GLORY OF GOD. If Christ received us, and bears with all our weaknesses, well may we receive and compassionate one another; and by so doing God will be glorified....

7._Receive ye then, etc. _He returns to exhortation; and to strengthen this he still retains the example of Christ. For he, having received, not one or two of us, but all together, has thus connected us, so that we ought to cherish one another, if we would indeed continue in his bosom. Only thus then shall we confirm our calling, that is, if we separate not ourselves from those whom the Lord has bound together. The words,_to the glory of God, _may be applied to us only, or to Christ, or to him and us together: of the last I mostly approve, and according to this import, — “As Christ has made known the glory of the Father in receiving us into favor, when we stood in need of mercy; so it behooves us, in order to make known also the glory of the same God, to establish and confirm this union which we have in Christ.” (444)...

1-7 Christian liberty was allowed, not for our pleasure, but for the glory of God, and the good of others. We must please our neighbour, for the good of his soul; not by serving his wicked will, and humouring him in a sinful way; if we thus seek to please men, we are not the servants of Christ. Christ's whole life was a self-denying, self-displeasing life. And he is the most advanced Christian, who is the most conformed to Christ. Considering his spotless purity and holiness, nothing could be more contrary to him, than to be made sin and a curse for us, and to have the reproaches of God fall upon him; the just for the unjust. He bore the guilt of sin, and the curse for it; we are only called to bear a little of the trouble of it. He bore the presumptuous sins of the wicked; we are called only to bear the failings of the weak. And should not we be humble, self-denying, and ready to consi...

Verse Romans 15:7. _WHEREFORE RECEIVE YE ONE ANOTHER_] Προσλαμβανεσθε. Have the most _affectionate regard_ for each other, and acknowledge each other as the servants and children of God Almighty. _AS CHRIST ALSO RECEIVED US_] Καθως και ὁ Χριστος προσελαβετο ἡμας· In the same manner, and with the same _cordial affection_, as _Christ has received_ us into communion with himself, and has made us partakers of such inestimable blessings, condescending to be present in all our assemblies. And as Christ has _received us_ thus to the glory of God, so should we, Jews and Gentiles, cordially _receive each other_, that God's glory may be promoted by our _harmony_ and brotherly love....

WHEREFORE - In view of all the considerations tending to produce unity and love, which have been presented. He refers to the various arguments in this and the preceding chapter. RECEIVE YE ONE ANOTHER - Acknowledge one another as Christians, and treat one another as such, though you may differ in opinion about many smaller matters; see Romans 14:3. AS CHRIST ALSO RECEIVED US - That is, received us as his friends and followers; see Romans 14:3. TO THE GLORY OF GOD - In order to promote his glory. He has redeemed us, and renewed us, in order to promote the honor of God; compare...

EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 IV. SUPPLEMENTARY. Questions have been raised and much discussed as to the connection of the last two chapters, 15. and 16., with the rest of the Epistle. The facts and the opinions founded on them may be summarized as follows. (1) There is sufficient proof that in early times copies of the Epistle existed without these two chapters. The evidence is this— (A) Origen (on Romans 16:25) speaks of some copies in his time being without the concluding doxology, and also without any part of these two chapters, attributing the omission to Marcion, for his own purposes, having mutilated the Epistle. His words are, "Caput hoc (_i.e._...

WHEREFORE RECEIVE YE ONE ANOTHER,.... Into your hearts and affections; embrace one another cordially, the Jew the Gentile, the Gentile the Jew, the strong brother the weak, the weak the strong: AS CHRIST ALSO RECEIVED US. The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read "you". Both Jews and Gentiles, as appears from the following verses. Christ received all the chosen ones into his heart's love and affection from eternity; he received them in the council of peace, and when the covenant of grace was made at his Father's hands, in the most tender manner, in order to take the care of them, preserve and save them; he assumed their nature, took upon him their sins, and sustained their persons in time, when he became incarnate, and suffered and died for them; and he receives them in the effectual calling on their coming to him, which he encourages by assuring them, t...

Romans 15:1. _We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves._ When we are free from scruples upon any point, and feel that there are things that we may do because we are strong, yet let us not do them if thereby we should grieve others who are weak. Let us think of their infirmities; and whatever liberty we may feel entitled to claim for ourselves, let us look at the matter from the standpoint of other people as well as from our Own, that we may bear the infirmities of the weak, and not seek to please ourselves. Romans 15:2. _Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. For even Christ_ Our Master, and Lord, and great Exemplar: «For even Christ»...

ROMANS 15:7 u`ma/j {A} The reading u`ma/j, which has superior and more diversified support than the reading h`ma/j, is in harmony with the other instances of the second person plural in the context (verses Romans 15:5-7)....

CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The Example of Christ. (Romans 15:1 .)_ 2. The Ministry of Christ. (Romans 15:8 .) 3. Paul's Personal Ministry. (Romans 15:14 .) Romans 15:1 An additional motive is brought in why the strong should bear the infirmities of the weak and not please themselves. It is Christ. He did not please Himself, but bore in great meekness and patience the reproaches with which men reproached God, and these reproaches fell on Christ Himself. It was the reproach of God He bore in perfect meekness. We are therefore to be likeminded one to another according to Christ Jesus. Wherefore receive ye one another