that = for. might glorify = to glorify. mercy . See Romans 9:23 . For this cause . Greek. dia ( App-104 .Romans 15:2; Romans 15:2 ) touto . confess . See Romans 14:11 . among . App-104 . sing . Greek. psallo. Only here; 1 Corinthians 14:15 .Ephesians 5:19 . James 5:13 . unto = to. Thy name . See Acts 2:21 .Psalms 18:49 (Septuagint) read more
Rejoice . Greek. euphraino. See Acts 2:26 . with . App-104 . See Deuteronomy 32:43 (Septuagint) read more
Praise . See Acts 2:47 . LORD . App-98 . laud, &c . = let all the peoples praise Him. laud = highly extol. Greek. epaineo. Here, Luke 16:8 . 1 Corinthians 11:2 , 1Co 11:17 , 1 Corinthians 11:22 . See Psalms 117:1 . people = peoples. read more
And again he said, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; And let all the peoples praise, him. And again, Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, And he that riseth to rule over the Gentiles; On him shall the Gentiles hope.These three quotations from Deuteronomy 32:43; Psalms 117:1, and Isaiah 11:10, all make mention of the Gentiles, further strengthening Paul's biblical evidence presented for the purpose of showing that God's purpose always... read more
Romans 15:10. And again he saith, Rejoice, &c.— It would have been better to have rendered these words impersonally; Again it is said: for according to our version, it seems as if the words quoted in this verse were written by the same person as those in the preceding verse; whereas the former are from the book of Psalms, the latter from Deuteronomy. read more
9. that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy—A number of quotations from the Old Testament here follow, to show that God's plan of mercy embraced, from the first, the Gentiles along with the Jews. as it is written— ( :-). I will confess to—that is, glorify thee among the Gentiles. read more
10. And again— ( :-, though there is some difficulty in the Hebrew). Rejoice, ye Gentiles—along with his people—Israel. read more
11. And again— ( :-). Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people—"peoples"—the various nations outside the pale of Judaism. read more
D. Conduct within Christian liberty 14:1-15:13In Romans 14:1 to Romans 15:13, Paul gave special attention to the problem of knowing how to live in Christian freedom. This section of Romans deals with Christian conduct when God does not specify exactly what we should do in every situation (cf. 1 Corinthians 8). In such cases some Christians will do one thing and others another, both within God’s will. How to handle these situations is the focus of this section.Paul moved on to discuss a problem... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 15:1-13
The use of Christian liberty (14:1-15:13)Although Christians are free from religious rules and regulations such as those found in Moses’ law, some have difficulty living with such freedom. Because their faith is not strong, they have their own laws which they feel bound to keep. Other Christians should accept such people warmly into their fellowship and not argue with them about personal opinions (14:1).Some of the Jewish Christians in the church in Rome had grown little in their faith and... read more