III. HonTATORY, Oh. xll. 1-:dv. 23 (followed Iv. the doi::ology of eh. rri. ~27),1 E. Variom practical duUu tm/<Yrced. Cb. iii. 1-i::iii. 1'- F. Mutual tolerutim enjolrwl. Cb. xiv. 1-28. G. Ooncl'U<Ung doxology. Oh. xvi. 25--27. IV. 8UPPLEMBNTARY. Oh. xv. 1-xvi. 24. H. RflBwmpUon andfwrther tm/orl'ATMTl,t of F. Cb. xv. 1-13. I. The writva accownt o/ himself and his fJ«J'fl,8, Cb. xv. 14--33. K. Greeeinga to Ohri,Ua,na at Btnl/lJ, tuith ~ m ~ . Ob. :m. 1-20. L. Greetings/ram O<Yrmth. Oh. xvi. 21-24. 1 The origine.1 position of the Doxology is conaidered Ml loao. ,Thai whica la there Tegrmled as mDA probable is e.uigned to ii here. THE EPISTLE OF
PA.UL TO THE ROMANS.
EXPOSITION. that some might poss1"bly have been busy CHAPTER I. there, as they were in other places; and, Vere. 1-16.-1. INTBODUOTOBY. however that might be, writing e.s he was t,o a Church not founded by, and as yet Vere. 1-7.-A. Salutation, with long in- unvisited by, himself, he might think dis- terposed parenthesis, suggested by "gospel tinct assertions of his claim to be heard of God." The parenthesis, expressing desirable. Separated ( or, set apart) unto thoughts of which the writer's mind is full, the gospel ot God; i.e. to the prea.chinoo of intimates the purport of the ooming treatise. the gospel, not the reception of it only, as is evident from the context. The word It also intimates his claim, afterwards more a.cpwpluµ.,vos here, as well as the previous fully asse1·ted (eh. xv. 15, seq.), to demand 1<.\71-ro,, is best taken, in pur.mance of the a hearing from the Roman Church. It is line of thought, as referring to the Divine St. Paul's way, when fnll of an idea, thus counsels, not to the agency of the Church. to interrupt his sentences at the suggestion It is true that the word is elsewhere u..-ed with the latter reference, as in Acts xiii 2, of a word. Somewhat similar interpositions 'Acpopluan 3,} µ.01 TOJI ... Ba.pva/3av ,cczl ,,-;,., are found in the opening salutations of ~aVi\ov Eis -rO Enov ~ -rpou1e€1CA71µcu airroVs, Galatians and Titus, espeoiallyin the latter; where the a.cpap,uµds spoken of was sub- but this is peculiar for its length and fulnesa. sequent to the Divine ,c,\;ju,s, and effected by human laying on of hands. But we have Ver. 1.-Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, also St. Paul's own words (Gal i. 15), 'o s,~s called to be an apostle, In his salutations 6 a.cpop,uas µ.• /,c r<ocJ,.las µ.71,,-p&s µ.ov, ,ral 1ecu..luas to the Philippians and to Titus also St. llul riis xrfp,,,-os aln-oii, where the a.,Pop,uµ.os Paul calls himself 3oii.\o, (i.e. " bond- is th1Lt of God's eternal purpose, and previous servant ") of Jesus Christ; but usually only to the 1<.\ijuu (cf. Acts il:. 15 and uvL cbr&u,,-o.\o,, or, as here, 1<.\71,,-cl, a.1r&u,,-oll.os, 16, 17). whioh is rightly tra.nslated in the Authorized Ver. 2.-Whioh he promised before tlu:ou.gh Version," called to be an apostle," Divine his prophets in the Holy Scriptures concern- vocation to the offioe being the prominent ing his Son. Here the parenthetical ~ooe idea. St. Paul often elsewhere insists on begins, extending to the end of ver. 6. It the reality of his vocation from Christ is unnecesso.ry t,o complicate it by connect- himself to be an apostle to the Gentiles ; ing 1r,pl ,,-oii vloii avroii with the previous and this with regard to disparngement of ,van•.\1011 s,o;. It goes more nnturnlly his olaim to be o. true apostle at all on the with ,rporn"flrr•l.\crro, denoting the subject pnrt of somo (cf. 1 Cor. ix. 1 ; 2 Cor. xi. 5 ; of the Old Testament promises. By 1rpo- xii. 12; Gal. i. 1, 12; ii. 8). It does not cp71,,-w11 nre meant not only the sacred writers follow from his thus assorting his claim here distinctively so co.lled, but (I\S in He b. i 1) all uncl aftorwCLrds in this Epistle that he wns who spoko of old under Divine inspirotion, 11.11 awo.rn of o.uy dispCLmgement of it o.t that by ')'pacpa'is ci.,,Ja., is signified the Old 'l'e~ta.- time o.mong the RomCLn ChristiCLns; still mont goncni.lly. This intimation of the less tho.t he wrote his Epist.le with a polemical gospel being the fulfilment of pro{>hecy is purpose ugCLinst the J ndCLizore, ns somo h1\VO titlv intro,lucf\d here, M preparmg the aupposed. Still, he mo.y huvo suspooted rc11der for the urgument of the Epistle, ill BOMANB, B 2 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS. [on. r.1--811,