the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Romans 15:17
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This is an acceptable offering to God by the Holy Ghost.
Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
Therefore in Christ Jesus I have reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.
I have therefore [whereof to] boast in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus regarding what pertains to God.
I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
I have therefore whereof to glory, through Jesus Christ, in the things pertaining to God.
I can therefore glory in Christ Jesus concerning the work for God in which I am engaged.
I haue therfore whereof I may glory through Iesus Christ, in those things which pertaine to God.
Therefore I have boasting in Christ Jesus as to the things pertaining to God.
Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.
I have therefore matter of glorying thro' Jesus Christ, with respect to divine service.
Looking back over what has been accomplished and what I have observed, I must say I am most pleased—in the context of Jesus, I'd even say proud, but only in that context. I have no interest in giving you a chatty account of my adventures, only the wondrously powerful and transformingly present words and deeds of Christ in me that triggered a believing response among the outsiders. In such ways I have trailblazed a preaching of the Message of Jesus all the way from Jerusalem far into northwestern Greece. This has all been pioneer work, bringing the Message only into those places where Jesus was not yet known and worshiped. My text has been, Those who were never told of him— they'll see him! Those who've never heard of him— they'll get the message!
In Christ Jesus, then, I have found [legitimate] reason for boasting in things related [to my service] to God.
I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
I have therfore wherof I maye reioyse in Christ Iesu in tho thinges which pertayne to God.
Therefore I have glorifying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
I have therefore cause for glorying through Jesus Christ, in those things which pertain to God.
I have, then, a boasting in Christ Jesus, in the things pertaining to God,
So I am proud of what I have done for God in Christ Jesus.
So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
Therefore I exult in Christ Jesus in my service to God.
Because of Christ Jesus, I can take pride in my service for God.
In union with the Messiah Yeshua, then, I have reason to be proud of my service to God;
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to be proud of my work for God.
I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.
I am proud therefore to glory in Jesus Christ before God.
I have therefore my boasting in Messiah Yeshua in things pertaining to God.
Therefore, in Christ Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God.Hebrews 5:1;">[xr]
I have, then, exultation in Jeshu Meshiha with Aloha.
I have therefore a glorying in Jesus Messiah, before God.
Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God.
I have reason to be proud of my work for God. It is because I belong to Christ Jesus.
I have therefore my glorying in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God.
I have, therefore, myboasting in Christ Jesus in the things pertaining to God, -
I have therefore glory in Christ Jesus towards God.
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
Therefore I have a reason for boasting in Christ Jesus regarding the things concerning God.
I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.
That is why I feel so good about what I have done for God in my service to Christ Jesus.
Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God.
In union with Christ Jesus, then, I can be proud of my service for God.
Therfor Y haue glorie in Crist Jhesu to God.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
whereof: Romans 4:2, 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, 2 Corinthians 3:4-6, 2 Corinthians 7:4, 2 Corinthians 11:16-30, 2 Corinthians 12:1, 2 Corinthians 12:11-21
in: Hebrews 5:1
Reciprocal: Numbers 20:10 - we fetch Matthew 12:20 - till 1 Corinthians 1:29 - General 1 Corinthians 9:16 - I have 1 Corinthians 15:10 - but I 2 Corinthians 4:5 - we
Cross-References
But Abram replied, "O Sovereign Lord , what good are all your blessings when I don't even have a son? Since you've given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.
Then the angel of the Lord touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the Lord disappeared.
As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the Lord ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I have therefore whereof I may glory,.... Not in himself, for he that taught others not to glory in men, would not glory in himself; not in his carnal descent and fleshly privileges; nor in his knowledge of, and compliance with, the ceremonies of the law; nor in his legal, moral, and civil righteousness before God; nor in his gifts and attainments, as merited and procured by himself; nor in his labours in the ministry, and the success of it, as of himself: but
through Jesus Christ; or "in Jesus Christ", as read the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions; in what Christ was unto him, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption: he could boast of what he had from him, and through him, even of all spiritual blessings in him; and of a large measure of grace he had received from him; and of great and eminent gifts Christ had bestowed on him; he gloried in his cross, and boasted of a crucified Jesus, whom others despised; and whom he made the subject of his ministry, and took delight in preaching: and freely owned that all he did was through Christ strengthening him; and that all his success in his work was owing to him, and of this he had to glory: and which was
in those things which pertain to God; not "with God", as the Syriac reads it; for though in some cases it may be lawful to glory before men, yet not before God, or in his presence: nor is it anything a man may glory in, not in his own things, but in the things of God; in things relating to the Gospel of God, to the pure preaching of it, to the furtherance and spread of it, and the recommending of it to others; to the worship and ordinances of God, and a spiritual attendance on them; to the grace of God, and the magnifying of that in the business of salvation; and to the glory of God, which ought to be the chief end of all actions, natural, moral, and religious, and whether private or public. The apostle has chiefly reference to his ministerial function, and the things of God relating to that, in which he was employed; see Hebrews 5:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I have therefore ... - I have cause of glorying. I have cause of rejoicing that God has made me a minister to the Gentiles, and that he has given me such success among them. The ground of this he states in Romans 15:18-22.
Glory - Of “boasting” καύχησιν kauchēsin, the word usually rendered “boasting”); James 4:16; Rom 3:27; 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 8:24; 2Co 9:3-4; 2 Corinthians 10:15; 2 Corinthians 11:10, 2 Corinthians 11:17. It means also “praise, thanksgiving,” and “joy;” 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2Co 1:12; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2Co 8:24; 1 Thessalonians 2:19. This is its meaning here, that the apostle had great cause of “rejoicing” or “praise” that he had been so highly honored in the appointment to this office, and in his success in it.
Through Jesus Christ - By the assistance of Jesus Christ; ascribing his success among the Gentiles to the aid which Jesus Christ had rendered him.
In those things which pertain to God - Compare Hebrews 5:1. The things of religion; the things which God has commanded, and which pertain to his honor and glory. They were not things which pertained to “Paul,” but to “God:” not worked by Paul, but by Jesus Christ; yet he might rejoice that he had been the means of diffusing so far those blessings. The success of a minister is not for “his own” praises, but for the honor of God; not by his skill or power, but by the aid of Jesus Christ; yet he may rejoice that “through” him such blessings are conferred upon people.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 17. I here therefore whereof I may glory — Being sent of God on this most honourable and important errand, I have matter of great exultation, not only in the honour which he has conferred upon me, but in the great success with which he has crowned my ministry.
