PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Romans
James Barmby [1822-1897] · 439,030 words · 478 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Romans — Section 421
ciples here laid down. First of all, it is shown that we ought not to judge our brethren, This is a purely negative command. The next oomme.nd is somewhat more positive. "But jud,,"8 this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in bis brother's way " (ver. 13). The apostle enforces the exhortat…
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Christ is not such a. Ma.star !lB to 01st him off for a mistake. No; "he shall be made to eto.nd." Is not this the determining principle of the Christian life? Not tbe minute observnnco, right or wrong, but the motive, makes the Christian man. It matters nothing compamtively whether we eat or do not eat, whether we obs…
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an,l ,,:, lif:htenn1!'nt '1\-hich ot,her b,,oks and. compnni011s rul\y furnish. Yot tho conclusion c,,nw ,,, mmt he felt to he our own, in harmony with the dictl\tcs of our conscience ,rnd mtitied by our independent judgment. 'l'hcn we may go fearlessly forward. Mc~ J.iffer in the conclusions they reach. hono~tly enoug…
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hBst choRen; 11 " The Lord nclded to them daily." "Lord, what wilt tbon have me to do?" is the first question of the new life. 'fhere would be no difficulty in any depart- ment of Church-fellowship if the authority of Christ were fully reco=ized. "One is your M~eter, even Christ, and all ye are br?thren;" Finances, act…
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They are a nsible embodiment of it, but not its vital principle. Let us not set too high an estimat~ on rites and ceremonies aud forms of worship, or we may glorify the husk to the neglect of the kernel, and the shapely bark may conceal a rotten tree, Ordinances of touching, tasting, handling, concern things that pe…
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who II plcnsed not himself," if he spontaneously renounces part of his i:,rivilec,es, 0 in onler ,thnt ho may remove a possible stumbling-block from his brother's path. And thora 1s e. danger of man's natural tendency to eelf-asserUon leading him to a violation of conscience, "Happy is he that condemneth not himself i…
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there is not wat.ohfulne..qs, there will be coMtimt frlotlon between them. Now, this le a menRce to the peace of the Ohurcb; and Paul has here to guard against it. 'l'hore le a great danger in the indulgenoo of scorn. A weak brother, if "roasted" and ridiculed by t.he stronger, may be made a burden to himself, and h…
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own credit, for exBmple, or his own comfort. Equally In the enl7al7ement~ of domestic life, of business life, of public affairs; equally (to look towards th; humbler walks of duty) In the doy's work of the Christian servant, or peaaant, or artisan ; • whether ho lives, he lives unto the Master, or whether he dies, he d…
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EXPOSITION. oan only refer to the doxology of eh. xvi. CHAPTER XV. 25--27. Hence it would seem tho.t in some Ver.1---dl. :rvi. 24.-IV. SUPPLEHENTARY. Le.tin copy of the Epistle to whioh the to.hle (See summary of oontent.5, p. xvi.) Ques- of contents referred, the doxology followed tions have been raised and much d…
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to stnnd ng11inet the o.uthority of existing concluding anthentico.tions (cf. 2 These. iii. mnnuscripts, to eny nothing of the interno.1 17; Col. iv. 18). evldenoe itself, which reo.lly appears to us Ae to the proper position of the doxology, to toll the other way. Buch interno.l evi- H the view last given be correc…
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Ver. 4.-l'or whatlloever thingl were rnns through the whole pRSenge (of. vere. written aforetime were written for onr 6, 9, 11). learning (in the old eemie of teaehing, or Vers. 8, 9.-For (tho reAding ,-dp le muol, in.lli:nl<"tion). that we through patienoe and better supported thAn 3t The eeeentio.l comfort of the So…
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the hope Rpokon of in vor. 4, with a prayer (lwToup-ybv) of Jeeua Christ 11J1to the Gentilet, for the abuncl11nce of which to his readers, milliatering (1,poup-yovna) the gospel of God, as tho rosuU of peace in the faith among that the offering up of the Gentiles might each other, the apostle now eonclucles his be e.cc…
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aphE-rM>f hiF rninietty the l\po!!tle is denoting time (11.11 wo have aeen, oh. xv. 111, Beq.) ib! l<X'8l ext-<'nt. rnther tb11.n t.he oourae he almost l\pologizing for doing eo; and, though hAd t'lken. He hnd. in raot., prearhed first he propoaos visiting them, it is not with at Da.mn!l<lus (Acb! ix. 20), 11.nd aft…
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as much os I should wish, but to such extent for of. Phil. ii. 19: Philem. 22 : which as my short etay with you will allow)" filled Epistles are believed, on good grounds, to with you," i.a. enjoy you, have been written during that detention, Vore. 25-27,-:But now I go to leru- Still, he may have gone during the inter…
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I. TrrE MORAL PRECEPT, The authoritative counsel of the apostle is both negative and JX'Siti,-e, dissuasi,e and persuasiYe. 1. Selfishness is fo1·bidden, It need eoaroely be Mid that undue opinion of self, an undue confidence in one's own judgment, an undue regard t-0 one's own interest, are common faults. ,ve are a…
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pleased not himself." 3, We remark in the Lord Je8Ueperfect oberlien~ t,, the F,ther. Prophecy put into hie lips the language, "Lo, I come to do thy will O my God." Ho himRelf declared that he ea.roe to do the will of him that sent him and he wae conscious that this purpose was carried out. "I do always those thin"~…
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f'trengthening and c0n11ol11tory power of Divine graoe is exhibited both in the deolara• tions and doctrines, and 111s0 in the practi011l 11nd living exhibitions and manifestations of piety, which abound in Holy Script.ure. III. '!'RE ULTUHTE AND ll:XAOT PURPOSE FOR WRIOR THE SORIPTUBEB RAVE BEEN GITE..'-. 'l'hat is, …
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of Jesus, from his privation ancl doubt, and, In the same name, to commission him 38 tho npostle to the Gentiles, the scrvnnt of the Lord declared the purport of hi:i vi3it to b_e that, Saul might be "filled with the Ifoly Ghost I" And secondly, when, at Anlioch, the Holy Ghost co.lied Barna.bas and Saul to a missio…
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tions of the times, and despised their degraded fellow-creatures, and saw no prospect of the ssh-at.ion of society ; the followers of Christ appeared, eaoh one with a l1ope tvhich d-ffl_fh c-o"!d ,wt fear from ht'.m,for himself; each one with a yet sublimer hope, that no du,appomtruent could quench, for the unhappy but…
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ILnd good fortune, or if It were based upon the character and promises of fallible fellow-men, it would in such cases need rather to be checked and sobered tha.n to be encouraged, But just e.s fe.ith depends for its value upon the person on whom it rests eo le hope justifiable and wise only when based "J)M the p,romiSP…
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be rem,wro, IIIld though the mountains l,e cnrrird into the midst of the een, 'l'he Lord of host.s is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge I" When the infidel rejoices over what. seem to him t-0kens of the decrepitude of the Church of Christ; when the atheist foretells the destruct.ion of &11 religion, and the np…
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Abundance Is "more than enough;" and what ie besought for Christ's people is th"l "full assurance of hope." Thie is a" living hope," a hope whose life is viuorous and vitnl; a "hope which maketh not ashamed," which is confident, and which produces nappinese and peace. The Christian should be the possessor of such a hop…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. vers. 5, 13, 33.-The Di-uine character in relation to the human. "The God of patience and consolation;" "the God of hope;" "the God '.of peace." The great object of Christ's coming into the world was to save sinners. He does this by revealing God. He is Emmanuel, "God with us." "No man …
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III. TRll: GoD OF PF:A<'ll:. "The God of poace be with you all" (ver. 33). Pe1tce is l'~i>entially II part of the Divine character. No storms disturb his rost. No einfulueee i~ in his being, 11nd therefore no conflict in his moral nature. If the God of peaoe is "·ith us, then peace will pervade our own spirit and lire.…
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Ver. 29.-A.n apostle's rxmfidenr,e, St. Paul has been stating his plans as regards the future, and especially regarding his intended visit to Rome. There is much that is uncertain. But one thing was a certainty to him. "I am sure that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fulness of the bleRsing of the gospel of C…
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l'<.'nfid<'nce in Christ.. He knew whom he Juul believed. 'l'wenty-five yenrs ho hnt\ \l('(ln ~ernng him, and be he.d more than once proved the Divine power of Christ's presence and help. O"r power to eomm,micate the blessings of the gospel depends on two things. 1 . .A personal lmovikdge qf the gospel,. 2. Constant co…
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declaration (Ps. xviii. 49); so the invitation of Moses (Dcut. xxxii. 43); s0 ac,ain the psalmist (Ps. oxvii. 1); e.nd so Isaiah's prophecy of hope: all of which could fl°nd their true fulfilment only in Yueh a. loving union of the Jewish and Gentile world in the glad service of their one God and Christ as now filled t…
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,el'8. 3, 4-.-Unselfi-shness. That alliance is beneficial which lends tho aid or the strong to bear the burdens of the weak. Sympathy renders this possible by its real participation in another's distress. Sometimes the infirmities of others are succoured by ~-ielding up our own gratification, or by restricting our o…
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know that they nre in the line of the faithful. No new thing bath happened, for the same nffliotione were nccompliehed in our brethren before. If, then, others have bravely endured nnd maintained their confidence, eo may we. And the ancient writings testify thnt men, in pleasing God e.nd serving their day and generatio…
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ill. CHRIST RECEIVES MEN nn>ARTIALLY, making no invidious distinctions, 'l'hie Wl\6 Pet.er's argument for the admission of the Gentiles (Acts xi. 17; xv, 9), One presentro at court may demand the countenance of any ambassador; for whom the s,,rerei!{D bath receirro, all her servants must honour. Whom Obrist bath admit…
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II. Trm PRAYER. "Fill yon with all joy and peace in believing." We ma;y lawfvJJ,y &eelc, n~t onlJ'. to obey the precepts, but to en/oy the corn,(orts of the Jospel. '!'rue, tbe gosp~l ideal 1s bleeseclneee rather than happm_ess; yet ,_ts intent ie to bring present sercmty and gladness, not to leave us all our life trem…
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I. E"l"ERT BEXEFl'I' RF.CEIVED LAYS US UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO OUB DENEFAOTORB, As st<'wim1s of the gospel the saints in Judroa hnd betrayed their trust if guilty silence restrained their lips from communicating to the world the panacea revee.led for hume.n ill. But this fuct. did not set the Grreks free from indebtedne…
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nltor not. It le this essential sameness of the human lot which lends to the Bible perennial interest We have the same battle to fight, the same need of divinely lnetruoted wisdom nntl divinely furbished weapons. We are takin<> the same journey 0 ae ancient heroes, nnd she.re their perplexities and convictions. I. AN…
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be tJ"('RtN as such. 2. He oou.ld not COflCt'ive of the absence of that spiritual 1,owe, ,c,hich had thw far attfflded. h-. "Lo, I am with you alway," was tho promiso. Like Joseph in PotiphR.r's houae, and the ark in the houee of Obod-Edom, a true mnn of God brings a blessing where'er he sojourns. Who should separate t…
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mny ultimately be given into the bargain, but it will asRUredly be miesed if made 0111' end. '' A great German poet and philosopher," says Dr. Martineau, "was fond of defining religion as consisting in a reverence for iln,feri<n beings. The definition is paradoxical ; but though it does not express the e8/l6'11a of rel…
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EXPOSITION. BB w~ll as of othel'II, may rofer to an illness CHAPTER XVL of his own nt Oenchrea, during whioh she V C'rs. 1-20.-K. Oommendatr'on of Phmbe, had ministered to him, and thnt his she.vina and i:alutntiom f-0 <Jhnmam at Rome. hi~ bend 11.t Oeuchren beoouse he hod o. vo: (Acts x.viii. 18) may have been du…
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Paul is unknown. It mBy hBve been at apostles ('7rla71µo, iv -ro'is u:,ro11-r6>-oir)," h~ Corinth at the time of tho Jewish insur- mea.ne to designate them as tbemsel ves rection ngainst him (Acts xviii. 12), or 11t apostles, this is an in.~ta.nce of a wider nso Ephesus o.t the time of tho tumult raised of the term "ap…
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epeal..o of her, must have been known by usual autographio boned.lotion, he feols him pel'!!Onlilly, and done work of ,;hich he bound to add ono additional warning. The \\"8.B ~ n t . It ie to be obaerved how, thought ooours to him, and he oannot but in Mllmg her "the helm·ed," be avoids, give expreseion to it. Tho war…
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thUB dependent on ver. 17. I am glad of this ; l1llllming up pregnantly in the form therefore on your behalf: but yet I would of a glowing thanksgiving the eesentia.l have you wile unto that whioh I.I good, but ideas of tbe whole Epistle, which bad been 11.mple (cl1t1p<1lous) oonoerning evil. And the God of peaoe 1hall…
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kind the.t II true rel11tionship might exist 11mongst thoua widely sundered by time and spe.ce, and widely eevered by education antl socilll position, The followers of Jesus lenrned to regard one another 88 brothers and sisters in the e;reat spiritual family of which God is the Father, 11nd Christ the elder Brother and…
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the eake of Ohriet, upon the model of Christ, in the Name of Christ, with a view to the approval of Ghrist. The Lord is himself the bond binding true workers in one. 2. They had endangtrred life/or hiB ,afety. Whether in Corinth or amidst the tumult at Ephesus, these two faithful friends bad :shielded the apostl~ from …
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than that, when hie friend was &t so greet a distance from him, Pe.ul, In writing to tho Romans, should send n greeting of affection to the beloved BSBocia.te of bygone days? Christie.nity sa.nctifies and elevates human affection. II. Tm;:· BO:!,'"D OF KINISTERlAL INTEREST. Epametus was the flrstfruits of Asia's of…
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I, THE NATURE OJJ' WOMUl'B WORK FOB THE SAVIOUR. This is very varied. It may be more public, or more private; it may be domestic, or official. Some are called to nurse in homes or hospitals; some to teach in classes or schools; some to visit the neglected, the dying, the bereaved ; some to restore the lapsed to the pa…
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whnt they hRt been, Andronicus and JuniRB deserved greeting Rnd commend&tlon, "Time tries 11U ; " 11nd time sets an approving s8111 upon those who for n lifetime hnve 11dorned the doctrine of God our Saviour. Respect is due to our seniors in the spiritual life. " Bt>t.ter is the end of a thing th11n the beginning." AP…
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obundnntly than all hie brethren, he himeelf ha.s recorded; and such bein"' the habit of his spiritual ministry, he was able and disposed to appreciate the work of hie dili;:sent nnd effective colleagues, There le great discrimination in his lan!!l.Ja"e of approbation, o.nd, at the same time, great generosity. We shoul…
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Such pPaoe presupposes conflict. War with cl'il, until evil is vanquished, dethroned and silent; and then peace, and only then ;-such is the principle of the gospel, such is the purpose of God, such is the law of the Chiistian's life. Divine pooce is pure and sincere and lasting. Remember that word of our Lord Jesus," …
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could ecarcely find coherent expreRsion; one seem9 to follow and to efface that which precedes; nnd the unity of the whole is with diflic1Jlty rli8~emihle, b~c:H.,e of tho pressure upon the attention of the several parts. It is RO with these clr,sing ver.,es of the Epistle to the Romans; they introduce to the reader's …
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the brnnd of shame moro deeply on her brow." Christianity alone bas given woman her ri~htful place. \\"oman occupies an honourable position In the Bible, and every wise provision is made for her, especially for the widow in her helplessness and loneli- ness. In the Old Testament we have such noble women as Debore.b.…
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and rolief; ehe may invito the cnrelees to the house of God. And a woman's inflrJP,nce it often 11owerful for good where even a. Christian man would utterly fail to reach the hardened heart.-O. H. I. Vel'II, 1-10.-Words of CO'IIRtBelfM' a, Ohristian Ghwrch. The practkal exhortations given in most of these closing chap…
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~['('nt hindmnC'('I to the spro11d of the gospel. It ie the samo Rt home. Thoro le cnsto in l'hri~1ian nations ns well as in henthen lan,1s. Yet it ought not to bo so. Nowhore were such differencos more marked than at Rome. 'l'hore were the wcll-defillcd and ~harply marked clRSses of patricians nud 11lchci&ns, Yet Paul…
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Vere, 1-16, 21-23.-0hrlsUan ,alutaUont. There remain now only salutations ond oonoluelone, But the same courteous love shall be manifested to the end. Nowhere do the ethioe of the new life come out more delicately than in theee trivialitiee as some would deem them, of opierolary correspondence, They are ae the fraaranc…
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door, bocoming indeed but an appanage of Judaic Christianity, A yet baser aitn as wo learn here, and from 2 Oor. xi. ~ and Phil. iii.,2, 19, was their own sensual aggr~ndize- ment: they served their own belly. They would come to Rome, for they poeeoseod truly a missionary zeal, without missionary love ; they would c…
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"kept in eilence through times eternal:" hidden in the thought of God fr0m the begin- ning, and through the earlier ages of the world's hi~tory. Oh, these blessed secrets of God, ready to burst upon 11B with a ehock of surprieel This secret had broken on the world; the mystery was "manifested," and "made known unto all…
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11p,'lth~- arr for e~er brokc-n up liy the entr11nce'of Ohriat into the heart. To receive a a fe\10w-member "in the Lord" is to display some of the love and tenderness which Christ mnnifestc-d t,)wtmls his disciples. It is quite incompatible with that frigid etiqut'tte which suspects new-comel'll, and resents as vulgar…
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the members e.11 receive the gospel, their ee.rtbly love ia cemented, tra.nBfigured, eter- nnlized by loyalty to the same Lord, e.nd participation in the same heavenly hopes and e.ime. Like Andrew, who brought bis own brother to Christ, should our effort-a first be direoted to the se.lve.tion of our own relatives and c…
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I. PERl'O?fl! TO DK SB1J}."NED. Those "who cause divisions 1md offenoes,"· True Christianity ever ru11kl'@ for peace. There m11y be rending and outcries whilst the former evil spirit is undergoing expulsion; there are often searchings of heart and a forsaking of old companions and practices; but when Christ is ackno…
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!rlll!HII l'.1.0B God's Wrath as revealed among the .Apostolic Credentials 14 Gentiles 48 .A Promised Gospel 15 -The Theme of the Gospel .. , 17 The .Apostolio .Aim 18 CHAPTER II. The Roman Christians 19 Jndgment, Human and Divine 51 .A Yearning Heart 19 Long-suffering 58 Glorying in the Gospel 20 Divine Impartia…
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TTIF.MD PAO'R TRP.MZ PA.OP. Overruling Providence 225 • Chrietian Patriotism ... 285 Tho Gift which implies 1111 Gifts 226 • The Children of the Promise ... 287 Spiritual Victory ... 226 Vessels of Wrath and Veeecle of Mercy 289 Tho Judgment-D11y, c.nd how to pre- pnre for it 'l/1.7 CHAPTER X.. The Privileges c.nd Re…
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