Romans 16:7-27 WEB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 16:21-24

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 16:21.—Timothy and Sosipater with St. Paul at Corinth, where he wrote this epistle. Lucius perhaps St. Luke.Romans 16:22.—Tertius, a secretary with a Roman name to write to Romans.Romans 16:23.—Gains, said to be the first bishop of Thessalonica; but it is a recurring name like Lucius. We need not attempt to attach it to any person, nor make it a cause of perplexity. Quartus a Roman name. Erastus the quæstor of the city, probably Corinth.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Romans 16:25-27

CRITICAL NOTESRomans 16:25-27.—Editors are divided as to the position of the doxology, but its genuineness is substantiated by external and internal evidence. This concluding sentence contains the kernel of the doctrine of the whole epistle. The way for this evangelical revelation had been quietly prepared by the prophetical Scriptures. According to Bengel’s comparison, there was in the Old Testament the silent movement of the hands of a clock, but it sounded forth the hour with an audible... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Romans 16:27

Romans 16:27 The Doxologies of Scripture. I. There are two things included in a doxology the expression of a wish and the performance of a duty. Their essential features are these: (1) They are always and exclusively addressed to God; (2) the mind of the writer fastens specially on some aspect of the Divine character, some attribute or group of attributes, as the foundation of His claim to universal and perpetual praise. II. While the sacred writers no doubt recognised the proofs of Divine... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 16:19-20

DISCOURSE: 1927PRACTICAL WISDOM RECOMMENDEDRomans 16:19-20. I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.WHOEVER knows the perverseness of the human mind, must see that it is in vain to hope that any Church under heaven should be long free from the influence of error and contention. What St. Paul said to the elders of Ephesus, when he parted with them at Miletus, must sooner or later be addressed to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Romans 16:20

DISCOURSE: 1928VICTORY OVER SATANRomans 16:20. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.IN order to get forward in our Christian course, we must unite a strenuous exertion of our own powers with an humble dependence on the Divine aid. We cannot work without God; and God will not work without us: but if we look to him for assistance, and yet labour in a diligent and prudent way, he will succour us with his almighty power, and “perfect that which concerneth us.” St. Paul,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 16:25

mystery (See Scofield " :-") . The "mystery" here is the Church; Ephesians 3:1-9. read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Romans 16:26

obedience See margin ref., (See Scofield " :-") . Faith as a system, in contrast with law as a system. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Romans 16:24

The Pastor's Parting Blessing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 988) Delivered by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington BEFORE LEAVING HOME FOR A JOURNEY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." Romans 16:24 . THE CHRISTIAN IS A MAN of generous actions, but his wishes go far beyond his deeds. Where he cannot be... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Romans 16:1-27

Chapter 16Chapter 16 is just personal greetings to many of those in Rome. We are going to go rather rapidly through it, just pointing out a few things.First of all, Paul,commends unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church which is in Cenchrea ( Romans 16:1 ):She was a deaconess. Cenchrea was the port of the city of Corinth. She, no doubt, met Paul when he was ministering there in Corinth, but was serving there in the church. And some of those male chauvinists seem to have a... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Romans 16:1-27

Romans 16:1 . I commend to you Phebe a servant of the church. Διακονον , a deaconess of the church at Cenehrea, the eastern port of Corinth, where Paul shaved his head, that he might be purified on returning to Asia. Acts 18:18. A deaconess in the oriental churches corresponded with a matron of the synagogue. She was ordained; and their forms of ordination still exist in the Greek church; they prophesied, and helped the apostles in the Lord. They visited the sick among the women, to... read more