τοιούτος (G5108) подобный,
δουλεύουσιν praes. ind. act. от δουλεύω (G1398) быть рабом. Те, кто был рабом своих страстей, высмеивались (ВВС),
χρηστολογία (G5542) гладкая, приятная речь, речь откровенная и с намеками (ММ),
εύλογία (G2129) хвала, славословие, хорошо подобранные (но лживые) слова, лживое красноречие или лесть (BAGD).
έξαπατώσιν praes. ind. act. от εξαπατάω (G1818) обманывать (см. Romans 7:11).
άκακος (G172) беззлобный, невинный.
Verse 18. _THEY - SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS_] They profess to be apostles, but they are not apostles of CHRIST; they neither _do_ his will, nor _preach_ his _doctrine; they serve their own belly_ - th...
SERVE NOT - Obey not. Though they are professedly, yet they are not his real friends and followers. BUT THEIR OWN BELLY - Their own “lusts;” their own private interests; they do this to obtain suppor...
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. ...
A POSTSCRIPT OF ADMONITION. Romans 16:17. Supposing the paragraph in its right place (see Introd. § 4), it would seem that Paul, in glancing over his letter and thinking of the troubles of other churc...
A LETTER OF COMMENDATION (Romans 16:1-2)...
Brothers, I urge you to keep your eye on those who, contrary to the teaching which they have received, cause dissensions and put in your way things which would trip you up. Steer clear of them. Such m...
SERVE. App-190. JESUS. The texts omit. BELLY. See John 7:38. GOOD... SPEECHES. their fine words and flatteries. GOOD WORDS. Greek. _chrestologia._ Only here. FAIR SPEECHES. Greek. _eulogia._ Occur...
_serve not_ Perhaps these words (lit. DO NOT BONDSERVICE TO,) allude to the professed "_liberty_" of the erring teachers. Q. d., "they decline, indeed, the bondage of Christ, but they are in bondage t...
ΟἹ ΓᾺΡ Κ.Τ.Λ. The warning is against men who claimed to be true servants of Christ and were not; cf. 2 Corinthians 11:13 : therefore Judaising Christians, not necessarily themselves originally Jews. Τ...
Warning against mischief-makers and disturbers of the peace. The grace. 17–20. A brief but pointed warning against teachers, who under fair seeming introduce divisions and offences. The fundamental s...
AND FAIR SPEECHES— 'Ευλογιας, _flattering forms of address._ We hence learn what were the weapons which these false apostles opposed to the miracles of the true. See Titus 1:10....
_TEXT_ Romans 16:17-27. Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. Romans 16:...
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD [JESUS]...
__ Paul's Intended Journey 28 During Paul's first three ministries the nations were dependent on Israel, and received of their spiritual things. Hence they were indebted to them and sought to pay by...
16:18 serve (a-3) _ Douleuo_ . 'to serve as a bondman' as chs. 12.11; 14.18. deceive (b-19) A strong form of the word, as in 1 Timothy 2:14 ....
GREETINGS AND WARNINGS 1-16. Commendation and greetings. Observe the number of women to whom the Apostle sends greeting. The fact is indicative of the change wrought in the position of women by the g...
THEIR OWN BELLY] i.e. they seek their own interests, and their religious ideas are low and materialistic: cp. Philippians 3:17.; Colossians 2:20....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 PERSONAL GREETINGS Sometimes a church leader may seem very strict when he *preaches. There are some very serious ma...
(17-20) Here the Epistle would naturally end, but an afterthought occurs to the Apostle, His experience of other churches, especially those at Corinth and in Galatia, suggests to him that he should wa...
THEIR OWN BELLY. — Compare the description in Philippians 3:18, where the Apostle is also denouncing certain persons who made “a god of their belly.” It is not, however, quite clear that the class of...
CHAPTER 32 A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGY Romans 16:1 ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gai...
Warning against false teachers. This comes in very abruptly in the middle of the greetings, and as it stands has the character of an after-thought. The false teachers referred to are quite definitely...
οἱ γὰρ τοιοῦτοι κ. τ. λ. Christians must not associate with those who do not serve the one Lord. τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν Χριστῷ : this combination occurs here only in N.T. τῇ ἑαυτῶν κοιλίᾳ : _cf._ Philippians 3...
RECEIVE HELPERS: SHUN HINDERERS Romans 16:17 Those who cause divisions on obscure points of doctrine are to be avoided, lest they lead us away from the fundamentals. We need to be wise in heavenly w...
In the salutation twenty-six persons are named. Two-thirds of these names are Greek, which, in all probability, are names of persons the apostle had actually known in his work in Asia. Phoebe was spec...
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by (g) good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. (g) The word which he uses signifies a promising...
The parties referred to are men at once sensual and hypocritical; it is therefore under the influence of a deep moral aversion that the Christians of Rome are called to avoid them. They serve their se...
“ _Now I exhort you, brethren, to mark them which cause [the] divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and turn away from them. For these persons serve not Christ our Lor...
In the First Epistle to the Corinthians, the apostle, after a passage of salutations, Romans 16:19-21, stops all at once to address to the church, as in the form of a postscript, a solemn warning (Rom...
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. (18) For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, b...
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...
18._For they who are such, etc. _He mentions an unvarying mark, by which false prophets are to be distinguished from the servants of Christ; for they have no care for the glory of Christ, but seek the...
Never having known the Roman Christians as an assembly, Paul sends many personal salutations. This was the link which subsisted. We see how touchingly his heart dwells upon all the details of service...
FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,.... They do not preach him, but themselves; they do not seek the things of Christ, his honour and glory, the spread of his Gospel, and the enlar...
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. Ver. 18. _But their own bellies_] They pretend the s...
_Now I beseech_ Παρακαλω, _I exhort you, brethren, mark them_ Observe and point them out for the caution of others. The word σκοπειν, rendered _to mark_, signifies, to observe attentively and diligent...
SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; they do not seek his honor, but their own selfish ends. THE SIMPLE; the unsuspecting and unwary....
FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BUT THEIR OWN BELLY, AND BY GOOD WORDS AND FAIR SPEECHES DECEIVE THE HEARTS OF THE SIMPLE....
A warning against false teachers:...
COMMUNICATIONS, GREETINGS AND CLOSING This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (Chapter s 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some sense...
Mark - those who cause division among you Offenses contrary to the doctrine Avoid them - See 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 18 HERE IS THEIR TRUE NATURE: 1. Serve not the Lord Jesus Christ 2. Serve their...
FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH SERVE NOT OUR LORD CHRIST, BUT THEIR OWN BELLY; AND BY THEIR SMOOTH AND FAIR SPEECH THEY BEGUILE THE HEARTS OF THE INNOCENT. 'their own belly' -they don't serve the Lord! Paul...
17-20 How earnest, how endearing are these exhortations! Whatever differs from the sound doctrine of the Scriptures, opens a door to divisions and offences. If truth be forsaken, unity and peace will...
OLBGrk; In this verse you have a reason of the foregoing admonition, together with a description of the seducers, whom they should mark and avoid. He says, they are such as SERVE NOT OUR LORD JESUS CH...
For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly ["Belly" is meant to express all the appetites of the carnal life. The heretics here referred to, being mediocre and insufficient...
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity workmen; not workmen to whom the fear of God and righteousness appear to be gain; not workmen who "serve their belly; "not workmen who "with fair spe...
Romans 16:18 For G1063 such G5108 not G3756 serve G1398 (G5719) our G2257 Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ...
4). FINAL GREETINGS (16:1-27). We now come to the close of the letter. This final chapter divides up into three subsections: 1) Final greetings and exhortations (Romans 16:1). 2) Exhortation to bew...
WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS AND THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (16:17-20). That this warning comes at the end of the letter rather than in the main part suggests that such false teacher...
‘For they who are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.' Characteristic of such teachers was that they sough...
3. _Closing Exhortation, with Greetings from Various Persons._ The warning of this section (Romans 16:17-20) indicates, not the presence of false teachers at Rome, but rather the danger of such person...
III. CONCLUDING PORTION OF THE EPISTLE. This part of the Epistle may be divided into four sections, (1) Personal explanations, similar to those in chap. Romans 1:8-15 (chap. Romans 15:14-33). (2.) Gre...
Romans 16:18. FOR THEY THAT ARE SUCH, etc. Comp. Philippians 3:18-19. OUR LORD CHRIST; He is the true Master (notice the unusual form, which is supported by all the early manuscripts), yet they do no...
BUT THEIR OWN BELLY (αλλα τη εαυτων κοιλια). Dative case after δουλευουσιν. A blunt phrase like the same picture in Philippians 3:19 "whose god is the belly," more truth than caricature in some cas...
CONTENTS: The outflow of Christian love. Closing salutations and benediction. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Paul, many of the gospel helpers, Satan. CONCLUSION: Courtesy and Christianity go together. Ackn...
Romans 16:1. _I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church._ Διακονον, a _deaconess_ of the church _at Cenehrea,_ the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified o...
ARE NOT SERVING CHRIST OUR LORD. Paul speaks bitterly of their _character,_ rather than the doctrines they teach. This contrasts sharply with the character of those who serve Christ. INNOCENT PEOPLE....
_Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions._ A CAUTION AGAINST SCHISMATICS I. Their character described. They-- 1. Cause divisions. 2. Occasion offences. 3. Pervert doctrines....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 16:1 Paul warmly greets those he knows in Rome. He is able to say something specific about almost every person greeted. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 16:17.—No argument here for tradition or the inquisition. For even common people may discern true doctrine from false. We must seek for light on God’s revealed word. _MAIN HO...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 16:1 K. _Commendation of Phoebe, and salutations to Christians at Rome._ ROMANS 16:1, ROMANS 16:2 I co
Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things. First of all, Paul, commends unto you Phoebe our sister,...
1 John 4:1; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Timothy 6:5;...
Belly. Compare Philippians 3:19. Good words [χ ρ η σ τ ο λ ο γ ι α ς]. Only here in the New Testament. Lit., good speaking. The compounded adjective crhs tov is used rather in its secondary sense of...
By good words — Concerning themselves, making great promises. And fair speeches — Concerning you, praising and flattering you. The harmless — Who, doing no ill themselves, are not upon their guard aga...