Romans 16:24

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN - a repetition of the benediction precisely as in except that it is here invoked on them "all," and that the "Amen" here is undoubted. Concluding Doxology (Romans 16:25) The genuineness of this whole Doxology has been questioned, but on wholly insufficient grounds. [It is omitted only in F G and its Latin version; but even in each of these a blank space is left after , implying that something was lacking; but it is found in all other extant manuscripts, Uncial and Cursive. It is misplaced, however, in a number of manuscripts and several versions, which introduce it...

21-24 The apostle adds affectionate remembrances from persons with him, known to the Roman Christians. It is a great comfort to see the holiness and usefulness of our kindred. Not many mighty, not many noble are called, but some are. It is lawful for believers to bear civil offices; and it were to be wished that all offices in Christian states, and in the church, were bestowed upon prudent and steady Christians....

Verse Romans 16:24. _THE GRACE OF OUR LORD_] This is the conclusion of _Tertius_, and is similar to what St. Paul used above. Hence it is possible that Tertius wrote the whole of the 22d, 23rd, and 24th verses, Romans 16:22 without receiving any particular instructions from St. Paul, except the bare permission to add his own salutations with those of his particular friends. There is a great deal of disagreement among the MSS. and versions relative to this verse; some rejecting it entirely, and some of those which place the following verses at the end of Romans 14:23, inserting it at the end of the 27th verse in that place. The reader who chooses may consult _Wetstein_ and Griesbac

EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I COMMEND UNTO YOU PHOEBE OUR SISTER (_i.e. _fellow-Christian), WHO IS A SERVANT OF THE CHURCH THAT IS IN CENCHREA: THAT YE RECEIVE HER IN THE LORD, WORTHILY OF THE SAINTS, AND ASSIST HER (παραστῆτε_, _literally, _stand by her_)_ _IN WHATSOEVER BUSINESS SHE HATH NEED OF YOU: FOR SHE TOO HATH BEEN A SUCCOURER (προστάτις_, _corresponding to παραστῆτε)_ _OF MANY, AND OF MINE OWN SELF. This Phoebe wa

THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN. This verse is placed by the Syriac at the end of the chapter, and is wanting in the Ethiopic version, and in one ancient copy, being, excepting the word all, the same as at the end of Romans 16:20; but inasmuch as it is in all other copies, it ought to be repeated and stand here: the reason of the repetition may either be, because the former might be written by his amanuensis, and this with his own hand, as was usual with him in all his epistles, by which they might be known to be his, 2 Thessalonians 3:17; or the apostle having so great an affection for this church, knew not how to take his leave of them, but repeats his valediction again and again, as here, and in...

ROMANS 16:24 _omit verse_ {A} The earliest and best witnesses omit ver. Romans 16:24. See the comment on ver. 20....

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. (Romans 16:25 .) Romans 16:1 Phoebe (which means “radiant”) is first mentioned. She was probably a person of great influence and wealth, for she had been a succorer of many, including the Apostle. She is heartily commended to the assembly in Rome, to be received in the Lord, worthily of the Saints. Then that interesting pair of fellow workers of

A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...

THE GRACE, &C. The amanuensis repeats the words which close the actual message of Paul, Romans 16:20, Some ancient texts omit this second benediction, and the Revised Version follows through not understanding the reason for the introduction of "the mystery", verses: Romans 16:25; Romans 16:26. There are clearly _two_ postscripts, one after Romans 16:20, the other after Romans 16:24. The first closes the Ep. itself at the time of writing by Tertius in the spring of 58 A.D. The other was added by Paul himself during the first Roman imprisonment

_The grace_, &c. Cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:16, for a similar adieu before the actual close. We venture to suggest that thus far the amanuensis wrote; that St Paul then in some sense reviewed his great Epistle; and then, perhaps with his own hand, added the rapturous Doxology with which it now ends, and which sums up with such pregnant force so much of the mighty argument [50]. [50] Alford quotes the same suggestion from Fritzsche, and points out that the diction of the Doxology resembles passages elsewhere which are known to have been written with St Paul's _own hand_....