Romans 15:14--16:27
I <1473> [I.]
full <3324> [full.]
filled <4137> [filled.]
able <1410> [able.]
I have written <1125> [I have.]
<5613> [as.]
because <1223> [because.]
I serve ...... like a priest <2418> [ministering.]
offering <4376> [offering up. or, sacrificing.]
sanctified <37> [being.]
So <3767> [whereof.]
to <4314> [in.]
I will ... dare <5111> [I will.]
<3739> [which.]
<1519> [to make.]
by word <3056> [by word.]
power ........ power <1411> [mighty.]
in ... power ...... in ... power <1722 1411> [by the.]
Illyricum <2437> [Illyricum.]
Illyricum, or Illyria, was a country of Europe, lying N. and N. W. of Macedonia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic gulf, opposite Italy. It was distinguished into two parts; Liburnia north, now Croatia; and Dalmatia south, still retaining the same name. The account of Paul's second visit to the peninsula of Greece, Ac 20:1, 2, says Dr. Paley, leads us to suppose that, in going over Macedonia, he had passed so far to the west, as to come into those parts of the country which were contiguous to Illyricum, if he did not enter Illyricum itself. The history and the Epistle therefore so far agree; and the agreement is much strengthened by a coincidence of time; for much before the time when this epistle was written, he could not have said so, as his route, in his former journey, confined him to the eastern side of the peninsula, a considerable distance from Illyricum.
I have fully preached <4137> [fully.]
in this way <3779> [so.]
to build <3618> [build.]
I was ... hindered <1465> [I have.]
often <4183> [much. or, many ways, or, oftentimes.]
But ............. and <1161> [and.]
I go <4198> [I take.]
Spain <4681> [Spain.]
Spain is a large country in the west of Europe, which anciently comprehended both Spain and Portugal, separated from Gaul or France by the Pyrenees, and bounded on every other side by the sea.
and ..... help ... on ... journey <4314 2532 4311> [and to.]
<1437> [if.]
I have enjoyed <1705> [filled.]
Rather, "gratified (or enjoy) your society," as [emplestho] frequently denotes.
you ............. your <575 5216> [with your company. Gr. with you.]
are pleased <2106> [it.]
poor <4434> [the poor.]
and ....................... also <2532> [and.]
and <2532> [and.]
I will set out <565> [I will.]
through ... Lord ..... through ... love .............. on <1223 5228 2962 26> [for the.]
through ...... and through ................ on <1223 2532 5228> [and for.]
to join fervently <4865> [that.]
I may be rescued <4506> [I may.]
are disobedient <544> [do not believe. or, are disobedient. and that.]
acceptable <2144> [accepted.]
may come <2064> [I may.]
by ... will <1223 2307> [by the.]
<2532> [and many.]
God <2316> [the God.]
with <3326> [be.]
[command.]
our <2257> [our.]
a servant <1249> [a servant.]
Cenchrea <2747> [Cenchrea.]
you may welcome <4327> [ye receive.]
worthy <516> [as.]
for <1063> [for.]
Greet <782> [Greet.]
Had the notes of time in this epistle fixed the writing of it to any date prior to St. Paul's first residence at Corinth, the salutation of Aquila and Priscilla would have contradicted the history, because it would have been prior to his acquaintance with these persons. If they had fixed it during that residence at Corinth, during his journey to Jerusalem, or during his progress through Asia Minor, an equal contradiction would have been incurred because, during all that time, they were either with St. Paul, or abiding at Ephesus. Lastly, had they fixed this epistle to be either contemporary with the first epistle to the Corinthians, or prior to it, a similar contradiction would have ensued, for they were then with St. Paul. As it is, all things are consistent.--See Dr. Paley.
<4252> [Priscilla.]
my <3450> [my.]
risked <5294> [have.]
risked <5294> [laid.]
<2532> [also.]
church <1577> [the church.]
my <3450> [my.]
who <3739> [who.]
<882> [Achaia.]
who <3748> [who.]
compatriots <4773> [kinsmen.]
fellow prisoners <4869> [fellow prisoners.]
they were <1096> [were.]
my <3450> [my.]
our <2257> [our.]
approved <1384> [approved.]
<1537> [of.]
[household. or, friends.]
laborers ........... has worked <2872> [labour.]
Rufus <4504> [Rufus.]
chosen <1588> [chosen.]
his <846> [his.]
and <2532> [and.]
and .... and .... and ... and all <2532 3956> [and all.]
with <1722> [with.]
churches <1577> [The.]
to watch out <4648> [mark.]
<4160> [cause.]
obstacles <4625> [offences.]
and <2532> [and.]
do ... serve <1398> [serve.]
but <235> [but.]
By <1223> [by.]
naive <172> [the simple.]
obedience <5218> [obedience.]
I rejoice <5463> [I am.]
But ............ and <1161> [yet.]
innocent <185> [simple. or, harmless.]
God <2316> [the God.]
will ... crush <4937> [shall.]
will ... crush <4937> [bruise. or, tread.]
grace <5485> [The grace.]
Timothy <5095> [Timotheus.]
Lucius <3066> [Lucius.]
Jason <2394> [Jason.]
Sosipater <4989> [Sosipater.]
[Sopater. my kinsmen.]
am writing <1125> [who.]
greet <782> [salute.]
Gaius <1050> [Gaius.]
Erastus <2037> [Erastus.]
treasurer <3623> [the chamberlain.]
Or, as the Vulgate renders, arcarius civitatis, "the treasurer (or steward, [oikonomos <\\See definition 3623\\>,]) of the city;" he to whom the receipt and expenditure of the public money were entrusted.
is able <1410> [to him.]
my gospel <2098 3450> [my gospel.]
and ... proclamation <2532 2782> [and the.]
revelation <602> [to the.]
had been kept secret <4601> [which.]
now <3568> [now.]
according to <2596> [according.]
eternal <166> [everlasting.]
to ................. obedience <1519 5218> [for the.]
God <2316> [God.]
only <3441> [only.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. The Epistle to the Romans is "a writing," says Dr. Macknight, "which, for sublimity and truth of sentiment, for brevity and strength of expression, for regularity in its structure, but above all, for the unspeakable importance of the discoveries which it contains, stands unrivalled by any mere human composition, and as far exceeds the most celebrated productions of the learned Greeks and Romans, as the shining of the sun exceeds the twinkling of the stars." "The plan of it is very extensive; and it is surprising to see what a spacious field of knowledge is comprised, and how many various designs, arguments, explications, instructions, and exhortations, are executed in so small a compass....The whole Epistle is to be taken in connection, or considered as one continued discourse; and the sense of every part must be taken from the drift of the whole. Every sentence, or verse, is not to be regarded as a distinct mathematical proposition, or theorem, or as a sentence in the book of Proverbs, whose sense is absolute, and independent of what goes before, or comes after: but we must remember, that every sentence, especially in the argumentative part, bears relation to, and is dependent upon, the whole discourse, and cannot be rightly understood unless we understand the scope and drift of the whole; and therefore, the whole Epistle, or at least the eleven first chapters of it, ought to be read over at once, without stopping. As to the use and excellency of this Epistle, I shall leave it to speak for itself, when the reader has studied and well digested its contents....This Epistle will not be difficult to understand, if our minds are unprejudiced, and at liberty to attend to the subject, and to the current scriptural sense of the words used. Great care is taken to guard and explain every part of the subject; no part of it is left unexplained or unguarded. Sometimes notes are written upon a sentence, liable to exception and wanting explanation, as ch. 2:12-16. Here the 13th and 15th verses are a comment upon the former part of it. Sometimes are found comments upon a single word; as ch. 10:11-13. The 12th and 13th verses are a comment upon [pas <\\See definition 3956\\>,] every one, in the 11th. This Epistle displays a perspicuous brevity, as ch. 5:13, 14. For until the law sin was in the world, etc. Surely never was there a greater variety of useful sentiments crowded into a smaller compass; and yet so skilfully, that one part very clearly explains another....It is by the Holy Spirit's influence, that the apostle has brought such a variety of arguments, instructions, and sentiments, all stated, proved, and sufficiently guarded, explained, and defended, within the limits of a letter; which has made it a magazine of the most real, extensive, useful, profitable, and divine knowledge. The Jews are treated with great caution and tenderness....The transitions and advances to an ungrateful subject are very interesting; as ch. 2:1-17; 8:17. Here is found complicated design, and while teaching one thing, gives us an opportunity of learning one or two more. So ch. 13:1-8, is taught the duty of subjects, and at the same time magistrates are instructed in their duty, and the grounds of their authority. The inspired writer never loses sight of his subject, and writes under a deep and lively sense of the truth and importance of the Gospel, as a man who clearly understood it, and in whose heart and affections it reigned far superior to all temporal considerations."
