McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Romans 1:11
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Verse Romans 1:11. _SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT_] This probably means some of the _extraordinary gifts_ of the Holy Spirit, which, being given to them, might tend greatly to establish their faith in the Gosp...
FOR I LONG TO SEE YOU - I earnestly desire to see you; compare Romans 15:23, Romans 15:32. THAT I MAY IMPART - That I may “give,” or communicate to you. SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT - Some have understood thi...
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...
To begin with, I thank my God for you all through Jesus Christ. I thank him that the story of your faith is told throughout the whole world. God, whom I serve in my spirit in the work of spreading the...
A CALL, A GOSPEL AND A TASK (Romans 1:1-7)...
LONG. Greek. _epipothes._ Elsewhere, 1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 9:14.Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:8;...
_that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift_ Some "_charisma_." The exact reference is not quite certain. It has been explained of miraculous gifts, which (on this view) St Paul desired to impart,...
The good report of the Roman Church. Paul desires to visit them, and to preach the gospel of faith to them...
8–17. Thanksgiving 8–10 _a_ introduces the Occasion 10 _b_–15 and the Subject 16–17 of the Epistle. He gives thanks to GOD for the wide report of their faith as heartily as (9) his prayers for them ha...
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 from...
ἽΝΑ ΤΙ ΜΕΤΑΔΩ͂ Κ.Τ.Λ. The complex order and the indefinite τι … χάρισμα give a half apologetic tone to this expression of his object, leading at once to the correction τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν—if he benefits th...
ΈΠΙΠΟΘΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΠΟΘΈ(ύ (G1971) жаждать. Предложное сочетание обозначает направленность желания (SH). ΊΔΕΪ́Ν _aor. inf. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. Эпэкз. _inf._ объясняет желание,...
DISCOURSE: 1820 PAUL’S LOVE TO THE CHURCH AT ROME Romans 1:9. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;...
SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT— That the Jews were the outward worshippers of the true God, and had been for many ages his people nominally, could not be denied by the Christians; whereupon the former were apt t...
_TEXT_ Romans 1:8-13. First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in t...
_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....
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; FOR I LONG TO SEE YOU, THAT I MAY IMPART UNTO YOU SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT - not any supernatura...
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...
SPIRITUAL GIFT] The term is sometimes used of the special endowments which accompanied the reception of the Holy Spirit: cp. 1 Corinthians 12-14. The meaning here is that St. Paul hopes the Romans may...
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...
THAT I MAY IMPART UNTO YOU SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT. — Such gifts as would naturally flow to one Christian (or to many collectively) from the personal presence and warm sympathy of another; in St. Paul’s c...
(9-11) It is the constant subject of the Apostle’s prayers that he may succeed in making his way to Rome; so anxious is he to open his heart to that Church in personal- apostolic intercourse....
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...
ἵνα τι μεταδῶ χάρισμα πνευματικόν. The χαρ. πν. may be understood by reference to 1 Cor. chaps. 12 14 or Rom. chap. 12. No doubt, in substance, Paul imparts his spiritual gift through this epistle: wh...
THE APOSTLE'S BURNING DESIRE Romans 1:1 Upon the threshold of his greatest Epistle, Paul describes himself as a bond-servant. Such humility as his qualified him to be the medium of God's wondrous rev...
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...
SECOND PASSAGE (1:8-15). THE INTEREST LONG TAKEN BY THE APOSTLE IN THE CHRISTIANS OF ROME. The address, had drawn a sort of _official_ bond between the apostle and the church. But Paul feels the need...
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...
“ _For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end that ye may be established; or to speak more properly, that I may be encouraged with you in the midst of you, by th...
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. (9) For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that w...
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...
11._For I greatly desire to see you _He might, indeed, while absent, have confirmed their faith by his doctrine; but as advice is better taken from one present, he had a desire to be with them. But he...
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...
FOR I LONG TO SEE YOU,.... Not the city of Rome, which was one of Austin's three wishes to have seen in its glory; nor the emperor of it, nor the senate in it, nor its populous inhabitants, fine build...
For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; Ver. 11. _That I may impart_] There is no envy in spiritual things, because they may be divide...
_For God is my witness_ In saying I am thankful for your conversion, I might be well supposed to speak the truth, such an event being perfectly agreeable to the continual tenor of my petitions to God;...
SPIRITUAL GIFT; in the widest sense, including all that spiritual edification that comes from the Holy Spirit through the communication of the truth. ESTABLISHED; in the faith and practice of the gos...
FOR I LONG TO SEE YOU THAT I MAY IMPART UNTO YOU SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT, TO THE END YE MAY BE ESTABLISHED;...
THE INTRODUCTION TO THE LETTER Paul's longing to see the Christians of Rome:...
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...
FOR. LONG TO SEE YOU, THAT. MAY IMPART UNTO YOU SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT, TO THE END YE MAY BE ESTABLISHED; Romans 1:12 that is, that. with you may be comforted in you, each of us by the other's faith, b...
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 j...
He declares his end in desiring to see them; it was not his own profit, but their edification. BY SOME SPIRITUAL GIFT, he means some one or other of those gifts of the Spirit, of which particular ment...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V We have in the apostle an unerring witness: "For I desire to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, in order that ye may be strengthened; that...
Romans 1:11 For G1063 long G1971 (G5719) see G1492 (G5629) you G5209 that G2443 impart G3330 ...
PAUL EXPLAINS TO THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS HIS DESIRE TO SEE THEM AND THE REASON FOR IT (1:8-12). Paul stresses to the Roman Christians that he thanks God for the effectiveness of their testimony and uncea...
‘For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established,' And we now learn why he wants to go to Rome. It is because he wants to ensure that they are es...
_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...
IMPART (μεταδω). Second aorist active subjunctive of μεταδιδωμ, to share with one. See on Luke 3:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:8.TO THE END YE MAY BE ESTABLISHED (εις το στηριχθηνα υμας). Final clause (co...
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....
Romans 1:1. _Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.)_ Paul had not seen the R...
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...
_Making request, if by any means … I might have a prosperous journey._ PROSPEROUS JOURNEY What is necessary to render a journey, or a voyage, prosperous in the estimation of a real Christian? Is he s...
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....
_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 1:10...
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 12:1; 1 Peter 5:10; 1 Peter 5:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:13;...
Some spiritual gift [τ ι χ α ρ ι σ μ α]. Note the modesty in some. Carisma is a gift of grace [χ α ρ ι ς] a favor received without merit on the recipient's part. Paul uses it both in this ordinary sen...
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...
That I may impart to you — Face to face, by laying on of hands, prayer, preaching the gospel, private conversation. Some spiritual gift — With such gifts the Corinthians, who had enjoyed the presence...
The apostle having declared, in the foregoing verses, how fervently he prayed for them, and how passionately he desired to come unto them; he now acquaints them with the reason of that desire; namely,...