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15. Ovru, so), therefore. It is a sort of epiphonema [exclama- tion, which follows a train of reasoning], and a conclusion drawn from the whole to an important part. — ro xur ijn's), that is, so far as depends on me , or I for my part , so far as I am not prevented ; so Ezra vi. 11, xa/' 6 ohcog avrov ro xar sfis rroiriQriGzrcu, and his house, so far as it depends upon me, shall be made [a dunghill]. — K£6Q'jfA0'j, ready) supply there is [readiness in me; I am ready]. 3 Mac. V. 23, (26.) — ro vp66vfj,ov rov [3affiXsug sv kro//xoj xzTffQui, [ the readiness of the king to continue in a state of preparation ] — h *Pcw/4>j, at Rome ), to the wise. — Comp, the preceding verse; to the powerful. — Comp, the following verse and 1 Cor. i. 24 ; therefore the following expression, at Rome , is emphatically repeated. — (See ver. 7.) Rome, the capital and theatre of the whole world — ivayyz\t<sa<s&ui, to preach the Gospel) The Statement of the Subject of the epistle is secretly implied here ; I will write, what I would wish to have spoken in your presence concerning the Gospel.
16. Ou yap lrrai<sy{r/oiJjai, for I am not ashamed) He speaks somewhat less forcibly, as in the introduction ; afterwards he says, I have whereof 1 may glory (ch. xv. 17). To the world, the Gospel is folly and weakness (1 Cor. i. 18) ; wherefore, in the opinion of the world, a man should be ashamed of it, especially at Rome ; but Paul is not ashamed (2 Tim. i. 8 ; 2 Cor. iv. 2). rov xpiffrou, of Christ) Baumgarten gives good reasons, why Paul did not call it in this passage the Gospel of God, or of the Son of God ; but the reasons, which he alleges, are as strong for reading the words rov Xpnrrov, as for omitting them. Arguments are easily found out for both sides ; but testimony ought to have the chief weight ; and in reference to this passage, the testimony for the omission is sufficient. — (See App. Crit., edit, ii., on this verse.1) — ■hvvafiig ©g ov, the power of God), great and glorious (2 Cor. x. 4.) — sic turripi av, unto salvation ) As Paul sums up the Gospel in this epistle, so he sums up the epistle in this and the following verse. This then is the proper place for presenting a connected view of the epistles. We have in it —
I. The Introduction, i. 1-15.
1 A BCD* omit the words ; also, AG, fg Vulg. Orig. and Hilary. But Rec. Text has them. — Ed.
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