Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Romans 15:13

Romans 15:13. Now the God of hope, etc. Most aptly is God here called the God of hope (comp. the similar repetition, Romans 15:4-5), the God who produces the hope they possess. ‘As Romans 15:1-4 passed into a blessing (Romans 15:5-6), so now the hortatory discourse, begun afresh in Romans 15:7, passes into a blessing, which forms, at the same time, the close of the entire section (from chap. 14 onwards). (Meyer.)

With all joy and peace. These are based on hope, but are the direct fruit of believing.

The end of this being filled with joy and peace is the increase in turn of hope: that ye may abound in hope; and this not by their own power, but in the power of the Holy Spirit. ‘Believing,' is the subjective state, but this is the objective means, the inworking power. As the Holy Spirit is the author of peace, and as faith and hope, peace and joy, are the greatest helps to true unity, this benediction is a fitting close to the exhortation respecting mutual forbearance and true fellowship, which forms the most striking passage in the practical part of the Epistle. The Apostle's main task is now completed; he prepares at once for the conclusion of his letter.

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Romans 15:13

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