Romans 16:27 NLT,NIV,ESV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 16:27

(27) To God.—Our English translation has evaded the difficulty of this verse by leaving out two words. The Greek stands literally thus, “To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever.” “To whom,” if it refers to God, as it is decidedly more probable that it was intended to refer, is ungrammatical. If it is inserted, the words “To him that is able . . . to God, the only wise,” are left without government. This might, indeed, under ordinary circumstances be got over, as... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Romans 16:1-27

Fellow-workers in Christ Romans 16:3-5 'Greet Priscilla.' 'Greet Mary.' 'Greet Amplias.' Salute Apelles.' 'Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas.' And so on, and so on. And let us mark that these delicate courtesies come at the end of this tremendous Epistle, an Epistle which for sheer power of reasoning was regarded by Coleridge as unsurpassed in literature. I. First of all, I notice that Priscilla and Aquila have a common rootage with Paul. 'My fellow-workers in Christ Jesus.' The great... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Chapter 32A COMMENDATION; GREETINGS; A WARNING; A DOXOLOGYRomans 16:1-27ONCE more, with a reverent license of thought, we may imagine ourselves to be watching in detail the scene in the house of Gaius. Hour upon hour has passed over Paul and his scribe as the wonderful Message has developed itself, at once and everywhere the word of man and the Word of God. They began at morning, and the themes of sin, and righteousness, and glory, of the present and the future of Israel, of the duties of the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Romans 16:1-27

CHAPTER 16 1. Greetings to Individuals. (Romans 16:1-16 .) 2. Warning and Comfort. (Romans 16:17-20 .) 3. The Final Salutations. (Romans 16:21-24 .) 4. The Conclusion. (Romans 16:25-27 .) Romans 16:1-16 Phoebe (which means “radiant”) is first mentioned. She was probably a person of great influence and wealth, for she had been a succorer of many, including the Apostle. She is heartily commended to the assembly in Rome, to be received in the Lord, worthily of the Saints. Then that... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:1-27

Communications, Greetings and Closing This chapter has a character peculiar to itself; and being a fifth subdivision of the last division (chapters 12 to 16) of the book, we may expect in some sense a resume of the practical results of the truth in the lives of saints. Indeed it is manifestly a sort of Deuteronomy - God with man, as it were, rehearsing the ways of the wilderness. Thus, can we not discern in it a little picture of the judgement seat of Christ - ending with its ascription of... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

PRACTICAL APPLICATION In chapter 6 Paul revealed the secret of experimental sanctification as the yielding of one’s self unto God, in which case sin would not have dominion over one In chapter 8 he showed the divine process of sanctification as the work of the Holy Spirit in the believer. Having finished the doctrinal part of his epistle, he returns to what he then said (chap. 6), and exhorts us to yield because of the “mercies of God” of which he had been speaking throughout (Romans 12:1-2... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 16:21-27

Timothy my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. (22) I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. (23) Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. (24) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. (25) Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Romans 16:27

REFLECTIONS May the faithful Ministers of Christ here learn from Paul, how near, and dear, to the heart, must ever lie the Church of Christ, when the Spirit of Christ dwells in the heart. Not content with is dressing the whole mystical body of Christ, the Apostle here particularly mentions one by one, in name, as members of Christ's body, his flesh, and his bones. Oh! how infinitely more to be valued is this record of Christ's people in the book of God, than the being enrolled among all the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Romans 16:25-27

Now to him that is able, &c. These three last verses, in divers Greek copies, were found at the end of the 14th chapter, where we find them expounded by St. John Chrysostom. --- According to the....mystery kept secret from eternity, now made manifest; he means the mystery of Christ's incarnation, and man's redemption, formerly revealed indeed to the prophets, but now made known to all nations, in order to bring all men to the obedience of the gospel, by embracing the faith and doctrine... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Romans 16:25-27

25-27 That which establishes souls, is, the plain preaching of Jesus Christ. Our redemption and salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, are, without controversy, a great mystery of godliness. And yet, blessed be God, there is as much of this mystery made plain as will bring us to heaven, if we do not wilfully neglect so great salvation. Life and immortality are brought to light by the gospel, and the Sun of Righteousness is risen on the world. The Scriptures of the prophets, what they left in... read more