Romans 15:18

For I will not dare, &c. This ver. may be paraphrased, "To justify this exultation, I need not presumptuously intrudeon the work of others, putting in a false claim to credit for that work: I need only speak of what Christ has done through my personal efforts, both of preaching and miracle, in bringing Gentile converts to Him, &c." The sentence evidently glides from the negative to the positive in the course of this verse.

which Christ hath wrought St Paul recognizes the Saviour as the personal and present Worker. Cp. Matthew 28:20, and the suggestive words (Acts 1:1) "all that Jesus beganto do and teach" as if His doing and teaching continued in the work of His messengers. Cp. also 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20.

me Emphatic in the Greek.

obedient To the Gospel. See on Romans 10:3.

deed Specially (see next verse) deeds of miracle. Cp. Acts 13:9-12; Acts 14:8-10; Acts 15:12; Acts 16:18; Acts 19:11-12; Acts 20:10-12; Acts 28:3-9. St Paul elsewhere distinctly claims miraculous gifts, 1 Corinthians 14:18; 2 Corinthians 12:12. In his life and teaching, as in the whole of Scripture, the natural and the supernatural are inextricably interwoven: the strongest reality of practical plans and efforts, and the most vigorous reasonings, stand linked with open references to, and cogent proofs of, the special presence around him of "the powers of the world to come."