Romans 1:8-25,Matthew 6:19-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:10

(10) If by any means now at length.—Note this accumulation of particles, denoting the earnestness of his desire. “All this time I have been longing to come to you, and now at last I hope that it may be put in my power.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:11

(11) That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift.—Such gifts as would naturally flow to one Christian (or to many collectively) from the personal presence and warm sympathy of another; in St. Paul’s case, heightened in proportion to the wealth and elevation of his own spiritual consciousness and life. His head and his heart alike are full to overflowing, and he longs to disburthen himself and impart some of these riches to the Romans. Inasmuch as he regards all his own religious advancement... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:12

(12) That is, that I may be comforted.—A beautiful touch of true courtesy. He is anxious to see them, that he may impart to them some spiritual gift. But no! He hastily draws back and corrects himself. He does not wish it to be implied that it is for him only to impart, and for them only to receive. He will not assume any such air of superiority. In the impulse of the moment, and in the expansiveness of his own heart, he had seemed to put it so; but his real meaning was that they should receive... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:13

(13) In the previous verses the Apostle has been speaking of his desire; here he speaks of his purpose, which is one step nearer to the realisation. He had intended to add the Roman Church to the harvest that he was engaged in gathering in.Let.—This is, of course, an archaism for “hindered,” “prevented.” The Greek is literally, “and was prevented hitherto.”It is hardly worth while to speculate, as some commentators have done, on the causes that may have hindered the Apostle from going to Rome.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:14

(14) To the Greeks, and to the Barbarians.—The Apostle does not intend to place the Romans any more in the one class than in the other. He merely means “to all mankind, no matter what their nationality or culture.” The classification is exhaustive. It must be remembered that the Greeks called all who did not speak their own language “Barbarians,” and the Apostle, writing from. Greece, adopts their point of view.Wise and foolish.—(Comp. 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:26-28.) The gospel was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:14-15

(14, 15) Why is the Apostle so eager to come to them? Because an obligation, a duty, is laid upon him. (Comp. 1 Corinthians 9:16, “necessity is laid upon me.”) He must preach the gospel to men of all classes and tongues; Rome itself is no exception. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:15

(15) Accordingly, so far as depends upon his own will, and not upon the external ruling of events by God, the Apostle is ready to preach the gospel, as to the other Gentiles, so also at Rome.So, as much as in me is.—There are three ways of taking this sentence, though the meaning remains in any case the same:—(1) “I (literally, that which concerns me) am ready.” But it is doubtful whether this is sanctioned by Greek usage. (2) Still keeping the two phrases separate, “As far as concerns me... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:16

(16) The Apostle will not be ashamed of his mission, even in the metropolis of the world. He cannot be ashamed of a scheme so beneficent and so grand. The gospel that he preaches is that mighty agency which God Himself has set in motion, and the object of which is the salvation of all who put their faith in it, to whatever nation or race they may belong. He has, perhaps, in his mind the reception he had met with in other highly civilised cities. (Comp. Acts 17:32.) He had himself once found a... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:17

(17) The gospel attains its end, the salvation of the believer, by revealing the righteousness of God, i.e., the plan or process designed by Him for men to become just or righteous in His sight. The essential part on man’s side, the beginning and end of that plan, is Faith. For which there was authority in the Old Testament, where it is said, “The just shall live by faith.”The righteousness of God.—By this is not meant, as might, perhaps, be supposed, an attribute of the divine nature—as if the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:18

(18) As a preliminary stage to this revelation of justification and of faith, there is another, which is its opposite—a revelation and disclosure of divine wrath. The proof is seen in the present condition both of the Gentile and Jewish world. And first of the Gentile world, Romans 1:18-32.Revealed.—The revelation of righteousness is, while the Apostle writes, being made in the Person of Christ and in the salvation offered by Him. The revelation of wrath is to be inferred from the actual... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:14

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:14-15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 1:18

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