Romans 1:11-15 NIV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:1-32

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 spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Called to be an apostle, and endowed with heavenly gifts in a special manner, when the Lord himself appeared to him, as stated on Acts 9:15; Acts 22:14. This call, being purely divine, made him a debtor to all men, and gave him a title to address... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:8-16

Romans 1:8-16First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all.True Christian zealI. As it respects God is--1. Thankful.2. Sincere.3. Constant.4. Prayerful.5. Dependent (Romans 1:8-10).II. As it respects man is--1. Earnest.2. Communicative.3. Loving.4. Unquenched by difficulties.5. Expansive.6. Humble, not a merit but a debt.7. Self-sacrificing. (J. Lyth, D. D.)Paul’s desire to see RomeI. The facts of the passage.1. “I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:10-12

Romans 1:10-12Making request, if by any means … I might have a prosperous journey.Prosperous journeyWhat is necessary to render a journey, or a voyage, prosperous in the estimation of a real Christian? Is he satisfied if by it his temporal interests are advanced, if he enjoys worldly pleasure, if he meets with kind friends, if he be preserved from calamity, and return home with invigorated health? These are blessings which require his grateful acknowledgments to God. With these he ought to be... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:13

Romans 1:13Oftentimes I purposed to come unto you. Paul’s purposeI. Its history. “Oftentimes.” The project doubtless early formed. What more natural than that so distinguished a Christian citizen should desire to see the gospel firmly planted in the centre of the empire. This would be strongly opened by the conviction that from Rome the gospel would perforce radiate more powerfully. A Christianised Rome would mean a Christianised world. The purpose was originated or confirmed by Divine... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:14-16

Romans 1:14-16I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians.I am debtorThe text raises a question on points which, in mercantile phraseology, would be designated--I. The business.1. A merchant, embarked in an extensive foreign trade, has fallen into the habit of doing a good deal of petty business at home on which the profit is small; but it is near, and therefore occupies time out of all proportion to its worth. In the meantime rumours are rife that in one foreign market prices had... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:11

11 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 divided in solidum; one may have as much as another, and all alike. Scientiarum (sic et gratiavum) ea vis est naturae et quo plus doceas, et alteri de tuo largiare, eo ditior ac doctior fias, saith Bodina. Such is the nature and property of sciences and graces, that the more you communicate them,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:12

12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. Ver. 12. That I may be comforted ] Or, exhorted, Ad communem exhortationem percipiendam, saith Beza out of Bucer, and others. The meanest of Christ’s members may contribute somewhat to the edifying even of an apostle, 2 John 1:12 . That favourite of Christ would be furthered and quickened by the graces of a woman. Now when such grandees in grace have benefit by communion of saints, how much more... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:13

13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Ver. 13. But was let hitherto ] Either by Satan,1 Thessalonians 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:18 ; or by the Holy Spirit otherwise disposing of him, as Acts 19:6-7 ; or by some intervenient but important occasion, as Romans 15:20-21 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:14

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. Ver. 14. I am debtor ] Because intrusted with talents for that purpose, 1 Corinthians 9:16 . See Trapp on " 1Co 9:16 " It might more truly be said of Paul than it was of Cato, that he did- toti natum se credere mundo, believe himself born for a common good (Lucan); or, than it was said to Bucer by his physicians, Non sibi se, sed multorun utilitati esse natum, that he was born for the benefit... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:15

15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. Ver. 15. So as much ] Quicquid in me situm est, promptum est. A notable expression. read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 1:1-32

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:8-16

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:10-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:13

The Biblical Illustrator - Romans 1:14-16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Romans 1:15

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