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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:8-15

Grounds, for greeting. Salutations are often empty forms. Yet the original meaning is often very deep and beautiful and appropriate. Our "God bless you!" and "Good-bye!" and "Adieu!" are instances If we sincerely send "respects" and "kind regards," it is well. Salutations are not to be neglected or despised because they are often meaningless or insincere. See in this passage how Paul greeted his friends in Christ. Even as Christ himself, coming to his own disciples, addressed them thus,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:11

Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them of the household of Narcissus that are in the Lord . This Narcissus may possibly have been the powerful freedman of Claudius, mentioned by Tacitus, 'Ann.,' 11.29, seq.; 12.57; and by Suetonius, 'Claud.,' 28. The fact that he appears from 'Ann.,' Romans 13:1 , to have been put to death on the accession of Nero, A.D. 54, is not inconsistent with the supposition. For his human chattels would be likely to pass into the possession of Nero, and so become... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:12

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persia, which laboured much in the Lord . All these seem to have been Church workers; and the last at least, from the way St. Paul speaks of her, must have been known by him personally, and done work of which he was cognizant. It is to be observed how, in calling her "the beloved," he avoids, with delicate propriety, adding "my," as he does in speaking of his male friends. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:13

Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine . Observe the graceful way in which St. Paul intimates his obligation to the mother of Rufus, who at some time (though when and where we know not) had been as a mother to himself. Similar delicate courtesy of language is especially observable in the Epistle to Philemon. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:14-15

Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes (not, surely, as Origen supposed, the author of 'The Shepherd of Hermes,' which is said in 'Canon Mumtori' to have been written by a brother of Pius I., and cannot well have been of earlier date than the second century), Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren that are with them. Salute Philologus, and Julia , Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them . The "brethren" in Romans 16:14 , and the "saints" in Romans 16:15 ,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:16

Salute one another with an holy hiss. All the Churches of Christ salute you. For allusions to the kiss of peace among Christians, cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:26 ; 1 Corinthians 16:20 ; 2 Corinthians 13:12 ; 1 Peter 5:14 . Justin Martyr ('Apol.,' 85) speaks of it as exchanged before the Eucharist, and it is alluded to by many Fathers, directed in the 'Apostolical Constitutions,' and has its place in ancient liturgies (see Bingham, 15. 3.3). St. Paul, of course, in enjoining it here and in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause the divisions and offences ( τὰ σκάνδαλα , meaning "causes of stumbling." Both the words have the article, so as to denote things known of) contrary to the doctrine which ye learned; and avoid them ; rather, turn away from them; i.e. shun them; have nothing to do with them. The allusion seems to be, not to persons within the Church, but rather to outsiders, who come with new notions to disturb its peace. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17-18

Fomenters of discord. A bright galaxy of Christian stars has been enumerated in this chapter. In contrast with these "lights of the sky" are those wandering will-o'-the-wisps which lead men astray in the darkness; marshy exhalations conducting to quagmires of destruction. The only course to be pursued in relation to the latter is to avoid them as a plague, as moral lepers whose presence brings contagion. I. PERSONS TO BE SHUNNED . Those "who cause divisions and offences." True... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17-20

A last warning. There might, however, be some advent amongst them of a malign influence that should mar this brotherly love, and he must say one warning word. How had the trail of the serpent been on his path! At Galatia, in Corinth, and elsewhere, false teachers had come in, seeking to undo his work; those Judaizers, who sought to corrupt the young believers from the simplicity of the gospel. And would they not seek to undo the work at Rome? Yes, verily; for the obedience of the Roman... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:18-20

For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly (cf. Philippians 3:18 , Philippians 3:19 ). Had St. Paul thought these people sincere though mistaken, he would doubtless have treated them with the tenderness he shows towards the weak brethren. But he regards them as self-interested, and of the flesh; and against such disturbers of the Church's peace he is, here as elsewhere, indignant (el. Galatians 1:7 , Galatians 1:8 ; Galatians 2:4 ; Galatians 3:1 ;... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:8-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 16:18-20

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