Romanos 15:17

La Biblia Reina-Valera

Tengo, pues, de qué gloriarme en Cristo Jesús en lo que mira á Dios.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Por tanto, en Cristo Jesús he hallado razón para gloriarme en las cosas que se refieren a Dios.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Tengo, pues, de qu� gloriarme en Cristo Jes�s en lo que a Dios toca.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
As� que tengo de qu� gloriarme en el Ungido, Jes�s, para con Dios.

Bible Verse Review
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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

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.