Romans 16:17-20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Bible Study & Commentary

Verses 17-20

Romans 16:17-Proverbs : . A Postscript of Admonition.

Romans 16:17 . Supposing the paragraph in its right place (see Introd. § 4 ), it would seem that Paul, in glancing over his letter and thinking of the troubles of other churches ( Romans 16:16), feels that he has not written strongly enough about “ those that are causing divisions” and appends a warning postscript, somewhat in the fashion of Galatians 6:11-Nehemiah :.

Romans 16:18-Psalms : a. Such as these are bondmen to their own belly,” is paralleled in Php_3:18 f.; the phrase “ the Lord Christ” Paul uses elsewhere only in Colossians 3:24; “ deceiving through kind and flattering speech” looks uncommonly like the language of Colossians 2:4. But the allusions of Romans 16:17; Romans 16:19 a, to “ the doctrine which you learnt” and to “ your obedience,” etc., and the apostle’ s “ joy over you,” are in the vein of Romans 6:17, Romans 1:8-2 Kings :, Romans 15:32. We need not doubt that the admonition was meant for the Roman Church, whether at first conveyed in this epistle or a later.

Romans 16:19 b echoes the words of Jesus in Matthew 10:16, where (and in Php_2:15 ) the same rare Greek word appears for “ innocent” (or “ simple,” RVm); cf. Romans 12:9.

Romans 16:20 . “ The God of peace”— so in Romans 15:33 ( cf. 2 Corinthians 13:11, Php_4:9 , Hebrews 13:20)— is invoked against “ divisions and offences” ; that “ He shall bruise Satan under your feet,” was the primeval promise ( Genesis 3:15).— The Benediction— in Paul’ s usual style ( cf. 1 Corinthians 16:23)— supplies a second conclusion to the epistle, after Romans 15:33; see Introd. § 4 .

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Samuel Peake (1865-1929) was an English biblical scholar, born at Leek, Staffordshire, and educated at St John's College, Oxford. He was the first holder of the Rylands Chair of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis in the University of Manchester, from its establishment as an independent institution in 1904. He was thus the first non-Anglican to become a professor of divinity in an English university.In 1890-92 he was a lecturer at Mansfield College, Oxford, and from 1890 to 1897 held a fellowship at Merton College.In 1892, however, he was invited to become tutor at the Primitive Methodist Theological Institute in Manchester, which was renamed Hartley College in 1906. He was largely responsible for broadening the curriculum which intending Primitive Methodist ministers were required to follow, and for raising the standards of the training.In 1895-1912 he served as lecturer in the Lancashire Independent College, from 1904 to 1912 also in the United Methodist College at Manchester. In 1904 he was appointed Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis in the (Victoria) University of Manchester. (This chair was in the Faculty of Theology established in that year; it was renamed "Rylands Professor, etc." in 1909.)Peake was also active as a layman in wider Methodist circles, and did a great deal to further the reunion of Methodism which took effect in 1932, three years after his death. In the wider ecumenical sphere Peake worked for the National Council of Evangelical Free Churches, serving as president in 1928, and was a member of the World Conference on Faith and Order held in Lausanne in 1927. He published and lectured extensively, but is best remembered for his one-volume commentary on the Bible (1919), which, in its revised form, is still in use.The University of Aberdeen made him an honorary D. D. in 1907. He was a governor of the John Rylands Library.... Show more

First published in 1919, Peake's commentary of the bible was a one-volume commentary that gave special attention to Biblical archaeology and the then-recent discoveries of biblical manuscripts. Biblical quotations in this edition were from the Revised Version of the Bible.... Show more

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