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ROMANS 1:7 evn ~Rw,mh| {A}
A majority of the Committee interpreted the absence of the words evn
~Rw,mh| in several witnesses (G 1739mg 1908mg itg Origen) either as
the result of an accident in trans...
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Verse Romans 1:7. _CALLED TO BE SAINTS_] Invited to become holy
persons, by believing the Gospel and receiving the gifts of the Holy
Ghost. Or, here, the word may have the meaning of _made_ or
_consti...
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TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME - That is, to all who bear the Christian name.
Perhaps he here included not only the church at Rome, but all who
might have been there from abroad. Rome was a place of vast conc...
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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...
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THE ADDRESS is elaborate, for Paul is introducing himself to a strange
community; and stately, as befits Christ's ambassador approaching the
imperial city.
Romans 1:1 f., Romans 1:5 f. He is an apost...
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This is a letter from Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, set apart to serve the good news of God. This good news God
promised long ago, through his prophets, in the sacred writing...
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ALL, &C.: i.e. all God's beloved ones in Rome.
BELOVED. Greek. _agapetos._ App-135.
SAINTS. See Acts 9:13, and compare Psalms 16:3.
OUR FATHER. Compare Romans 8:15; Galatians 1:4; Galatians 1:6. an...
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_to all that be in Rome, beloved of God_ Better perhaps without comma:
TO ALL GOD'S BELOVED ONES WHO ARE IN ROME. The Gr. admits either
construction.
_called to be saints_ Lit. CALLED SAINTS; i.e., p...
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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 fro...
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ΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть.
_Praes._ описывает их текущее
местоположение в Риме. О ранних
христианах в Риме _см._ Peter Lampe, Die
stadtromischen Christen in den ersten beiden Jahr...
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THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST, &C.— _Called of Jesus Christ,—called
to be saints,_—are but different expressions for professors of
Christianity. Any nation or people is _called_ or _invited_ of Jesus
Chr...
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PART ONE
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS, Romans 1:1-15
SALUTATION, Romans 1:1-7
_Text_
Romans 1:1-7. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be anapostle,
separated unto the gospel of God, Romans 1:2 w...
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
TO ALL (SUCH CALLED ONES) THAT BE IN ROME, BELOVED OF GOD (cf.
D...
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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...
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1:7 called (b-10) 'Called saints' is ambiguous in English, but the
sense is that they are saints by the calling of God. The Greek implies
that they are already saints, not called to be so....
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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...
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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...
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(1-7) In writing to the Romans, a Church to which he was personally
unknown, and which might be supposed, so far as it was Jewish, to be
prejudiced against him, the Apostle delivers with somewhat more...
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CHAPTER 2
THE WRITER AND HIS READERS
Romans 1:1
PAUL, a bondservant of Jesus Christ. So the man opens his Lord's
message with his own name. We may, if we please, leave it and pass on,
for to the let...
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The usual salutation of the Apostle is expanded, as is natural in
writing to persons whom he has not seen, into a description both of
himself and of his Gospel. Both, so to speak, need a fuller
introd...
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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 re...
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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...
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be] saints: (o)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(o) God's free good will: by "peace" the Hebrews mean a prosp...
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_To all that are at Rome...called to be saints. That is, who not only
are named saints, but who by such a call from God, are to be
sanctified by his grace, and to become holy, or saints. (Witham)_...
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FIRST PASSAGE (1:1-7). THE ADDRESS.
The form of address usual among the ancients contained three terms:
“N. to N. _greeting._ ” Comp. Acts 23:26: “Claudius Lysias unto
the most excellent governor Fel...
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called saints: Grace to you
and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to
you...
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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...
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_OUR CALLING_
‘Called to be saints.’
Romans 1:7
St. Paul is not writing to great, well-known people. The Church of
Christ in Rome did not number many of the high and mighty in the
world. Most of it...
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7._To all of you who are at Rome, etc. _By this happy arrangement he
sets forth what there is in us worthy of commendation; he says, that
first the Lord through his own kindness made us the objects of...
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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...
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TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME,.... These words contain both the inscription
of the epistle, and the apostle's usual salutation, as in all his
epistles, The inscription of it is not to the Roman emperor; nor...
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To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called _to be_ saints: Grace
to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ver. 7. _Called to be saints_] Those then that are called, are sa...
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_To all that be in Rome_ To all the Christians residing at Rome. Most
of these were heathen by birth, Romans 1:13, though the Jews mixed
among them. They were scattered up and down in that large city,...
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GRACE-PEACE; in this apostolic prayer Jesus Christ is joined with the
Father as the source from which grace and peace flow; which could not
be, were he not equal with the Father in power and glory. Gr...
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SALUTATION OF THE LETTER....
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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...
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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...
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1-7 The doctrine of which the apostle Paul wrote, set forth the
fulfilment of the promises by the prophets. It spoke of the Son of
God, even Jesus the Saviour, the promised Messiah, who came from Dav...
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TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME; he doth not direct this Epistle to all that
there inhabited, as to the emperor and senate, &c.; but to the church,
and all the Christians there, as appears by the two following...
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to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [The
apostle opens his Epistle with one of his characteristic senten...
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Tertullian Against Praxeas
."[151]...
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Romans 1:7 all G3956 are G5607 (G5752) in G1722 Rome G4516 beloved G27
God G2316 called G2822 saints G40 Grace G5485 you G5213 and G2532
peace G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and G253...
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THE RECIPIENTS OF THE LETTER (1:7).
After the long but important description of the purpose of the letter,
we now learn who are to be its recipients. It is addressed to the
church in Rome.
‘To all w...
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_ADDRESS AND GREETING_
The Apostle conforms to the usage of his time, beginning his letters
with his own name, followed by a designation of the persons addressed,
to which a greeting is added. But he...
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IN ROME
(εν Ρωμη). One late uncial (G of tenth century) and a cursive
omit these words here and one or two other late MSS. omit εν
Ρωμη in verse Romans 1:15. This possibly proves the Epistle was
ci...
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Romans 1:7
I. There is a saintship which lies in the eternal appointment of God,
which is the root and beginning of all. There is a saintship in the
having been deliberately and designedly set apart b...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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FROM PAUL, A SERVANT OF CHRIST JESUS. The custom in the first century
was for the writer to introduce himself at the beginning of a letter.
CHOSEN AND CALLED BY GOD. Paul makes this strong statement o...
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_Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ._
AUTHENTICATION AND SALUTATION
I. The apostle.
1. Paul was not the name by which he was always known, but was assumed
shortly after the commencement of his mission...
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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. Romans 1:8), and statement of th...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 1:7. GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE, ETC.—εἰρήνη, happiness of
every kind; peace with God and man. God first Christ’s Father and
then ours. Grace and peace are cause and effect.
_MAI...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 1 Corinthians 16:23; 1 John 3:1;
1 Peter 1:1; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 1
Thessalonians 1:3;...
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In Rome [ε ν ρ ω μ η]. The words are omitted in a MS. Of the
tenth or eleventh century, and in a cursive 14 of the eleventh or
twelfth. The words ejn Efesw in Ephesus, are also omitted from
Ephesians...
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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...
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To all that are in Rome — Most of these were heathens by birth,
Romans 1:13, though with Jews mixed among them. They were scattered up
and down in that large city, and not yet reduced into the form of...
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Two things are here observable, 1. The general inscription of St.
Paul's epistle; and, next, the particular salutations therein given.
In the inscription, we have the persons described to whom the ep...