PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
Hodge, Charles, 1797–1878 · 193,921 words · 491 reading sections
COMMENTARY.
(1) / commend unto you Phehe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea. Corinth, being situated on a narrow isth- mus, had two ports, one towards Europe, and the other towards Asia. The latter was called Cenchrea, where a church had been organized, of which Phebe was a servant, i. e. deaconess. …
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Christian. The apostle presents two considerations to enforce this ex- hortation; first, regard for their Christian character; and, secondly, the service which Phebe had rendered to others. As hecometh saints ,• this expression at once describes the manner in which they ought to receive her, and suggests the motive for…
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female name, and the person intended is supposed to have been the wift or sister of Andronicus. My kinsmen^ i. e. relatives, and not merely of the same nation; at least there seems no sufficient reason for taking the word in this latter general sense. Fellow prisoners. Paul, in 2 Cor. 11: 23, vp-hen enumerating his lab…
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mid offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them. While he urges them to the kind reception of all faithful minis- ters and Christians, he enjoins upon them to have nothing to do with those who cause divisions and offences. There were probably two evils in the apostle's mind when he wrote th…
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/ am glad, therefore, on your hehalf ; hut yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. That is, * Simplicity (an unsuspecting docility) is indeed g-ood ; but I would have you not only simple but prudent. You must not only avoid doing evil, but be careful that j^'ou do not suffer evil…
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words will hardly allow. 2. It may be rendered agreeably to my gospel, n such a manner as my gospel requires ; or, 3. Through.^ i. e. by means of the gospel. The second interpretation is perhaps the best. And the preaching of Jesus Christ. This may mean either ' Christ's preach- ing;' or *the preaching concerning Chris…
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the one most generally approved. « To him that is able to establish you to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory.' In this case the relative to whom, in v. 27, is pleonastic. Others explain the passage thus, 'To the only vrise God, made known through Jesus Christ, to whom (i. e. Christ) be glory for ever.' …
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1. It is the duty of Christians to receive kindly their brethren, and to aid them in every way within their power, and to do this from religious! motives, and in a religious manner; as becometh saints, vs. 1, 2. 2. The social relations in which Christians stand to each other as re- latives, countrymen, friends, should…
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5. It is the duty of Christians to be constantly watchful over the peace and purity of the church, and not to allow those who cause divisions and scandals, by departing from the true doctrines, to pursue their course unnoticed. With all such we should break off every connexion which either sanctions their opinions and …
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known. The Romans had no need to be informed that this epistle was sent by Phebe, if she actually delivered it to them. 2. They are frequently incorrect, and at times contradict the statements made in the epistles to which they are ap- pended. Thus the subscription to the first Epistle to the Corinthians states that it…
178 wordsSECTION 491THE END.
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Public-domain historical edition (1851). Text from OCR of an original Internet Archive scan; OCR may contain recognition errors.
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